Div 2, one week to go.
If you use the "AutoPick" function on sportingpulse, PHOS will be relegated, however, if you change just one result (their game), they can make the 5 (need to knock off top placed PNU, and pick up roughly 18 goals worth of % on Broadview who are predicted to loose against 2nd placed Scotch).

I have read a lot of comment over the last 6 months of the current state and future direction of div 7. C Grade only divs and bad behaviour etc, etc. Whilst it's nice for marbles to speak on SHOC's behalf they are often not aligned with our own opinions.
Firstly we are a long way away from having a D grade for next season so you should not be including us in your C grade super league calculations. As C1 or C2 seems to be our C grades destination next year. We could hardly fill a C grade this year.
Secondly it has nothing to do with the A graders v C graders debate that you put forward that we are struggling for numbers. We have won flags and been competitive in its current state and SHOC's do love the challenge of playing A grade sides. Yes we might retain of few more players if we were in an easier div. But it has more to do with the increase of the opposition dick head factor that has seen a decline in player numbers for SHOCs. We have a lot of blokes these days living the dream overseas or working interstate. More than before and we can't help that. But the dickhead factor has effected the interest in the train once a week, young family man and full time job player that cannot be bothered playing anymore that we could rely on in the past.
We can cop the floggings from Mitchell Park, Ingle Farm, Hougton, Smithfield 2014 as they play the game in the right spirits and respect the word amateur. We have given them out and now we are on the receiving end but that's ok. I have had beers after the game with all these clubs after some beltings and the blokes have been great. It has been the flogs from other clubs that has made our experience in div 7 disappointing and there total lack of any understanding of the word AMATEUR.
Some of the things that have happened in Div 7 over the last 2 years have been appalling for amateur football. Get rid of this and div 7 in its current state is fine. The quicker clubs stop making excuses and address their issues the better things will be for everyone. Look at Smithfield for example and you can see what can be done.

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This is pretty amusing (and relatable to anyone who has ever celebrated a flag!)

I'd rather be Brisbane than Richmond right now. Some real list cloggers in that Tiger line up, good enough to keep them mired in mid table mediocrity for a while while the young Brisbane team goes straight by them. Particularly if they land Ryder.

regards,

REB

Yeah I agree REB. Richmond's barnstorming finish was great and all but then smashed first week of the finals to remind us again how they were travelling up to round 13. They are definitely stuck in that mid table no man's land of 7th to 10th. Just where the Crows are too.

Brisbane look to have more promise in their squad and I'd also have them overtaking Richmond pretty soon.

Things not going well at North Pines http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/north-northeast/north-pines-coach-suspended-club-fined-after-amateur-football-league-investigation-into-umpire-abuse/story-fni9ll1r-1227063031118

Easy answer for North Pines. Man up and be on ultra best behaviour or fold. Smithfield seem to have learnt their lessons and have been promoted as a result of their improved behaviour and hard work in the football deparment. I hope for smithfield sake they have learnt from their experiences in the under 18's and continue with their success.

What happens to north pines now is purely up to them. No blame game, no whinging. Are you going to man up and play football?

I thought it was unlike you to not have something to say ;) :-P But I can say something here! All the more for the loyal safooty readers. 8)

Shane has been really good for us thus far. His trainings have been fun and on occasion just the right amount of difficult. He has said all the right things and has the players on board. He has managed to recruit a couple of likely types - we obviously want and need more but he is working very diligently on that.

No complaints at all from this black duck and we are glad he is getting another crack at it after being treated unfairly in the media last year.

No comment was my decision FC. Why go over old ground and drag Mitchell Park in to it when the article is of little interest. If the said writer was actually looking for a feel good story no probs, but he seems to be a very negative writer who's glass is always half empty.
The good news is that the community has rallied behind Shane and likewise all the new players who have come to the club. I am in the middle of registering 56 players who have all signed with another 10 to go in the next 2 weeks. So we will clearly be playing in Div 7 with 2 teams. I want to say thanks to everyone who has worked tirelessly on getting it together and in particular the staff at the League who have been amazing.
Now that's my comment. :D

Q. wrote:

morell wrote:Exactly what I said before finn. Why not put SW in with us?

