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Pump it pink

Friday, March 26th, 2010

by Damo

Well Piggers,

The pointless activities of this week are almost at an end. Sure, we may have sold a few videotapes, won a couple of court cases, taught a few equations and dicked around on the internet more than anything else, but we haven’t yet won a Premiership, which of course, if the only thing that really matters this week.

As our ridiculously hairy-backed Skipper predicted, Pig Park brought out the best in us for the semi – we were vocal, confident and focussed. However, it is easy to be confident when bowling a team out for 75 at a ground that we haven’t lost at in 22 appearances. Tomorrow we are unlikely to have it so easy.
We are playing the No. 2 side in the comp (who just happened to end up with the Minor Premiership), which means that they are likely to build a partnership or two and throw down a few gems.
Batsmen, from 1 to 11, need to protect their wicket. After all, it’s your GF wicket – your firstborn is not as valuable. If we bat for 72 overs, Ricky is paying $1.09 for the win.
Bowlers need to be patient with that line and length, as well as fire the firetruck up Stato!
Fielders have to hunt the ball and try their absolute best not to f*ck it up when it comes their way, particularly if it’s in the air.

The important thing is that regardless of how the game is panning out, we all keep our heads high, maintain the chatter and give it our all because there is no next week. If we’re under the pump; we just keep plugging away. If we’re doing the pumping; we pump Pump PUmp PUMp PUMP it hard!

Remember; we’re playing a team that last week nearly lost to a team whose captain was run out while congratulating his partner on the boundary he’d just hit. We haven’t lost to them yet and we’re not gonna start tomorrow.

As extra inspiration, I’ve attached a picture of the backbone of this Premiership side; our much-loved wicky.

Ricky

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Grand final weekend

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Gentlemen of the Pigs, Supporters, families, and friends,

Welcome to Grand Final weekend wherein the Pigs CC will field two teams. An astonishing achievement already – well done everyone, even the useless B Graders who could not hit a 100 runs against a team of all current players’ children (most of which are less than 4 years old) – firm, but fair.

Below is an email from the NSCA, all grand finalists please read (yes, that is the same Michael Clear – so behave).

Even better is that both games are at the same ground and I can assure you that the NSCA is looking forward to having two Pigs teams, and supporters, and Pigs, causing mayhem all weekend.

Photos – we will need a photo of each Grand Final Team for the NSCA, in full whites (can the chap in C Grade please roll down his trousers for the photos), and brown caps – so please be at the ground and take the photo at 12.40pm on Saturday. I would also like a club picture – so, I will try and organise that on Sunday at a time which is convenient so if you are yelled at to make your way for a quick photo, please do so. I will be mindful of people about to bat etc.

B Grade will be arriving throughout Saturday, but, will be there for all of Sunday. B Graders (and any other supporters of A and C), please try and be at the ground at 1pm on Sunday and we can settle in with a few quiet ones.

This Sunday will see a huge celebration at the Great Northern commencing shortly after we all leave the Blackman precinct. I will be booking a large area for all teams and all supporters so please show up just for a while (or all night). Beer will flow as will embellished stories from the season and hopefully one or two about the grand finals just played. Please invite all your friends, spectators etc to celebrate with us. Please leave your motor vehicles at home.

Best of luck everyone, and congratulations again for a great season. Whatever happens this weekend, ending up with 3 teams in the semis, 2 in the Grand Final and most other teams supporting us over our respective opponents this weekend suggests this club had a good season.

Team selections:

NSCA-A Reserve
North Shore v Pigs CC*
Blackman Lower Lloyd Rees Drive, Lane Cove West   View Map
27 Mar 2010 1:00PM, 28 Mar 2010 1:00PM

You know who you are

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I’ve got a semi

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

…final review (sort of – not really).

As you know all 3 teams made the semi’s. Normally you’d think that’d be good enough for the club championship. Somehow though it wasn’t and we lost that trophy by a mere 3 points. Somebody define the word anguish for me because I think I want to use it. Bad luck piggers, a commendable result. Although thinking about it you won’t even get a certificate for the effort so, in reality, not really all that commendable at all.

On to the semi’s. None of them are actually reviews per se, because I didn’t see any of them and nobody sent me anything to post. So forgive any vagueness.

Black pigs had a very impressive win verses Centrals by 167 runs in the C Grade semi-final. They now face Maq Uni in the final. Last time these foes met Maq Uni won at Allan Small so Black won’t have it easy. They also met in round 1 where we squeaked a close win in a 1-dayer. The main opponent to look out for seems to be some guy named P Madhanagopal. He’s proficient with bat, ball and gloves. He batted twice last week in the same innings and looking at many of their previous results they bat him twice in nearly every match! You guys (Michael Eckstein et al) should probably call him out on that as it might be against the rules.

