HAMPSHIRE'S Liberty Trophy team will be under new management next season when Julian Haines and Graham Standley stand down after four seasons at the helm.

Boss Haines and right-hand man Standley will officially relinquish control during the county's annual meeting at Atherley on Sunday, May 22.

The only member of the three-man management team not resigning is Derek Collins - and the Victory stalwart looks set to take over as team boss.

Collins, an England selector, would be no stranger to the job as he has been Hampshire manager before.

Haines and Standley, who took over from Peter Line for the 2001-02 campaign, have found the going tough being a skip and managing at the same time.

Longmeadow member Standley said: "I felt that the pressure of managing and playing has affected my performance on the green.

"I think Julian and I have moved Hampshire forward - we reached the Liberty semi-finals this season, have twice got through to the national under-25 final and were runners-up in the Home Counties League last year, a competition in which the county had struggled even to field a side previously."

Standley's final appearance in a management role will be on Sunday, May 1, when Hampshire compete in the finals of the HCL championships with last season's county title-holders in action.

Standley himself and Keith Cole go for the pairs, Adam Tidby (East Dorset) is the singles' representative, and Loddon Vale will do the honours in the fours.

At the annual meeting, Bob Kirton (Banister Park) will hand over as president to Doug Grist, a Victory member and a former Hampshire treasurer.

Atherley's Brian Coen will step up to senior vice-president while the post of junior vice-president will be filled by Norman Evans-Rohrs who in 2007 will complete the Hampshire presidential double as he wore the chain of office for the county outdoor association last year.

Standley is still debating whether to return to the Middleton Cup scene this summer. The back injury that plagued him during the Hampshire indoor singles final earlier this month makes him a doubtful starter for new outdoor boss Rod Rosier.

Rosier has revealed that Clive Lewis (Oakley) and Peter Shearing (Bournemouth) will be his managerial aides. Lewis assisted previous boss John Plomer.