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rodney h - maybe you should sign brett lee now he is about to retire from test cricket. rumour has it that he can bat at 3 and regularly attends practice.

North Down Cricket Club are holding a Night at the Races at The Green this Saturday night. Anyone from other clubs who would like to attend will be made very welcome. First race will be at 7.30pm, admission is £3.

Great looking grasshoppers trip and an excellent price. Thoroughly recommend you get in early and get your name down if your interested in going.

Unfortunately I'm probably not available to tour Russeller(you'll be glad about that!!!)However may reconsider if we get to play tapeball again since I did so well the first time!!!

Caleb
If you see Vic again tell him i enjoyed his banter and craic,cant wait to see the new improved Vic at practice.

Greg,
Was talking today with our good friend and teamate Vic Jons,he's off the forum for a while as he wants to keep his outdoor practice going and settle a few 'scores',on the pitch this new incoming season! (He muttered something about a 'banjo & a cow's arse'? and then said he's away to do a bit of bowling!)

However having read your supportive post,I myself would like to further add:

While it is fantastic that clubs like Templepatrick have recieved a massive amount of financial help to bolster their club,many others too recieve alot of money from various grants,lotteries,councils, sporting Government agencies 'sugar-daddies',even the N.C.U.their own club houses etc.etc.(& good luck to them!)

We at Victoria C.C. do not have the good fortune of such lucrative financial backings and instead rely on club members dues and the 'good-will' of the local council to supply us with our home ground. (Which we pay for!)

Do we ever complain,'cry poverty' or feel hard done by ?

" NO "! Not our style!

And by the way, did I mention we're putting out a third team this season!!

C.Boomer Victoria C.C. (and proud of it)!

Gilly,no offence taken just a bit of banter to keep the forum going as you say, sometimes it gets too serious and Vic always has something silly to say or is putting his size 12,s in it, but its all good fun, all the best to Muckamore for the season ahead, we at Victoria are just looking for a few more wins and get this 3rd team up and running.

Gregory, Vic and anyone else connected to Victoria C.C. The post I made was not in anyway a dig at Victoric C.C, it was a dig at everyone who usually posts on this forum but have been hiding.usually at this time of year so close to the season the forum is a hive of activity. So fair play to Vic, yourself,etc for keeping the forum going.

I'm not sure how many 'sweetie men' are around the umpiring fraternity these days but it seems a good time to remember the doyen of sweetie-givers, the late great Peter Reith. Pete was a rare gem and one of the most popular umpires of our time. After all, there can't be many matches that started late because the umpire was on the stage in the clubhouse singing "Sweet Georgie Brown" when he should have been at the wicket. The Sunday Jazz sessions at Ormeau weren't good for timely starts to senior league games!
As for strange men offering you sweets Andy, I'm sure they were frightened you'd grab the bag!

just to clarify about the "sweets" - was always warned by my mother about strange men offering me sweets! Never saw too many coming my way from the gentleman concerned but Alan Neill always eats mine but never brings his own. And I have a great story about sweets and the late great Bill McLaren that I'll tell forumites only when I meet them during the season. There haven't been too many sweet-eaters round Muckamore this winter but the weight loss programme (not that I was in it) has certainly made a difference.

Anyone wanting a good night out with a difference is invited to support Muckamore's "Gangster Pursuit " evening next Thursday 4th March in Moe's Grill , Junction One, Antrim starting at 8pm. Tickets including Chinese Buffet and ending with Karaoke are available from Moe's Grill at £15 each.

" Gangster's Pursuit " is best described as a Night at the Races without the horses. No wisecracks about it being an apt name for a Muckamore fund raising evening please.

Hi Vic , i see some people are complaining about you hogging the forum tell them to get stuffed, i told you before if you don,t wear the right school tie or your from section 4 you don,t count, carry on Vic we love the banter this is the only place were people like you can air smaller clubs views, no one complains about the other site being mostly [95%]about NW cricket !!
everybody knows Vic Jons what a guy !!

Ground will hopefully be ready around the end of June although we wont be able to play on any of the 6 new tracks until next season.yes Andy has did a great job getting that grant, hes a great coach and is very professional in everything he does.Ballymena would be are big derby match but Templepatrick only play up the road in Ballyclare and i can see us playing them in a few years, as you say they have some great young players.

Thanks Vic,I'm practising quite a lot. I can't wait until the new season and hopefully this year we will get a "barbecue" summer!

A sign of the times Gilly... Victoria are becoming a rising force in the NCU!

Cliftonville held a fund raiser on Saturday night with the money going towards an Overseas player , but after the sixth or seventh drink we decided to ditch the Pro and have booked a bus and an Emergency medical team for our away fixture to Dundrum. Roll on July.

P.s. Jeff, David Munn is under strict instructions to bat second, in order to help us avoid alcohol poisoning.