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Jeff
If you count having a son playing for MCB and me watching them play every Sat, then yes I have inside info. MCB had a bad day at the office yesterday, but still won and will remain strong favs to win Cup. Will be interesting to see how the odds change this week, with RBAI putting in a late run.

vanburn, really depends how many pros mcb have tapped up or signed from other clubs.lol did you get inside info before you placed bet( david holmes might have had same bet?)ps my nap won hey big spender, but alas the rest still running .

Jeff
As you know I am not a major betting man, but i have a few quid on MCB to win School's Cup. Odds 10/11 for MCB a couple of weeks ago, now down to 1/5!!! 2nd favs are RBAI at 9/1. In a 8 horse race have you ever seen such odds with such a difference between favourite and 2nd favourite?

not 4 vanburn. eway FIER NORMAND , IWILLREMEMBERYOU ,RANWICK ROAR, DEE EE WILLIAMS . NAP HEY BIG SPENDER( CIYMS BOUGHT THIS )LOL GOOD LUCK PS SPRING IS HERE

Staffy
Still think the best 5 players in the "top3" (not my words by the way!!) are better both individually and collectively than the other sides, plus the next 6 are also collectively above what else the other sides have. North Down clearly the best of the best in this regard (all 11 named would be individually capable of taking a place on any of the other Senior sides), but the big 3 are strong all round and will be up there. I will be surprised if they are not 1,2,3 in the league, whatever order that may be.

re: comments on the youngsters: Heaney Jnr.is without any doubt better than his parents (my wife would not profess to be a good cricketer, although in her day she did help make a mean tea!!!), young Beverland has a bit to go but is learning and has the talent, and time will tell about him.
Best Wishes to you and the Grasshoppers in India.

Section 1 looks really close this year (giving it the fancy new title) with a lot of teams having realistic claims to going up into the Premier. Hard to know how strong Cliftonville will be but Derriaghy probably have to start off as favourites. I'm sure that Lurgan and Downpatrick will both hope for better than 2008.

tayto, not bitter up 2 you if u welsh on bet , but as for daisy hassard he wud shoot u if owed him 40£, he still has his confirmation £.ps were u & rod showers partners at strangford road?

rodney, i think your right about the bet ha ha.

I will tell you about the middle of june what our pro is like, who knows, looks decent on paper and is very keen so fingers crossed.

Yeah neiller will do well at CI , they are looking pretty strong and i wish him and CI all the best for the season.

I dont have a clue how our league will go this year, we will have to see.

taito

I think jeff should lay off you about that bet, credit crunch and all that. What is your pro like, should be good craic this year.

Heard Neil is away to CI, big loss for you but a good move for him no doubt as CI are moving forward. Real big opportunity for him.

Hopefully we can attract a couple of new faces to the club this year as I believe two or three players could make us a mid table side.

jeff, you are bitter about that bet arent ya? lol. Sure it was only a bit of banter, im sure i will pay up some day. Sure with all this help i am giving rodney i must have it near paid off

tayto. no point shooting yurself in the foot as you never paid the losing bet (40£), good job it wasnt with the old style bookies or they would have done it for you!!ps i suppose its in the post.lol

so any predictions for section 2 this year? i am not going to shoot myself in the foot two years in a row.

In the premier league, i would think it will be the same three battling it out for the title, waringstown may miss their internationals though so might pay for that.

Dont rule out CI for a top four finish anyway, they have a strong looking lineup.

I cant see anyone else getting close

If we had an irish comparison , Cliftonville could be the Ards f.c.(homeless) but then we would have to put up with Billy McAvoy telling us about his goalscoring exploits

just as well it wasn't the Scottish premier league in the article , C.I. could have been Gretna, came from nowhere with an insurance mans money, lost a cup final, got promoted to the big time, spent heavily , lived the fairytale and where are they now?

Templepatrick Cricket Club will officially mark its 40th Anniversary with a dinner dance at the Dunadry Hotel on Friday 29th May 2009.

We hope that a large turnout of current and former players will help celebrate the milestone.

We want to get as many players as possible from past and present together on the night to mark the four decades of the club. We want to give people the opportunity to talk about the games they played in, share their memories, have a laugh about victories and defeats and renew old friendships. We also want people to see how the club has moved forward and grown over the years, and how we're planning for the years ahead.
If you are a past player out there or you would like to attend or support the event in any way - we would love to hear from you.

Tickets are on sale now and are available by contacting;
• Andy McCrea 07811737047 andrew0@btinternet.com
• Peter Shepherd 07762132191 petershepherd@btopenworld.com
• Duncan Elder 07759168203 duncan_elder@hotmail.com

As part of the event a raffle/auction will be held to raise funds for the Sparks NI children’s medical research charity.