PDCA

[The Dark Knight]

Too early for a, which teams are playing in what division, yet?

About 2 months too early.

To be voted at the AGM.. but welcome to North Haven (4 sides) and welcome back to Brahma Lodge (LO side).

The club's decision to move to the PDCA has not been finalized yet Bedge, the new committee will finally decide before the PDCA AGM.

[The Bedge]

Too early for a, which teams are playing in what division, yet?

About 2 months too early.

To be voted at the AGM.. but welcome to North Haven (4 sides) and welcome back to Brahma Lodge (LO side).

The club's decision to move to the PDCA has not been finalized yet Bedge, the new committee will finally decide before the PDCA AGM.

Outrageous!

Your average away games would've been 40+ minutes last year.. in PDCA Angle Vale would be about the only club that is a similar time distance.

Most clubs would be within 20-30min of Largs North.

Maybe your committee are scared of the Pirates

[Tony Clifton]

Too early for a, which teams are playing in what division, yet?

About 2 months too early.

To be voted at the AGM.. but welcome to North Haven (4 sides) and welcome back to Brahma Lodge (LO side).

Be good if North Haven does come. Good to see numbers growing. Was heading the other way for a while back when the Gawler clubs started leaving but seems to be a strengthening competition now? Absorbing some of the Churches clubs helped I guess

[The Dark Knight]

Too early for a, which teams are playing in what division, yet?

About 2 months too early.

To be voted at the AGM.. but welcome to North Haven (4 sides) and welcome back to Brahma Lodge (LO side).

The club's decision to move to the PDCA has not been finalized yet Bedge, the new committee will finally decide before the PDCA AGM.

Outrageous!

Your average away games would've been 40+ minutes last year.. in PDCA Angle Vale would be about the only club that is a similar time distance.

Most clubs would be within 20-30min of Largs North.

Maybe your committee are scared of the Pirates

True about the traveling distance being less but with the extra 10 overs (I was informed PDCA is 70 overs amd ASCA sections 2 and below play 60 overs) means more playing time so overall combining travel time and playing time is not that much different. It's something the committee has to take into consideration.

One thing that I'm worried about is if we were to put at least one grade (possibly two) into to the lower, limited overs PDCA grades we will have guys at our club trying to sandbag and just play one day games all the time. I know if there's a chance blokes can do it they will.

(Personally I would prefer to play one day cricket all the time but we play in a competition where two day cricket is an integral part.)

[The Bedge]

True about the traveling distance being less but with the extra 10 overs (I was informed PDCA is 70 overs amd ASCA sections 2 and below play 60 overs) means more playing time so overall combining travel time and playing time is not that much different. It's something the committee has to take into consideration.

Bowl your overs quicker then haha!

We generally get through 40+ overs before tea.. makes life a lot easier, and generally we are done early.

*edit* should prob mention i bring myself on after 8 overs and bowl 20 straight off 6 steps.

[Lightning McQueen]

True about the traveling distance being less but with the extra 10 overs (I was informed PDCA is 70 overs amd ASCA sections 2 and below play 60 overs) means more playing time so overall combining travel time and playing time is not that much different. It's something the committee has to take into consideration.

One thing that I'm worried about is if we were to put at least one grade (possibly two) into to the lower, limited overs PDCA grades we will have guys at our club trying to sandbag and just play one day games all the time. I know if there's a chance blokes can do it they will.

(Personally I would prefer to play one day cricket all the time but we play in a competition where two day cricket is an integral part.)

70 overs is usually done and dusted by around 5pm.

[Lightning McQueen]

Be good if North Haven does come. Good to see numbers growing. Was heading the other way for a while back when the Gawler clubs started leaving but seems to be a strengthening competition now? Absorbing some of the Churches clubs helped I guess

I'm not sure that the actual comp is strengthening but the numbers have been steady, wasn't too long ago when Grade 3 was a decent standard and you'd be lucky to see a B Grade team in it.

Grade 1 had 5 teams capable of beating each other, 2 that were competitive and 1 that lost their best player during the off-season and really struggled.

