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Lightning McQueen wrote:ATCO: Lose and it takes a week or three to enter their scores, win and they're up Saturday evening

There are a few teams you can tell their results like that hahahaha

Gardens are exactly the same, check the scores at 7pm and if their not in Gardens lost

whufc wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:ATCO: Lose and it takes a week or three to enter their scores, win and they're up Saturday evening

There are a few teams you can tell their results like that hahahaha

Gardens are exactly the same, check the scores at 7pm and if their not in Gardens lost

Gardens are usually the worst for it, this season they have just been consistently putting them in at the club on the Thursday evening regardless.

The PDCA should clamp down a bit on it as it's a good look for the professionalism of the comp, thousands of blokes sit on the throne Sunday morning going through the matches on their app all throughout the comps.

a few handy wins in grade 2. makes the fight for 4th position very hard

cricketfanatic25 wrote:a few handy wins in grade 2. makes the fight for 4th position very hard

Tightened right up! Bugger all between all sides, and it seems any team can win on any day.

Could come down to the last round, and could see a side in the 4 slide as low as 7th potentially - imagine that from finals bound to relegation in 70 overs.

Grade 2 Forum Medal Round 11
ATCO vs Smithfield
3: C.D'antonio (A)
2: M.Corfield (A)
1: C.Lowe (S)
Royals vs Units
3: S.Bradshaw (CU)
2: B.Richardson (ER)
1: C.Mansueto (ER)
Craigmore vs Pines
3: A.Freeman (NP)
2: N.Crossley (C)
1: D.Foran (C)
NEK vs Enfield
3: M.Zia Ul-Haq (EU)
2: N.Merritt (NEK)
1: R.Singh-Gill (EU)


LEADERBOARD
13: C.D'antonio (A).
12: J.Owen (S), P.Atkins (NEK), T.Rackebrandt (EU).
11: M.Brodley (C), N.Crossley (C).
10: A.Channa (EU), A.Lubcke (NP), A.Freeman (NP).
8: S.Keylock (ER), B.Bignell (NEK).
7: A.Freeman (NP), A.Leonard (NEK).
6: J.Thomas (CU), S.Bradshaw (CU).
5: L.Pretorious (NP), J.Domeika (NEK), M.Bedgegood (EU), C.Walker (CU), D.Ritzema (CU), B.Richardson (ER).
4: A.Shafa (CU), C.Hobson-Bessell (NEK), A.Crossley (C), Z.Lowe (S), M.Lane (S), L.Puddy (NP), C.Lowe (S), M.Corfield (A).
3: J.Wilhelm (NEK), S.May (ER), S.Wall (S), J.Corfield (A), R.Bickle (S), D.Boulton (A), D.Moran (NP), T.Sharkey (NP), J.Jenner (ER), J.Baker (ER), M.Zia Ul-Haq (EU).
2: J.Norton (ER), J.Hughes (EU), W.Quick (ER), S.Buss (NP), M.Lane (S), S.Ritzema (CU), Merritt (NEK).
1: T.Weidenbach (EU), M.Richard (C), S.Burns (A), D.Vonderwall (C), L.Levi (NEK), J.Parker (C), D.Childs (A), C.Nuske (NP), M.Feltus (ER), R.Gates (S), P.McMinn (C), K.Ross (NP), NSharon (ER), A.Smith (C), J.Ralph (A), D.Foran (C), R.Singh-Gill (EU), C.Mansueto (ER).

Swap Bignell for Merritt and Atkins for Eldridge or Ranjeet Singh-Gil.

Merritt’s 29 at 11 came at better than a run a ball and took NEK to 128 when they were 9/92.. then he dismissed me early.

His figures blew out late unfortunately.

Singh-Gill took 5 catches keeping and made an explosive 20 odd opening the batting which took a bit of sting out of the NEK attack.

Eldridge batted for the best part of 20 overs and was keeping the NEK innings together, out to a great catch.

