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Zartan wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:No club in the PDCA is going to accept a club named "Never2late"

I've seen clubs knocked back over the years for pilfering too many players form the one club to start up, once you're in, you're in and opposing clubs acknowledge this so they don't wanna see any fly by nighters.

Never2late are in the process of changing their name anyway to be more of a "proper" club - they identified this need before Christmas.

None of their players came from other clubs (well 1 i think from Fitzroy), and they've steadily grown since they joined our comp, and have aspirations to move to 2 sides next year.

Don't know what the name has to do with anything anyway.. besides you've got Adel Warriors, Adel Bangladesh tigers, Ceylon Tamil, Direk, Smithfield - they're kind of strange names

If N2L weren't accepted, i'm sure Enfield would be most happy to absorb them..

LOL, Direk is a suburb and were actually a successful club in their day, I'm sure a name change would see them gain entry.

I'm not the gatekeeper but I've seen enough over the years to know where the limit is, would love to see Luthies in but I'm sure the Dublin, Two Wells and Riverside delegates probably wouldn't endorse it.

Lutheran will go to ASCA anyway - too far for them to want to be travelling North every second week also.

Personally I like C&CCA - the lesser travel, the shorter playing hours, the flexibility etc.

If C&CCA fold, maybe i'll just create a new comp in its place - 1 day comp, shorter season, day/night games, 12 player teams and for the lower grades make it a super 8's comp or similar so clubs can built and support numbers without needing to find another 20 blokes

Zartan wrote:Personally I like C&CCA - the lesser travel, the shorter playing hours, the flexibility etc.

If C&CCA fold, maybe i'll just create a new comp in its place - 1 day comp, shorter season, day/night games, 12 player teams and for the lower grades make it a super 8's comp or similar so clubs can built and support numbers without needing to find another 20 blokes

Yeah, in today's day and age no one wants to travel more than half an hour to have a game of cricket.

Whom is the president of churches? I thought PT retired from the role?

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auto wrote:Whom is the president of churches? I thought PT retired from the role?

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Wasn't it Cuz after PT?

carey wrote:

auto wrote:Whom is the president of churches? I thought PT retired from the role?

Wasn't it Cuz after PT?

Cuz did it for one year and stood down - the time commitment, abuse and drama wasn't worth it and was impacting his family/work life.

PT took over again this year because no one else would do it.

Next year will be interesting, Enfield are removing themselves from the executive - that's Secretary, Treasurer, Stats Officer and Committee Member roles that need to be filled..

Zartan wrote:

carey wrote:

auto wrote:Whom is the president of churches? I thought PT retired from the role?

Wasn't it Cuz after PT?

Cuz did it for one year and stood down - the time commitment, abuse and drama wasn't worth it and was impacting his family/work life.

PT took over again this year because no one else would do it.

Next year will be interesting, Enfield are removing themselves from the executive - that's Secretary, Treasurer, Stats Officer and Committee Member roles that need to be filled..

Sounds like any club worth their salt should be getting their affairs in order and looking at the future direction of their club. Carey, Auto and Bedge Consulting (CAB Consulting) have the contacts to help with a smooth and swift transition to Para Districts for a small fee.

moriachi wrote:

Zartan wrote:

carey wrote:

auto wrote:Whom is the president of churches? I thought PT retired from the role?

Wasn't it Cuz after PT?

Cuz did it for one year and stood down - the time commitment, abuse and drama wasn't worth it and was impacting his family/work life.

PT took over again this year because no one else would do it.

Next year will be interesting, Enfield are removing themselves from the executive - that's Secretary, Treasurer, Stats Officer and Committee Member roles that need to be filled..

Sounds like any club worth their salt should be getting their affairs in order and looking at the future direction of their club. Carey, Auto and Bedge Consulting (CAB Consulting) have the contacts to help with a smooth and swift transition to Para Districts for a small fee.

Looks like that is what Enfield are doing!

Congratulations to Enfield United Community Cricket Club, who is a national finalist for the "A Sport For All Community Cricket Awards" under the category "Community Facility Project of the Year" in relation to the new training nets the club successfully completed construction of back on October.

