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How small is the world ?
Niranjan Godbole our current pro at Lurgan was coaching at the Pune International Cricket Centre last week when Leeds/Bradford MCC University Cricket side arrived for a cricket tour.
He was asked to help out with their net session prior to their first match and was introduced to their Head Coach, Andrew Lawson.
Prior to Niranjan arriving in Lurgan, Andrew Lawson was our professional for two years.
It did not take them long to find this out and they had a real laugh as here were two Lurgan professionals in the same place half way round the other side of the world
Any clubs out there who could do with some help with the ground ? Cricket Ireland is holding a Foundation course for groundsmen next Wednesday, 4th April at Stormont. The cost is £75 and there is a recognised certificate at the end.
Contact the Cricket Ireland office to get details - 028 9076 5619, or e-mail sharon.crossan@irishcricket.org.
On behalf of NIACUS I would like to extend our congratulations to Mark Hawthorne on his Umpiring duties in Dubai. Once again we are proud of one of our members and this is an example of Officials gaining recognition at the highest level. Well done Mark and this acts as a great incentive to others.
Congrats to Ray Palmer and Woodvale CC in hosting the 2nd Annual Indoor Sixes!
Hopefully we can develop an indoor league format throughout Ireland in 2013 to afford more clubs a chance to get involved.
Hi Folks, Just trying to organise pre season friendly. Drumaness CC are willing to travel on Saturday 21st April. If intersted please contact myself via e-mail: n_gelston@hotmail.com.
The NIACUS Annual Dinner takes place on Friday 30th March 2012 at the La Mon Country House Hotel. Our Guest Speaker is former Irish International Kyle McCallan and he will be ably backed up by Andy Kennedy. We would ask for you to consider attending this event and supporting your local Umpires. Tickets are £30 and can be booked through any member of our Executive Committee.
After a Craigavon Council Meeting last night Victoria Cricket Club accepted a 58% increase on its annual fee.
On behalf of Victoria Cricket Club can i thank everyone that helped in any way with our campaign for a fair price and all clubs will be made very welcome at LURGAN PARK this season . Thank you again .
Clarence at last a bit of CURRENT cricket chat lol. Irish boys all look in top form. Hopefully we get the roll of the dice when it matters in the final tournament stages!
I am sure I speak for all our readers in congratulating the Ireland squad on their run of wins in Dubai and wishing them the best of luck in the final matches.
Great achievements to date so now down to the key games!
TCC Golf day
Friday 22nd June @ Templepatrick Hilton
Tee offs from 2:30pm
Everyone welcome.Please get I touch with Peter Shepherd petershepherd@btopenworld.com, to book tee times. 4 balls are welcome.
£30 to play this quality course includes BBQ afterwards and Bacon butties before tee off equals good value
Various sponsorship packages are also available is anyone would like to further support TCC – also contact Peter Shepherd
Sad to see in the Lurgan Mail this week that Craigavon Council are still messing about Victoria Cricket Club on the issue on the rent of Lurgan Park. Before i went into umpiring it was a club that gave me a chance to play the game i love it would be terrible to for the club to fold. Look at all the young players that would be missing out on playing the game every week this summer and beyond. Something needs to be done.
c'mon big jeff you've been quiet as day or two. spill the beans on the runners and riders for the big day.
The West-Indies team of the mid 70's & onwards through the 1980's were in my opinion and many others, collectively the best bunch of cricketers ever to play the game...Quite simply awesome!
Didn't they go some 15yrs unbeaten in any test series with a couple of world-cups thrown in for good measure!
It has been officially poled that they were the greatest sporting team in history, by remaining for such a length of time at the very pinnacle of their sport.
Some record indeed and sad to see them these last several years, a shadow of their former selves.
Hang on in there realist.. tuff it out Man!
I know the cold turkey is hard to bear at this time of the year for all us cricketers and it can make you say and do silly things!
It's been a long old off season but the winning post and the cure are well in sight now....At least you don't take the pet rabbits with you to cricket practise. Desperate or what ?
For a second year in a row, Templepatrick Cricket Club in conjunction with Cricket Ireland are running an Introduction to Cricket Coaching Course at their ground (The Cloughan, Doagh Road, Ballyclare) on Wednesday 4th April, 5.30pm till 9pm
18 new coaches attended last year ( male and female )
This course will allow you to work with young players on introducing basic cricket skills to them and provide you with a range of games that can be used with players to further develop their cricket experience.
This course is a good starter for those people with limited cricket experience or limited experience in working with young players.
The cost of the course is £10
Assessment/Attendee Requirements: There is no official assessment to be completed during this course. Participants however are required to attend all components of the course in order to receive a certificate of participation.
Accreditation: This course does not have an official accreditation; however attendees will receive a certificate of participation at the completion of the course.
Cricket Ireland are hugely grateful for ICC Europe’s support to the courses, and also to the support of Templepatrick Cricket Club for facilitating these hugely important courses as Cricket continues to grow exponentially at many levels throughout the country.
A large part of the course will be outdoors and is therefore weather dependant.
If the weather is unkind to us on that evening the back up date is
Wednesday 11th April 5.30pm till 9pm
Please get in touch with Andy McCrea if you are interested on mccrea.a@sky.com
Re C Bommer
Caleb,I am not in the "relocation of school" business............despite my mail on 8th March Portora School is still down in the Lakeland of Norn Ireland and not in Co Down......I am just in the "making mistakes" business
