Adelaide Hills Cricket (Hills, A&EH, TV) 2010-11

[Justquietly]

Thoughts/reports from the end of round 1? Did the Bridgey game rain out?

[c u at the crease]

Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (Hills, A&EH, TV) 2010-11
Pipers are looking ok even though they again have fielded three sides. In fact one if the reasons that we havent been pushing to A grade is the reason we are all talking about. Strengthen the club and create some depth then push the club up as a whole.
cuatthecrease - firstly, it's good for the game that you have 3 grades from such a small town. However, how many years will we hear the above argument before you put a team up in A grade? To be honest, I would have thought after 3 straight (?) b grade flags, there'd be no better time than this year. What's the real reason?

Well from what I know Alan Cooper would have stayed if we had an A grade, The Principal was pushing for A grade, Mr and Mrs Cricket were pushing for A grade, Brock Gifford wanted an A grade, Fielks wanted an A grade. The former club sec and pres were pushing for A grade. Problem is a number of blokes want to play 1 day cricket.

Actually looking at this Why didn't we go up.

Oh thats right. No training facilities, no coach, no committed players week in week out. (must be a Gen Y thing)

Look at this way the HCA should have pushed us up like they did to Meadows.

Small town. Most of the blokes come up from the flat of Adelaide to play that is the only way we have survived. Also pinching a few of Red Cap blokes helped.

I can believe the the Gators had KG bowling in the C's for the first game. Gees they must have been struggling.

[Justquietly]

Bit harsh on KG! I think you'd also notice that the super C's from last year are no more, with our numbers dropping a lot too, with C's & D's struggling the first 2 weeks, results-wise as well.
I understand your point on facilities but not the coach aspect. We have a current player coaching, as always have as far as I've been involved at the gate. You've got some experienced cricket heads there that could lead.
And I think a lot of clubs are in the situation of non-committed players, pre-Christmas is hard to have a few competitive grades. We should probably only have 3...

[dukes]

Re: Adelaide Hills Cricket (Hills, A&EH, TV) 2010-11
Pipers are looking ok even though they again have fielded three sides. In fact one if the reasons that we havent been pushing to A grade is the reason we are all talking about. Strengthen the club and create some depth then push the club up as a whole.
cuatthecrease - firstly, it's good for the game that you have 3 grades from such a small town. However, how many years will we hear the above argument before you put a team up in A grade? To be honest, I would have thought after 3 straight (?) b grade flags, there'd be no better time than this year. What's the real reason?

Well from what I know Alan Cooper would have stayed if we had an A grade, The Principal was pushing for A grade, Mr and Mrs Cricket were pushing for A grade, Brock Gifford wanted an A grade, Fielks wanted an A grade. The former club sec and pres were pushing for A grade. Problem is a number of blokes want to play 1 day cricket.

Actually looking at this Why didn't we go up.

Oh thats right. No training facilities, no coach, no committed players week in week out. (must be a Gen Y thing)

Look at this way the HCA should have pushed us up like they did to Meadows.

Small town. Most of the blokes come up from the flat of Adelaide to play that is the only way we have survived. Also pinching a few of Red Cap blokes helped.

I can believe the the Gators had KG bowling in the C's for the first game. Gees they must have been struggling.

Yea the quality of the players mylor picked up from the red caps you would probably be looking at top 4 in hills A grade!! sad you never made the step up!

[Cougar]

Wow - must be the start of a new TVCA season cos it's PISSING DOWN!!!
Lucky we missed the sunny day last weekend

As for the talk about the season being to long and pre season footy training having an effect on numbers...
Footy was only invented by Tom Wills as a way to keep his fellow cricketers fit during the winter and therefore it should be treated as the poor cousin it is to the wonderful game of cricket!

Unfortunately Wills theory works the opposite Kersbrook way, and with more Brookers/Cavaliers with partners/kids and with a choice between the 2 sports, cricket was always going to lose out.