Grade 2 had NEK and North Pines a cut above the rest throughout the season, the Units gained momentum and made the GF through experience and someone being able to step up when it mattered, the real positive is that it was shared around too, some good kids coming through on top of the older heads out there. Enfield were around the mark when they wanted to be too, had enough to beat anyone on their day, the rest were all hit and miss.

I can't see either of the promoted sides making the Grade 1 finals this season unless they pick up a couple or Woody heads back to the Units, you've gotta respect the way they fought through this season after it was looking pretty diabolical a few weeks out from round 1.

Grades 3 & 4 are more of a social scene nowadays, I reckon the better LO teams would knock most of them off, LO cricket is getting more popular for obvious reasons.

[Lightning McQueen]

True about the traveling distance being less but with the extra 10 overs (I was informed PDCA is 70 overs amd ASCA sections 2 and below play 60 overs) means more playing time so overall combining travel time and playing time is not that much different. It's something the committee has to take into consideration.

Bowl your overs quicker then haha!

We generally get through 40+ overs before tea.. makes life a lot easier, and generally we are done early.

*edit* should prob mention i bring myself on after 8 overs and bowl 20 straight off 6 steps.

Absolutely, it's actually a bit of ploy I used to put into place, teams would bat til tea with the thought of having wickets in the shed, when they'd come off and realize that they're 46 overs deep they panic after the break, as for fielding, it's pretty comforting to know that you 2 blocks of 12 overs to get through, it doesn't seem as dreary.

[whufc]

Be good if North Haven does come. Good to see numbers growing. Was heading the other way for a while back when the Gawler clubs started leaving but seems to be a strengthening competition now? Absorbing some of the Churches clubs helped I guess

I'm not sure that the actual comp is strengthening but the numbers have been steady, wasn't too long ago when Grade 3 was a decent standard and you'd be lucky to see a B Grade team in it.

Grade 1 had 5 teams capable of beating each other, 2 that were competitive and 1 that lost their best player during the off-season and really struggled.

Grade 2 had NEK and North Pines a cut above the rest throughout the season, the Units gained momentum and made the GF through experience and someone being able to step up when it mattered, the real positive is that it was shared around too, some good kids coming through on top of the older heads out there. Enfield were around the mark when they wanted to be too, had enough to beat anyone on their day, the rest were all hit and miss.

I can't see either of the promoted sides making the Grade 1 finals this season unless they pick up a couple or Woody heads back to the Units, you've gotta respect the way they fought through this season after it was looking pretty diabolical a few weeks out from round 1.

Grades 3 & 4 are more of a social scene nowadays, I reckon the better LO teams would knock most of them off, LO cricket is getting more popular for obvious reasons.

My first year of senior cricket we lost a div5 GF to Elizabeth Fields who had Dobbo, Scotty Donaldson, Gav Elliott, Donger, Steve Fulton, Mick Debeaur.

They would make finals in div1 these days.

[The Dark Knight]

True about the traveling distance being less but with the extra 10 overs (I was informed PDCA is 70 overs amd ASCA sections 2 and below play 60 overs) means more playing time so overall combining travel time and playing time is not that much different. It's something the committee has to take into consideration.

One thing that I'm worried about is if we were to put at least one grade (possibly two) into to the lower, limited overs PDCA grades we will have guys at our club trying to sandbag and just play one day games all the time. I know if there's a chance blokes can do it they will.

(Personally I would prefer to play one day cricket all the time but we play in a competition where two day cricket is an integral part.)

70 overs is usually done and dusted by around 5pm.

Really, 1pm start yeah? So 70 overs in 3 hours and 45 minutes? (15 min tea break)

[The Bedge]

Units, you've gotta respect the way they fought through this season after it was looking pretty diabolical a few weeks out from round 1..

You're high.. they ended up with basically the same GF side from the year before and you think it's respectable they fought through and made another GF?!

Grades 3 & 4 are more of a social scene nowadays, I reckon the better LO teams would knock most of them off, LO cricket is getting more popular for obvious reasons.

Yes the sides in the top LO grades are better than G3 and G4 sides. Good/strong clubs moved away, but also good players who were around in lower grades either retired or were lured away to other clubs for $$.

Money in cricket is laughable.