B grade boys in Brown, umm… lost by a margin which suggests that, if I may borrow a sporting commentators cliché, they failed to turn up. Nuf said. Silver lining is that they are now available to noisily lend their support to the Pink Pigs this week.

Yes, A-reserve had a massive win against the Bonnons in the Semi. Whitaker, Stato, Fabo, Bucky and Stewart all taking wickets with the ball, so that bodes well for the final which is against North Shore who – if I am not mistaken – won the club championship (I smell vendetta dot dot dot). Last time Pink Pigs beat this very same team at this very same venue, so lets keep up our good record at Gore Hill and take home this trophy! I might actually turn up to this one. Oh what a glorious weekend of sport this is promising to be.

So good luck to everyone. Lets pump it up!!

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Pre-match ditherings for your rumination

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Hundred gamer

Pig number 40 who first attended uponst a Pigs game (in 2001) is Piers Bayl-Smith. After a long long lonngggggggggggg stay in the nervous nineties, he does this weekend become the 5th 6th person to play 100 games for the Pigs Cricket Club. Nicknamed the “Rock” for this stoic batting, Piers is one of only two persons to carry his bat through an innings. He is also only one of two persons to do it twice. Piers has the 5th 6th highest average of all time of Pigs that have played 100 games, or, more.

It was his rapid assent to the peak of the mountain of “most ducks for the pigs” that saw him shed his batting responsibilities to become a top flight seam up bowler. In fact, in 2006/7 season, he recorded the most wickets for the Pigs in that season. He has taken 44 wickets in all. Successes for the Pigs include his half-co-captaining of the Pigs maiden grand final win back in 2006. In 07/08 he was part of the premiership winning C Grade team before work, children, study tore him from the game on a full time basis. Congratulations Piersey and have a great game at Pig Park.

Statistics

The statistics are now completely updated, which includes all the new C Graders, and recent new breakages of records for top scores in an innings. The batting averages remains the tighest fought race, with D Train finally qualifying by being dismissed 10 times, but, too many low recent scores (oh lordy this is going to bring a response re umpiring decisions) and his average has dropped to a poor 56 leaving Mr Century Boy Dowd a top the ladder. But, beware the looming Jack Stookes who requires two more dismissals to qualify, and is presently well, well ahead. I say we should get the NSCA to ban him.

Anyways, enjoy the statistics, as usual, excellently done and hours of entertainment in there.

Teams for this weekend are below. AR plays its last game at Pig Park after a long affair. B Grade play top of the table West Pymble in a must win game. C Grade up against Mac Uni, a top 4 clash – well done C Grade on a win last weekend whilst the rest of us were enjoying the air-conditioning.

Have a good weekend gents.

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A Brief Message from your El Presidente

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Welcome Piggers to the next season of shuper champagne crick for 2009/10.

It’s been a long dark winter – the Ashes were lost to and by a bunch of dribbling hacks, the Wallabies couldn’t beat themselves out of room full of 5yr olds moderately trained in hand-to-hand combat (see survey) and Hey Hey it’s Saturday returned to tele.

So what beckons this season for the porcine? Why should you play cricket when you can just go straight to the Great Northern every Saturday anyway? Well, it’s Magda Szubanski* large, people. Firstly, awesome work from the surly yet lovable Barcs has seen this very website jump from Best Cricket Website to Bestest Everest Site so congrats on your hard work Barcs.  We heartily welcome the ex-Tards-ex-Weapons and now Black Pigs to the sty, ably lead by veteran vending machine technician** Luke Nasir. Welcome fellas, welcome. The chance to be a part of Club Championship history beckons like a scantily clad Jessica Biel. Welcome also to our new recruits from near and far, returned prodigal hacks Damo & Fabo and of course the stalwart Pigs veterans, gibberers, WAGs, Barry Halls, blacksmiths, bosuns and buggerers. I look forward to sharing the history and dubious legends you will each carve out in your name this season my brothers.

Welcome again and may your runs be gastroenteritistic, your wickets onanistic and your pants of a comfortable but not unreasonable fit.

The Pigs, as always, will prevail. Now get stuck into it.

Your Pres
Seldon

* Sincere apologies – I must’ve accidentally overhead the Dickhead & Dog show on 2Day this morning.
** May not be his real vocation.

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