Finding the right shoot

Most Tanuaries, I get asked if I know of any syndicate vacancies coming up or any ground that is up for lease for the following season.

Mostly it is by people who have either decided their current syndicate isn’t for them, or by people whose leases have ended and who are looking to take on a new patch of ground and start again.

The struggle, as always, is that the long-established, well-run syndicates rarely have vacancies, and nearly all have waiting lists. The decent ground is usually already taken by someone else, often having been absorbed