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is it true that saintfield have launched a legal appeal against the decision to relegate them. this may be old news or just rubbish. there must be a case for the future that the results form is verified and signed by both captains before it is submitted.

Wayne :- The argument is one of consistency!
Lurgan and Instonians had a match voided in the same circumstances last year and on the same weekend Woodvale had 2 matches voided for the same thing. Hence the introduction of Rule 3.
We have had the Vice-Chairman of the NCU on this forum saying that if the circumstances of the Waringstown game are as reported (and they are!) the match SHOULD be voided "if the rules are applied". They appear not to have been applied and I thought that you and your colleagues would want to know that there seems to be an ability to apply the published rules selectively when it suits.
This is what stops the noble ideal of two sides arranging and playing a game of cricket, getting a result and being happy to accept the result on the day.
I totally agree with you that that should be what it's about but through overregulation that can't, or isn't allowed to happen.
As for Lurgan, is a fine sufficient for an offence which I believe NICC/Harlequins/CSNI were guilty of a few years ago and at the time all sorts of 'threats' were made to ensure that this 'never happened again'.
A neat move by Holywood in blind-siding Lurgan by switching the game to Stormont. Lurgan's assumption that the game was at Seapark and would not take place was a costly one, if not for them for Saintfield.
I'm sure all will be sweetness and light at the AGM. RE-election of all concerned. And wasn't it great that there was an apparent improvement in the standard of player behaviour on the pitch?
It seems it's not just Bankers who can't say 'Sorry'.

Re Alan Bryans. Did CI and Waringstown players not give up a Friday afternoon in the last week of September to fulfill a fixture? Fair play to them. In the next line you want to get Lurgan docked points for not fulfilling fixtures. Consistent approach??

I know rules are rules and clubs have the opportunity to change them at the AGM (we know that well at CSN!!) but in a scenario like this where 2 clubs agree in advance of a fixture and all they are trying to do is get a game played in what was a nightmare season surely they should be commended and supported for trying to play the game?

I see that which was expected has come to pass.
I refer to the Waringstown v CIYMS 30 over match at 2.45 on 26th September arranged in breach of the NCU Rules. Has it been 'voided' as the Section 2 Secretary said at the time it 'should'? Apparently not according to the league tables. Obviously the Section 1 Secretary has a less strict enforcement policy or maybe it's just an example of Selective enforcement on the NCU's part. Wasn't this the very crime that the now infamous Rule 3 was brought in to cover?
Any news on Lurgan's punishment for failing to put out a team? Can I suggest a start to next season at -8 points.

anyone keen for a bet think PROHIBITION will win 140 at leicester tues.think tayto shud put bet on it then he might afford too pay his debt?lets hope ireland can get WEST& MCCALLAN on early &take the last 8 wickets & reach the final again.

re mark

great proposal re: penalties......BOWL OVERS WITHIN THE TIME ALLOTTED!!!!!!!!!!

sorry for the sarcasm but i couldn't resist

Very quiet on the website these days or is it the calm before the storm with the dinner and agm coming up soon? Also any proposals to change the rule regarding points penalties for going over the time? Surely CSNI should champion this cause since they suffered most this season?

re portydown , yes the ones on forum didnt win 3 placed but BELIEVE me i done OK 5£ betfair taafeez 75 1 betfair (thanks to john francome ). so today we will try again, eway CRETE & CONQUEST ( last time i tipped it on here won at 66 1) king charles , cute ass.squadron.tammeer. two horses that have last chance 2day prime defender tastihil worth watching . nap BALLYBRAT hexham 535,nb silly wupple 320.ps dont gamble if you cant afford 2 lose!!

things have gone a bit quiet on the forum recently so to try and kick start a rumour or two - who's moving where next season, who is being offered silly money to move to the East Belfast direction, where are some teams gonna play next year. Or is this just all boundary chat? And Harry Cook wins a bowling cup by .0007 of a run!!! The world as I knew it has gone mad!!!

I see that the CSNI appeal was turned down by the NCU last night after submissions from the umpires and CSNI representatives.

Unfortunate for the CSNI club, but it shouldn't detract too much from what was otherwise a fantastic season for them, especially their memorable Senior Cup win.

Vic

Opposing bowlers quickly worked out that was certainly all they had to do to you, skip!

Fozzy

You have to bowl straight.

Warmest regards

Your skipper from last season.

Anyone any idea what happened at the CSNI appeal tonight?
Anybody know who the Waringstown skipper is for 2009?

Ronnie, a few of my teammates have been giving me similar hints, but I think I will annoy them for at least another season before I consider such a radical move!

Hopefully see you at the Park next year; maybe you will give me an lbw for a change!

saddened by the news of Jim McMorran's death. A real gentleman. Had the pleasure of being at the "old Cooke" dinner when they made him a life member. He always brought common sense to the disputes that arose in the Divisional Committee at a time when we seemed to make decisions without the lawyers getting involved. I would send my condolences to his family circle at this time.