Barossa & Light Cricket 2013/14.

[Jim05]

Reckon Days should work overtime today and come up with some final venues

Id bet they are already done. Days would of had drafts done weeks ago

[magpieeagle]

Any predictions for this week!!!!

[magpieeagle]

Any predictions for this week!!!!

A1R I am confident we can knock off Tanunda, we have the bowlers in cawrse,Wilson,buckley,Curnow followed up with the bats of cawrse,Curnow,birchmore,buckley,Nuri should over run Lyndoch in the other game, but finals are a funny thing.

[daysofourlives]

A3- LP v Lyn @ Greenock
- Kap v Gre @ Mallala
A4- Tan v Ang @ Nuri 2
- Lyn v Mal @ South Gawler
A5-GV v LP @ Freeling
- Mor v Eud @ Saddleworth

Other grades coming soon

[Red Rocket]

Looks like the finals venues are all done according to mycricket
A1- Angaston v GV @ Kapunda
Freeling v Kapunda @ Stockwell
A1R - Nuri v Lyndoch @ Sandy Creek
- Mallala v Tanunda @ Eudunda
A2- Centrals v Tanunda @ Nuri
- Sandy Creek v Angaston @ Tanunda
GF venues :
A1- Sandy Creek
A1R - Stockwell
A2 - Kapunda
A3 - Tanunda
A4 - Eudunda
A5 - Greenock

[magpieeagle]

They reckon rain weekend!!(believe it when I see it) All grounds would have covers on wouldn't they?

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They reckon rain weekend!!(believe it when I see it) All grounds would have covers on wouldn't they?

Nope. Pretty sure a couple of the grounds only have the small covers that go over one pitch.

If you get a heap of rain then it gets under those anyway.

[magpieeagle]

They reckon rain weekend!!(believe it when I see it) All grounds would have covers on wouldn't they?

Nope. Pretty sure a couple of the grounds only have the small covers that go over one pitch.

If you get a heap of rain then it gets under those anyway.

Talking 20mm sat/10mm sun(like I said believe it when I see it) shouldn't affect it that much

[Red Rocket]

I thought the association had backup hard wicket grounds for finals in case of rain on the weekend or has this rule disappeared?

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I thought the association had backup hard wicket grounds for finals in case of rain on the weekend or has this rule disappeared?

I seem to remember this rule causing some controversy in a one-day semi final about 3 years ago and I don't think it exists anymore...

[daysofourlives]

I thought the association had backup hard wicket grounds for finals in case of rain on the weekend or has this rule disappeared?

I seem to remember this rule causing some controversy in a one-day semi final about 3 years ago and I don't think it exists anymore...

Yep it only exists for unnatural events, ie sprinklers coming on or something like that.
Pretty confident we will at least get a one day game in on Sunday.
Juniors have back up ovals.

[cokadonkeytoo]

Where are the alternate grounds for the juniors and when does a decision get made to move the game?

[daysofourlives]

Where are the alternate grounds for the juniors and when does a decision get made to move the game?

Yours is Nuri 2, My understanding is they can only be moved on the sunday, im sure the junior committee will be all over it and let clubs know

[magpieeagle]

As always with the weather man,the weekend now looking like a pearler,should be a good weekend for it!!

[Dogwatcher]

Days, or anyone else, can you explain to me the thinking on the minor premier winning promotion from A1Reserves to A1, when a grand final is played?
It's not something I've seen before.

[bennymacca]

Days, or anyone else, can you explain to me the thinking on the minor premier winning promotion from A1Reserves to A1, when a grand final is played?
It's not something I've seen before.

It's a fair point, kind of makes the grand final worth nothing, if you accept the main goal of being in the A1r is getting promoted

[daysofourlives]

Days, or anyone else, can you explain to me the thinking on the minor premier winning promotion from A1Reserves to A1, when a grand final is played?
It's not something I've seen before.

To make a successful transition to A1 grade you need to be the best team all year and have most of your players available for the whole season not just for 2 weeks at the end of the year.
The 4th ranked team if it happened to win the flag would get smashed in A1.
I was a fan of the 2 up 2 down which allowed the minor premier and the next highest ranked team at the end of finals to move up.

[bennymacca]

Fair point, but you can say that about all finals series in all sports. Basically the Aussie way vs the EPL way.

2 up and 2 down would be interesting, maybe more viable now there is another team in A1r as well?

[Dogwatcher]

Days, or anyone else, can you explain to me the thinking on the minor premier winning promotion from A1Reserves to A1, when a grand final is played?
It's not something I've seen before.

To make a successful transition to A1 grade you need to be the best team all year and have most of your players available for the whole season not just for 2 weeks at the end of the year.
The 4th ranked team if it happened to win the flag would get smashed in A1.
I was a fan of the 2 up 2 down which allowed the minor premier and the next highest ranked team at the end of finals to move up.

Thought it might have been something like that.
Still not sure what to make of it.

I like the 2 up/2 down theory - why is that not in place?

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I like the 2 up/2 down theory - why is that not in place?

From memory Kapunda went down the other year and were still a chance of playing finals going into the last round. I think they ended up being relegated by about 6 runs or something ridiculous like that...

From my point of view that makes it a bit harsh for a side in that position to go down to div two when a different result could have had them in the finals. If we ever get to a 10 team A1s comp then it would be a good idea to have 2 up/2 down...