Riverland Cricket

[OnSong]

Who has more runs out of Chode and Gutsche...?

Gutsch would be well in front.

Would you like to pay that hundred in one straight hit or 10 easy payments of $9.99?

I decided on the easy payment option.

I freakin knew it. God damn it.

Did I tell you I did this to Dangler last year?

[Dogwatcher]

You might have better luck getting $15k from Virginia than from this, OS

[OnSong]

:lol:

You might have better luck getting $15k from Virginia than from this, OS

Lol. Well, it took one day for that. Case closed. So perhaps my luck is in.

[Ripdschitlaz]

Did I tell you I did this to Dangler last year?[/quote]
Nah you didn't. I'm surprised the man himself hasn't. We all know he loves to tell a story or two.

[OnSong]

Nah you didn't. I'm surprised the man himself hasn't. We all know he loves to tell a story or two.

That he does.
I had a bet on with him at 5am on a Saturday morning Huggy wasn't going to work the bar at the footy club in 2010.
I lost and I owed him $100. I paid it back $10 a week over 10 weeks. Karma.

[Hank Moody]

Did I tell you I did this to Dangler last year?

Nah you didn't. I'm surprised the man himself hasn't. We all know he loves to tell a story or two.[/quote]

The old 10 week $10 transfer, Sh!t blokes. Like a story, pity i don't have a cat story up my sleeve.

[Dogwatcher]

:lol:

You might have better luck getting $15k from Virginia than from this, OS

Lol. Well, it took one day for that. Case closed. So perhaps my luck is in.

Case closed already??? You'll get another fronty for that one.

[Baron Greenback]

Renmark beat Loxton on the weekend.
Anyone hear about the other game?

[Ripdschitlaz]

Yep.
Berri all out in the 40th over for 153. A. Hume 46
Waikerie in reply were bowled out for 100 or there abouts. P. Specialidis 6/12

[Baron Greenback]

Yep.
Berri all out in the 40th over for 153. A. Hume 46
Waikerie in reply were bowled out for 100 or there abouts. P. Specialidis 6/12

Can play the game that Greek God.

Any chance you can send your scoresheet through Rip?
Haven't got anything from Waikerie.

[Ripdschitlaz]

Yeah man. I think Saff has it, I'll give him a buzz.

[Baron Greenback]

Thanks mate.

[Dogwatcher]

Zak Trussell reports on Broken Hill North's victory in the Murray Mallee Barrier zone T20 championship

http://wp.me/p1Tnfg-dC

[OnSong]

Diabolical situation with Berri winning the one day grand final by forfeit over Renmark! What the fk happened?

[Dogwatcher]

What is wrong with Riverland cricket? It really is in a poor situation.
Get back on track, lads!

[Ripdschitlaz]

What is wrong with Riverland cricket? It really is in a poor situation.
Get back on track, lads!

I agree DW. Having to have played four games to qualify at this stage of the season is pretty harsh, maybe two or three would have been more appropriate. I'm confident in saying that the majority of the Berri team were prepared to play whatever team Renmark put on the park if it meant getting a game underway. Having said that, going against By laws can lead to problems down the track, so I can appreciate that point of view also. One of our delegates was pretty strong on that point and seeing as he had spent a truck load of time going through the by laws in the off season in an attempt to prevent this sort of thing happening, it wasn't a surprise really.
There has been a fair bit of sh#t flying around, most of it directed at Berri as usual and quite unfairly when you have a look at all the facts.
Firstly, it wasn't Berri's decision alone to stick to the by laws, it was the RTCA's. Two Berri delegates didn't have the numbers to decide on that, they needed support and there was plenty of it apparently.
Secondly, Renmark had one more game than Berri to qualify it's players due to Monash's withdrawal on the eve of the first round.
Thirdly, according to the records for the season thus far, Renmark had a total of 18 players qualified for Saturday's final, not 10 as reported in the Pioneer. Word has it also that there were indeed players willing to put their hand up for a crack at it, but the heirachy made the call that they wouldn't be up to it.
I personally would have liked the RTCA to make some sort of allowance so blokes that had played three games could have played, but they didn't. Perhaps the blow torch should instead be applied to Renmark for pulling their side when they had 18 qualified players.

