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Great game of cricket at our place today against saintfield really enjoyed it I have to say enjoyed the banter during and after the game with the lads seems im now famous haha
Congrats to lurgan on winning the league also and well done to tha cloney another few wins and you could stay up well done to keith and the lads hope you do it!!! Unlucky derriaghy you pushed lurgan hard all year youve a great young side there!!!
Just like to congratulate Lurgan under 11's on winning their league final last week - I'm sure this was a very popular victory not just with myself but with all u11 coaches throughout the NCU ! Glad there was also an official umpire in attendance to ensure there were no controversial decisions ! - on a big day for the boys it is vital that they are afforded this luxury !
Also nice to see sons of Lurgan stalwarts to the fore (Maxwells and Hunters)
Congrats again to the Lurgan boys who were undoubtedly the best u11 team in the NCU this year.
just back from a great day out in Dublin - great to see Kamal Merchant and Angus Dunlop and his lovely family. Unfortunately Jonny Tourette was having great problems finding his way back to the North Down coach! Also learned that maybe Vic Johns should be changing his name to "Snowy" Johns!! Everything was going well until we fell among some Clontarf rugby thieves who took our money & sold us too many Kilbeggan summer cocktails. But the "star" comment was Goose asking Andrew White about popcorn - you had to be there! I just hope that Malahide is as good a venue but as long as there is enough room for the "blazers on the balcony" everything will probably be OK!!
Who was the irish supporter on Radio 4 LW a few moments ago, complaining that England are poaching their better players? Bit rich coming from him when his country fills the squad with foreigners!
I don't think the current rules regarding 2nd XI rearragements can be right especially the rule that there is only 1 chance to rearrange the game as a T20. If the rearraged game is washed out then the fixture is void. Academy 2nds played 3 such T20 rearrangements w/c 15th August and won them all to win Junior 3. Had it rained that week we would have had 3 void matches and probably not won the league. Our season has finished on 21st August and I'm looking forward to lovely sunny Saturdays in September were these 3 games could have been arranged over the normal 40 overs.
The 2011 White Stick Trophy Challenge between NIACUS and our counterparts from Leinster will take place on Saturday 17th September 2011 at Saintfield Cricket Club. Any member of NIACUS who wishes to be considered for selection should contact Noel McCarey. You are all invited to support your local umpires in this fixture and also have a good day out.
RE Jason Maxwell/Steven c
Jason - or better still go and buy yourselves two top class players who will win you matches week in week out !! That seems to be working for some clubs at the moment !!
Re Wylie
"I agree with your thinking on allowing teams that want to play 50 overs instead of 20 overs for a re-arranged game played on a Sunday (or free Saturday).
However, I cannot agree on allowing teams to re-arrange games for any time in the season.
A little scenario: If a match is called off in May or June then it might appear okay to let this match be re-arranged for a Sunday (or free Saturday) in July or August (respectively).
What happens though to games postponed in July or August? A problem arises as you now have no free Sundays to play these games.
Hence the introduction of the 22/29 day rule to make sure re-arranged games are played as soon as possible after the original game and so allowing some free Sundays for later on the season.
Does this make sense?"
Yes it makes sence, but I would argue that if the clubs were allowed to re-arrange their games, they would decide that longer journeys would be re-arranged for saturdays (or if both clubs play on the Sabbath, sunday), while more local games, if called off can be more easily accomodated in midweek.
There is only one side in the NCU at present that doesnt have a few local games, and that would be Clogher, who are willing and able to travel and host games on either saturday or sunday.
Obviously with PR down the leagues this willchange season by season, but it is preferable to travel 30+ miles on a saturday or sunday than trying to get a side to leave work early, get to the ground and change straight into whites and take the field.
Not perfect, but surely worth a thought leading up to the AGM.
As for teas, I feel that there should be some sort of food laid on at every weekend game, though for midweek T0 games the aforementioned problems would make this well nigh impossible, and no club should be denigrated if they are unble to offer a cup of tea at a ground other than their home ground (i.e. away from where there clubs first eleven normally plays home games).
The season ends on the last saturday of September, so why have so many T20 re-arrangements?
Jason, I fear you are in a state of self pity. If you have lost a lot of players, that's your own issue to sort out and proactively recruit.
As far as whingeing about 2nd XI players playing, this is the only way to improve--play with and against those better than you.
Verbals are part of the game, it just hurts more when you lose.
You ought to focus your energies on coaching and recruitment rather than crying on a Forum and embarrass yourself.
What a shame the boys didn't top the 400!!!!--
Your motivation should now be to improve, come back another year and make a game of it.
That was a very tedious discussion. Hopefully Ireland can do the job tomorrow against an England team that would be very dangerous to underestimate.
Playing junior cricket I'm amazed at the amount of varying opinions there are on length of matches, teas start times etc. As far a I'm concerned all cricket in this country should start at 12 all season. In junior cricket it hardly takes much effort to get people to make a few sandwiches and being a few buns for a tea!
I find it the only chance to talk to the opposition and socialize. I've played in matches where I haven't even been given a glass of juice. In terms of length of junior games there doesn't seem to be a consensus at all. I don't think that's a debate that can be easily solved.
Fair enough
its all getting a bit fiesty on here lol. I would have to say like it or not sledging is part of the game... so i would say get over it. For example two weeks ago myself and rodney had a few words on the field and i gave him a bit of a send off, two days later we were chatting on facebook having a bit of banter.
So we are all adults sledging to get under a batsman's skin and break their concentration is part of the game, shake hands and have a pint after is what i say. Dont complain about it
Sorry Charl but wel have to agree to disagree
im 2nd eleven captain at Millpark and have played more 1sts games than 2nds cos of the way things have went for us, this sort of thing usually slides right past me but when my wee bro tells me he was being sledged bout being a big lad i blew my top as im sure you would
im going to say nomore on the subject wel leave it there??? that fair enough??
End of topic lads!
Yes I did as I regularly do when not playing myself. I have to agree with Charl things like this should be left on the pitch at all levels. If a player has a problem with someone on the pitch sort it out on the pitch. Don't comment on it when you come off so you can get a reaction from people and dont bring it on here.
Good luck to the Ireland cricketers tomorrow v the old enemy (England ofcourse)!
Whatever team the 3 x lions..(or should that be the 3 x pussy-cats) choose to field, it will be a tough-one for the men in green, but they've already shown the world( & England) what they can do and they will indeed be very worthy contenders ...early start & all !!
