Following a successful meeting with Richard Sels (Sales Manager, Alfred Reader & Co) last week at Lord's, the EDM was delighted to announce that sponsorship for the forthcoming Indoor Championships had been agreed. More… Over the weekend 8/9 December, the EDM and Tournament Referee, David Jukes, spent a full weekend assessing all facilities to be used at the forthcoming 12-team Indoor Championships in Mechelen, Belgium. More… In its first full year in the LCF Crosscom championship, Star Cricket Club (SCC) Strassen won the 2001 LCF cup, replacing Communities Cricket Club (CCC) as the top team in the Luxembourg league. More… The ECB have announced that Scotland will be admitted to the Norwich Union League, as the tenth team in Division Two, on an initial three-year trial basis from 2003. More… At a quarter to four with the shadows lengthening across the Hadar Yosef Stadium, the sun going down with its expected predictability, the 2001 Israel cricket season finally came to an end. More… The EDM visited Sweden over the weekend of 10-11 November, taking in five different club grounds in the greater Stockholm area and meeting with key personnel at these clubs along with the Mayor of Rinkeby. He also addressed a record number of club members at the AGM where the recently introduced five-year development plan was to be considered. More… Stephen Mayland, from Ljubljana CC, was recently invited to a junior and middle school in Radovljica, some 30 km from Ljubljana, to give a short presentation to four classes of 10-12 year-olds at the school. More… The Hellenic Cricket Federation has been extremely busy over the past month. More… Since the end of the cricket season the winter Cricket Coaching Scheme, run by the GCA's full-time Development Officer, Philip Hudson, has begun. More…