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Wylie - you would think somebody asking to delay the start time back would be a lot more suspicious than bringing it forward....???? You would think there would be more teams looking to start earlier if there's no school kids involved especially considering the majority of them would be in the senior leagues.
I just don't think that the coloured gear and rule changes have been given serious thought throughout the clubs and NCU as a whole. Maybe its about time we did....!
Wylie,
Maybe it does! Jeff seems to lining up Paddy Power, or Ladbrokes or the Bay Inn or whoever.
Has the senior cup got a sponsor?
If not maybe the Lisburn council could take it on as the final is at Wallace Park.
Wylie,
I hope the last comment in your email is tongue in cheek? I would like to think the NCU committee is taking a much more professional approach to finding a major sponsor than a one-liner at the end of an email on UC website. Don't sit waiting at the phone because it doesn't happen like that.
wylie , without selling ncu short give us a BALLPARK figure too say sponsor the senior cup?
Neal: teams who agree to start a game earlier than the scheduled start time can do this under the current NCU rules and have been able to do so for a number of years.
However being the suspicious so and so's that we are a lot of teams say no when asked to start earlier than normal as they assume there must be an ulterior motive for their opposition asking for an early start!
Coloured clothing/white balls, etc debate - The NCU will be running "roadshows" in 2011 related to Senior Cricket I believe, so if clubs believe this is the way forward then get to one of these and let your feelings be known. Since no club put a proposal forward for coloured clothing, etc in all competitions at the NCU 2010 AGM then it would seem they do not want it yet.
Oh and if anyone knows of a major sponsor wishing to get involved with the NCU then for goodness sake let someone within the NCU know.
Must give Dundrum C.C. w.a.g.s. their fare dues, especially Mrs. Maxwell & Co.
Last season catered for our team plus all our day-away travelling supporters, without any prior knowledge of them attending even nipped home and got seconds made up to bring back & feed our hungry lot.
Can't ask for any better hospitality than that..can you ?
Our turn this time to return the compliment and looking forward to it already !!
I wonder what the WAGS would say if they read the comments on this forum. So far, Watty and Brendan are the only ones that can be identified!! I'm staying silent lol
Brendan
Come on down to Cregagh on a Saturday afternoon and see the best WAGS in the NCU.
They help out at all the home games for 1sts, 2nds, and 3rds and even lend some vocal support and all it takes is a few bottles of wine and a kebab on the way home.
Sometimes I think the kebab spoils them but you didnt hear that from me ;-)
met the REAL sports minister yesterday an fair play without his support from meeting us we wouldnt have got the grant for new artifical wicket an sitescreens an nets etc so thanks .If any of our juniors want play premier or better they will get my full backing as thers a fair chance they go anyway an id love see any that were good enough play at highest level and if Dundrum cant get thier then id never want see any junior play at his highest possible standard .I dont think coloured clothing get lot more involved but talking too the juniors they seem think it be good an they are the future .ps the late late show rte 930 tonight has nial& kevin obrien ,john mooney an trent johnston on so it be good see were they thing irish cricket is at
PS
Sports Minister.
Maybe I have met her? What was her maiden name?
Pre-nuptial is the way to go Sports Minister. If you are really a civil servant you'll be able to backdate it.
At least you have a sense of humour and you need it here. Best post I've seen recently was from Simon Corlett saying he values the friendships he made in cricket much more than his achievements and he had many. Like a lot of us he's maybe a dinosaur but I fear some cricketers won't have either to fall back on in the modern game. They'll do well to keep the WAGs happy! lol
Re - Brendan
The short answer is yes, we are all wimps...!
If you met my wife you'd know where i'm comming from :-)
Re- Jeff
If the coloured clothing arguement is right, we will actually be inundated with umpires as they've been "colourfully clad" for a few seasons now.
Watch out for driving lesson being bandied about for those two schoolboys by the way.
It's also just dawned on me how many committee "singletons" in the NCU are there ? I can think of a few.
Is this the real reason for the late start times..?
- maybe the answer is all women committee's or marriage as a pre-requisit...?
I'll bring it up in the Big House later.
Are all the cricketers these days controlled by their girlfriends or wives or whatever? It seems that virtually every post about shorter games and getting home early is to appease the 'other half.' They don't do teas at many clubs these days and few of them go to the cricket to support their other half. Would it be too much to say you've made your own bed now sleep in it? Get a good partner who shares your interests and supports you not a demanding WAG who tells you when to come home on Saturday, where you are taking her out that night, and why you can't play on Sundays. And if she doesn't wash your kit she must have a lot of other assets! Modern woman eh? What a bunch of wimps some of you guys are!
Neal . dont get me started on schoolboys we had one of our biggest ever cup game at the lawn an the umpires an the home side agreed too put game back 1 hour so that our best 2 schoolboy prospects could play but the NCU declined which is madness as surly common sense when both teams agreed that was for the good of cricket then you try accomadate . I think you will find in ten years we will only have enuff umpires for 2 leagues as my umpire friend says far too many different sets laws/rules for every comp . Id agree get top supplier too sponsor the new format an go with coloured clothing in next 2 years an i could get at least 3 that would throw cash at this new irish venture an why not power plays etc as how can player move from say premier to ireland an aint ever got experiance of the different regulations . we are deffinitly entered a new era an the longer we stay in the dark ages the farther we will get behind .Dundrum is going try as many early starts as possible with hopefully few games 11AM
