SA Churches and Community Cricket Association 2010/11

[Goat Herder]

sorry hearder not 1 player in our A grade under 21.........were old..........

Yeah mate, as I said, not having a crack at you or the rest of the Dad's Army brigade! Heck, with only 2 sides this year, I don't think PV had one player under 21yo in the A's & B's last match. In days gone by, the same club was full of kids under 21yo.

I know what clubs have good numbers of juniors and which ones haven't. If you're like Adel Luth for example - and I know PT has tried to promote it at AL - and the kids don't want to challenge themsleves, or mix with young lads from other teams, whatever their reason, you can't help that. I just have my doubts how much of the 'story' gets communicated to the clubs & players as a whole, and more to the point, the strength, or positive promotion of the message being passed on.

It's bloody sad to see, because it's clearly evident we've got some great young talent in this competition, but (mostly) because mixed messages (if any..) are going out to those who matter (the U21 players), those same talented lads won't get the opportunity against kids their own age in other Associations. You can lead a far ken horse to water......

[brod]

how old are you? 32? im 31 i didnt thimk you were that much older than me? eddie's 76

Yeah am 32..being a bit kind to Eddie though

['Harry']

sorry hearder not 1 player in our A grade under 21.........were old..........

Yeah mate, as I said, not having a crack at you or the rest of the Dad's Army brigade! Heck, with only 2 sides this year, I don't think PV had one player under 21yo in the A's & B's last match. In days gone by, the same club was full of kids under 21yo.

I know what clubs have good numbers of juniors and which ones haven't. If you're like Adel Luth for example - and I know PT has tried to promote it at AL - and the kids don't want to challenge themsleves, or mix with young lads from other teams, whatever their reason, you can't help that. I just have my doubts how much of the 'story' gets communicated to the clubs & players as a whole, and more to the point, the strength, or positive promotion of the message being passed on.

It's bloody sad to see, because it's clearly evident we've got some great young talent in this competition, but (mostly) because mixed messages (if any..) are going out to those who matter (the U21 players), those same talented lads won't get the opportunity against kids their own age in other Associations. You can lead a far ken horse to water......

Yea i was actually very keen for this u/21 side to play against the other competitions. Would have been an awesome and valuable experience. Bit sad to see the lack of juniors coming through some clubs. But will this mean some of the younger crew will get a gig in the seniors team

[Pidge]

Yea i was actually very keen for this u/21 side to play against the other competitions. Would have been an awesome and valuable experience. Bit sad to see the lack of juniors coming through some clubs. But will this mean some of the younger crew will get a gig in the seniors team

If i was you, i'd concentrate on scoring a run for my own team before looking at higher honours

[Pidge]

Hears a question lol.. bit left field but anyway..

general consensus has NEK and PV as the two major teams, now towards the end of the season, would say NEK look at the ladder and try and finish in a position to play the weaker side below them that makes it i.e RP, and does a side below i.e. Fitzroy aim to win or position itself so it doesnt play arch enemy PV 1st week of the finals?

Bad luck if no one understands that, im bored

Pretty sure Vi$ta are my fav opposition mate. I never laugh so much when im playing and i know Pidge fires up. The great man Richie was fired up this week, tho i think getting out to Pidge didnt sit too well with him. We all have our fav opposition teams for various reasons.

Phantom, they were our arch rivals like 4 or 5 years ago. There are only a handful of players that played then still in our A Grade side.
I like playing against PV, always a good tough match(i love getting Richie and co out) played in the right spirit(every now and then someone really fires up and i love it). I must admit it was good fun standing (daydreaming) at square leg in our second dig on the weekend. Richie was in his element (firing up) getting stuck (saying hello) into a couple of our batsmen.

