Southern Cricket Association News

[The Hound]

Porties have lost Tanner to southern, sinclair to baby sitting and have got 3-4 new faces out at training.

Nice to see the lads who have potential having some balls to go and play at a district club unlike some other players who just like to be big fish in a small pond and that is not being disrespectful to those who play in SCA as I played in SCA for many years. Hope Tanner goes well and will keep an eye on his progress.

[Legend killer]

[quote="The Hound"][quote="THE MOLE"]Just heard that sullies have an agm on this sunday at 1 for all interested people. To work out numbers /teams and other matters.[/quote]

Have heard that the SCA is going to allow Sullies to enter a B and C grade if they pay the outstanding money the owe and fees for this year by Dec 31. Not sure how they are going to pay for it as it is a few hundred $$ which means that someone will have to dip into their own pockets.

Any news on player movements in SCA??. Heard on the grapevine that a Noarlunga junior who went to the Stringrays last year was training with Reynella until Noarlunga found out and rang him up again. I guess Noarlunga and Porties will be strong again this year.[/quote]

heard that shoes got cliffton and peachy to play again and r gettin back james edwards who played southern b grade and a couple of late a grade games last year not sure why he would leave stingrays? also heard dean and carlton from morphies maybe down shoe land aswell but then i heard dean was seen at a cove trainin not sure whats goin on there then

[oxa]

Dean has been training with keswick. not sure if he is playing there for sure

[Legend killer]

[quote="oxa"]Dean has been training with keswick. not sure if he is playing there for sure[/quote]

yes also heard that one aswell looks like he's playin everywhere but morphies it sounds

[lion heart]

Dean playing for cove

[Legend killer]

there is only seven a grade teams this year with reynella pullin out their a grade,everyteam will play each other once in two day games,then play 4 one day games in a ten game season so the bye is back,also there is a ten team 20/20 comp with reynella sullies and happy valley added to the other 7 teams with two groups of five

[smithy]

Won't be long and Reynella will be a fading memory for the SCA..

[The Hound]

Won't be long and Reynella will be a fading memory for the SCA..

Smithy, I can tell you that the boys from Oval Road are hurting that they had to pull the A Grade out of SCA, however with the side that they were going to have it was more a duty of care decision as most of them would not of been up to the standard of A grade and guys like Nicholas, Bahr, Liston etc would of had a field day pinning them.

If you look forward 5 years will there be a SCA competition?? so I think most clubs will be a fading memory of SCA. I think you are on the money with a merger with GSCA.

I also have heard that the emus, flaggies and sullies are also having trouble with numbers.

[smithy]

Won't be long and Reynella will be a fading memory for the SCA..

Smithy, I can tell you that the boys from Oval Road are hurting that they had to pull the A Grade out of SCA, however with the side that they were going to have it was more a duty of care decision as most of them would not of been up to the standard of A grade and guys like Nicholas, Bahr, Liston etc would of had a field day pinning them.

If you look forward 5 years will there be a SCA competition?? so I think most clubs will be a fading memory of SCA. I think you are on the money with a merger with GSCA.

I also have heard that the emus, flaggies and sullies are also having trouble with numbers.

HOUND - I have HEAPS of respect for Reynella.
They were the benchmark and I'm glad port beat them in a GF last season only because we can say we beat their A Grade, not their C's or so on.
It probably is a wise decision not to have a Reynella SCA A Grade as they wouldn't be competitive enough and like I mentioned earlier Reynella will slowly but surely slide all their teams into ATCA.
As for the SCA? I've been saying for 6-7 years now, explore a merger.
THe comp is going backwards.
Onkaparinga is growing so rapidly it doesn't make sense why the teams are dwindling.
Past presidents and committee members won't listen,, too stubborn.
CREATE A "GREATER SOUTHERN CRICKET ASSOCIATION" for gods sake.
I also went on the adelaide & suburban website yesterday and noticed the ICC sharks have nominated 6 sides......... thats a big blow to morphies especially as they are just down the road.
When the ICC were 1st formed, they approached the SCA with the view to joining the comp, a past SCA president who shall remain nameless but had links to cove and flaggies said and I quote " why should we let you join our competition" and the rest is history.

[The Dutchman]

Heard a whisper that there will only be 6 A grade teams in the SCA this season.

