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Essex have confirmed that they will not be holding a Colchester Festival in 2017. The club put the decision down to the vagaries of the fixture list, rather than finances, and say they will consider a return to Castle Park - which has hosted Essex for over a century - in subsequent seasons.Rumours had swirled earlier this year that the fixture against Sussex in August would be the last Colchester Festival - fittingly marked, if so, by a century from the retiring allrounder and local favourite Graham Napier.With the announcement of the 2017 fixture list, Essex are set to play all of their home fixtures at their Chelmsford headquarters. Essexs chairman, John Faragher, said the reasoning came down to the fact Essex only have one home Championship fixture between the end of June and their final game of the season, against Yorkshire on September 25-28.Most of the reshaped fixture list is given over to the NatWest T20 Blast during July and August, a popular time of the year for counties to hold festivals. Essex host Somerset in the Championship on August 28-31, although they also entertain West Indies for a tour match at the start of the month.County outgrounds have been vanishing from the fixture list for some time and the reduction in the number of Championship games from 16 to 14 next year is unlikely to help. Essex called time on their trips to Southend in 2011 and last played at Ilford in 2002.This was a very difficult decision to make, the Colchester Festival week has always been an integral part of the season, with players and members always enjoying the experience of visiting Castle Park, Faragher said.However, the clubs committee decided that it was simply not acceptable to agree a fixture plan that would result in no Championship cricket at Chelmsford, for nearly three months in the middle of the summer. Going forward, we will review this decision and depending on the fixtures, hope to see Colchester back in the schedule for 2018. Hydro Flask 12 Oz Coffee Mug . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. Cheap Hydro Flask 40 oz Wide Mouth Flamingo Water Bottle . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. http://www.flaskwaterbottle.com/hydro-flask-24-oz.html . Mickelson barely made the cut but had the best round of the day with nine birdies and an eagle coupled with two bogeys to sit two shots behind leader Craig Lee of Scotland. Lee shot a 69 for a 12-under 204 total. "I just love the fact I am in contention and have an opportunity in my first tournament of the year here in Abu Dhabi," Mickelson said. Cheap Hydro Flask Straw Lid 32 oz Wide Mouth Black Water Bottle . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. Hydro Flask 32 Oz Pink . Coach Tom Thibodeau says the former MVP will probably start travelling with the team in the next few weeks. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. SEOUL, South Korea -- With 500 days until the Olympic cauldron is ignited in Pyeongchang, organizers of the 2018 Winter Games say 90 percent of construction on new venues is complete and the focus of preparations is on test events.Pyeongchangs 2018 organizing committee on Tuesday said construction is on track for a series of sports competitions scheduled from November to April that will serve as rehearsals for the Olympics, which begin Feb. 9, 2018.The six new competition venues organizers are building for the Games are now 88 percent complete and a new high-speed rail line -- designed to link the countrys main gateway of Incheon airport with Pyeongchang in less than two hours -- will be completed in June next year and start operations in January, 2018, organizers said.Organizers have overcomee delays, local conflicts over venue constructions and difficulties attracting domestic sponsorships in past years, and optimism over preparations has increased after the successful hosting of the first round of test events at Alpine venues earlier this year.ddddddddddddDespite a slow start, organizers say more than 80 percent of the domestic sponsorship target of $850 million has been met and that they expect to reach 90 percent of the target by the end of the year.A program of cultural events featuring pop singers and local sports stars were planned in the South Korean capital for Tuesday evening to mark the start of the 500-day countdown to the Pyeongchang Games. ' ' '