Whatever happened to the YCCGBA website?
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The Yorkshire County Crown Green Bowling Association (YCCGBA) has been promising its member clubs a new website for over 2 years and still seems some way off actually delivering that.
It is more than two years ago that the Yorkshire CCGBA announced the building of a new website which is still waiting to be populated with any meaningful information. Some will say so what? Well from where I stand I see an organisation in disarray with poor communications breeding speculation on many fronts. The last mention on any progress with the new website that I can find was on 11 April 2023 with this announcment on the official YCCGBA Facebook pages.
11 April 2023
Morning All.
I am working on a new YCCGBA website giving it a total refresh.
But for now all updates for this season will be posted on the website as it is currently.
Any problems please email:
Thanks for your patience!
Katy
To be fair I think that the website has been completed the problem is that there just isn't anything on it. To be even fairer I didn't think that there was too much wrong with the previous website the problem has always been about the lack of information posted on the site. The website is fine it is just the content which no-one seems to own or care very much about.
Since the new site went live there has been some competition news appearing on the supposedly new website. Everyting is on the HOME page which is just a list of colourful dates, teams and results obviously prepared for the Facebook lovers. However the gaps are growing and history being lost with no information about past winners of competitions that are over 100 years old. This is most disrespetful of all those achievements and a snub to the previous record keepers of Yorkshire bowling history.
Some of the gaps are clear for all to see:
The most recent posting in the NEWS section announces the passing of Derrick Radley. Derrick actually passed away on 19 June 2023. Hardly hot news.
The COMPETITIONS section covers the main four team competitions for Yorkshire club teams with the 2024 Yorkshire Cup getting a qualifying round draw and then nothing until a photo of the winning team in September. It is even worse for some of the other competitions with the 2024 Derrick Radley Cup only mentioned in the draw for the 1st Round then nothing more. Similar for the 2024 Hutchinson Cup. Good start with the qualifying round draw and resuts and then nothing until the semi-finals. Round 1 of the 2024 Henry Taylor Cup gets a mention but then nothing more all season.
The POLICIES & PROCEDURES section has a single entry of the BCGBA Code of Conduct which is dated 11 March 2023.
The ARCHIVE section doesn't go anywhere. This section should contain the history of the County competitions and much more but all you get is an error message.
One day maybe but don't hold your breath.
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