How can ICC Sharks have so many players when local clubs are struggling to fill teams? Do they just recruit from indoor? Anyone know how it works, where their grades play etc?

[The Hound]

Heard a whisper that there will only be 6 A grade teams in the SCA this season.

How can ICC Sharks have so many players when local clubs are struggling to fill teams? Do they just recruit from indoor? Anyone know how it works, where their grades play etc?

Dutchy who is the other team to pull an A Grade side out??? I thought with the flies pulling out that left 7 clubs.

[smithy]

7 teams and a bye in the A's.
ICC 6 sides, sheidow recently 6 sides, woodcroft 3 sides.......all should be in SCA but aren't.
ICC do recruit heavily from inside their ICA arena.
THeir grounds are the hackham oval, wirreanda and hackham west primary.

[The Dutchman]

Smithy, was there a meeting of some sort at Porties last night? What were the outcomes if any?

[knees peterson]

Who are the teams that play in this association is it the same as the sfl

[smithy]

Smithy, was there a meeting of some sort at Porties last night? What were the outcomes if any?

There was a meeting last night to help people fill in the new online scoresheet and Captains/Delegates/Presidents Meeting tonight.
If I hear anything I'll post it here.

[smithy]

Who are the teams that play in this association is it the same as the sfl

Round 1 fixture list:

A GRADE
F.Hill BYE
Pt. Noar. V Cove
M. Vale V Kang
Noar. V S. Rise


B GRADE
OSB V F. Hill
Cove V Pt. Noar
Rey. V M. Vale
S. Rise V Noar

C GRADE
S. Rise V Pt Noar Gold
Kang V M. Vale
F. Hill V Noar
Pt. Noar Black V Hamilton

[The Dutchman]

Sounds like the SCA has bent over backwards for Reynella...

Two clubs recently applied to remove their A grade teams and were knocked back. Why were Reynella allowed to do it?

The SCA argument was that these clubs should have an A grade team, no matter what the result, for the strength of the competition. How is anyone at either of these clubs going to remain interested in the game if they get flogged every week?

Seems strange that the minor premiers from last year were given permission to remove their A grade team, and other struggling clubs are being forced to play like lambs to the slaughter. A club that joins another comp is given favours by the league it is walking away from? Just doesnt make sense...

[Tiger Couple]

Maybe because as stated earlier Reynella did it for the safety of there players as guys that played C Grade were effectivly going to be there A Grade in SCA this year.

Atleast they are leaving a few teams in to support the SCA. By the sounds the Association is falling away very quickly anyway. You really have to question how other clubs outside the SCA are growing while the SCA comp is dying.

[Zelezny Chucks]

No question at all stupid decision making just like making the stupid decision to help out a club that has just burnt it and left for another comp if they wanted to make a point they would make Reynella play A's in SCA. How is it any different a club that will leave the comp within a year or two getting flogged each week and having players losing interest or a club that has been in the comp and has no intention of leaving but is having a tough time of it?

Send that club out to play A's get belted have its players lose interest and quit? Seems to me like it will just end in Reynella leaving like they will anyway and other clubs folding because they are forced to play a higher grade than they are capable of when last years minor premiers and finalists are allowed to drop to B grade?

By the sounds of it the league is protecting 11 Reynella players at the cost of 2 other clubs!

[The Hound]

No question at all stupid decision making just like making the stupid decision to help out a club that has just burnt it and left for another comp if they wanted to make a point they would make Reynella play A's in SCA. How is it any different a club that will leave the comp within a year or two getting flogged each week and having players losing interest or a club that has been in the comp and has no intention of leaving but is having a tough time of it?

Send that club out to play A's get belted have its players lose interest and quit? Seems to me like it will just end in Reynella leaving like they will anyway and other clubs folding because they are forced to play a higher grade than they are capable of when last years minor premiers and finalists are allowed to drop to B grade?

By the sounds of it the league is protecting 11 Reynella players at the cost of 2 other clubs!

Zelezny - first off, if Reynella is burning the competion then why have they got people on the SCA committee when several other clubs have noone. One would think that would be helping out the SCA. Secondly as stated before there best 22 are playing in the ATCA comp in there A and B grade so surely putting effectively there C grade side in SCA A grade doesn't make sense.

I hope that the club that you are affilated with helps the SCA out and that you are not taking pot shots. If you do play I hope that you play at your potiential and don't hide in lower grades.