{"id":772633,"date":"2026-09-16T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772633\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:30:23","slug":"middlesex-county-cricket-club-to-commence-search-for-new-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/772633\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlesex County Cricket Club to commence search for new Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Sykes, today announced that Middlesex County Cricket Club has begun the process for appointing a new chair and that he will step down as Chairman once that process is complete, following more than a decade of service on the Board.<\/p>\n<p>Richard joined the Board in 2016 and has served as Chairman since 2023. During his tenure, he has played a key role in navigating the Club through significant change, working to stabilise the organisation and initiating a series of reviews designed to ensure that Middlesex is set up for the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Sykes said: &#8220;It has been a privilege to serve as Chairman of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Having helped to steady the Club through a period of considerable change, I believe this is the right moment to pass on the baton. We will commence the process of appointing a new Chair immediately, with a nominations committee formed in the coming weeks. I would like to thank everyone at Middlesex &#8211; my fellow directors, the executive team, our staff, players, coaches, members and supporters &#8211; and I wish the Club every success in the seasons ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Julie Harrington, Interim Chief Executive of Middlesex County Cricket Club, said: &#8220;On behalf of everyone at Middlesex, I want to thank Richard for his dedication and leadership during an important chapter in the Club&#8217;s history. He has given a great deal to Middlesex over the past decade, and we are grateful for his service and continued support during the transition&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard Sykes, today announced that Middlesex County Cricket Club has begun the process for appointing a new chair&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-772633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}