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[Navyblues09]

Who do you think was trying to avoid outright results?

If it’s ever an extreme fire rated day I hope they call it off again.
Personally think CV should have its own heat rule. A country vic and metro melb that all comps go by.

If it’s so bad why do clubs want to enter the comp then?

Well CA heat policy is based on more than temperature and none of the RDCA cancelled games came close to meeting it.

But anyone who says oh Extreme fire day, don’t play cricket knows nothing about the current fire danger ratings.

All bullshit. Seems like your club missed out.

I’m too old these days, but the kids are playing in a grand final this weekend, so no.

The problem is the decision to call off the Sunday games shows the problem they’ve got with this new policy that no one supports. Half the committee quit over it being enacted and they’ll have grand finals called off on 32 degree days with no reserve days, how will that go down?

Some good points. RDCA made the bed they slept in, admitting launching place/seville etc, bushfire prone areas. However a game of cricket is not really worth it if a black saturday weather event somehow happened, and way more people are out and about than necessary

Sure, and the current heat policy has no cricket on a day like Black Saturday. The days in question the fire danger rating was 1/3 of what it was on Black Saturday.

Warrandyte Wonga Park Montrose Sth Warrandyte etc are just as fire prone.

Yet on the day in question, none were a risk and none of the grounds mentioned are in any fire danger. If anything the ground is the safest place in the community.

The danger was so low I didn’t even have to work!

 

[coldpies123]

Another 4 from Doncaster signed elsewhere

Heard 3 have turned up at Donvale. No idea of names or quality, but they're there.

 

[hansie]

No, watch the video of the council meeting. The NIMBYs tried to argue that all this was decided before they were elected, but cricket has been played there since 1970 and Whitehorse are short of grounds. Cricket has been played there over the time the area has been developed for housing etc. The dog walkers have complained that they have been unable to walk their dogs there on Saturdays over summer. There is about another 1Km available that won't be used for anything other than passive recreation and walking dogs.

Cheers cliff. Will watch the video!


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[CliffMcTainshaw]

Same scenario in Perth. Indians and Chinese are hoovering up the properties on the market at an inflated price to the extent that young people just won't be able to buy in most areas, causing some junior clubs to die off.

The way things are rapidly changing, it would not be an insane statement to make that cricket could be a 12-month option inside the next 20 years in some areas through sheer weight of the number of participants wanting to play. The end result will be the loss of an number of grounds to cricket because of the downturn in participation for football.

Timely article.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...ket-team-country-tournament-revival/105061526

and is already happening here.
https://myca.org.au/news

Only 2 clubs in Whitehorse. Laburnum at Kalang Park and Surrey Hills at Davy Lane. Plenty of Taxi Drivers playing mid week at Eley Park over summer and winter.

 

[Harry Cheezels]

Heard 3 have turned up at Donvale. No idea of names or quality, but they're there.

Couple of ex juniors. Rush and Simic, both fringe players at Doncaster so nothing to note. The main ones Donvale want would be the other 3 juniors in Rambaldi, Munks and Molloy but that would be their Captain, Vice Captain and CHF so highly doubtful

 

[Nvent]

Couple of ex juniors. Rush and Simic, both fringe players at Doncaster so nothing to note. The main ones Donvale want would be the other 3 juniors in Rambaldi, Munks and Molloy but that would be their Captain, Vice Captain and CHF so highly doubtful

Heard 4 to AFLOE

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Timely article.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...ket-team-country-tournament-revival/105061526

and is already happening here.
https://myca.org.au/news

Only 2 clubs in Whitehorse. Laburnum at Kalang Park and Surrey Hills at Davy Lane. Plenty of Taxi Drivers playing mid week at Eley Park over summer and winter.

Winter cricket is 100% becoming a thing. I’ve seen em playing in rain. Just mad for it.

 

[good thing]

Heard 4 to AFLOE

Healesville

 

[good thing]

Winter cricket is 100% becoming a thing. I’ve seen em playing in rain. Just mad for it.

ECA winter comp starting in 3-4 weeks

 

[Nvent]

Healesville

Yes

 

[adock]

Told by a good source this morning that Doncaster met with the league and told them they want out of Div 1. Wont be competitive, have lost too many players, are nowhere near fielding a competitive senior side and don't have the numbers to field a reserves.

Are working with the league to find the best solution. Hopefully things can turn around for them but not looking great.

 

[eflreceiver]

Told by a good source this morning that Doncaster met with the league and told them they want out of Div 1. Wont be competitive, have lost too many players, are nowhere near fielding a competitive senior side and don't have the numbers to field a reserves.

Are working with the league to find the best solution. Hopefully things can turn around for them but not looking great.

2 weeks before the season starts, one would think it's too late. As many clubs have before them, the solution is that you have to play the season out. They aren't the lone ranger here.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Shithouse for Doncaster if true. I imagine they could offer to put them in D2 if Croydon (runners up) or maybe Mulgrave (prelim) were willing to go up. But at this late stage they’ll have planned their season so it’s hard to see them agreeing.

Or they fall all the way to D4.