Grade 1 Round 11
Virginia vs Dublin
3: S.Lay (V)
2: W.Hart (D)
1: J.Natsias (V)
Angle Vale vs Craigmore
3: T.Richard (C)
2: D.McIver (C)
1: T.Schillabeer (AV)
Parafield Gardens vs Riverside
3: M.Atherton (PG)
2: D.Reynolds (PG)
1: L.Harris (R)
Eastern Park vs Salisbury West
3: A.Tuckwell (EP)
2: B.McMullen (EP)
1: D.Ward (SW)

LEADERBOARD
15: D.McIver (C).
12: T.McIntyre (SW), B.McMullen (EP).
11: W.Sewell (SW), T.Richard (C).
10: N.McIver (EP), M.Atherton (PG).
9: J.Pogas (AV), A.Meredith (AV), S.Lay (V).
8: N.Warren (V), A.Tuckwell (EP).
7: J.Davies (SW).
6: J.Crosbie (D), J.Carman (AV), B.Woodward (EP) J.Natsias (V).
5: B.McConnell (PG), S.Robinson (R), C.Stone (AV), W.Hart (D), J.Kelly (AV).
4: B.Starr (D), D.Wilson (C), N.Walker (C), E.Tsimiklis (V), I.Williamson (EP), A.Leo (V), D.Ward (SW).
3: A.Lewendon (SW), A.Cauchi (PG), A.Sebastyn (C), N.Lynch (PG), L.Dunn (C), L.Morris (EP), T.Schillabeer (AV), L.Harris (R).
2: A.Seccafien (V), T.Payne (C), A.Colbourne (R), P.Diedrichsen (EP), D.Reynolds (PG) , B.Wills (PG), M.McIver (C), J.McIntyre (SW), L.Goss (D).
1: M.Townley (AV), N.Kershaw (SW), D.Jeffrey (R), M.Hartwell (D), S.Sharma (SW), J.Sewell (SW), S.Baxter (PG).

GRADE 1
Westies 100.95 C(a), PG (h), D (a)
Craigmore 99.19 SW(h), V(a), R(h)
Parkers 95.14 V(h), R(a), AV(h)
Virginia 85.65 EP(a), C(h), PG(a)
Angle Vale 75.47 PG(a), D(h), EP(a)
Gardens 64.70 AV(h), SW(a), V(h)
Dublin 47.20 R(h), AV(a), SW(h)
Riverside 32.93 D(a), EP(h), C(a)


I'm leaning towards Eastern Park finishing minor premiers with an outright win against Riverside and two subsequent wins, McMullen and Woody to score tons in the same innings.
Craigmore to knock over Westies this week to put themselves into the box seat for a top two finish, Tyson Richard to take another 12 poles to finish 2nd in the Grade 1 bowling trophy.
Westies to play an away final for the first time since Jesus batted at 6 for Jerusalem.
Virginia to finish 4th and do their best work when it matters most.
Angle Vale to sneak into the 4 after round 13 only to slip back out with a final round loss to Eastern Park.
The Gardens to finish off competitive with Atherton to score another two fifties.
Dublin's Crosbie still has another ton in him by the end of the season.
Riverside to give someone a scare with a big partnership involving Adam Colbourne.

Where's the G2 writeup son?

The Bedge wrote:Where's the G2 writeup son?

Getting there, building some suspense.

NEK 97.01 C(h), S(a), ER(h)
Pines 89.37 S(h), ER(a), EU(H)
Enfield 82.81 CU(a), A(h), NP(a)
Craigmore 78.02 NEK(a), CU(h), A(a)
Units 76.60 EU(h), C(a), S(h)
Royals 69.53 A(a), NP(h), NEK(a)
Smithfield 63.05 NP(a), NEK(h), CU(a)
ATCO 62.73 ER(h), EU(a), C(h)

