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bumperdale

sunny Belfast

24th Sep 2008

Premier League;
I predict N. Down to roar back (wounded tiger) and win Saturday's game with CSNI.
Now I wonder if Carrick and/or Instonians can have a say on who will be champions come Sunday evening!!!

andy kennedy

not Ballymena

24th Sep 2008

been off the air for a while so am just catching up on the past few weeks. Reading Hiler's "feature" about socialising brought back many many memories of nights spent in the company of good guys. I know that society has changed - or should I say has been allowed to change by the attitude of guys who "have" to be home straight after the match - and games finished late in "those days" as well.
On excuses for not playing - what about "have to change my library books"!! Funny enough that guy was never asked to play again!!

Michael Foster

Lisburn CC

24th Sep 2008

Taito/Ivan

If ND and CSNI finish with the same number of wins, the trophy is shared. Net run rate does not come into play.

At the other end, CIYMS, with one game left, would need to get royally humped by Waringstown to go down judging by the run rates last available, and given there would not appear to have been a huge change in the differences between theirs and Cliftonville over the last weekend, you would fancy CI to survive.

taito

work

24th Sep 2008

Re: Micheal.

yes it certaintly is going to be a good finish to senior 1. Can anyone confirm is the title just shared or does that also go down to net run rate?

Tight at the bottom of that league too, that could go down to net run rate. I would like to see Hughesy and his CI boys staying up

ivan mc combe

Muckamore

23rd Sep 2008

Will the title be shared if North Down beat CSNI or will it be decided on nett run rate ?.If so what permatations does each side need.

Vanburn

Home

23rd Sep 2008

Fozzy

Not in a position to either confirm or deny the rumours, as availability of some players is still uncertain, and team for Saturday has not yet been selected. That's as much as you will get I'm afraid!

bumperdale

dry belfast

23rd Sep 2008

Premier League- The final games will decide who will be champions.
I predict N. Down to come storming back like a wounded tiger and defeat CSNI on Saturday and then I wonder can Carrick and Instonians have a say in who is crowned champs on Sunday?

Gareth McCarter

The Mall

23rd Sep 2008

Always has been a section 2 forum, shame its gonna be all diverse again next year :( Damn relegation.

Michael Foster

Lisburn

23rd Sep 2008

After 18 Section 2 related posts in a row, this forum is in danger of becoming the ulstersection2cricketer.com forum.

Always interesting to hear the goings-on from there though, and the relegation battle seems to have been keenly contested.

This weekend's Section 1 cricket revolves around the North Down and CSNI games. Rumour has it that CSNI are missing quite a few players for Saturday (Thompson, Wilson, Heaney, Horwood been mentioned, maybe Vanburn can confirm or deny). What odds a shared title this season?

At least it looks like it will be decided on the pitch with the weather looking pretty tasty for the rest of the week. Good luck to both sides in what has been a good battle for the trophy.

taito

work

23rd Sep 2008

maybe justice would be done if dundrum got a couple of wins and stayed up, with although no fault of their own hollywood getting four points out of lurgan's inability to field a team.

Bruce Toping

The Vale

23rd Sep 2008

Good wishes to Saintfield too!

It would take quite a swing in net run rates for Saintfield to go down though.

John Wheeler

Saintfield CC

23rd Sep 2008

Bruce

As there is a straightforward fight between ourselves, Holywood and Dundrum for the remaining relegation place my best wishes to those involved was tongue in cheek.

Having had some great matches against Dundrum in the last few years I would love them to stay up, however we've also had some memorable games against Holywood in recent years for various reasons. Sometimes there's more action off the pitch than on it so if they went down it would also be a big loss.

We're not out of it ourselves, I just hope we don't have to rely on other teams giving us a helping hand or waiting for the net run rates to be produced next Sunday evening.

Like I said before I hope relegation is sorted out by the teams doing the business on the pitch and not dependant on the weather.

Bruce Topping

Laurelvale

23rd Sep 2008

This is all very cosy between Saintfield, Dundrum and Downpatrick.

Good luck to Holywood for the weekend as well as Dundrum !

jeff maguire

extend the season not shorten it ?lol

23rd Sep 2008

john, spoke too gareth this morning and he said they are working on ground & outfield is cut & think he said cutting it again so fair play too them if they do as we hope too play on sunday & no doubt we will be travelling & if the umpires say its ON we will play as no reason with the weather set good for next 6 days that the game cant be played . Saintfield might miss the bar takings if we go down.ps easier too get £ out of the ulster bank than off taito.lol

taito

work

23rd Sep 2008

i cant see the league having the derby games over a short period. Peronally i prefer to have them spread out over the season as its gives you something to look forward to. There wasnt as much banter on sunday as i expected. It was actually pretty friendly. Good to catch up with some old mates ,like gavin mccnerlin, long time ago we were running about school together.

Hopefully you get both games played at the weekend and give you a real chance of staying up. I certainly would like to see dundrum stay up.