[Dogwatcher]

Renmark wouldn't do something like that, surely.
A terrible accusation.

By the way, my previous post was supported by a former Renmark player who was disappointed to hear of the weekend's situation.

From my POV, it's been easy to blame Berri over the years. They win stuff. The competition gets organised to suit them. They run the board. But who else gets up to do anything about it?

The fact that Renmark, the Riverland's second (?) biggest town, waxes and wanes on its commitment to cricket hurts the region overall.

[OnSong]

Renmark wouldn't do something like that, surely.
A terrible accusation.

By the way, my previous post was supported by a former Renmark player who was disappointed to hear of the weekend's situation.

From my POV, it's been easy to blame Berri over the years. They win stuff. The competition gets organised to suit them. They run the board. But who else gets up to do anything about it?

The fact that Renmark, the Riverland's second (?) biggest town, waxes and wanes on its commitment to cricket hurts the region overall.

I reckon it's the biggest town by some margin.

[Baron Greenback]

What is wrong with Riverland cricket? It really is in a poor situation.
Get back on track, lads!

I agree DW. Having to have played four games to qualify at this stage of the season is pretty harsh, maybe two or three would have been more appropriate. I'm confident in saying that the majority of the Berri team were prepared to play whatever team Renmark put on the park if it meant getting a game underway. Having said that, going against By laws can lead to problems down the track, so I can appreciate that point of view also. One of our delegates was pretty strong on that point and seeing as he had spent a truck load of time going through the by laws in the off season in an attempt to prevent this sort of thing happening, it wasn't a surprise really.
There has been a fair bit of sh#t flying around, most of it directed at Berri as usual and quite unfairly when you have a look at all the facts.
Firstly, it wasn't Berri's decision alone to stick to the by laws, it was the RTCA's. Two Berri delegates didn't have the numbers to decide on that, they needed support and there was plenty of it apparently.
Secondly, Renmark had one more game than Berri to qualify it's players due to Monash's withdrawal on the eve of the first round.
Thirdly, according to the records for the season thus far, Renmark had a total of 18 players qualified for Saturday's final, not 10 as reported in the Pioneer. Word has it also that there were indeed players willing to put their hand up for a crack at it, but the heirachy made the call that they wouldn't be up to it.
I personally would have liked the RTCA to make some sort of allowance so blokes that had played three games could have played, but they didn't. Perhaps the blow torch should instead be applied to Renmark for pulling their side when they had 18 qualified players.

We said they had 10 qualified players available.
Big difference.

[Ron Burgundy]

To provide some balance, and I dont want to play the blame game.

Renmark have had 20 players play A grade this year.
Out of these 20 players, 13 qualified to play the A grade final. (inc A and B grade games)
Out of these 13 players
- 3 unavailable injured
- 2 on Melbourne volleyball
- 1 away in WA for work
- 1 unavailable due to planned trip (b grade captain)

That left 6 players that had played A grade at some stage.

We had the option to play some B grade cricketers to fill the other spots. 4 of these would have been ok to play.

As for the digs at Renmark and their commitment to cricket, and I can only speak in the present as i wasnt here when we fell over last time, we are committed to Riverland Cricket, and will be striving to continue to prove the doubters wrong. We have some talented kids coming through and some good people running the club.

Cricket in the Riverland is obviously in a brittle state, Berri must have an average age in the mid-30's, Waikerie have indicated they will be seriously looking at going to one team next year, and Renmark will have their work cut out, esp once Derek, Fitzy and Siv pull the pin, but we feel we can remain in our current situation. Loxton on the other hand seem healthy.

This shamble needs to be put to bed, we have alot of the real stuff ahead of us, lets just get out there and enjoy playing 2 day cricket.