 

[Th3B1gD0g]

Shithouse for Doncaster if true. I imagine they could offer to put them in D2 if Croydon (runners up) or maybe Mulgrave (prelim) were willing to go up. But at this late stage they’ll have planned their season so it’s hard to see them agreeing.

Or they fall all the way to D4.

I’ve heard the league won’t let any contracted players at Doncaster move to other clubs. Play at Donny or don’t play at all. Will be interesting to see in the next week or so what happens. So close to the start of the season.

 

[champp53]

I’ve heard the league won’t let any contracted players at Doncaster move to other clubs. Play at Donny or don’t play at all. Will be interesting to see in the next week or so what happens. So close to the start of the season.

Hmmm might be interesting times with league trying to enforce this

 

[eflreceiver]

Well EFNL is the talking point. EB trying to negotiate with other clubs to swap their games to play away in the first half of the season. A few clubs are saying no for various reasons. The council has said it's not our problem and by the way you can't use the Northern Oval. With a month away from EB's first home game, the push is coming to shove, no game no points for either team as it's not a forfeit it's due to no venue. The League officials are certainly going to work for their salaries this year.

 

[adock]

I’ve heard the league won’t let any contracted players at Doncaster move to other clubs. Play at Donny or don’t play at all. Will be interesting to see in the next week or so what happens. So close to the start of the season.

The key word here is contracted. No club has to release any contracted player.

 

[adock]

Well EFNL is the talking point. EB trying to negotiate with other clubs to swap their games to play away in the first half of the season. A few clubs are saying no for various reasons. The council has said it's not our problem and by the way you can't use the Northern Oval. With a month away from EB's first home game, the push is coming to shove, no game no points for either team as it's not a forfeit it's due to no venue. The League officials are certainly going to work for their salaries this year.

Surely EB just finds an alternative venue to host their home game where clubs don't want to swap? Nunawading, Forest Hill, Mitcham, Surrey Park on alternate weeks, Blackburn has 2 ovals?

Its not always a simple equation now swapping home and away games as many clubs are also accommodating 19s and Womens games.

 

[MortlockWatcher]

Hmmm might be interesting times with league trying to enforce this

A few players might take a gap year if push comes to shove before making themselves available for a new club in 2026 after the contract expires.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

No contracted players have to be cleared.

If a player isn’t contracted then the league has no power to block transfers (except for normal reasons, owing money and property etc). I guess they could strongarm other EFNL clubs not to take them but if somebody wanted to go to a club in another league then AFLVic would clear them under appeal.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Well EFNL is the talking point. EB trying to negotiate with other clubs to swap their games to play away in the first half of the season. A few clubs are saying no for various reasons. The council has said it's not our problem and by the way you can't use the Northern Oval. With a month away from EB's first home game, the push is coming to shove, no game no points for either team as it's not a forfeit it's due to no venue. The League officials are certainly going to work for their salaries this year.

At this point I’d imagine the issue is clubs have planned their social calendars and it would stuff them around.

The other factor is as with any construction project it will run late. They always do. So they still won’t have a ground for some or all of the second half of the season

How on earth have council not foreseen this and got them another ground. Ridiculous.

Isn’t Burwood Reserve still Ashburton juniors and therefore no footy on Saturdays? Put EB there

 

[eflreceiver]

At this point I’d imagine the issue is clubs have planned their social calendars and it would stuff them around.

The other factor is as with any construction project it will run late. They always do. So they still won’t have a ground for some or all of the second half of the season

How on earth have council not foreseen this and got them another ground. Ridiculous.

Isn’t Burwood Reserve still Ashburton juniors and therefore no footy on Saturdays? Put EB there

EB has tried everywhere and still trying and no doubt there will be inconveniences but this has been in negotiations for months. Zero points will be a bigger inconvenience.

 

[Voice of the G]

EB has tried everywhere and still trying and no doubt there will be inconveniences but this has been in negotiations for months. Zero points will be a bigger inconvenience.

Why are they not allowed on the north oval at EB,they still have the rooms?As for Forest Hill rooms being renovated,why not portable change rooms like what has happened at other clubs with rooms being renovated.

 

[thefunnelweb]

Shithouse for Doncaster if true. I imagine they could offer to put them in D2 if Croydon (runners up) or maybe Mulgrave (prelim) were willing to go up. But at this late stage they’ll have planned their season so it’s hard to see them agreeing.

Or they fall all the way to D4.

I think it’s a hard sell to other clubs to let them fall into D3 or D4 imagine the outrage if they drop 2-3 divisions and dominated and won a flag clubs would be fuming. Even if they have lost players will are still talking about players at the club who have played premier level footy with premier level standards ect

 

[Harry Cheezels]

Absolute Bullshit if the League is trying to block players leaving. When Donvale folded in 2014, Doncaster came swooping in and Took their 6 best players from the previous under 19 premiership side in 2013 (they were all bottom age at the time). Only Rambaldi (Doncaster Captain) Molloy (Doncaster Vice Captain) and Munks (Multiple Leading Goal kicker) remain at Doncaster as Jones, Grocott and Dillon Returned in 2016. Vale have been trying to get them to return since coming back into the League but as they were mainly in Premier at the time it was a hard sell.