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20/20 at Middle Road on Friday night. Well marketed, beer promotions, music and Aliie McCalmont on the mike. Weather was a great plus. Great entertainment - not sure about the 'light up' bails being used in bright sunshine.

Hi, anyone know of any 2nd hand Boundary line markers machine for sale

Congratulations to Woodvale on the ground improvements. The new sight screens and fencing make a tremendous difference, not forgetting Colin Storey's paintwork! When the new scorebox is added Ballygomartin Road will certainly looking well.

Tony Cozier has passed away after a long period of illness. He was an active journalist until recently and will always be remembered as an outstanding broadcaster. For many cricketers he was the face of the West Indies and he loved the rise of Ireland cricket. He joked cricket was emerging as the West Indies were falling.
He was the Doyen of broadcaster, journalist and statistician and sadly missed throughout the cricket globe, but especially in Barbados..

Graeme & Cooke Collegians 3's

Graeme Templepatrick 4's have restarted this year and played against Newforge 2's at the weekend, I was talking to their skipper after a fun hard fought match and we discussed a friendly in August.

In addition William Hall of Muckamore 5s was very keen for more games following Junior 9 being limited to 8 games this year.

If you are still looking in August I will run it by our Committee & sort a game versus TCC 4's, myself one or two adults and a load of talented kids.

I think friendlies would be a great way forward for the very occasional cricketer like myself and a way to encourage folk back to the game.

Hi
Thanks for posting my message about NI football tickets for sale.
I have now sold them so can you take down my message as it will save me getting more calls.
Thanks for your help.
Cecil Johnston

Hi everyone Cooke Collegians would like to get our third XI off the ground again. As such we would like to know if anyone would be interested in a friendly or two. Give me a shout if interested. My details are in ncu book graemewkpollock@hormail.com

In case any cricket fans are also N I Football fans I have for sale some Euro 2016 tickets for 2 of Northern Ireland's games as follows.
The tickets are top grade Category 1 tickets in the N I section on the half way line.
Two tickets for Sunday 12 June in Nice ko 1800 hours for Poland v Northern Ireland and two tickets for Thursday 16 June in Lyon ko 1800 hours for Ukraine v Northern Ireland.
If anyone is interested you can email me at cecil.johnston@btinternet.com for further details.
I got these tickets through the UEFA ballot but now find I can't use them so maybe someone else can make use of them. Cheers.

The first weekend fixtures certainly gave us one major shock result . Very few would have predicted a defeat for Armagh against Saintfield in the Senior Cup and maybe Section One is going to be an even tighter league with all teams capable of beating each other.
Great wins for Derriaghy and Carrickfergus as well if maybe a bit more predictable with the players out of last year's CIYMS and North Down teams. Healthy for cricket that we can look forward to a competitive season.
This weekend with the Irish Cup games will open up "who is the strongest Union " debates again. Great start to the season lets hope it continues.

CIYMS have a couple of spaces left on a child protection course being run at our club on Wednesday 4th May at 6.30pm.

If anyone is interested please email me. The cost is £15 per person.

Lisburn CC is hosting a first aid course on Thursday 26 May 2016 from 6.30-9.30pm at Wallace Park. There are a limited number of spaces left on the course which we can now open up to interested clubs. The cost of the course is £25.00 and will provide basic first aid training certificates to those who complete it. First come first served, you can contact me on lisburncricket@btinternet.com

You are indeed correct JT will be returning to the north west... with his CI team mates on Saturday 7th May when they play Brigade.

Is Johnny Thompson leaving ncu to head back to the north west?? Can anyone from ciyms know if this is true big lose to ci and ncu cricket

Wud lik to wish my old team waringstown cc good luck for the season ahead especially to my wee buddy gaz after he luked after me so well last year. such a great club is wcc

Dundrum Cricket Club start a very ambitious coaching in schools programme next week with six primary schools involved - All Children's Integrated, Newcastle Primary, Carnacaville Primary, Castlewellan Primary, Annsborough Primary and Sacred Heart Dundrum. The eight week programme will culminate with a with finals day in June. Three secondary schools are also involved - Kilkeel High,St Malachys Castlewellan and Shimna Integrated College. There is a specific focus on getting girls involved in the coaching with the ambition of Dundrum forming a girls team. The fact that the club is not charging anything and providing a free cricket set for each school to keep is testament to the small village club and shows that they are trying to push the great game of cricket to everyone in the community and they have now three level 2 coaches and seven level 1 coaches fully trained.
Dundrum have bounced back from two arson attacks in the nineties, built a new pavilion and have been rebuilding ever since with this year more drainage,boundary extension and broadband now into the club, scorebox and carpark and at last electricity down to the scorebox which will help get more use of the bowling machine. The senior practice starts next Tuesday and Thursday at 6:15 (weather permitting ) and the juniors U-11/13 and minis starting the following week Monday 25th April with U-15 on Wednesday 27th. All new members no matter what age are welcome and its hoped to run a ladies and girls nights very soon and Prem Ahire our Indian overseas coach with be working with every team and school .
The club committee have been working non stop over the winter and after having no Junior section seven years ago they signed their first overseas coach Sri Lankan Manoj Fernando and they now have a very successful set up with 11/13/15/17 teams and with tours planned to Dublin and England this year which is on the back of two trips to Scotland over the last two years. The club has had a number of members attend cricket coaching and first aid courses and there are plans for the club to obtain Clubmark NI accreditation this year. In addition the club will be rolling out CPR training to all members which will support the use of the new Defibrillator AED which the club recently acquired.
The Club's first fund raiser is a quiz in the Anchor Bar in Newcastle this coming Thursday 21st April from 9:30pm. The Golf Classic at St Patrick's Golf Club is on Friday 27th May and then there is a Summer draw.
The Meadow at Dundrum Cricket Club is great place come watch your kids enjoy fun games and exercise and either enjoy tea and coffee or go for walk at Murlough nature reserve. Anyone interested in supporting or sponsoring the club in any way can contact Jeff Maguire 028 4375 1442 or through the club facebook page or the website www.dundrumcc.btck.co.uk/