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Moylena will be hosting Lurgan 2's this Thursday 12 noon start. I would say chances of getting onto the grass are very good. Forecast dependant of course.
tayto . id say NO chance but we will make decision tonight and ring yous so that players can at least plan work or other things . ps not just the meadow i spoke to neil hunter and he said their ground resembled a lake on sunday and very doubtful we play at their ground this weekend and they have drainage every 18inches.
this weather is getting ridiculous, no results are going to start coming in to the equation in section 1. So many teams have games to be played and if this weather keeps up there are going to be no results. I wonder how many wins its going to take to win the league/stay up?? Really hard to guage as who knows when the rain will relent.
Jeff i would say there is a slim chance of play at dundrum already this saturday??
Re BUMPERDALE.
The rules of this competition around bowl outs have been played with for 2 years now. Little point in complaining about them now, however I do have sympathy to teams loosing matches in this way. But it's hardly right to bash the teams that win it this way either.
Interesting though someone from that club in Belfast saying they want to play cricket, perhaps you are in the minority..............
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Rumour has it that the Ulster Plate is to be re-named -
THE GEORGE GRAHAM ARSENAL TROPHY!!!
1-NIL TO MUCKAMORE
1-NIL TO STRABANE
Wonder if the final will be a similar result or will a cricket game actually be played.
Who cares as long as a result is logged beside every fixture!!
I WANT TO PLAY CRICKET!!!
re Steven Crothers
Nice excuse but I think you should re-read your original message. Perhaps what you wrote was just a reaction but you'll note that the East Belfast Master Race representative even thought it was arrogant. Hence the reaction from others and can you comment on the difference of approach between the NCU and Leinster. Perhaps there is no equivalent of the Master Race or Blazer Brigade in Leinster.
Billy - just to clarify that with all the road improvements between Belfast & Dublin, the journey now can be done comfortably in one and a half to two hours. The "postponed" game was to take place at Moylena and this would add significant time to the journey!!
Just back from the ground.....saturated field
Before debate/arguments start on what is playable/who won`t travel to another playable ground etc etc and teams get into good/bad situations what about forgetting about promotion/relegation this year.
Just play the season out as best we can and present trophy to top team even if only a low percentage of games are played. No team will be worse off than they were at end of April and it might,just might, help relationships between players.umpires,and those trying to administer leagues.
MAY YOUR GREEK GOD OR OTHER OF YOUR CHOICE GO WITH YOU
I assumed Instonians couldn’t play on Sunday past because their international players would not be allowed to play but this it would seem wasn’t the case as the southern based internationals played for their clubs. I’m sure the Inst guys could have travelled to Dublin after the game.
In this season of mass postponements it seems ludicrous to not use an available date!
sorry Pete - what clan? Interesting to read of the reaction, as reported, to the T/20 defeat. I wonder what the sponsor's reaction would be?
Andy Kennedy
Andy With respect, my original posting was in response to comments from Frank Brannigan referring to "master race" and ncu " blazer brigade".
Re andy - are you part of the clan?
to Mr. Crothers. The comments about Instonians only began after your posting! My original posting was purely about the decision of the Emergency Committee. And I suppose it has taken the spotlight off CIYMS for a while! And speaking of CI - I was really impressed by John Matchett on the NCU U15 side. Looks to be the real deal both batting & bowling - and a nice guy into the bargain. Definitely one for the future.
If a club have invested in the progress of their young players so that they are good enough to represent Ireland on an international stage, why then should that club be penalised?
I can understand that the ruling was changed for the reasons it was changed, but I am long enough in the game to remember when Muckamore were one of the best youth sides in the country (alongside Lisburn), and I can imagine how these clubs would have felt if they had been told to play minus their best players as they were representing us all.
The sub-committee are all elected at the AGM, if you feel strongly enough about it, then actions speak louder than words.