Because why should D7 be where one team clubs have their year of grace?

because it's the lowest A Grade division.

the last club besides henley (2010) to win the div 1 flag with 4 teams ? :)

Adelaide Uni 1999

D1 Premiers
D1r 3rd
D7 Fifth
D7R Second
D8 Second
D8R 3rd
D9 7th

Broadview 1998

D1 Premiers
D1R Third
D7 Second
D7R Second

1996

Adelaide Uni

P1 Premiers
P1r 5th
A4 7th
A4R Premiers
A5 4th
A5R 6th
A8 3rd

Broadview 1989

A1 Premiers
A1R Premiers
A7 2nd
A7r Premiers
A12 Premiers


Broadview 1987

A1 Premiers
A1R Premiers
A7 Premiers
A7r Premiers
A10 Second

The talk is to have a 19 round season with top four making finals and playing a 3 week finals series. And in one of the rounds have 3 teams have a bye so everyone plays the same amount of games. Its what the adelaide plains league do from what ive been told.

I wrote this like 3 hours ago.

Speaking from personal experience as to whether a C Grade should go up to Div 7 what we found to be a very real consideration was the drop in players eligible for selection from 25 to 21.

Having 8 less blokes getting a game of football each week was determined not to be in our best interests.

Great to see that common sense has prevailed with this purely C & D grade comp.. After playing a majority of my football in Div 7 at Modbury last year then finishing in Div 3 reserves i can safely say that i found it alot tougher playing in Div 7 at times. . Especially when injuries hit mid year and you C grade are losing 3-6 players a week and having up to 10 changes due to the movement in higher grades, will be excellent to play against clubs in similar positions all year..

We played GG on the weekend and admittedly they fielded a mainly D grade side with ours being a mixture of blokes who will play C, D's and E's but was a good hit out and its always a pleasure playing close to home.. Some old rivalries renewed with TTG, Hope Valley and Golden Grove all in the same Div. Dont think thats happened for some time .

Maybe we should play for a Div 8/8R North East Cup amongst ourselves for a bit of fun?

Just have a normal ladder with points and percentage, but only from the games we play against each other and combine both grades. Maybe pick a charity or cause to raise money for at our games as well. Something that will benefit the local North Eastern Community. The 3 clubs that don't win can all chip in for the winners plaque... Hefty Haynzy Sass!

Smacks of a breakaway League...."Marbles" super C's falling apart before the season starts...... :)

Hooray - footy's back! Looking forward to tomorrow, I've never had anything to do with the SAAFL before so I've got no idea what sort of a team Adel Uni are and what to expect, but I'm pumped. Our five-year-old is very excited, he's just starting to take an interest in footy, and he's been going around telling all his little mates that he's going to watch his dad play on the weekend. Love it. :-)

Just what I got told mate I beleive who told me! Doesn't. Really matter much tho! Maybe some umpires need to be suspended for "attempting to umpire"!


Fair enough but I tend to back the league on this one. I have played for nearly 20 years and never been reported or suspended. I wasn't there so I don't know but I have umpired and been hit hard and believe it was no accident. The only time an umpire should be touched is after their game when you shake their hand and say thanks for the game .


Only "if" they have umpired well......n' cest pas TJ. You don't reward mediocrity.....
Good umpiring is usually a matter of opinion. The losing team usually thinks the umpiring was shit.

If you only shake the umps hand when you think he umpired well, you should probably not shake half the players hands, coz i guarantee they made a shitload more mistakes over the 4 qtrs than the umpire did.

Respect them for what they do. They allow us to play the game.

