Middlesex 1sts had a decent start to the defence of its Premiership county title on 11/12 November but the 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams all had difficult starts to their campaign. The first team were missing England no 1 Freya Patel-Redfearn but still had a very strong team who battled on the Saturday to a 6-5 win over Hertfordshire 1sts and an excellent 8-3 win over Avon 1sts who had beaten Surrey 1sts 6-5 earlier in the day. On the Sunday we faced a very strong Surrey 1sts team and recovered well from 1-5 down to lose 5-6. This leaves us in 2nd place overall, six points behind the phenomenally strong Buckinghamshire 1sts team who look determined to regain the title we took from them last season.

The second team were also missing many nominated players and a last minute change to the match schedule did not help. They lost 5-6 to Hampshire 2nds and 4-7 to Surrey 2nds to sit sixth out of 8 in Division 1 South and will need to bounce back if we are to make any impact this season.

The third team had an incredibly difficult weekend losing 1-10 to both Hertfordshire 3rds and Essex 2nds. Once again, lots of players pulling out last minute did not help. The team are bottom of Division 2 South East and will need a big effort in the last two weekends to avoid another relegation.

The fourth team had a more mixed weekend in Division 3 South East, losing 2-9 to Hampshire 3rds but then beating Wiltshire 3rd 10-1. They sit 4th of 8.

Thanks to all players, managers and supporters. Next weekend fixture is 20/21 January 2024.