Sorry Pidge had to edit it for accuracy

['Harry']

Yea i was actually very keen for this u/21 side to play against the other competitions. Would have been an awesome and valuable experience. Bit sad to see the lack of juniors coming through some clubs. But will this mean some of the younger crew will get a gig in the seniors team

If i was you, i'd concentrate on scoring a run for my own team before looking at higher honours

Haha im hearin' ya. But personally i dont think im a number 3, maybe i should do a Richie and bat 5 or 6 and get the 2nd change bowlers and an oldish ball. Maybe that would get the confidence back. What u reckon?

[Pidge]

Yea i was actually very keen for this u/21 side to play against the other competitions. Would have been an awesome and valuable experience. Bit sad to see the lack of juniors coming through some clubs. But will this mean some of the younger crew will get a gig in the seniors team

If i was you, i'd concentrate on scoring a run for my own team before looking at higher honours

Haha im hearin' ya. But personally i dont think im a number 3, maybe i should do a Richie and bat 5 or 6 and get the 2nd change bowlers and an oldish ball. Maybe that would get the confidence back. What u reckon?

Soo you're saying.. Have the openers, bat our number 9 and 10 batsmen at 3 and 4, then continue with the normal order?

['Harry']

Soo you're saying.. Have the openers, bat our number 9 and 10 batsmen at 3 and 4, then continue with the normal order?

haha if only that would work for us like it does for PV. It wouldnt hurt to try it haha. Would be good to have a player like Frick to score a random 70 odd. Then again it would be handy to have a Wilson come in at #4 Good way to get the other teams confidence up

[george]

Soo you're saying.. Have the openers, bat our number 9 and 10 batsmen at 3 and 4, then continue with the normal order?

haha if only that would work for us like it does for PV. It wouldnt hurt to try it haha. Would be good to have a player like Frick to score a random 70 odd. Then again it would be handy to have a Wilson come in at #4 Good way to get the other teams confidence up

Harry good to see you are as arragont as Pidge bad luck like the rest of your team you dont have the talent to back it up. From what i have seen this year PV seem to have a batting order that works(I dont think they have lost a game) mean while not sure if you have won a game. Just an observation but if you Swapped your batting order it could not hurt. Maybe just keep your opinions to your self until you can back your mouth up.
I wish i was still playing would love to come up against you boys.

[auto]

Harry - As i said to ya, positions 5/6 in a batting order are saved for the best looking players in a team. At Pos 3 you get a harder ball and the ball comes onto you better and the field is up. You also can pretty much play your own game at 3. At 5/6 the ball is softer/slower and the field is spread, and you might have to temper your natural game for the good of the team depending on whether weve had another one of our fitzroy collapses. Play your natural game mate and you will score runs.
George - Dont take too much to heart mate, Pidge and Harry are not arrogant and Pidge would probably be at the opposite end of the spectrum to arrogant.

[dark & stormy]

hey goat man, if you need another under 21 player you can have my son baldo jnr he made 22 on sunday not out
bats better than his old man and hes a lefty also phantom my old man , it was I who gave you the beer on sunday
after vinesy gave me a six pack to share but I only had one other player left so we had a few left over.

[dark & stormy]

to call pidge arrogant is like calling krusty the clown funny pidge is like a spoilt child , you hit him once and he still comes back for more so you hit him again but seriously you cant call him arrogant he is just a young fella having a good time. after all he has only been following in AUTOS footsteps see you lads on saturday and no donuts please trying to watch my figure (grow)

[Goat Herder]

Yea i was actually very keen for this u/21 side to play against the other competitions. Would have been an awesome and valuable experience. Bit sad to see the lack of juniors coming through some clubs. But will this mean some of the younger crew will get a gig in the seniors team

I think we'll still manage to gather a side Harry, and yes, that will mean some younger guys get a crack at it. Don't be afraid to sneak out on a Wednesday night At Prospect after 5:30pm the next 6wks either mate, it'll do you the world of good, and who knows, you might even crack the final 13 for Sydney if you're free & keen.

[Pidge]

Definitely some good talent out at Under 21s soo far.

Jarrad from Enfield will be a very good bowler in years to come. I believe he took 6fa on the weekend.
Matt Sandford will be a quality A Grade Cricketer in a few years time too.