YOU BEAUTY, TOP WIN PARKS #restoretheroar :-D

Well we were catching div 6 thread then a coach got the sack and it took off. Have to start chasing again. Or a coach get the sack.

Hi All, last night I received a phone call from the committee advising me that I am no longer the coach of Brahma Lodge Football Club. Right now I'm quite angry over this and not willing to comment further. I wish all the players the best for the remainder of the season, as I feel that they are the losers out of this, and good luck to the rest of the teams in Div 6. Thanks

Growing rumours around that this was a pre-planned move by Brahma Lodge, going back as early as December... Just so happened the stars aligned for Brahma with the 0-3 start and the work was an easy excuse to use to get rid of him.

Wanted only for his sponsorship and ability to recruit players, I'm told 2x replacement coaches were contacted and signed last year for when this happened.
Please kick this peanut off of SA Footy FC.

Everyone seems a bit too sensitive

BLFC have not released anything, so either he is still the coach or it is just laziness/amateur on their part. Nothing even on their Facebook page.

If there is no media release, then it is up to the public to fill in the gaps - this is significant place for speculation, so if there is no official word then it is fair game.

Play on!


This isnt the f***** AFL - there is no requirement to issue media statements :roll:

Thanks Wayne, you didn't have to do that.

Rightio.

So it's our fault our guy got a red card for practically nothing because of an over zealous umpire.
It's our fault Angle Vale have no idea about sportsmanship.
It's our fault the Angle Vale umpire insisted on wiping the scores despite our protests.

If we had of argued it more we probably would've had more sent off.

You have no idea what you're talking about Trader, you weren't there.

Pull your head in.

With the last round less than 15 hours away i thought id put the equations for all clubs battling for finals and the drop.

Div 3

Phos Camden have top locked away

Athelstone have 2nd locked away

Pembroke v Old Ignatians whoever wins this game gets the double chance with Old Iggies being higher on the ladder by having a draw. Also if Pembroke lose and Golden Grove win against Seaton then Golden Grove will jump to 4th and lock in a home final.


No matter what happens Seaton will be dropping to Div 4.

Div 4

Alot of changes could happen by the end of this round but the only certain thing is Glenunga is getting relegated.

All North Haven need to do is win at Hope Valley and they will sew up top spot. Lose and id say they will finish 2nd.

Salisbury will be hoping Hope valley can knock of North Haven cos then all Salisbury need to do is win at Kenilworth they will take first by having superior percentage. But lose and id say the worse they would slip down to would be third.

The big double chance showdown is between Eastern Park and Kilburn. Eastern Park just need to win and they will lock in 3rd and Kilburn finish 4th. If its the other way round and results fall Kilburns way eg Salisbury losing then Kilburn will finish 2nd. If Salisbury win and Kilburn win then 3rd awaits.

And to top it all off its an elimination final come early between Westminster and Pooraka. Its simple winner claims 5th and loser goes drowns there sorrows.

Div 5

Just like the higher grades the spoon has been locked away with Woodville Sth heading down to Div 6 next year.

Blackfriars have locked away top spot no matter what happens this week.

Simple for CLG win and lock in 2nd lose to Elizabeth and they could slip to 3rd.

Para Hills will be hoping that CLG lose and that they beat CBC and they will take 2nd lose and lose big and they could unlikely though drop to 5th but more likely 4th.

Elizabeth will need to beat CLG and have Para Hills lose to have any chance of stiching up 3rd if they lose and CBC win then they will finish 5th.

CBC need to win against Para Hills to be any chance to rise to 4th and if they have a really big win they could pass Elizabeth( if they win) on percentage for 4th.

Div 6

As most who read all topics will know no team will get relegated Central Utd are safe for the year.

Smithfield win against Ingle Farm and top spot is theres, lose and Lockleys win then 2nd is there final placing.

As stated above if Smithfield lose and Lockelys win they will take top. If they lose then 2nd is still locked away.

