Grade Cricket

[Bulls forever]

Which A grade district coach didnt turn up to his own clubs major function thursday night ,to make it worse he was one of the speakers for the night aswell.Not the first time this year he hasnt turned up when supposed too.

Gee RHM, if I had to guess his initials would be Carl Hooper.

[smac]

so, was he in South Australia?

[Bulls forever]

so, was he in South Australia?

RMH is telling the story, might not even be the great West Indian, but the stories coming from Peckerland early in the season were very unusual about the coach.

[RHM 17]

Which A grade district coach didnt turn up to his own clubs major function thursday night ,to make it worse he was one of the speakers for the night aswell.Not the first time this year he hasnt turned up when supposed too.

Gee RHM, if I had to guess his initials would be Carl Hooper.

[RHM 17]

so, was he in South Australia?

if he wasnt in the state youd think his club wouldve known .but he was in the state,just didnt turn up.dissapointing for those who went to hear him talk.Not the first no show this year either. .

[Iron Fist]

was speaking to a player from woodville, said that the coach has nothing to do with how Woodville are travelling at the moment, basicly going so well cause of Chadd Sayers.

Real disapointing that he didnt attend, there was also a auction for a half hour net session with Carl. Wonder if he will turn upto that??

[helicopterking]

What a woeful decision to have all Sunday XXXX gold cup matches reduced to 40 overs a side! I see teams travelled some distances to play, and show the country people that when it gets to hot we cut the length of the game!

[Footy Smart]

What a woeful decision to have all Sunday XXXX gold cup matches reduced to 40 overs a side! I see teams travelled some distances to play, and show the country people that when it gets to hot we cut the length of the game!

Hang on, after a whole days play Saturday in 40 degrees and then the players have to back it up the next day! SACA acted appropriately in this case. They could have cancelled it however considerable planning ie busses etc had been organised

[C Horse]

Not many of the games went the distance anyway..... just about every team that batted first was rolled well inside 40 overs...!

So a moot point.

[Bulls forever]

Not many of the games went the distance anyway..... just about every team that batted first was rolled well inside 40 overs...!

So a moot point.

I can tell you that Bulls v Prospect almost went full distance and congratulations to both sides, 45 in the shade, 2 1/2 hours travel to and from game, excellent pitch put on by Berri, looked like a 20 over green top, but played exceptionally well, a couple of very good innings from a player on each side and the best result with the Bulls winning. I say well done to SACA (yeah I know, not very often I say that), keep the game going, but make it easier for the players.

[Ripdschitlaz]

Not many of the games went the distance anyway..... just about every team that batted first was rolled well inside 40 overs...!

So a moot point.

I can tell you that Bulls v Prospect almost went full distance and congratulations to both sides, 45 in the shade, 2 1/2 hours travel to and from game, excellent pitch put on by Berri, looked like a 20 over green top, but played exceptionally well, a couple of very good innings from a player on each side and the best result with the Bulls winning. I say well done to SACA (yeah I know, not very often I say that), keep the game going, but make it easier for the players.

Cheers for the positive feedback BF.
From the BCC's perspective, we are keen to see these games continue to happen and showcase what we have here.
It was pretty bloody hot though, glad I was under the marquee throwing back a few cans.

[jackpot jim]

What a woeful decision to have all Sunday XXXX gold cup matches reduced to 40 overs a side! I see teams travelled some distances to play, and show the country people that when it gets to hot we cut the length of the game!

Was also disappointing that SACA (i assume) at the last minute disallowed the State players to play in these games bcos of the heat i presume.
Was looking forward to watching Klinger, O'Brien and C.Borgas in the Sturt v Kensi game at Langhorne Creek.

[Footy Smart]

What a woeful decision to have all Sunday XXXX gold cup matches reduced to 40 overs a side! I see teams travelled some distances to play, and show the country people that when it gets to hot we cut the length of the game!

Was also disappointing that SACA (i assume) at the last minute disallowed the State players to play in these games bcos of the heat i presume.
Was looking forward to watching Klinger, O'Brien and C.Borgas in the Sturt v Kensi game at Langhorne Creek.

Dissapointing yet common practice mate. Very rarely these blokes play for their grade side (Borgas an exception) on a fine day let alone when its 40degrees a fair trek to LC oh and the Big Bash final the 6 days away.

[heater31]

What a woeful decision to have all Sunday XXXX gold cup matches reduced to 40 overs a side! I see teams travelled some distances to play, and show the country people that when it gets to hot we cut the length of the game!

Was also disappointing that SACA (i assume) at the last minute disallowed the State players to play in these games bcos of the heat i presume.
Was looking forward to watching Klinger, O'Brien and C.Borgas in the Sturt v Kensi game at Langhorne Creek.

Dissapointing yet common practice mate. Very rarely these blokes play for their grade side (Borgas an exception) on a fine day let alone when its 40degrees a fair trek to LC oh and the Big Bash final the 6 days away.

Jamie Cox has NFI when it comes to Grade cricket. Rumour has it he invited the Club Presidents to a special meeting who all thought it would be a discussion on how Grade Cricket should move forward. Sadly the Clubs were severely disappointed when it was a 1 way discussion with Mr Cox running the show.

[Footy Smart]

What a woeful decision to have all Sunday XXXX gold cup matches reduced to 40 overs a side! I see teams travelled some distances to play, and show the country people that when it gets to hot we cut the length of the game!

Was also disappointing that SACA (i assume) at the last minute disallowed the State players to play in these games bcos of the heat i presume.
Was looking forward to watching Klinger, O'Brien and C.Borgas in the Sturt v Kensi game at Langhorne Creek.

