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Stephen Burrell (@step047)

30/09/2012 14:46
@LaurelvaleCC @tpatrickcc congrats to you both. League tables don't lie. Top of league 2 yrs in a row = top teams #ncus2 #ncujc

Am rather disappointed not to go up to Section One as my club was not give a chance at beginning of season. With a full side we were ahead of all in our league. However the consulation of winning the Junior Cup for the second year in a row is enough for us and we will be challenging in 2013. We defeated Laurelvale 3 times and twice with an understrength side. I think that they will be relegation candidates from Day One and both they and Templepatrick need an injection of professional support to have any chance of remaining in Section One. I would like to congratulate Portadown for the effort to play without a home ground and express my surprise at Saintfield going down as they were a reasonable side with some good players. Hopefully both teams will bounce back in 2013.

looks like "Matthew in Florida" has a detailed knowledge of local cricket! "Do you play Michael?". How many years is it now Michael between Ballymena, North Maidenhead & Muckamore?! I too have some reservations about D/L in Junior cricket. Without umpires the D/L system is open to "manipulation" such as slowing down play to protect a par score, etc. I know that the idealists will say that wouldn't happen but realists like myself will see the problems.

Our prayers go out to the family circle of former Dundrum cc player Davy Mills and also all his team mates at Drumaness cc and everyone that new this county down sporting LEGEND will no how competitive him and his brother Alan were and top class blokes of the pitch .

michael watching some of the premier league this year it is like watching village as well do you play or are you a critic if you think that then let the ncu muck about with the premier and leave the rest to the villagers

Tragic news about David Mills, I'm sure we all extend our sincere condolences to Alan and everyone associated with Drumaness CC and Mills FC

I just wanted to pass on my thoughts to the mills family and all at drumaness cricket club following the sad passing away of davy mills. Thoughts and prayers with you all at the this sad time.

A big well done to my team mates at drumaness today on securing their status in section 2 for next season after beating millpark in an entertaining game. For a small club like ours to compete year in year out in this section is a great achievement from our players. Also would like to thank millpark for reversing todays fixture in what has been a rain affected season its great to have such co-operation and good will between clubs. Finally i hope the rain stays away for tomorrow so Saintfield have the chance to play themselves out of trouble dont want to see any1 go down on the back of a void game

I don't see how DL in junior one is crazy. All the clubs in that league have DL set up for their First XI's anyways, and having operated the software myself it's childs play. Personally I think it's a step in the right direction, and having witnessed the schools cup final at Moylena this year, i'd not be surprised if more cup competitions follow.

It's unfair to single clubs out for facilities or lack of, there are ground requirements published by the NCU and there is a process for marking against that. If clubs don't come up to scratch, surely there is a process to get them up to it. Not all clubs are blessed with top class facilities, and lets face it, below premier league we basically play village cricket on a shoe string budget.

Yesterday, I went from almost getting the sack at work to a promotion !

As there's only 7 months left to the new cricket season begins again, I thought I'd take the opportunity at work as things are very quiet at present what with this old recession, to practise a few straight drives with my shovel, as I help Jimmy do the sweeping up at our place out in the yard.
As we thought the boss wasn't about, I got him to throw an old tennis ball at me and I whacked it all over the place.

It wasn't a good idea as it turned out, as un be known to us the boss was watching and came up from behind a shed and said rather sternly, that unless we did something to impress him very quickly, we should get our coats, leave and not come back !

Thinking quickly I said, "Boss, watch this" I grabbed the tennis ball threw it at Jimmy and knocked the fag he was smoking clean out of his mouth !

The boss then looked at Jimmy, who was already putting on his coat when he yelled in our direction, " stick you're job where the sun don't shine, cause I've got a far better one to go to"! and he walked out !

And the promotion ?

The boss said I could have Jimmy's brush and keep the yard tidy on my own!

( Miserable git ! )

England "duffed" again and Collingwood on TV making excuses! OK its Arthur's Day but if Carlsberg did cricket matches!!

duckworth lewis in junior 1 is a crazy idea some of the clubs are not oppen only the changing rooms are look at inst you have to have your one sandwich tea in the changing rooms which is a disgrace and you will need umpires at all games to ensure the print out is ready on time ncu again you need to be sensible

David Edwards

Would you by any chance be related to the Jimmy at my work?

Seems both you & him have alot in common!

re C Boomer

When I went to school 2012 - 1903 was 109 so therefore the Met Office is perfectly correct; they're not always wrong. Hope you did better at English at school.

After two days & nights of relentless rainfall, (as if we haven't seen enough) the weather and what it's going to do next, is as always a very topical subject.

During our lunch break at work, we were discussing the terrible summer and how it was the wettest on record for 100yrs according to Met office statistics.

Jimmy wouldn't agree to this at all !

Claiming he remembers his grand-father once telling him that 1903 was the worst summer ever for rainfall and that we or the Met office hadn't a clue what we were talking about !

Folk indeed...you sometimes just got sit back have a laugh and agree !