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CI Shortlister:

Thanks for that and by the way I won't need the car insurance, but I'm a 36" waste or there abouts....Just incase !

My regards again to you all.

Re C Boomer. It's going very well thanks, all candidates are very excited at the prospect of new tracksuits and Hughes insurance. Any news, we'll post it here first!

Clarence just finished getting through the book. A great read! Congrats to you, Bill and the team.

It's a fair comment Andy, hateful to say the least to see quality home produce being 'head-hunted' by England and then if they're up to it, off they go and become 'English' !
Although in fairness to the individuals themselves I suppose it's a bigger meal ticket at the end of the day and a chance to 'shine' at the highest level if all goes well.

As for the current India v England ODI series, it's a pity to see England surcumbing so meekly out in India after such a productive summer at home, but alas there's two insurmountable barriers that stand between them and a series white-wash...
1/India's slow bowling in their own back-yard.
2/Mahendra Sing Doni.....awesome !

Bye the way, how's the shortlisting going with the new CIYMS player/coach ?

surprised that no-one has commented on Michael Vaughan's view that Boyd Rankin would soon be in an England jersey. Its not so long ago that england was being touted as the number 1 world side and how quickly that changes. And as for the England rugby World Cup performance!! Better quit now or posters will accuse me (again) of being anti-English

Messrs. Shannon & Maxwell enjoying the rain at Randalstown on Saturday!! A good close game 14-13 to the visitors. Now we know what they do in winter!!

Re Sam Barr (Another well know name!!!!!)

JT was a guest of mine @ the NDCC dinner...we have been good mates for a long time.

I can confirm that unless JT decides to take a 100% pay cut, there is ZERO chance he will be playing at the Green next year!!!

Superb bowler is JT, could and should have played for Ireland on many many occasions.

Sam where do you get your "done deal" information from?
The only "done deal" down here is Brian Walsh is the new NCU chairman and Christopher Harte president after last night's AGM.

Hear its a done deal johnny thompson on his way to the green to replace mr khan....

Re Timmy Morrow:(A name i haven't encountered before in Cricketing circles, but who am i to doubt the authenticity of your name,as you clearly have an expert knowledge of local cricket!!)

We at NDCC will of course miss Taimur...no team in the land could say they wouldn't!

What i will say is this, we have lost Andrew White, D.Kennedy, Ralph Coetzee, Marty Dalzell and a few other names over the past lot of years and still continue to win numerous trophies year on year.

You say that W'Town and Inst will be licking their lips with Taimurs departure??....mmmmmm...maybe the inexperienced players, but not the experienced ones. They know better than to write off NDCC. Always good battles between the top 3 teams in Prem League and long may that continue.

Time will of course tell, but it's a silly man that backs against ND.

Oh and fyi, Ryan Haire has been as equally, if not more consistent than any player at ND over the past decade.

Russeller

Re - The NCU Dinner

To all those involved in organising the dinner well done for what was a great night.

Its been a very long time since 400 turned up to the dinner and I hope that next year all those who turned up this year for the first time or had not been for a while will return to next years dinner.

Michael is right, we had a great night at the Lurgan table and certainly it was good to catch up with some fellow cricketers I havent seen for a while.

The Holywood table was in great form when it came to sticking their hands up to bid for the auction items, especially when they kept bidding for other people sitting at their table.

NCU Gala Dinner
Great night enjoyed by many and expertly organised. Really enjoyed the Q and A a master stroke which blended seamlessly into the evening.
Well done Bryan and Co...

Rather than all the debate about CI spending the cash, I'm surprised there has been no debate on how NDCC are going to cope without Khan.

I would think he's got them 600+ runs/25+ wickets a year since 1999.....thats going to be very, very difficult to replace. He's been their one consistent performer since he joined & rarely, if ever, let them down when they needed him.

Yes, they have lost players in the past but Taimur has unquestionably been the best pound-for-pound OP in the NCU, he's the one they wouldn't have wanted to lose.

To replace him? I'm not sure their group of young players have anywhere near the quality of what either Waringstown (Halls, Nelson) or Instonians (Shannon, McCann) have. Both rivals will be rubbing their hands in delight.

Re Downtown Al

I doubt very much that there was a Holywood connection in the last few days slanging match re Ross and Mark Adair - the rumours mentioned are ones that have been ongoing for the last couple of years and appear to be known by most people involved within the NCU. We at Holywood obviously do not want to lose the Adairs (our any of our young players that we have helped to develop) to other clubs but I would like to think that our members would not resort to making posts using fictional names !
(Apolgies Hiler - I know you said subject over !)

As for the 125th NCU dinner - magnificent setting for the dinner and in general a great night had by all. My only slight negative was that the presentation of the awards seemed to be very rushed - in hindsight perhaps this could have been given slightly more time ?
Special mention to the Academy and Lurgan tables who seemed to be having a particularly good time - no co-incidence that they were full of people who had played alongside each other for many years !

Good luck with the book Hiler !

any info where the book launch to which Clarence refers will be held? On reflection about Saturday night - I reckon that Hiler has a portrait of an old man in his roofspace!! For those who don't understand what I'm talking about - see "Portrait of Dorian Grey"!