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Interesting job at Lurgan, move over Development Officers, welcome Directors of Cricket!
Does anyone know the salary?

Agree with Stevie Max, that's a cracking job going at Lurgan C.C. for the right person and great to see them backing it up with a rewarding financial package as befits the position.

To think most of us play and are involved in the game on our own time, cause of our passion for cricket and our clubs and then a job like this comes along and you get paid for the privilege.

Well done Lurgan C.C. for showing leadership and ambition, hope you get a worthy candidate to fill the vacancy and this helps bring future success to your club.

(ps. before anyone else comments, I'm not trying to put my own name in the hat. Although what a dream vocation it would be!!).

Peter Johnston..

Peter there should be someone leading cricket at Queens? Not sure if they competed in the intervarsity tourni last year but I understand they had a side in 2007/8/9. Universities have lost the "homely" feel here which keeps students together and particpating after lectures. Students all have different lecture times, most travel in and have jobs part-time therefore the lifestyle no doesn lend itself to our time consuming hobby!

sorry Brendan but 60.2% is a majority and I'm sure Mr. Cameron would have settled for such a "mandate". As I posted earlier, previous AGMs used to have a requirement for a proposal to "pass" was 75% - not exactly a catylist for change. And I agree completely with Peter Johnston's comments on university cricket. But then again its down to demographics. Queen's used to have a rugby team in the Senior League and the soccer team played in the Irish league B Division.

Just read Graeme Hunters job ad for Director of Cricket in Lurgan. It's refreshing to see a club willing to invest in a position like this at a time when everybody and most organisations are tightening their belts.
Good luck Lurgan, we in Dundrum are keeping an interesting eye on how this goes! If successful Jeff Maguire might have to have a career change from a professional punter in Dundrum!!

Reference the new league structure in the NCU - this will have a minimal impact on the club scene - real issues include start times and lack of flexability for years from within the corridors of the NCU - the game has been and is dying as clubs show their parocialism to keep their own patch in order while in the big picture the game of cricket within the NCU slowly dies & needs to be on the life support machine - quick someone immediately get it to A&E - the new structure will have minimal impact on the standard of the game (the dedicated and hard working will generally always be so)causing only more confusion and dissension. Too little too late gentlemen..........

Lurgan Cricket Club is seeking to appoint a Director of Cricket (part-time)
A Job Advertisement/Specification can be found on the home page of CricketEurope Ireland.
We are looking for a high calibre candidate and this will be reflected in the remuneration package available.
It is initially anticipated that this position will be in place for a minimum of 3 years.
Any queries should be referred to me on 07763 910565 (evening).

Graeme Hunter
Chairman
Lurgan Cricket Club

I don't want to disclose my school as that will invite a lot of stupid posts but for what it is worth our cricketers welcome the changes at junior level and what they are trying to do. It may not help the best players who play at the higher level but schools cricket is a short season and they can adapt. Why is nobody seems interested in the absence of a cricket club at Queen's because that's a big loss? I hope to be there in two years but don't see much cricket on the horizon after school.

Interesting opposition to 8 team leagues but why weren't you people at the AGM expressing your views where something can be done about it? Are you speaking for clubs or yourselves? I find it strange that a few website opinions are "common sense" and the 60.2% majority is not but everyone is entitled to their opinion. The 60% majority needed to change it might be an obstacle. That is if there are enough people out there that oppose the new league structure.

Re Current 1st XI league proposals

Well done Paul and Stuart for showing some common sense about what is due to be implemented in 2012.

The current proposals will not change without holding an EGM of NCU so I suggest to live with what has being accepted at recent AGM for 1 YEAR.

However,at next years NCU AGM propose a serial which RETAINS 10 teams in Sections 1 and 2 with the remainder of clubs making up Section 3 [probably 9]. This would give Cricket Ireland what they want and leave the current clubs in Section 1 and 2 to get on with playing 18 league games, something which I suspect most of them want. It would also increase Section 3 to 9 Teams and give a bit more cricket and variation in the opposition. This could be easily implemented by just relegating 2 teams from the premier & Sections 1&2 at the end of 2011 season .

I would also suggest that 2 up/down is retained as it adds interest/competitivness, something which supposed to be the reason for the change in the restructuring of the "junior" leagues.

Stuart Hegarty

100% correct.

Players below the top level are unlikely to be involved in Inter-Provincials which was the reason Cricket Ireland wanted an 8 team top tier league.

Not all clubs are involved in Ulster Cup/Shield matches so there is not the same pressure to reduce fixtures either.

I fear next year there will be teams relegated on the basis of the rain eg. No result and on the back of Net Run Rate which is a mystery to most of us. In Section 3, 2 teams will be relegated on the back of a top half finish. It is utter madness.

I very much doubt that this is what the players want or the clubs for that matter. So therefore the questions are:

1) What on earth were the club reps thinking about when they approved this or was it not made clear?

2) If people below Section1/Premier league don't want this in next years rule book then what can be done about it?

Davy McD VCC.

The logic of the Junior Task force changes was unanimously passed at the AGM. And the proposals were presented after we did three roadshows at which about 80% of clubs attended and aired their views.

This wasn't a cobbled together document but one compiled entirely by a wide group of people representing all levels of Cricket below 1sts standard.

Please give the new league structures a fair chance.

Re. ARMAGH MAN

Drinks on you at the Awards night then Bratty? :D

JEFF CHEERS FOR THE TIPS ENDED UP WELL UP- PICKED OUT 4 OF THEM AND YOU NAP AT THE LAST GOT ME GOOD MONEY- AGAIN CHEERS

new league structure

i have read with interest the various comments in response to the new league structures.

i agree with the restructuring of the junior leagues as something has to be done to try and keep players playing and maybe get a few returning. the majority of lower league players play socially and cannot commit to 50/45 overs of cricket every week. shortened formats may or may not help, but it is quite obvious that we need to try something.

i think the new 8 team premier league is a good idea, it makes the league more competitive and hopefully will reduce fixture congestions brought about by the various cup competitions.

however, i am totally against the restructuring of the the rest of division 1 cricket. the second tier of NCU cricket should not be reduced to this extent. i see the point of reducing junior cricket to attract more 'social' cricketers, but 1st XI cricket needs to be competitive. there are not the same cup constraints as in the premier league so automatically less fixtures. it the more than possible that the following scenario crops up in section 1:-
14 league games -
10 are 50 overs
2 are 20 overs
2 are no results
do we really want the second tier of NCU cricket won or lost on this amount of cricket?!?!
10 teams in sections 1 & 2 and 9 tems in section 3 is fine...leave it alone!