A West Croydon win over Brahma Lodge will locked them into 3rd a loss and Trinity knocking off Lockleys and a 4th place finish is in store.

Fitzroy have to unfortunate place of not controlling there destiny but its going to be extremely unlikely and unlucky if Ingle Farm absolutaly spank Smithfield and make up 6% to take 5

Div 7

Every spot has been locked away so should just all have a week off and have tea and scones instead :)

Yes thread of the year for me.
Normally follow the Hills but like checking out the Ammos and have found this one with Div 6 2nd compelling reading.
Love the mix of banter and footy talk and can't wait for Q v Morell and will Yank sledge? Wondering how far North of 150 pages will this thread go before G/F kicks off?
Best of luck to both clubs.

12 months after both clubs are on their knees both Kilburn and Mitchell Park make Grand Finals.

Very impressive all things considered. We're still struggling. On field results in a very weak division don't mask that. We had a few reserves games this year where we really came close to not fielding a side and financially it's still looking a bit dire. We dipped into a player payment scheme for the future just to get through the year.

The good news is, provided everyone who contributed this year, off field and on stays next year and contribute again, we should have a foundation that is in my opinion more sustainable than any other period in recent memory. Even when we won the D7 flag in 2012, I always had the uneasy feeling that we had too many eggs in one basket. Sure enough all of those eggs fell out of the nest and made an omelette on the floor.

This time the workload has been spread. So you have the fantastic coaching and people skills of Shane Lynch , the leadership and discipline provided by Tom Roberts , the administrative, football ops and experience of Wayne Wyld , the organisation and logistics from Ken Kelsall , the recruitment gold mine and network of Lachlan Pike . The inspiration and hard work by Joe Leck . The off field contributions by Bill Decelis and the rest of the committee. Plus the enthusiasm and commitment provided by all the new players to the club.

Still a massive journey ahead for us though. We survived - which is great. We made some big changes to the sporting club hierarchy as well. Now to flourish.

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Try that one on for size

Shaping up to be a quality finals series in 8 and 8R. Rare for C/D grade comp to be so even between first and fifth and I dare say every finalist will consider themselves a chance.

In the C Grade I suspect Tea Tree Gully's more experienced players will prove the difference in finals. Having said that on a warm day on a big oval (Kilburm, St Mary's, Salisbury, Thebarton) on Grand Final day both PAOC and Unley will relish the conditions.

In the D's the comp is arguably even wider with the top 5 all having a very unbalanced record against one another. To take the weak bet it will depend who is able to get all their players on the park and firing at the right time. I suspect SMOSH has a slight edge in this area but that's a blind stab. Ditto my oval/Grand Final thoughts except I think in this grade it will suit Old Ignatians more than anything

If only there was a way to monetarise my ability to pick C Grade football results :lol:

Should be a bloody good standard C Grade Grand Final as both teams play very attractive, skillful styles of football.

The ideal situation is for every club to have the same budget.

Not really, perhaps the same budget for each division maybe, but you cant say a Div1 team should have the same budget as a Div 6 team.

Provided the budgets at the top are acceptable (and good luck finding common ground there) a tiered budget through division would work IMO.

A top level player in Div 1 may command $500 as say the top player, going on the new Salary Cap, and say 4k per week for the club
A top level player in Div 2 should only be able to command $450 going on the new Salary Cap, and say 3.5k per week for the club
A top level player in Div 3 should only be able to command $400 going on the new Salary Cap, and say 3k per week for the club
A top level player in Div 4 should only be able to command $350 going on the new Salary Cap, and say 2.5k per week for the club
A top level player in Div 5 should only be able to command $300 going on the new Salary Cap, and say 2k per week for the club
A top level player in Div 6 should only be able to command $250 going on the new Salary Cap, and say 1.5k per week for the club

And so on.....

