Para Districts Cricket Association 2010-11

[SPOKES]

hello all , first time poster !
ive been reading for a long time and i must say has been quite a laugh through the past few pages !
i must say that the umpiring this year in A1's is the worst i have ever had to play under !
i would definataly have to agree with oz and okc on this one !
also if we are now paying the umpires $90 a game ! surely it would warrant an umpire that can see four foot infront of him ? i mean just a guess thats what we would expect ! there have been

" alot "

of very bad descisions this year and i cant seem to think how we can fix the problem ? because im one that has had enough of it ! and i know of alot of people that are not happy with the quality of umpiring at the moment !
surely something can be done ? just need the correct channels to go about it ! can anyone help with this ? or maybe start a petition ? something needs to be done before it ruins our great competition ! the next thing will be all the good cricketers in the comp will leave!
surely we dont want that ?

[dark & stormy]

mate the only way you can fix it is to inject new umpires to the assoc. problem is finding said people.
what we need in all assoc is for the committee members to come and check on the umpiring and get rid of the ones that do it only for the money. you can pay a monkey to stand there and do nothing for the game. or they can pay someone who has a passion for the game and wants to be there.imo.

[SPOKES]

mate the only way you can fix it is to inject new umpires to the assoc. problem is finding said people.
what we need in all assoc is for the committee members to come and check on the umpiring and get rid of the ones that do it only for the money. you can pay a monkey to stand there and do nothing for the game. or they can pay someone who has a passion for the game and wants to be there.imo.

i tell ya what im even thinking about hanging up the boots to umpire ! id rather get paid $90 bucks a game to umpire than to play and get frustrated every game i tell ya ! either way i understand how it works , just not good enough in my book im afraid ! cheers for the heads up smasha !

[Browny25]

Batting order
Ozlins
hannun
Fantasia
Carmen
Stama
Hanson
Creedy (wk) who ever keeps will bat 7 ie you swap with fanta if he keeps..
Sibb or Browny
Johny Mac
McCarthy
Carmen

Bowling
McCarthy
Johny Mac or Carmen depending on the wind
Sibb or Browny
Hannun
and Stama if we are really struggling...

Stama might have to bowl some darts?!

[dark & stormy]

hey catchit, I hear there might be a prize for the biggest six think you and I could work something out mate
it is for charity after all

[Browny25]

hey catchit, I hear there might be a prize for the biggest six think you and I could work something out mate
it is for charity after all

If its caught by a member of the crowd, then that batter has to donate $6!!!

[dark & stormy]

hey catchit, I hear there might be a prize for the biggest six think you and I could work something out mate
it is for charity after all

If its caught by a member of the crowd, then that batter has to donate $6!!!

deal will pay $10 if I can hit one that is

[Wizard of Oz]

Looking forward to having one last match with some long time sparring partners in Sib and Stama. And also having some fresh faces who I'm yet to play with also...

[catchit]

Batting order
Ozlins
hannun
Fantasia
Carmen
Stama
Hanson
Creedy (wk) who ever keeps will bat 7 ie you swap with fanta if he keeps..
Sibb or Browny
Johny Mac
McCarthy
Carmen

Bowling
McCarthy
Johny Mac or Carmen depending on the wind
Sibb or Browny
Hannun
and Stama if we are really struggling...

Stama might have to bowl some darts?!

not sure they are quick enough to be called darts

[Lightning McQueen]

Merlin has lost the plot also. He's far from being at the top of his game I can assure you.

I'd rather have Coxy nowadays.

big call there

Big what??

[Lightning McQueen]

Stama might have to bowl some darts?!

not sure they are quick enough to be called darts

Shuttlecocks??

[OKC!]

Stama might have to bowl some darts?!

not sure they are quick enough to be called darts

Shuttlecocks??

They dont have that much flight.

[Lightning McQueen]

Looking forward to having one last match with some long time sparring partners in Sib and Stama. And also having some fresh faces who I'm yet to play with also...

[Wizard of Oz]

Looking forward to having one last match with some long time sparring partners in Sib and Stama. And also having some fresh faces who I'm yet to play with also...

HAHAHA

[catchit]

hey catchit, I hear there might be a prize for the biggest six think you and I could work something out mate
it is for charity after all

i only except bribes for charity
might have to bring myself on so you can donate abit of cash??

[catchit]

Stama might have to bowl some darts?!

not sure they are quick enough to be called darts

Shuttlecocks??

thats them

[dark & stormy]

hey catchit, I hear there might be a prize for the biggest six think you and I could work something out mate
it is for charity after all

i only except bribes for charity
might have to bring myself on so you can donate abit of cash??

was thinking I also can bowl to you and let ya have a big swing and then we both donate the prize then sit back and drink a bevvy or 12

[catchit]

hey catchit, I hear there might be a prize for the biggest six think you and I could work something out mate
it is for charity after all

If its caught by a member of the crowd, then that batter has to donate $6!!!

i will donate 3 bucks for every 6 hit by PDCA in the main game....anyone else want to add to it????

[catchit]

hey catchit, I hear there might be a prize for the biggest six think you and I could work something out mate
it is for charity after all

i only except bribes for charity
might have to bring myself on so you can donate abit of cash??

was thinking I also can bowl to you and let ya have a big swing and then we both donate the prize then sit back and drink a bevvy or 12

deal..

[Grahaml]

When the umpires don't get graded by their ability to umpire the game, but by how long they've been around, whatever else we do won't do squat. First thing that needs to be done is the best 4 umpires available get grade 1, next 4 grade 2 etc. Sounds simple, obvious and the best system but for some reason isn't the way things are done.

Once that's fixed, then the association can look at recruiting more umpires. For the life of me, I don't know why they don't talk to more clubs and put the word out to anyone who might miss out on a game, or is hurt, and see if they want to give umpiring a shot. Even the odd one off game, they might find they like it and take it up properly after that. Right now the system they have in place, where you basically need to have retired from the game and then wait for the umpires higher up to fall off the perch to get higher grades will mean grade 1 umpires will rarely be the best we can get.