LITTLE did Worcestershire know that when Elton John blasted out I'm Still Standing' back in June 2006, that his concert would help keep the cricket club on their feet 12 months later.

When New Road staged that summer concert, the County took out an insurance policy against any damage done to Worcestershire's home.

The policy was renewed 12 months later in case the cricket club decided to hold another one.

However, the insurance policy made no mention of flood damage so when the waters engulfed New Road last summer the County were able to get a payout of £300,000 which helped reduce the losses of over £1million to under £700,000 for the 2007 campaign.

But, at Monday night's annual general meeting, it was announced that the final insurance payout secured by the county for the summer floods was £370,000.

"We were little fortuitous with this policy," said chief executive Mark Newton. "It made no mention of flood damage which meant we were able to claim.

"Had we not had this policy, the situation would have been a whole lot worse and it would have meant that it would take us even longer to recover."

The County have not renewed this policy for the new campaign, but they have taken out a special income protection policy which will run throughout the Twenty20 Cup competition.

"This policy that we have taken out for the Twenty20 competition will protect against any lost revenue during that period for whatever reason -and that includes flooding," Newton added.

"It is a costly option but the board felt that we needed to do this."

The County's chairman, Martyn Price, also revealed at the AGM that his Flood Club now has 101 members.

The members have each paid £1,000 to join which will give them a whole host of benefits throughout the campaign and the Flood Club is hoping to top 150 subscriptions.

Price also said that there had been around a further £21,000 worth of donations to the Flood Club as well. The County appear to be on their way to reaching their target of recouping the near-£700,000 in losses from last year in the two-year period that they set out when the accounts were published last month.

Worcestershire also announced that they are on the verge of signing an agreement with Kidderminster Victoria Cricket Club to move first class cricket to Chester Road North at 48 hours notice and that they have secured funding from Advantage West Midlands.