[The Bedge]

Really, 1pm start yeah? So 70 overs in 3 hours and 45 minutes? (15 min tea break)

Nah he's on drugs today.

A few sides could do it, but it's certainly not the norm. We (Enfield) would probably have one of the quickest over rate sides - we finish generally just before 5:30pm.. the last hour or so always drags on.

Actually more i think about it more i do think 5pm is a realistic target - you should really bowl 20 overs in the first hour, that leaves 50 over the next let's say 4 hrs.. you should be able to bowl a minimum of 15 overs an hour.

[Lightning McQueen]

True about the traveling distance being less but with the extra 10 overs (I was informed PDCA is 70 overs amd ASCA sections 2 and below play 60 overs) means more playing time so overall combining travel time and playing time is not that much different. It's something the committee has to take into consideration.

One thing that I'm worried about is if we were to put at least one grade (possibly two) into to the lower, limited overs PDCA grades we will have guys at our club trying to sandbag and just play one day games all the time. I know if there's a chance blokes can do it they will.

(Personally I would prefer to play one day cricket all the time but we play in a competition where two day cricket is an integral part.)

70 overs is usually done and dusted by around 5pm.

Really, 1pm start yeah? So 70 overs in 3 hours and 45 minutes? (15 min tea break)

Yeah mate, tea break at 3:30 so you should be 40+ overs deep by then, it's bloody hard wicket, don't need 30+ step run ups.

[The Bedge]

Yeah mate, tea break at 3:30 so you should be 40+ overs deep by then, it's bloody hard wicket, don't need 30+ step run ups.

Also depends on the umpire - we have had umpires (wont name names) who are too unfit to umpire, take forever between overs and extend their drinks/tea breaks out.

[Lightning McQueen]

Units, you've gotta respect the way they fought through this season after it was looking pretty diabolical a few weeks out from round 1..

You're high.. they ended up with basically the same GF side from the year before and you think it's respectable they fought through and made another GF?!

I f****** wish!!

3 x Ritzema, Kosonen, Milo and Thomas are the only ones, Milo only played 5 games for the year, Woody is worth two or three and Fenners weighs as many as two or three.

They were screwed in September last year, I think they done well with what they had.

[The Bedge]

3 x Ritzema, Kosonen, Milo and Thomas are the only ones, Milo only played 5 games for the year, Woody is worth two or three and Fenners weighs as many as two or three.

Added Shafa and Bradshaw, and Chad Wegener is under-rated. Liddicott still goes alright too.

[Lightning McQueen]

3 x Ritzema, Kosonen, Milo and Thomas are the only ones, Milo only played 5 games for the year, Woody is worth two or three and Fenners weighs as many as two or three.

Added Shafa and Bradshaw, and Chad Wegener is under-rated. Liddicott still goes alright too.

Oh well, I'm married so I'm used of being wrong, I'll go ruin another thread

[The Bedge]

Oh well, I'm married so I'm used of being wrong, I'll go ruin another thread

**** you sook like a married woman too!

[The Bedge]

Wonder who holds the PDCA exec to account?

The love throwing out the fines, but the treasurer cant even do his own job properly.

Copped a $50 fine for not attending a delegates meeting last year.. Paid the account when it was due - didn't hit their bank account until the Monday (1 business day late), copped a nice $200 fine for our troubles.

Now, a week out from the AGM and still sitting here twiddling my thumbs waiting for the financial report and budget to be emailed through - apparently almost 4 months since end of season isnt long enough.. this is also following on from the fact they informed clubs it would be distributed last week at the latest.

Pathetic.

Treasurer can step down.

[Lightning McQueen]

Wonder who holds the PDCA exec to account?

The love throwing out the fines, but the treasurer cant even do his own job properly.

Copped a $50 fine for not attending a delegates meeting last year.. Paid the account when it was due - didn't hit their bank account until the Monday (1 business day late), copped a nice $200 fine for our troubles.

Now, a week out from the AGM and still sitting here twiddling my thumbs waiting for the financial report and budget to be emailed through - apparently almost 4 months since end of season isnt long enough.. this is also following on from the fact they informed clubs it would be distributed last week at the latest.

Pathetic.

Treasurer can step down.

You need to read the post you wrote above this one