If a player demands more than the top mark in his grade, then make him go and earn it in a higher grade. It will also allow them to build to that success without going for broke from day 1 to make it a sustainable model moving forward. What you will find is, blokes who aren't worth the money they are asking for will be chewed up and spat out of the top grades pretty quickly as club will only look at recruiting the best players. it will stop big fish in small pond type blokes as well...

IMO NO PLAYER in Div 6 should be getting paid anywhere near the amount of what someone in Div 1 is. Anyone who is in Div 6 thinking they are worth more than $250 need to be told to go and earn it.

It creates a level playing field across the grades from a financial point of view, if a club goes up, they are given a higher budget to recruit say 1 more player to compete at the next level, if a club goes down, it may just be telling them they are spending money on the wrong players and make them re-evaluate how/who they spend their money on.

Depending on Tax thresholds, the ATO may agree that these levels all classify as a hobby income, so no need to hide money under the table etc and take all the hidden bullsh*t out of player payments.

For what its worth....the two umpires that did the TTG/Payneham game have just been appointed to the G/F: go to http://www.saafl.asn.au
Well hopefully they let the game flow and do what good umpires do - go unnoticed.


To quote Happy Gilmore "Green jacket, gold jacket, who gives a shit!"... Whilst I will cry BAAAALLLLL like a sheep, complain that Jolls never gets a fair go and even let out a how did he miss that, what game is he watching... I wont be worrying about umpiring, they might be good, they might be bad, they may even cost us the game with a questionable decision but at the end of the day there just two blokes trying to do a job under a truckload of pressure.

You're spot on, I hope they go un-noticed but at the end of the day - "It is what it is", I wish them all the best for the day and hope they have a good game.

Would div7 still be like the C and D grade comps ie 25 players you think? Originally I was happy with the bigger bench but it does make it hard to get players on the park, might open up a 5th side for a few clubs maybe?

I'm sure that would be up for discussion.

Perhaps 21-man D7 teams and 25-man D7R teams would be the way to go.

Thats a good idea - we had players play in D8 that got stuff all game time so when D8 was being selected during the season they were taking up guys from our D8R bench to not weaken the D grade for a guy who was sitting on the pine

Would you be happy for 25-man teams to apply to all teams in D7R, whether they be a B-Grade or D-Grade?

Div 8 is pure C&D comp... Unley unlikely to seek promotion as we want to play our C's and D's amonst other similar clubs for a whole heap of valid reasons.

I think there's a reasonable chance that D8 will not exist or will be in a radically different form next year. I would be very unsurprised if the top 6-7 teams in Div 8 in 2015 aren't in D7 with Flinders Uni etc in 2016. If Unley wants to play against clubs in a similar position's C Grade I dare say they'll (i.e TTG, PAOC, Old Iggies, PNU) be more than likely to be in D7

I have to disagree with this post. Why would D8 not exist when it has worked well over the past 3-4years?? It is a great comp for C/D teams which gives opportunities for clubs to have more senior players on their lists with 7 player benches. I know from a GGFC perspective we had a number of occasions this year where we had both C & D grade teams with the 25 players max. and a couple of blokes missing out altogether. Why would we want to go to Div7 where there are 4 player benches?? Therefore, you have potentially 8 players missing out each week.

And, I agree with @BigB we want to play against other C/D grade clubs. Why would a 'C' grade team want to come up against an 'A' grade team every second week?? Not much of an even playing field.

All good found it

http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Rules-Regs-2016-2.pdf

26.21

Member Clubs participating in stand-alone C Divisions, Division 7 Reserves and Under 18’s may
field up to twenty five (25) players (maximum seven (7) interchange players) in any match of The
League.

APRIL FOOLS! Para Hills all good to go tomorrow.

I know this is a seniors board but just want to say thanks to Rosewater for hosting the Under13 carnival today, they were a fantastic bunch of people who made us all feel welcome. Great club rooms, great people, cold beer at the end of the day and a well run day.

