It has been announced that there will be a Groundhop Weekend in the Northern Counties East League from next season.

Chris Berezai, of organisers Groundhop UK, said: "This exciting news comes after the League Chairman, David Morrall, approached me with a view to holding such an event.

"We have worked together on initial arrangements and the idea has now been given the seal of approval from both the League Committee and member clubs.

"The first NCEL Hop will take place at Easter 2012 and will replace the SW Peninsula League in this slot for the next few years.

"Although I cannot give any specific details of matches at the moment (for obvious reasons!), one interesting development is that we are looking at using the full potential of the Easter weekend and holding games over FIVE days.

"This will start with a match on Maundy Thursday evening and then running three or four matches on each of Good Friday, Saturday, Easter Sunday and the Holiday Monday.

"Potentially, there may be fourteen or fifteen games on this hop, making it the biggest one ever!!

"It has also been decided that we will focus on a different area of the League's territory on each day, giving a chance to take in all aspects of the its wide geographical area.

"Further details will follow in due course; we would hope to be able to announce the games on the Hop around the start of the 2011/12 season."