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Post by Becks on Mar 2, 2008 18:29:12 GMT
Good luck Tim, I wont be there, some thing has come up. but if you loose tonight thats 2nd spot gone aswell!!!
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Post by Jordan on Mar 2, 2008 23:57:28 GMT
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!
The Rock 9 The cricketers 3
A good game and atmosphere tonight was nice to have the portland lads supporting us too!
Think the portland have promotion now aswell.
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Post by rockyfour on Mar 3, 2008 0:44:48 GMT
Cricketers 3 - 9 The Rock
Demons Laid to Rest.
Thanks for your usual hospitality Rufus - I think that we had more strength in depth and that was the difference. We had the run of the balls tonight, but took our chances well.
Well done to all our players who were focused and played well at a difficult venue. Winning the league feels good after last season's almost surreal finish. Can we do it again in Division 1 ? I think we'll give it a good go....
It's going to be a great finish for second in this league - but Portland must now be favourites - but if the Uni team put up a proper fight against Portland then maybe it's still there for the Crickets and Rathmore.
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Post by Dan on Mar 3, 2008 0:55:05 GMT
Pretty big result there! You would hope Uni put up a fight just because they're only 3 points behind them themselves...
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Post by crossy on Mar 3, 2008 1:42:28 GMT
Well derserved win for the Rock Boys. Agree with Graham, you were all v focused and took chances well. We know the Cricketers can play bettter than that otherwise we wouldnt have been at this stage in the league. Still the Cricks were predicted to be sent straight down to Div 3 by a few. Rock has done the biz more consistently. Whatever the result i always enjoy playing the Rock (just wish i didnt play like Stevie Wonder with 2 dead arms) Great night all. Cheers
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Post by timmy on Mar 3, 2008 8:31:37 GMT
Well played rabble!!! It was a good atmosphere with a good laugh had by all even though we took a bit of a pasting. Although we were fortunate with the 1st frame we could of easily of taken 3 of the next 4 but didn't get lucky or didn't concentrate like we should of. Nice to get one over you Jordan though i should of finished you off when you still had 5 left but you were generous leaving the black over the pocket for me.
Congratulations to the rock i think the league table shows a fair reflection of the season and good luck in div1 and hopefully if we get some luck we'll be joining you and renewing our friendly rivalry!!
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Post by chips78 on Mar 3, 2008 9:40:56 GMT
2 games to go and still 3 or 4 teams could make 2nd, its been a good season all we need to do now is win
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Post by chips78 on Mar 3, 2008 9:43:14 GMT
it looks like there are still 2 catch up games to be played does anyone know when theyre taking place
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Post by rufus on Mar 3, 2008 9:43:31 GMT
Well done to the Rock!
They bounced back brilliantly from the disappointment of last season and have continued the good form even after Thando left them... They were deserving Champions and all I can say is that it's a pity we failed to turn up (literally in some cases!) and give them a good enough game...
Second place will be close - there's a huge game for us at the Rathmore on Thursday now!
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Post by fbi on Mar 3, 2008 10:26:26 GMT
Congratulations to The Rock for becoming champions,and also,thanks for leaving the door open for us to steal second place! We have our catch up game against the K.S.R,at our place,monday March 10. If we win that,and manage to beat The Cricketers this week,it all comes down to the last game,with a tricky tie away to the Grove for us,and an even trickier game for the Portland against the Uni boys! Good luck to all,I can't wait. On another note.If The Cricketers do beat us on thursday,they'll be the only team to do the double on us this season,and that's only been done once before,by last seasons champions!
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Post by fbi on Mar 3, 2008 10:34:47 GMT
By the way.I am ,of course assuming that The Portland will beat The Jenny (which they should).And The Cricketers don't exactly have an easy last game against The Hind! Curiouser and curiouser.
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Post by rockyfour on Mar 3, 2008 11:50:27 GMT
Thanks Rufus, Timmy, John and Fbi. We have enjoyed playing everyone, in what is a very competitive league.
Cieran has the hotshots in his grasp after 1/2 last night. Our John with 2/2 is just hanging in and WILL win his last 4 games !! Shame the Jenny Wren couldn't get a team at 8.20 just as we arrived there, otherwise I am sure John would have had a better chance. Saying that I hope that they will turn up for the last game of the season - which is at CSC by the way.
Other than being more concentrated (focused is difficult to spell), our biggest difference this season has been having 'Tom-Jordan-Tom' in the team who has had a great first season for us - a very talented player and he will only get better, - but before the Moon ask for his number he is contracted to us until 2012, when we hope to enter a team in the Olympics.
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Post by joshdalby on Mar 3, 2008 13:10:04 GMT
congratulations to the Rock, well played throughout the whole season and you fully deserve the championship. good luck in division 1. no matter what portland do against jenny, we will still give it a good go against them in our final match. For a lot of the team it will be their final uni game so i'm sure they'll want to finish with a win. thursday's going to be interesting!
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Post by rockyfour on Mar 3, 2008 13:26:42 GMT
Thanks Josh.
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Post by chips78 on Mar 3, 2008 14:51:04 GMT
Well done to the rock, hope you do aswell in the 1st div.
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Post by timmy on Mar 3, 2008 14:53:14 GMT
Should be a cracker on thursday at the rathmore where hopefully we'll complete the double over them and then beat the golden hind with the uni boys doing us a favour and beating the portland which they are definately capable of. Who do you want to go up in 2nd Graham?
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Post by themightymere on Mar 3, 2008 18:56:12 GMT
Congrats to the Rock. Consistently the best in the div. The race for 2nd should be down to 2 after Thursday setting up an exciting last week.
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Post by rockyfour on Mar 4, 2008 11:19:54 GMT
Should be a cracker on thursday at the rathmore where hopefully we'll complete the double over them and then beat the golden hind with the uni boys doing us a favour and beating the portland which they are definately capable of. Who do you want to go up in 2nd Graham? Well put me on the spot Timmy ! A no-win situation for me. The best team (on the night) we played all season are not in the fight. The Rathmore probably will be kicking themselves after a very bad start to the season (we took advantage with a 10-2). If not for that they could have pushed us for the title. A convincing 8-4 win at our place - our only ever home league loss in 3 seasons. Portland were unlucky against us in both matches, and maybe even beat themselves in those matches. It is now in their hands - will they be able to handle the pressure. You Cricket boys have not replaced your number 1 from last season. 2 or 3 unexpected losses has maybe cost you. It would be a shame to lose you from our shirt-tales, but you still have a good chance. The Uni boys have a lot of talent but not enough match winning experience to compete in Div 1 yet. It doesn't help that a lot of their players only play CAPL for 1 season before they have to go and live in their labaratories underground or wherever they go. So the answer is I do not have a preference and it is too close to call. I think that the Portland will not have it easy against the Uni, and may find the pressure too much. That would let in the winner of your game against the Rathmore. I think the Rathmore are too strong for you at the moment - but it should be a cracking match. My odds -* Portland 5/6 4/7 Rathmore 6/4 Cricketers 4/1 Uni 33/1 And I predict.......The Rathmore ! *terms and conditions apply....
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Post by Jordan on Mar 4, 2008 11:47:31 GMT
u taking bets then Graham?
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Post by ixan on Mar 4, 2008 16:22:22 GMT
120 quid on the Portland!
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