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why is nobody who was at the game posting as to what happened at Limavady? clubs can issue statements but the rest of cricketers want to hear the deatils
Instonians Statement.
Instonians have released the following statement after their Irish Senior Cup tie against Limavady today.
Instonians Cricket Club can confirm an incident took place at Limavady Cricket Club today and will fully co-operate with Cricket Ireland's investigation which will take place when they receive the umpires' report.
There will be no other comment from any Instonians player or official until further notice. Finally we would ask in the circumstances for everyone to respect the players privacy in this matter.
Norman Shannon/Andrew Rose
I don't like what I've heard regarding the Limavady v Instonians match today. This is a matter that will test the backbone of Cricket ireland and if they get it wrong it could set the game back years. Now is the time for CI to show its mettle. If they don't get it right they are not worthy of the position they hold.
Re Muckamore v Waringstown Sunday 19th june. Thanks to all who have offered support and a special thanks to David Scott and Taito for some very practical help and a special thanks to Waringstown's Alan Waite who offered to sponsor the bbq's. Waitey being a mate of Andy Clement knows us Muckamore boys can't pass a burger stall without buying. We decided today to up the leaflets to 10,000 homes and cover Crumlin , Randalstown and Templepatrick villages as well. The extra printing costs were only £70 and itKs just another few hours work for each member on the delivery team. We want to leave no stone unturned as we go for the record crowd.our challenge is and always was getting those that don't go to cricket to turn up next Sunday , then enjoy it and come back regularily.
Good luck to Waringstown and Inst tomorrow in the BKISC. I hope the men from the Lawn send North County "back down the M1" with their tails between their legs.
Fly the NCU flag with pride lads.
jeff, yeah hopefully the rain stays away. im sure it will b a close game as usual.
Brilliant Ivan and good luck for Saturday (hope it stays dry!!)
TAYTO , yes apart from small wet patch which we have spiked an hope heavy rain forecast stays away, sunday looks washout .
ivan, great forward thinking by yourself and muckamore, i hope you get a huge crowd in.
Jeff, all set for the big game tommorow? full squad out? the ground dry enough is it? Lots of questions there.
we have a surprise recall in the ranks.....
should be a good game
Ryan
This was really inspired by seeing so many strange faces at Stormont for the ODI's. I started thinking that for too long we had been targeting the same faces and thought we needed to reach out to other cricket followers. Also I realised that a lot of people in Antrim didn't even know where Muckamore Cricket Club was. Next season I think we want to make every home game an event.As you know from Comber many friendships develop from being on the boundary. We have got to sell the idea that spending a day at the cricket can be a great pastime. I would love to get to the stage where we were taking a supporters coach to every away game and other clubs were bringing a supporters coach to Moylena. The Muckamore v Waringstown game should be the start of things to come up and down the country. With free admission cricket has to be great value. Lets get with the pyjama cricket and have fans kitted out in club colours and make it a real spectacle. BBqs, facepainting for the kids and nail stations for the ladies are just a couple of great ideas Davy Scott of Woodvale shared with me this week. I am at Old Trafford on Friday evening for the Roses T20 game and will be looking out for ideas. For the match on 19th we want to make cricket the number one focus. Kyle may have played in front of some big crowds around the world but it will be nothing like having hundreds and maybe a thousand Muckamore supporters urging Gilly and Craig Drummond to knock him over.
Great idea Ivan! I hope your hard work is rewarded with numbers through the gate on the day! Why did you not choose the N Down fixture though lol?
Ivan, I was just wondering why you chose the Muckamore v Waringstown game, rather than the Muckamore III v Victoria II game last week?
Yes well done Ivan and Muckamore and good luck if we wernt playn id go and let her spend her own£ in junction1 , just back from primary schools finals at stormont and i have to say the future is bright for ncu club cricket as the talent that i witnessed shocked me bigtime with over 150 juniors and they were superb in all aspects of the game with Strandtown the best of the 4 teams i witnessed an a young lad Humpries from Waringstown looked very good . Just like pass on big thank you to Ryan Eagleson who had everything running like clockwork ( im sure it was quite a headache and he will sleep well 2night) and all his helpers and as usual Stormont was in superb condition and exceptional array of food from the sponsors ASDA for everyone. Was gtreat experiance for adults an juniors so take a bow to all involved.
Excellent work Ivan and everyone at Muckamore. I watched a league match there five weeks ago and the atmosphere was terrific with many old stalwarts around. Moylena is a beautiful cricket theatre and I hope the weather is kind and everyone has an enjoyable day. One tip I would offer in your marketing plans is to involve the opposition. Waringstown travel with staunch supporters so let them know that you are rolling out the "red carpet" and they can support your promotion on their website etc. Both teams will appreciate the atmosphere created with more spectators in the ground. Good luck on and off the field!
Awesome Ivan & Muckamore CC and to be greatly applauded - trusting the sunshine and spectators make it a wonderful summer's cricketing day to remember.............visionary!
