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more than likely junior 1 is premier league reserve team players and it gives them plenty of match practice to get into the firsts and they are dedicated to playing cricket i think it should all be 50 over cricket youngsters either want to play or dont its not all about t20 just my opinion

Why is junior 1 not 40 overs max ? Seems crazy in this day and age that a match at junior level is still 50 overs in duration

re Mick
That was my mistake earlier this evening (Sat 18th July). I've fixed it now.

Is junior one not done on run rate in league games if it rains so how was lisburn v wtown decided on dls

went to book my holidays at travel agents today all was going fine until the salesman pointed out junior 4 rearangements where scheduled for then good news is i ordered 3 jumpers for the playing conditions lol a free saturday for both teams sun is out but unfortunately common sense is also out through the window

good day, I watched Ireland play in t20 world cup qualifiers last night. I've noticed that Manoj Prabhakar in not National Coach?? what did I miss? when I last checked i'm sure he was appointed.

Thanks for letting everyone know Ally!

Re last post, just got word that the game has had to be postponed.
Plans remain the same though and gives you more time to prepare to come down next Friday (24th) for the rearreangment.

The weather is trying its best to dampen but like to mention the Lagan Valley T20 final tonight at Middle Road Carrick, between Cliftonville and Muckamore.
We are putting in the usual effort to make this a great occasion so if you are free then why not pop down for the 6 o'clock start. Music, BBq, competitions and beer promos all taking place.
Particularly appealing to players/members from other Section one clubs. Would be great to show how important this league is to cricket here with a great turnout.
Hope to see you there.

With regards to starring, we have two young players that are capable of scoring runs for our firsts and both have played a number of games for firsts and seconds, however one works every Saturday morning 7-11 so from the first of July cannot play for the firsts, the other starts about 6pm on a Saturday night so cant always play a 50 over away game.
so if you see that player A has scored runs or taken wickets for a sides firsts earlier in the season there may be justifiable reasons why they are now playing for their clubs seconds

Muckamore Cc have secured substantial OFMDFM funding for Summer Camps (multi sport inc Cricket) at Moylena. Youths aged 8+ welcome to the camps Mon-Fri 10am-2pm first and last wks of August totally free to all. See http://www.mcltc.com/Cricket/Summer-Camps/summer-camps.html
The club also have Free Friday night coaching funded via local council July and Aug from 6.30pm open to all at Moylena Antrim.

As I said earlier, starring always has raised problems but the increased use of technology should facilitate League Secretaries better in these modern times as opposed my experience in the manual processing of result forms back in the late 70s and early 80s.

Steve in the Penninsla. As someone who attended fixture meeting for 15 years I know just how difficult it is to juggle matches with home grounds etc. I never really found clubs angling for Sunday fixtures to get an advantage of playing I started players . After a few weeks with bad weather and rearrangements for cup runs etc Sunday's get used up as well . I never understand players content to play at a level where it's " easy" for them and I think most players who play want to test themselves against better players. Some clubs are strong and actually have good players down their club. Trying to create a level playing field in any sport is difficult and no one improves playing against teams or players of an equal or lower standard.

Starrings , firstly id like point out we are in the business of trying get people play cricket and more importantly trying get better players to help out in lower teams , Take my club Dundrum last year i couldnt star our best player Gavin Mcnerlin simply because his wife shifts and children meant he miss out on 80% sat games so FAIR PLAY him he played loads games in seconds bringing kids threw yes scored ton and lots average scores for him but the point is his love of the game made him play and he showed seconds exactly what commitment is about . I have other examples another of our good players can only play at home as he got two girls and impossible take too away games so he also helps out bringing juniors up to the standard we all search for if there is not flexibility then we would have lost two superb clubmen . i remember playing againest two the best players ive seen Alan Nelson and Davy Dennison who left Waringstown and dropped two sections play for home club Millpark and i learned more in two games of both gentlemen that i did in season as everyone benefits from playing againest experianced and better players . Yes im sure there is the odd abuse of the system but instead making accusations why not lodge a formal complaint to the club involved and the NCU reg commitee as im my opinion we should be embracing older better senior players that show club commitment to play the game we love .ps i played last three games for seconds 28/15/10 all not outs and wrecked my ligaments but my love of cricket means ill target another game as want get my AVERAGE to its highest in 44 years playing and who knows back in the firsts and STARRED .rant over