Cheers

SN not losing points for the b grader. He will suffer an internal suspension. Anyone else smell a deal being done?

Clearly a deal being done, and while at first that might not sit well with some, overall I think it's a good thing.

The idea behind the threat of losing points is all about ensuring SN (and other clubs on these arrangements) do all in their power to ensure that everyone can go and play some footy without the fear of incidents we've seen in the past.

For mine, we shouldn't be out to penalise clubs (unless they refuse to deal promptly with such matters) but rather moving towards a cleaner environment for all to enjoy.

Well done to both the league and SN for acting swiftly in the best interests of both the league as a whole, and the remaining players at SN.

PNU still favourites for me

PAOC rang up a dozen of their old scholars and brought them in for a game on zero points.
It was great to watch Bernie Vince, Jack Trengove, Luke Tapscott, Jack Viney, Sam Day, Ed Lower, Nick Lower, Aaron Francis, George Hewett, Cam Hewett, Riley Bonner and Cam Giles all run around together again.

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What a bunch of legends the PAOC boys are raising money for this little girl.

mickey wrote:There is also H. Latchford, who was dropped from the a grade and replaced by his brother!

So j.latchford in replacing h.latchford who will join w.latchford?

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Q. wrote:

Mr Beefy wrote:I hope he has gone somewhere warm!

Yes, that would make you feel quite ecstatic at this point.

Any snow on your oval yet Q?

Morphettville park football club will be playing in the SAAFL in 2017. I hope all teams will enjoy coming down to the pasty

D6 Ladder after Round 17:
33 - West Croydon
28 - Woodville South
26 - Ingle Farm - 54.21%
24 - Brahma Lodge - 55.65% (+1.34 )
12 - Fitzroy - 42.33%
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11 - Trinity OS - 49.51% (+7.18 )
10 - Mawson Lakes - 45.15% (+2.82 )
10 - Mitchell Park - 43.15% (+0.82 )
10 - Houghton Districts - 40.49% (-1.84)
06 - Adelaide Lutheran

D6 Round 18
Adelaide Lutheran v Brahma Lodge
Houghton Districts v Fitzroy
Mawson Lakes v Trinity OS
West Croydon v Mitchell Park
Woodville South v Ingle Farm

Early 30's and I love triple headers. You can play a game of footy and then you can still have the entire day to do other commitments if required.

The comparisons to Turf Cricket aren't really valid.
In turf cricket they have a straight semi-final then GF set up.
Minor premiers often miss the GF on the basis of losing a toss and getting sent in on a wet deck in the semi final.

Footy is different, the minor premier needs to stuff up twice not to make the GF.

Why should Mawson Lakes be punished for bad management decisions of Para Hills twelve months ago. Regardless of who the Roos have signed they should start at the bottom division and work their way through like all the other clubs have. If the likes of Buss and co want to play div 7 then thats their choice. The league didn't do it with other clubs in recent seasons when they seemed to be recruiting very heavily so why would they give Para Hills a free ride especially after the way they pulled out last season. Why is playing in a division which is best matched to your standard considered "punishment". As in, I understand the emotion involved, it's never pleasant, but it can often be the best thing for a club. As a sport and a league, we need to get away from this notion IMO.

And I quite simply fundamentally disagree with the notion of "make them work through the divisions like everyone else" logic that you've applied here and others tried to apply to Brighton and Morphy Parks. It's nonsensical.

You're not punishing teams or forcing them to work hard by starting them in lower divisions - you're rewarding them. If you want Para Hills and others to earn their stripes, play them in a division higher than they should and make them have to deal with the rigours and difficulties of a losing season. That way, you're testing the mental strength and loyalty of the players to see if they're truly club people, or just flag chasing mercenaries.

Using your logic will exacerbate the cycle of "flags or nothing" that we're seeing with an increasing number of clubs.