[Deep Long Off]

Wow - must be the start of a new TVCA season cos it's PISSING DOWN!!!
Lucky we missed the sunny day last weekend

As for the talk about the season being to long and pre season footy training having an effect on numbers...
Footy was only invented by Tom Wills as a way to keep his fellow cricketers fit during the winter and therefore it should be treated as the poor cousin it is to the wonderful game of cricket!

Unfortunately Wills theory works the opposite Kersbrook way, and with more Brookers/Cavaliers with partners/kids and with a choice between the 2 sports, cricket was always going to lose out.

What now - Partners and Kids stop you from playing cricket??? Now i've heard it all.
What a cop out from a club that contested how many A grade Grand Finals in the last few years...?
To not even have a side in any level (senior or junior) is a disgrace and a slap in the face to the rest of a competition that is already in a state of rapid decline.
How about struggling through with an A2 (4 two day games/10 one dayers) or B grade (all one day games) side for a couple of seasons...
Why can't Kersbrook have their First XI play in the lower grades - surely the TVCA Executives wouldn't protest - Palmer/Birdwood/Eden Valley/Cambrai/Lenswood all do it already!
I know your probably going to come back with the no player argument - work saturdays/boating/fishing/girlfriends(boyfriends maybe) or whatever but you MUST realise that EVERY club is struggling to field sides but they continue to try and try again - they don't just give up when it gets a bit hard.
Maybe Lobethals "experiment" of promoting the A2's might show a few of the previously mentioned A2 First XI's that an A grade victory is not a elusive as they think.
End of rant...

[Cougar]

Wow - must be the start of a new TVCA season cos it's PISSING DOWN!!!
Lucky we missed the sunny day last weekend

As for the talk about the season being to long and pre season footy training having an effect on numbers...
Footy was only invented by Tom Wills as a way to keep his fellow cricketers fit during the winter and therefore it should be treated as the poor cousin it is to the wonderful game of cricket!

Unfortunately Wills theory works the opposite Kersbrook way, and with more Brookers/Cavaliers with partners/kids and with a choice between the 2 sports, cricket was always going to lose out.

What now - Partners and Kids stop you from playing cricket??? Now i've heard it all.
What a cop out from a club that contested how many A grade Grand Finals in the last few years...?
To not even have a side in any level (senior or junior) is a disgrace and a slap in the face to the rest of a competition that is already in a state of rapid decline.
How about struggling through with an A2 (4 two day games/10 one dayers) or B grade (all one day games) side for a couple of seasons...
Why can't Kersbrook have their First XI play in the lower grades - surely the TVCA Executives wouldn't protest - Palmer/Birdwood/Eden Valley/Cambrai/Lenswood all do it already!
I know your probably going to come back with the no player argument - work saturdays/boating/fishing/girlfriends(boyfriends maybe) or whatever but you MUST realise that EVERY club is struggling to field sides but they continue to try and try again - they don't just give up when it gets a bit hard.
Maybe Lobethals "experiment" of promoting the A2's might show a few of the previously mentioned A2 First XI's that an A grade victory is not a elusive as they think.
End of rant...

It was a good rant too. Unfortunately you can't play with 4 and 'I don't wanna play' and 'I have better things to do than stand around on a hot Saturday', usually means the guy is not interested in playing cricket. Face facts, cricket is a dying sport, with more teams folding in EVERY association and less people playing the great game. Wish it wasn't true.

[Jugs]

Well Woodside have bucked the trend and picked up a couple of cricketers. Ineda Newhom and Silon Seeka have joined the ranks.

[Kick'n Back]

Well Woodside have bucked the trend and picked up a couple of cricketers. Ineda Newhom and Silon Seeka have joined the ranks.

I have heard Woodside have picked up boat loads of players

[The Big Ship]

Dunno about your club Deep Long Off but Cougar is spot on - you can't make blokes play cricket.

