Re: Cricket Albury/wodonga (caw)
I dont see anything wrong with having an 8 team provincial comp, obviously this would be the lowest number you would go but i think raiders just arent competitive at the moment. Bulldogs have had a fairly young side for a while and they are now seeing the rewards but raiders kids arent even near the same league as the juniors bulldogs had or have.
I think you could reward the consistant performers with promotion, such as dederang who have had a strong side for a number of years without clinching a flag but would be competetive. belvoir didnt even play in the grand final the year they were promoted and they certainly havent embarrased themselves. so I'd say you could probably promote dederang and the winner of this years flag as has been done previously, which id say kiewa would be favourates for at the moment. I dont think either of those sides would be less competetive than raiders, and it would stop young guys like Maynard, Hill, Marmo etc from leaving there clubs to play provincial. not that maynard was that impressive in last years district comp.
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