B3 (10), C1 (10), C2 (9) and C3 (10) all have the ability to merge together back to 12 team comps. So only a net loss of 3 teams overall.
Still, shows the continuing trend away from cricket in general, and specifically 2-day cricket.

The sooner the turf bring in the 8 team, 7x2-dayers and 7x1-dayer format in the main comp, the better.

There's heaps of chat going on in the grade forum about ball tampering.
Just for a giggle what's the best/worst you've seen/done?

I was bowling once when the ball went to the boundary and was picked up by one of a group of vociferous locals. I could be forgiven for thinking a different ball had been returned to me. The damage done to the ball had removed any shine or potential for shine.

Our thank you waves to aforementioned rowdy mob after a wicket was taken next ball almost caused an ugly scene.

Well Saturday was the end of our season, our first ever season with a D grade.
We had an unprecedented hit on injuries for most of the season which meant we had to call on our backups which were a few guys from Gawler Districts Super Rules and some Under 16s.
Even then we had to battle with 15-16 blokes at some stages.

But I couldnt be prouder of the efforts all my players put in during the year. Competing as a Div 6 D grade against mostly Div 1/2 D grades was always going to be tough but each game the boys fought on and were always more competitive than the scorelines showed.

I set some KPIs at the start of the season and I am proud we met all of them.
- Never Scoreless
- Win a game
- Never Forfeit

In a season where disapointingly we had 2 teams pull out, it resolved us to try even harder to get the side up every week, not just for us but for all the other teams in C6. It took me a lot of my friday nights and sat mornings hustling for players but we got there!

I wish all the teams in the finals all the best and may the best team win.

Was very impressed with the way Elizabeth and Mawson Lakes carried themselves in circumstances where it may have been easier to pull the pin at times. A credit to those clubs and the people involved

I've waited a bit to post here



Poor form from payneham if you ask me

Shows a complete lack of respect to an absolute shattering occasion. If his own family were still finding out Friday evening I'd hate to think how late his team mates and club mates were finding out. To be expectant of them to play is ridiculous. To try and claim the forfeit is worse. It disrespects ATCA as an association, Pooraka as a club and Rocco as a person

These are extreme circumstances and I'd be embarrassed if it was my club. For me personally to see the efforts of clubs to show Pooraka and Rocco due respect via arm bands or a minute silence or how ever clubs expressed them selves was heart warming and his family was truly touched when I told them the lengths clubs went to honor him as well as what they seen on facebook or received directly via message

I walked taller when I was around him as did many and my memories will remain with me forever. , I'll miss ya for ever cousin and look forward to celebrating his life soon with his vast network of friends as well as with our family.

Could potentially see all comps regraded to say 8 teams each. 14 week season playing 7x2-day games.
Agreed Sunday's are out of the question.

I think there will still be the odd one dayer where you get an odd number of weeks between say the xmas break and australia day long weekend, etc.

With that said, I'd be happy if we cut down on the number of weekends we have off. For mine there is no reason why we couldn't be back playing on Jan 2nd. Play on the Australia day long weekend. Also no need to have the test match weekend off given we can't go to the games.

Should be able to get close to the full season in even if we didn't start til November if you played whenever we can.

Lets look at it glass half full...

PD were struggling for numbers, like most clubs due to covid.
They were looking down the barrel at having to call off their C1 game.
Instead their A-graders, who's own game had been cancelled due to a wet deck, put their hands up, and helped fill the gaps in B2 and C1 to allow those games to go ahead.

Rather than spending a day on the cans, these blokes put the club and the game ahead of their own afternoon off, and ensured 44 blokes got to play cricket.

Heroes the lot of them.

;)

Flinders Park found some form Saturday and are in a very strong position against an under strength PAOC. Their round 11 clash with SPOC could be a relegation battle.

Very fortunate to come up against a depleted PAOC side.

Geez, what happened there?

No Latchford, Marshall, Vivian, Chapman, Dent or Linke. And Clayfield didn't bowl???