Last seasons Kersbrook team:
A MacDonald - playing for St Pauls/Mawson Lakes
A Wehrman - after giving his body a break after footy he might play a couple of saturdays at best for a mates side in town somewhere
K McClelland - was talk of going to Gumeracha but so far has proved to be just a rumour
N Johns - returned to Woodside Warriors
A Frohling - apart from being sidelined for the 2010/11 season after having achilles tendon surgery he is currently President/Secretary/Treasurer/Coach/Captain of Kersbrook but with no players
K Pearce - rumoured to be playing for Lobethal B Grade soon
B James - only played one game and still affected by osteitis pubis

Which leaves a core group of 5:
B Pearce, P James, R James, M Coad, J Bingos.

Obviously you need 11 to fill a side - 5 doesn't cut it

[The Big Ship]

Well Woodside have bucked the trend and picked up a couple of cricketers. Ineda Newhom and Silon Seeka have joined the ranks.

I have heard Woodside have picked up boat loads of players

The above is pretty funny - but seriously the TVCA (who are struggling for numbers so badly at the moment) should approach the Federal Government about putting together a side of the "asylum seekers" to play in the association.
Their games could be played on the Army Camp oval, under supervision of course, and I'm sure the visiting teams would love the chance to partake in the cheap after match drinks at Club 16.

Surely the publicity from such a move would go Australia-wide and the Association would be lauded for being so visionary.

[Tooting Bec]

Bit harsh on KG! I think you'd also notice that the super C's from last year are no more, with our numbers dropping a lot too, with C's & D's struggling the first 2 weeks, results-wise as well.
I understand your point on facilities but not the coach aspect. We have a current player coaching, as always have as far as I've been involved at the gate. You've got some experienced cricket heads there that could lead.
And I think a lot of clubs are in the situation of non-committed players, pre-Christmas is hard to have a few competitive grades. We should probably only have 3...

I think from memory aldgate have 9 guys to come into the A's and B's so the C's and D's will get stronger, and allthough it wasn't a great weekend with the A's and C's and D's going down, Chainsaw was pretty happy with the scab labour that rocked up and the B's got an outright!

Saying that the committee works extremely hard, we are trying to field all junior grades as well so the gate will be fielding 8 teams for the year. a few years ago the gate had no juniors, only 3 senior sides and were looking like we were in a downward spiral. Hard work and dedication will go a long way chaps.

[2jox]

who is due back in the gator's a grade? certainly looked like a a few b graders in the line up v SCIB

[toot toot]

who is due back in the gator's a grade? certainly looked like a a few b graders in the line up v SCIB

Surely the German express Henschke will be knocking on the selectors door after taking 2/13 & 6/20.

[R. White]

who is due back in the gator's a grade? certainly looked like a a few b graders in the line up v SCIB

Surely the German express Henschke will be knocking on the selectors door after taking 2/13 & 6/20.

Surely Aldgates A grade bowling line up has room for Henschke, cant imagine him playing B grade for too long. Might just drop down for the game against Mylor to knock a few heads off!!

[Tooting Bec]

Henschke's playing A's this week boys, wasn't available for the first week of the A's last game.

Playing for a special trophy between Aldgate and Uraidle this game, the toohey Cup (in memory of Jason Schapel)

[Justquietly]

Yep, bit important for several reason for Gate's A's this week.
Horne & Nottage come back this week but we're still short Scamoni, Sanders, Smith, Hayward & Elzinga (both are borderline playing at all). This means (as said by an earlier poster0 that C's and D's will get stronger as they're scratching at the minute. B's looks OK.
I couldn't see Hensch coming back to B's too often, even against the Shrikes or ER, gotta play the guys that'll be there come finals.

[2words]

[quote="Tooting Bec"]Henschke's playing A's this week boys, wasn't available for the first week of the A's last game.

Because he wasnt good enough? Heard the same thing and aparently he has lost a couple of yards also.

[Jimmy Recard]

Great first up win by the miners, getting up on the last ball of the day. Great knock from the first game skippa, 106*, couldn't have asked for a better start to his year!

[Trader]

Kyle has always been a class above at that grade, hope he can have a big season with the bat.
Interesting to see Mudgy took 5 catches behind the stumps!
Bit disapointing the C's went down, worked hard to get back into it after the opening partnership they gave up but just couldn't collect that last pole!