king-kohli
Member
Haha, at least we know what the fixture for 24/25 will be now.
BARCLAY SHIELD 2023/24
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cricket master
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How bloody lazy of the comp, what took them so long to send out the fixture if they were just going to copy and paste last seasons fixture then?
English Willow
Member
Shocking fixture. Few teams shafted again
Who got shafted
English Willow
Member
Copy and paste job. Replaced Banyule with Bundoora.
All I'm saying is that certain teams again get to play Research twice again. Have a softer draw.
All I'm saying is that certain teams again get to play Research twice again. Have a softer draw.
Yeah it’s pretty stiff. Only reasoning I can think of is teams were slow on giving ground allocations?? But wow we are really a rabble of a comp organisation wise, if we are just rinse and repeating fixtures.
But hey, you can wear coloured pants and a white top and get away with it…
CricketBox
Active Member
It’s just plain embarrassing now how this comp is run.
shortnsharp
Active Member
I see Macleod play Research twice , but it's offset by playing Epping and Rosanna twice as well ( last years grand finalist) .
pavelflorin28
New Member
A fixtured one day game on the 23rd of December - are we for real?
shortnsharp
Active Member
I don't think the fixture is finalised. There are no games scheduled for 2024. It goes Dec 23 , 2023 , and then after Xmas, it says jan9 , 2023. It's either lazy , or unfinished
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pavelflorin28
New Member
Clowns! Just 10 days out now...
The Long Room
Active Member
Terrible decision playing on December 23.
pavelflorin28
New Member
Totally agree - smaller clubs will be fielding completely uncompetitive 1sts sides, along with the Saturday / Sunday after Christmas. Most of us are volunteer players who don't have any interest allocating an entire weekend to local cricket (finals excluded)
The Long Room
Active Member
I think the compounding issue will be the kids that would normally fill the holes in those sides are probably going to be away with their families already for the holidays. It makes no sense.
cricket master
Active Member
Nah grow up would rather play 23rd over the 6th of Jan. I don't know anyone that goes away BEFORE Christmas everyone should be at home and it's only the top grades if a team can't field their bloody twos they should really consider where they're at as a club
Ben Cousins
Member
Good point, the only concern will be on the 23rd some hungover players, but I don't know of many who go away that close to christmas. Plus it's only the 1's and 2's. Returning on the 13th is much better than the 6th when most people are actually away.
pepper the pig
Active Member
Dec 23rd not so much a problem however don't like the Sun 14th Jan in middle of holidays.
For instance why wouldn't a Sunday be scheduled for Nov?
For instance why wouldn't a Sunday be scheduled for Nov?
Just had a look at the fixture, I'm from Bundoora. 1st game at Yulong November 4. That's club, not just Barclay. Any other clubs away for that length?
PremiersAgain
Active Member
Email has gone out to clubs apparently it’s all PlayHq fault
You know what would make releasing a fixture easier?
Possibly having a reserve grade for all the shields….
1’s play @ home
2’s play @ away
But we are still shying away from this because:
“Shield reserve grades don’t work due to the disparity of the standards on a number of clubs second elevens”
I can guarantee that there will still good sides in B grade and there will also be shit sides in B grade this season, it won’t be any different in C and D
This was put up as a rule change this season by Montmorency (2nd by Eltham and Banyule) but was knocked back by the rule changes committee, not allowing the clubs the chance to vote on it.
Could anyone clarify when the Comp started making competition decisions without allowing the clubs to vote on it?