After only three matches, Slazenger EHL North Division side Harrogate has decided to disband its 1st Xl and withdraw from the league. The decision was made by the club committee due to a lack of available players. Harrogate was unable to raise a team for their first match of the season and was fined £100 by the league committee as a result. At the time of their withdrawal they had recorded zero points from the three matches played and had a goal difference of minus 25 after a devastating 13-0 defeat at the hands of Birmingham University.
Harrogate’s current second team, playing in North Men’s Division Two East, will now become the club’s first X1. The Slazenger North Division will now be played as an eleven team league. The eleventh placed team at the end of the season will be relegated and the tenth team will be entered into the play-offs.
