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Taito - I know that you are going to need Sat Nav to find it. Travelled there a few years ago with Larne in the Ulster Shield and still have no idea how we found it or where it was. Seem to remember going through Claudy and seeing a sign for Donemana somewhere. Think we had to get one of their players to meet us somewhere. One of the most bizarre places I have ever played - out in the hills in the middle of nowhere - but we had a good day and the hospitality was great. I also know that they are extremely keen on trying to hit the ball as far as possible - why run 6 singles when 1 good dig will do the same job !!

Taito..

There is no bad blood that I am aware off between the two, just some guys who have nothing better to do than slag each other off on a "face-less" forum.

Change the subject children !

Most people in NCU cricket know that this is a website heavily biased towards North Down.

I remember when North Down won the Twenty20 pictures were plastered all over the site for weeks!

the rivalry continues: the bad blood between the big two seems to be simmering. Is it just me or does it make good reading?? It beats me and jeff talking rubbish any day.

anybody on here know anything about bonds glen?

I'm probably letting down our club here by responding to your stupid childish words but here goes!
1. Is anybody in ncu cricket in anyway remotly surprised that a waringstown player would not stand and have a pint with you??
2. Your drunken supporters were shouting at our players all day, then you expect them to go in and drink with them???
3. your telling us to wise up when you yourself feel the neede to once again start up a row out of nothing.
4. but dont worry im sure you'll find something else out of the blue to slag us off when you come to the lawn and beat our seconds again!

Re: Robin Haire.

Grow up Robin. There were no complaints from Waringstown regarding many of the vile comments slung from your supporters on Saturday. Thankfully they are big enough to ignore them as you should have been after the Cup Final.

Michael Patterson. Don’t flatter yourself. Not sure anyone at the Club has even heard of you to worry about the crap you come out with on the Ulster Cricketer Forum. Perhaps you could call down to the Lawn on Friday to introduce yourself?

Ps. Just to finish on a positive note. Congratulations to Kyle McCallan, James Hall & Gary Kidd on their efforts for Ireland. Perhaps the unbiased Editor of the Ulster Cricketer could pen an article on the strength of NCU cricket at the grassroots level. Be interested to hear what he thinks regarding Youth Development and the increasing dependence of Clubs on hired guns from overseas?

Re Waringstown/Northdown Rnd 87...

Robin you should know better!, Village "idiot?" come on, is the whole world really against you?

Children please, grow up!

TO THE VILLAGE

only tears of joy last year. remember if u give it out you have got to learn to take it. as i said at the time an unacceptable mouthful from gordon irwin at the cup final last year did ur club a disservice as ur chairman stated afterwards.

ps. why dont u post ur name like everyone else does.

In reply to the Village posting there's no bias against any club on this website. Obviously we have cricket backgrounds and club affiliations but so do some reporters and union officials. Look at the message and not the messenger. Also for information we don't report on all tournaments as that's not really the culture of the website which is driven by magazine type articles. The Forum attracts all sorts of independent comments and opinions including yours, and we publish them in an unbiased way unless they are personal and abusive. Referring to us as the North Down website is a cheap shot but we still published it for readers to form their own opinions. There's nothing wrong with being loyal to your cause but let's be fair all round. The Ulster Cricketer didn't shout abuse at your players and Michael Patterson is not an idiot because he has a different opinion. That's the culture of open forums.

Well Robin there you have it. I'm an idiot, this is a North Down website and the editor doesn't report on Waringstown victories. Seems like the feathers are well and truly ruffled.

Re: Robin Haire

Given the abuse handed out during the game from your bar on Saturday I imagine it was the last place the Waringstown players wanted to be on Saturday night, whether they won or lost. But anyway they are big enough boys not to cry on the websites like you did last year after the Cup Final.

Re: Michael Patterson

Just the sort of crap we've come used to seeing on this North Down website. Idiot.

PS. Can the Editor explain why the Twenty 20 Finals day last year received not one word of publicity on the website. Especially given that every other trophy received a write-up & pics? Let me guess, because it was won by Waringstown? Where is your credability?

section 2: Well the table is starting to take shape, and its probably looking pretty much as people would have expected (maybe apart from our start), although some may have predicted that too. The top three are looking strong, but as we expected it is looking like one of the strongest section 2 leagues for a long time. If the top three start taking points off each other then it could become interesting. Man of the moment is mr sharkey, obviously in great nick, lets hope he has a bad week this saturday when we play them

These guys must hate losing more than you Robin. After all when they couldn't beat you on the field in 2006 they went to great lengths to do it in the committee room.
This is modern Waringstown. Not a shadow of old Waringstown who you grew up with.

one thing i drilled into our guys from a young age at north down was whether win or lose have a refreshment with your opponents after the game. last saturday for the first time in my 30 + years of playing i felt quite sad that not one of the waringstown players stayed after the game for a chat. rest assured if they beat us at the lawn in august they,ll pack the planters out and the north down players will be there to congratulate them. i suppose thats the thanks you get for lending waringstown 4ths our ground on sunday.
theres no one hates losing more than yours truly but lets wise up lads , its only a game.

Great effort by Ireland and particularly Kevin O'Brien. You have to admire the way this team performed against huge odds and defections. The coach seems to have gone 100% down the road of youth and his pro is certainly a lot better than some of the others we've had in recent years. Well done Phil and the boys.