rainbow warrior wrote:Was disappointed all A grade games got called off. Surely at that level the fitness of the blokes should be good enough to have no concerns for their health. Geez I remember Valentines Day 2004 where it was a ridiculous temperature and we all played and were fine just ad a lot of extra drinks breaks and finished later. I can understand the lower grades and juniors etc. where preparation may be off, but A1's to A4's surely not. Anyway just my opinion.
I do however understand it is the lawyers fault for their new age litigate against anything mentality when there is half a sniff of some compensation which has forced the ATCA's hand, I just think it is sad that a summer sport cannot play its game in summery conditions. Was a beautiful day for cricket wasted.
Not everyone playing these grades is doing so as fit physically well prepared players. Lets not forget that there are clubs B grade sides playing in A4. This is not a professional organisation and the Turf rightly have a cut off point. If they make a rule it can't be open to flexibility and as such all cricket was rightly called off. 10-15 years ago i would have been disappointed that games were called off but these days i am pretty glad that they were.