Having stayed up in North Devon overnight, there was absolutely no chance that the first ever county under 17 game at Bideford would go ahead. It had rained heavily for what seemed an eternity and an early call to the club confirmed play was most unlikely. Somerset were immediately alerted that it would almost certainly to be a wasted visit. They decided they were coming any way so we all met up at Westward Ho! It was still raining, puddles growing in size, incredibly dark and the expanded coaching team of Wood and Huxtable realised there was no possibility of play. We were superbly catered for by Bideford, the umpires conferred and the game was called off. This was really unfortunate as the North Devon Club had pulled out all the stops to host us and hopefully a senior youth team will be playing there in the not too distant future. A photo of the West of England captain was taken for the website and it was good to catch up with Craig Overton (Jamie was away on England business). At one stage it had been hoped that Craig would be available for the Somerset games. Later in the day the Atlantic Village and Bideford were visited and there was real doubt if the two day game at Instow would get started the following day