Under 21s-Islip
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 11:43 am
First post in a long while, but after watching what went on up at Islip yesterday morning/afternoon I have a few questions/moans
I happened to be playing cricket for Thrapston at the ground. Our game was due to begin at 12pm. Yet started late due to over running football on both pitches! The Under9s or what ever tiny age group continued to have a post game debrief in the middle of the outfield for a further 15 minutes after the game had finished. 2 questions why do 9 year olds need a 15 minute debrief after a game? (the oppostion left straight away) If you have to do it why not do it out of the way of the cricket club wanting to use the pitch?
Then for some weird reason, the football club are allowed to use the changing rooms but the cricket club can't? Despite the cricket club having use of the facilities originally. How can this be seen as fair? Does anyone know the agreement that has been made with regards use of the club house and changing rooms. Which seem a tad unfair on the orignal users of the facilities- Thrapston Cricket Club!
I get that as a club we have no facilities yet to house all our youth and Under21s set up, however it seems that in situations like yesterday the club is deemed to have "taken over" a facility that was not originally designed for our use. Is there anyway we can be seen to be a bit more accomadating to the original users of the facility with out making them feel like they are getting in the way?
On a final note, can anyone explain the point of the Under 21s side playing up at Islip? Surely if you are aged 18-21 you should be looking to get into senior mens football? And if you can't/ wont for what ever reason perhaps you will never be good enough to make it into our first team. The football I saw yesterday was of a poor standard and none of the lads stood out as anyone I would put in the first XI so what is the point in carrying the side on?
I happened to be playing cricket for Thrapston at the ground. Our game was due to begin at 12pm. Yet started late due to over running football on both pitches! The Under9s or what ever tiny age group continued to have a post game debrief in the middle of the outfield for a further 15 minutes after the game had finished. 2 questions why do 9 year olds need a 15 minute debrief after a game? (the oppostion left straight away) If you have to do it why not do it out of the way of the cricket club wanting to use the pitch?
Then for some weird reason, the football club are allowed to use the changing rooms but the cricket club can't? Despite the cricket club having use of the facilities originally. How can this be seen as fair? Does anyone know the agreement that has been made with regards use of the club house and changing rooms. Which seem a tad unfair on the orignal users of the facilities- Thrapston Cricket Club!
I get that as a club we have no facilities yet to house all our youth and Under21s set up, however it seems that in situations like yesterday the club is deemed to have "taken over" a facility that was not originally designed for our use. Is there anyway we can be seen to be a bit more accomadating to the original users of the facility with out making them feel like they are getting in the way?
On a final note, can anyone explain the point of the Under 21s side playing up at Islip? Surely if you are aged 18-21 you should be looking to get into senior mens football? And if you can't/ wont for what ever reason perhaps you will never be good enough to make it into our first team. The football I saw yesterday was of a poor standard and none of the lads stood out as anyone I would put in the first XI so what is the point in carrying the side on?