Dissapointing yet common practice mate. Very rarely these blokes play for their grade side (Borgas an exception) on a fine day let alone when its 40degrees a fair trek to LC oh and the Big Bash final the 6 days away.

Jamie Cox has NFI when it comes to Grade cricket. Rumour has it he invited the Club Presidents to a special meeting who all thought it would be a discussion on how Grade Cricket should move forward. Sadly the Clubs were severely disappointed when it was a 1 way discussion with Mr Cox running the show.

What was the discussion about?

[The Angry Bull]

Was also disappointing that SACA (i assume) at the last minute disallowed the State players to play in these games bcos of the heat i presume.
Was looking forward to watching Klinger, O'Brien and C.Borgas in the Sturt v Kensi game at Langhorne Creek.[/quote]

Dissapointing yet common practice mate. Very rarely these blokes play for their grade side (Borgas an exception) on a fine day let alone when its 40degrees a fair trek to LC oh and the Big Bash final the 6 days away.[/quote]


Jamie Cox has NFI when it comes to Grade cricket. Rumour has it he invited the Club Presidents to a special meeting who all thought it would be a discussion on how Grade Cricket should move forward. Sadly the Clubs were severely disappointed when it was a 1 way discussion with Mr Cox running the show.[/quote]

What was the discussion about?[/quote]

the clubs thoughts on a new form of competition apparently... similar to the old redbacks league where clubs are partnered up, making 6 teams and play a superleague style in the first half of the year and revert to usual programming after xmas... that was his suggestion

if this were to go ahead how would it honestly work??? geographically our closest club is east torrens, and there is no way any of our current a grade squad would want to merge with them for a comp of this style... how will you get clubs to agree on partnerships and what happens to the current a grade crop, just prop the a grade up with b graders??(or b grade with a graders)

[interested observer]

Was also disappointing that SACA (i assume) at the last minute disallowed the State players to play in these games bcos of the heat i presume.
Was looking forward to watching Klinger, O'Brien and C.Borgas in the Sturt v Kensi game at Langhorne Creek.

Dissapointing yet common practice mate. Very rarely these blokes play for their grade side (Borgas an exception) on a fine day let alone when its 40degrees a fair trek to LC oh and the Big Bash final the 6 days away.[/quote]


Jamie Cox has NFI when it comes to Grade cricket. Rumour has it he invited the Club Presidents to a special meeting who all thought it would be a discussion on how Grade Cricket should move forward. Sadly the Clubs were severely disappointed when it was a 1 way discussion with Mr Cox running the show.[/quote]

What was the discussion about?[/quote]

the clubs thoughts on a new form of competition apparently... similar to the old redbacks league where clubs are partnered up, making 6 teams and play a superleague style in the first half of the year and revert to usual programming after xmas... that was his suggestion

if this were to go ahead how would it honestly work??? geographically our closest club is east torrens, and there is no way any of our current a grade squad would want to merge with them for a comp of this style... how will you get clubs to agree on partnerships and what happens to the current a grade crop, just prop the a grade up with b graders??(or b grade with a graders)[/quote]






It might not be the best way to go about it, but at least they are looking at something to improve the standard for the best players to play in each week..
Can only improve the Redbacks in the long run...

[smac]

Jamie Cox has NFI when it comes to Grade cricket. Rumour has it he invited the Club Presidents to a special meeting who all thought it would be a discussion on how Grade Cricket should move forward. Sadly the Clubs were severely disappointed when it was a 1 way discussion with Mr Cox running the show.

Wow. The meeting was pretty different to that - the proposal for a 'super league' came from a club President and the meeting was spent with club Presidents venting their collective spleens while Cox listened.

[heater31]

Jamie Cox has NFI when it comes to Grade cricket. Rumour has it he invited the Club Presidents to a special meeting who all thought it would be a discussion on how Grade Cricket should move forward. Sadly the Clubs were severely disappointed when it was a 1 way discussion with Mr Cox running the show.

Wow. The meeting was pretty different to that - the proposal for a 'super league' came from a club President and the meeting was spent with club Presidents venting their collective spleens while Cox listened.

Not from what I have been told Smac, I know you are on the payroll down there but I was told a very different story to the one you have have outlined, perhaps we should meet somewhere in the middle and then it could make some sense?

[Bulls forever]

Jamie Cox has NFI when it comes to Grade cricket. Rumour has it he invited the Club Presidents to a special meeting who all thought it would be a discussion on how Grade Cricket should move forward. Sadly the Clubs were severely disappointed when it was a 1 way discussion with Mr Cox running the show.

Wow. The meeting was pretty different to that - the proposal for a 'super league' came from a club President and the meeting was spent with club Presidents venting their collective spleens while Cox listened.

Not from what I have been told Smac, I know you are on the payroll down there but I was told a very different story to the one you have have outlined, perhaps we should meet somewhere in the middle and then it could make some sense?

Heater, sorry to disappoint, I knew nothing about the discussion of the super league, but SMAC is pretty much on the ball this time. Don't know how much they were listening though. They had just finished a discussion on 20/20 and how clubs want home games to generate income, no one lower than B Grade to play, especially juniors AND then the question was asked from the main table "but we will still have the grade cricket opening at Park 25". Err no, they were told, 20/20 is an income generating stream, nothing more, nothing less and provides entertainment in a short space of time for spectators. The top table were also told "to stop stuffing around with the programming" ie the 25 different versions we have had over the past years. They (Cox) was also asked the question re Chad Sayers, his answer was he was told by someone in SACA that his commitment was lacking when he had a contract. What else would you like to know.