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ref paul
was advised at fixture meeting
Cliftonville are playing at Mallusk
Robin, you are being generous saying I bowl it at 45mph!! KP's £170k per week salary might even be a stumbling block for CI!! Good luck this season too.
any news on whether cliftonville have a ground for this season?
Will be a tough season for them with most of their estabished players leaving.
Further to my last post:
Should the PSNI C.C. or any other cricket club require the services of a player/coach. I would sternly advise against considering a player by the name of Andrew Struass should it crop up amongst the applications.(Woeful to say the least!!). Vic.
Ref-Davy.
The PSNI advertisment for a Player/coach was in the Belfast Tele.date Fri.30/1/09.(Job finder)and Sun.Life 1/2/09.(Job finder).
And as I said earlier it's good luck to them,their a huge organisation with excellent facilities and it would be great to see them return to the halcyon days of several years ago and before.
There's certainly great potential for that to happen it just needs the right person to steer them in the right direction!
Vic Jons Victoria C.C. player/coach etc!
Good to see the forum completing "closure" on the subject of finances and priority spending by clubs. Hope all the money going into "hired guns" pockets breeds the next generation of irish players ! some chance.
Re: Vic Jons
Where are the PSNI advertising?
Hughsey just think if u stopped smoking u could bowl at 50 mph instead of 45 hows things at ci any truth kp has retired from england to join ci this season.good luck this season.
Grasshoppers Tour of India Match Itinery
20/02/2009 Grasshoppers v British High Commission (20/20) under floodlights at St Georges School grounds New Delhi.
22/02/2009 Grasshoppers v Delhi Public Schools Alumni at Siri Fort Cricket Ground (used by England and South Africa for practise)
25/02/2009 Grasshopperss v Cricket Club of India at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.
27/02/2009 Grasshoppers v Bombay Gymkhana (ex Test ground) Mumbai.
28/02/2009 Grasshoppers v PCF (Public Parks) This is a huge park in Mumbai where there could be 5 matches taking place on cosecutive grounds.
02/03/2009 Grasshoppers v Goa select at Vasco, Goa.
04/03/2009 Grasshoppers v Arlem Brewaries at Arlem CC, Goa
05/03/2009 Grasshoppers v Salgaonkar Sports Club, Goa
As well as chilling out we have planned trips to the see round Old and New Delhi, Red Fort, Taj Mahal, Humayun's tomb,India Gate, Agra Fort, Elaphanta Caves(World heritage site), Marine Drive, Wales museum, Crawford Market and Goa itself.
Jareth the sun is splitting the skies here in sunny Newtownards, rather chilly though when I nip out for a smoke!
who really cares who is trying to buy or not buy what it is like a broken record and i am missing the racing tips. good luck to CI and the rest of the teams for next season. Any chance of buying some sunshine hughesy
want to add a bit of reality to the debate re "Come In Your Ma's Shoutin' - it seems a long time ago - but in reality only a couple of seasons - when the same vitriol was being aimed at "Derrifrica" and they didn't really set the world alight in Section 1. As for the earlier posting from "played for a few clubs and didn't have much loyality" - no wonder you prefer to remain anonymous!
The reason I played in the Colts Cup final was because CI didn't sufficient players in that age group to put a team out and I was invited to play for Downpatrick under thier excellent captain Micheal Carson. By the way I wasn't demolished that day as my 6 overs only whent for 14!
I think the people that have a gripe about ciyms would probably just prefer someone from CI coming out and telling the truth rather than hiding behind all these inuendo's such as we have so many young kids attending our kwick cricket bla bla bla!! We all KNOW that they are getting paid substantial amounts, not that i have anything against it im just telling the truth! If im correct in saying the so called CI youth development scheme managed to produce players for downpatrick?? One certain Ross Boultwood opened the bowling in the challenge cup semi-final against waringstown, a few weeks later he opened the bowling for downpatrick in the colts cup final against the same opposition or otherwise known as the Lee Nelson demolition match were he hit 190! as CIYMS didnt even have an u17 side!! So all this nonsense really doesnt wash with everybody, just tell the truth, your entitled to do whatever you like its your money??
It seems to me that CIYMS are getting a fair bit of air time. The way I see it is, that if they have worked hard for the money with events or if they have been lucky to have a good backer then thats their luck.
Question is whats right?
A club that works hard to produce young talent and bring them through from under age to senior level as a team will enjoy the success more than a club that pays players to play for them. The success is the same - but surely its enjoyed more at the club that produces a "Team" rather than that of 11 players who have just been together for a few seasons?
I remember playing for a club that paid a few players and we even had names such as "Alan Lamb" and "Derick Pringle" turn out - the club is now a shell of its former self as the money ran out.
However good luck to the 'money' clubs, best enjoy it now as it will take years to build a quality team from scratch.