NEK putting points in the bank early will help them limp over the line with the big loss of Leonard hurting them in both disciplines. Atkins to step up in the crunch games leading into the finals but I think they will suffer another loss or two and forfeit top spot. Hopefully the big fella is back for the finals and they make the GF like they deserve to.
North Pines still appear to have the strongest all round list, no Pretorious really hurt them against the Blues who just keep finding ways to win, 3 from 3 to round out the season and take the minor premiership, Freeman to score 80 odd against Smithfield in a run-off with his mate Johnny Owen.
Enfield have a mixed bag on their way home, the Units next up who are ripening at the right time and chuck Milo into the team and they look a hell of a lot stronger all round, they also play ATCO who have found some form with the stick and then the big clash with the Pines to finish off with, I think they'll do enough to finish 4th. Big Carl's brother to sneak up on Pretorius for the Golden ball award and then they'll have a bowl-off in the last only to end up joint winners, they'll also draw for the trophy.
Craigmore just keep getting the job done when it matters, now is the time they'd prefer to be playing the Knights but the travel might cost them, they are the team that will slip out of the 4 for mine with a surprise loss to the Huts in round 14.
The Units are on fire, a favourable run home suits too, the round 13 clash with the Blues will make or break the either side's finals aspirations, they are my smokey for the flag.
The Royals, I'm looking forward to late August to hear about everyone returning, two lots of twins, Matthew and Michael, BJ to get his twin brother Russell back out, along with Battersby, Hendo, Brooksey, Jim, Stamma and maybe even Paro Pete. Until then I'm sure they would be content with where they are with the list they have, 4 teams, B Grade sitting top and a lovely new venue, despite where they finish they won't be going down to Grade 3 and shouldn't, they will rebuild.
Smithfield are the Bitcoin of Grade 2, they'll win a big game against all odds then fall in a heap as short priced favourites, they have one more win in them before the lights are out, have no idea against who though, probably the Knights at home as realistically they should have no hope against them.
Not sure what's going on down at Dauntsey but the Huts have found a bit of form recently and can still cause some headaches for the teams looking at finals, will be an interesting clash this round with Eyre Royals who may struggle with the travel and adjusting to the different time zones, and as mentioned earlier, they will probably end Craigmore's finals aspirations with some hack slapping a match-winning 75.

Well I'm starting to get itchy feet so I may even don the whites on in the next few weeks.

Enfield will drop next 3 games and miss finals.

The Bedge wrote:Enfield will drop next 3 games and miss finals.

I was gonna say that but I didn't want to lose my one supporter.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

The Bedge wrote:Enfield will drop next 3 games and miss finals.

I was gonna say that but I didn't want to lose my one supporter.

Honesty is the best policy - too many primadonnas, pea hearts and underperfomers.

What happened to McEwan? Was his 7.8 average for the year not cutting it? Could've played him against the Royals, would've been entertaining hearing him and Keylock praising each other up.

Lightning McQueen wrote:What happened to McEwan? Was his 7.8 average for the year not cutting it? Could've played him against the Royals, would've been entertaining hearing him and Keylock praising each other up.

He and Peterson have retired for the season, along with Channa, and a couple others want to go back down and sandbag in easier grades.

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:What happened to McEwan? Was his 7.8 average for the year not cutting it? Could've played him against the Royals, would've been entertaining hearing him and Keylock praising each other up.

He and Peterson have retired for the season, along with Channa, and a couple others want to go back down and sandbag in easier grades.

Shit, is Channa aware that there is no Forum Medal in Grade 3? He was within striking distance too! Crazy.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:What happened to McEwan? Was his 7.8 average for the year not cutting it? Could've played him against the Royals, would've been entertaining hearing him and Keylock praising each other up.

He and Peterson have retired for the season, along with Channa, and a couple others want to go back down and sandbag in easier grades.

Shit, is Channa aware that there is no Forum Medal in Grade 3? He was within striking distance too! Crazy.

Reminds me of Johan Botha.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

The Bedge wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:What happened to McEwan? Was his 7.8 average for the year not cutting it? Could've played him against the Royals, would've been entertaining hearing him and Keylock praising each other up.

He and Peterson have retired for the season, along with Channa, and a couple others want to go back down and sandbag in easier grades.

Shit, is Channa aware that there is no Forum Medal in Grade 3? He was within striking distance too! Crazy.

I love your write-ups, LM.

Maybe you could do Grades 3 & 4 next season?

Failed Creation wrote:
I love your write-ups, LM.

Maybe you could do Grades 3 & 4 next season?

Cheers mate, I'll see what I can do, Bedge might be the man though.

I only done Grade's 1 & 2 to see how close I can get to picking the the McKenzie and Robert Graham Medallists, been around the mark but that has been from doing a mock count with a week to go, could be a bit of fun to extend it though, if teams could get their shit together early enough and enter their details, that's the hard part.................................and I should've probably done a spreadsheet instead of manually going through it each week.

If time permits, I'll do a run home for each grade.