A lot of hard work and effort went in over the past 3 years in raising the money, formulating a plan of attack, consulting with various stakeholders including the Lacrosse Club, PAE council, local residents etc. and then making the dream a reality.

Proud moment for the club, who at the end of 2012/13 were struggling - A grade were wooden spooners in Division 1, B grade wooden spooners in Division 2 and D grade wooden spooners in Divsion 4 - and in only a few short years have managed to turn a lot around, and are in a healthier position than they have ever been.

C&CCA holding a delegates meeting 19 June to discuss the future of the association.

Zartan wrote:C&CCA holding a delegates meeting 19 June to discuss the future of the association.

Your gut feel?

Tony Clifton wrote:

Zartan wrote:C&CCA holding a delegates meeting 19 June to discuss the future of the association.

Your gut feel?

Will be the last meeting of the association is my guess.

Tony Clifton wrote:

Zartan wrote:C&CCA holding a delegates meeting 19 June to discuss the future of the association.

Your gut feel?

Very big and round.

Tony Clifton wrote:

Zartan wrote:C&CCA holding a delegates meeting 19 June to discuss the future of the association.

Your gut feel?

My gut feel is there will be no competition.

Fitzroy/Adel Lutheran have already enquired to ASCA
North East Knights are discussing/exploring the option of joining PDCA
Enfield plan on downsizing team numbers.
Rose Park are discussing/exploring the option of joining TVCA

Who knows where/how Magill-Morialta and Seaton are positioned, as two clubs which have struggled in recent years with numbers/teams.

Add onto that, the position of President, Secretary and Statistical Officer remain vacant, and no one looks interested to stick their hand up, doesn't bode well.

Let's do some hypothetical maths..
22 teams last season
-3 for Fitzroy leaving = 19

Adel Lutheran decide to stay and only enter one team in ASCA
-1 for AL moving one side = 18

Enfield fielded 4x teams last season in this comp. With a club view to likely reduce to 4-5 teams over CCCA & PDCA, would mean likely 2 sides out.
-2 for ENF reducing sides = 16 teams.

Then you have the variables:
* Seaton fielded one side last year - will they have a side this year?
* Magill-Morialta fielded one side last year, a lot of ageing players in their list, and are being kicked out of the High School i've heard - will they have a side?
* Para Vista have two sides but if they fear for the health of the comp they'll jump ship.
* NEK have two sides but as mentioned are discussing/exploring option of moving.
* Rose Park have two sides, but several senior players may not go around again in C&CCA instead retiring - would they have 2x sides?
* Athelstone had two sides in C&CCA and 3x i think it ATCA - they may reduce hard wicket sides?

Would be a shame to see it disappear. I just hope that all the clubs survive and find a home.

Tony Clifton wrote:Would be a shame to see it disappear. I just hope that all the clubs survive and find a home.

Agreed but unfortunately the writing has been on the walls for a few years now. I blame Enfield downsizing

carey wrote:

Tony Clifton wrote:Would be a shame to see it disappear. I just hope that all the clubs survive and find a home.

Agreed but unfortunately the writing has been on the walls for a few years now. I blame Enfield downsizing

I blame Rose park for winning all the flags and making blokes run to easier comps to try win one!

Spoke with Jake Finch from Seaton last night - he was confident that Seaton CC were finished - he's moving back to North Haven along with a Brad Brame, Shane Brame and Terry Dodd-Cox.

Michael Feist (who literally kept the club alive and operating this year) is heading back to play at Grange.

Lleyton Hedges and Daniel Polanski want to play in a different comp, and have flagged PDCA as their destination of choice.

Brad Stidolph is enjoying parenthood for the first time, and recently engaged - he only played 5x minor round matches which included 3x one dayers, cant see his commitment increasing next year, particularly if all his mates have moved on.

That's majority of their Grand Final side gone - and they only had one team.

The_Informer wrote:I blame Rose park for winning all the flags and making blokes run to easier comps to try win one!

I heard a rumour RP want to move to TVCA - wouldn't that class as running to an easier comp to win flags too?