Will Run 4 Beers
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Apparently a bloke collapsed on the other ground, defib and 3 ambos required
Money Shield 2024/25
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Far out. Hope all is okay.
WAR BROTHERS
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Any penalties dished out ?
Underarm28
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One team had a BBL net bowler rock up and play. One team said F that and game was abandoned.
hackbowler
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I’m sure the umpires handled it
Underarm28
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Sound like some muck raking rumour. Best team won and maybe some there was some brotherly banter.
I love how people stir the pot without being there.
Both teams knew the consequences of the loss/win. Played in a very competitive spirit.
Most blokes on here forgot what is was like to play in the 80’s. Todays games are Saturday afternoon picnic with serves of scones and cream.
2 rounds to go, good luck to all teams.
hackbowler
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North Eltham Wanderers
Riverside
Rosanna
Diamond Creek
Bundoora
Riverside
Rosanna
Diamond Creek
Bundoora
hackbowler
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Banyule
Rosebank
Plenty
Eltham
Bundoora Park
Rosebank
Plenty
Eltham
Bundoora Park
would be a fair effort from 5th, no faith in the bankers to contend?
Beamer83
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They are actually 3rd on 44 pts as the R13 results haven’t been entered but they won comfortably against Stars. Plenty 6/278 def LS 147.
The Long Room
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Lalor Stars can get in with a Plenty loss or Bundoora Park loss.
Wouldn’t have picked them anywhere near the 4 to start the season.
Wouldn’t have picked them anywhere near the 4 to start the season.
shortnsharp
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Anyone think Lower Eltham will come back from Mash ?
Pretty big fall from grace over the past few years. Burgs a chance to retire. Whitch is 53 i think and loves his cricket so he might go on. Can they attract any new players?
Pretty big fall from grace over the past few years. Burgs a chance to retire. Whitch is 53 i think and loves his cricket so he might go on. Can they attract any new players?
PremiersAgain
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It’s actually sad to see a highly successful club on its knees in this manor.
Going to be bloody difficult to see them return to the higher levels of the DVCA.
Also just shows what a debacle the points cap situation is the comp have implemented the last 2 years. A club like lower Eltham without a huge junior club are completely hamstrung in recruiting their way of this. Clubs need to get together on this one and demand the points cap is abolished moving forward, it simply will have a far more negative effect then positive one
Left arm pies
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Incentivises clubs that put a priority on junior cricket and getting kids involved in the game. Why incentivise clubs that are going to go and splash cash on merchants that are going to stick around for one year. Backward thinking
shortnsharp
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To be fair to Lower Eltham, they have to compete with a few other clubs close by for attracting juniors.
Losing Mac Stanley week before season started didn't help their cause either.
Left arm pies
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Agreed, just don’t think the points system not being there would have changed a thing
PremiersAgain
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I dunno if you have looked around lately but the game is dying at grass roots level
Lower Eltham are competing with Eltham, Mont, Lower Plenty within 4km of each other. They don’t have a footy club connected to it so will always be at a disadvantage to their competitors
The points cap was just an unnecessary restriction placed on clubs when we have never ever had a major problem of clubs building dynasty’s in one off season.
And to go one step further, the parameters of the cap are all wrong anyway. Let’s use Lower Eltham as the test case, the lost 2 former juniors in Stanley and Felton this off season. If they were to head back to Lower Eltham in the future both would head back as 3 pointers. This is 100% incorrect and the rule needs to be amended, any player who heads back to a club they played juniors at should only be 1 point