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CCC to Merge with Genetics

In a shock development this lunchtime it has been revealed that North East Midweek League Division 2 sides CCC and Genetics are to merge.

The news was broken following a phone call from CCC secretary Cliff Spencer to club captain Simon Edwards, who then leaked it shamelessly. It seems that CCC Club President Roger French visited Genetics captain Gary Van Doorn accompanied by two 'colleagues' to "suggest" the merger. The arrangements were apparently conducted in an "entirely amicable" manner, with Van Doorn tied to his kitchen chair "only gently and in an unpright posture". His head was slapped by French's leather glove "only once or twice".

The new super-club will play at Heaton for the present, though a move to a purpose-built out of town ground is on the cards following the stock market flotation.

Roger French has been appointed Chief Executive of the new club (provisionally titled CCC) and Derek Marshall has been appointed Business Development Manager. Van Doorn has been appointed Chief Underling.

The size of the squad dictates that the new club will run a reserve side. This will play in Division 4 and will be provisionally called Genetics.