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Ed - before I get an influx of messages, can I point out I meant to say non-Irish born players, not non-NI born players. 1 island, 1 team and all that!

Ref J Askin (always happy to hear from someone who loves an alias)

I think you might be missing the point - the issue is that teams based in Dublin can benefit from the influx of players who have emigrated to Dublin and surrounding areas. Perhaps if you spent more time looking at the number of "local" players in the southern game compared to the north you may find the problem. This is not a slant on the ROI - quite the opposite - merely a summation of the (pre-recession) attractiveness of ROI. Obviously this puts the northern counties at a disadvantage. NI has always suffered from the exposure it obtained worldwide during the troubles.

How many of the non-NI born Irish players (and fair play to them) were playing their cricket in the north? It wont stop me supporting Ireland in the WC though.

Re Junior 2

Surely the NCU wouldn`t want to disregard its own rules/decisions. Pity it wasn`t rectified before "going public".

As far as the Irish Cup is concerned it won`t happen until clubs start to use their resources on DEVELOPMENT of THEIR OWN players and less on navel gazing. Who wins what local competition and "what league are we in" mindset is a waste of time when all they primarily do is try to resolve it by getting the cheque book out.

Anyone see Saintfields Kiwi pro Mark Elison fielding sub againest Pakistan last week ? ps was at king george kempton sat first bloke met was Gary Wilson from Collegians god them collegians lads enjoyed their trips too dundrum, pps lost @ races but backed all 4 games be draws on sunday free weekend , get on alec ferguson horse What a Friend win the gold cup in march

re Junior 2
At the fixture meeting on Monday evening the league secretary for Junior 2, amidst all the hurley burley of writing down the fixtures, did not spot this at the time.
Consequently whilst checking the fixtures at home he noticed this discrepancy and in discussion with Downpatrick and the other three clubs involved has resolved it by moving the Downpatrick II v CSNI II match to September 10th (a Saturday). Implementing this rule has proved a bit more problematic in the real world for some reason despite the majority of the leagues it applies to being only 8 teams.
So J Askin can rest easy in his bed tonight knowing that one of the big issues of local cricket has been resolved.
I’m now away off to find out the solution to an NCU team winning the Irish Senior Cup – this one may take me a bit longer.

If teams in Junior 2 are only allowed to arrange 2 MATCHES for a SUNDAY how can DOWNPATRICK arrange 3 SUNDAY FIXTURES..........15 May,19 June,and 14 Aug

Would just like to congratulate Bobby Rao also on his MBE...fully deserved..a great coach and a great man also..an example to clubs re the type of professional/coach local clubs should be trying to sign for the long term benefit of their club.

Robert, see you on 02/07/11 for the Templepatrick Vs Academy match up, 1sts 2nds and 3rds all on same day

Wells spoken Davy and I'm sure there are many people in local cricket who will join us in our congratulations. Bobby has been a great example of the true value of an overseas professional and many players all over Ireland have benefitted from his coaching and motivation. Sometimes he wasn't given the recognition he deserved but hopefully this gong will show him that some people in the right places appreciate what he has done for cricket and the community.
Well done Bobby!

Would like to congratulate Bobby Rao on receiving an MBE.
A tremendous man and very well deserved,

Well done Bobby.

Sounds fair to me, as I would imagine TP 2s will be more competitive in L3 than Dee would have been, just thought it was a bit odd. Will be tuff to call which two teams will go down from 3, lets hope for our sakes its not Academy and Templepatrick!

Thanks Peter

Robert Best
Templepatrick CC in JL3

Donaghadee approached the NCU and Templepatrick and requested to move down to JL5, their reasoning for this as far as i am aware was that they wanted to remain competitive and that JL5 would be the best league for them as a club. Templepatrick were in agreement with this proposal but the decision was made by the NCU and competitions committee.

all parties concerned are happy with the outcome and the common sense approach was taken, but perhaps somone from donaghadee can clarify or back up what i have said

Just been looking at the new Junior Leagues on the NCU Website and noticed that it appears Templepatrick 2s are now in league 3 at the expense of Donaghadee 2s who are now in league 5 despite finishing above TP last season? Why did this change happen?

M Parks,
Just on the 2013 in JL3, with Junior league 1 reducing to 8 teams at the end of this season in line with the reduction in the senior league, then as far as i am aware there will be no promotion at end of this season. Which means that it will be 2014 before your up in Junior 3 ( but someone please feel free to correct me if im wrong)

Thanks Peter. Its highly unliklely that more than two of our games on days other than Saturday, but I was still curious. I'll make sure to keep that in mind for 2013 (the year Victoria II will be in Junior 3!!)