CLYST St George endured a B Division campaign that failed to live up to expectations.

Instead of the hoped-for promotion push, the summer was spent measuring the distance between Clyst and the bottom two.

And for four weeks out of five in the first half of the season, Clyst were actually in the bottom two, not above it. Three wins in the second half of the season were just enough to stay out of the relegation places.

Par Singh, the Clyst captain, was realistic in his assessment of the season, which ended with no play possible against visiting Plymstock.

“Going into this season we did have aspirations of a promotion push, especially after last season’s joint third-place finish,” said Singh.

“It wasn’t to be unfortunately. We just weren’t able to score the runs required to win matches.”

Picking out highlights when you lose more games than you win is difficult, although Singh had a go

“Bowling wise we’ve always been one of the stronger attacks in the B Division,” said Singh.

“Ollie Manning (24 wkts) has really stepped up as the lone seamer and tirelessly ran in with the new ball week in, week out. 

“Personally, it’s been a decent season for myself, almost 300 league runs and 25 wickets. But when you finish eighth it doesn’t mean all that much to me to be honest.

“We can do better and I believe if we can retain our players and make a few additions next season then there’s no reason why we can’t be successful.”