Good to see an Adelaide Lutheran player out last night. Hopefully he can spread the word to some of his teammates and get them keen to play.

[reggie]

Oh fudge...i forgot Hutchy! Top player is Hutchy.

You already got him at 3 ya cant have him number 1 too

Is that why when Richie came on to ball Reggie called out Churches H as the bowler.....i didnt believe him.......i shoulda known it is reverse psychology

I think i have accused Rich of being every new poster on this forum, back to the Phantam. Was convinced he was Stuart Little too. This week he will be Harry....

Well batted in the second dig on saturday Auto, can not believe you picked the 'well diguised slower ball' from one of our front liners. Dispatched to the soccer pitch.

[puppet arms]

Hi all. Have read the name Craig Balneaves mentioned on here a bit lately and was wondering what he's bowling like these days? I played a lot of cricket with him many moons ago when Tea Tree Gully were around and again when we moved to Glenunga after TTGs unfortunate demise. He was frightening on his day.... especially when he came straight to cricket after working the night shift!

He'd be creeping up on 40 now so just wondering if his bionic shoulder still whips the ball down at scary speeds or has he mellowed a bit?

[reggie]

sorry hearder not 1 player in our A grade under 21.........were old..........

Yeah mate, as I said, not having a crack at you or the rest of the Dad's Army brigade! Heck, with only 2 sides this year, I don't think PV had one player under 21yo in the A's & B's last match. In days gone by, the same club was full of kids under 21yo.

I know what clubs have good numbers of juniors and which ones haven't. If you're like Adel Luth for example - and I know PT has tried to promote it at AL - and the kids don't want to challenge themsleves, or mix with young lads from other teams, whatever their reason, you can't help that. I just have my doubts how much of the 'story' gets communicated to the clubs & players as a whole, and more to the point, the strength, or positive promotion of the message being passed on.

It's bloody sad to see, because it's clearly evident we've got some great young talent in this competition, but (mostly) because mixed messages (if any..) are going out to those who matter (the U21 players), those same talented lads won't get the opportunity against kids their own age in other Associations. You can lead a far ken horse to water......

Grumpy,
Macca steal your black cans again GH?
On the under 21's. Do you have a list of the players in the comp who are under 21 and are performing. Maybe contact blokes directly rather than trusting clubs to do it.
There were a couple of blokes for Fitzroy in the 2nd innings who played well. Not sure if they qualify but the superbad lookalike who batted at 4/5 smashed the cover off the ball.

[auto]

The superbad lookalike is only 16 mate and yes he has been out to every training so far. He will be a fairly handy cricketer by the time he hits 20 me thinks! Slower than me between the wickets but we want hold that against him.

[auto]

Hi all. Have read the name Craig Balneaves mentioned on here a bit lately and was wondering what he's bowling like these days? I played a lot of cricket with him many moons ago when Tea Tree Gully were around and again when we moved to Glenunga after TTGs unfortunate demise. He was frightening on his day.... especially when he came straight to cricket after working the night shift!

He'd be creeping up on 40 now so just wondering if his bionic shoulder still whips the ball down at scary speeds or has he mellowed a bit?

Last time i faced him he was still flinging em down at a fair pace. Have a chat to Bourkey, or the Smiths at glenunga theyll fill ya in.

[dark & stormy]

Hi all. Have read the name Craig Balneaves mentioned on here a bit lately and was wondering what he's bowling like these days? I played a lot of cricket with him many moons ago when Tea Tree Gully were around and again when we moved to Glenunga after TTGs unfortunate demise. He was frightening on his day.... especially when he came straight to cricket after working the night shift!

He'd be creeping up on 40 now so just wondering if his bionic shoulder still whips the ball down at scary speeds or has he mellowed a bit?

dont know about outdoor, but played state indoor with him in melbourne this year and he made some quality players look stupid
and still bowling pretty quick.