Please write to cricket Australia and lobby them to recall the Canberra Comets to Australias’ domestic competition ,if enough people contact Cricket Australia, Cricket Australia may relent and readmit the Canberra comets.
Dear Cricket Australia
James Sutherland
60 Jolimont street
Victoria 3002
Australia
I am writing on behalf of other Canberra comet fans at the decision to cut the Canberra Comets 3 years ago.
Am also seeking the likelihood of when or if the Canberra Comets will be readmitted to the ING cup and be included in the Pura cup whether on apart time or full time basis.
The Canberra Comets coached by Michael veletta and the side chaired by Gary Goodman won 2 out of 7 games in their 2nd year and won 1 game in its 3rd year. Considering its progress at that point and the loss of stars like Mark Higgs, Brad Haddin, Staurt Karpinin, Jason Voros and Lee Hansen to other states ,the Comets still proved to be competitive. Since their demise they have provided a lot of players for other states, more noteably to Tasmania and South Australia of late.
Canberra has proven to be a great producing area for state and international cricketers, and as such deserves promotion like the way the Western Force has in the Super 14 rugby Union competition.
Tasmania For many years played state cricket intermittingly and were given promotion to the Gillette cup in 1969/70,part time first class status in 1977/78 and full status in 1982/83.Shoulden’t Cricket Australia follow the same Tasmanian precedent and guide the Canberra comets in a process that mirrors the same promotional format.
With the standard of youth cricket , The Cricket Academy ,the standard of country cricket and the Cricket Australia cup ,cannot this give Cricket Australia a surplus of talent.
A new revamped Canberra Comets side could be used to bring this talent through more quickly into first class competition.
The Canberra Comets could be ;
1 combined with the Northern territory side’
2 Have Cricket Academy players spend an apprenticeship year at the Comets’
3 Use a loan scheme which is used in English county cricket to acquire players to fill spots in the team,
4 be accorded the same funding arrangements as the other states so they can sign the very best players , like what the Western Force is presently doing.
5 Be made to play 2 mandatory overseas players.
If the Canberra Comets were treated as a consortium rather than as a development side which they were, then they could be fully competitive in no time.
I feel Cricket Australia failed the Canberra Comets by cutting them 3 years ago ,by not producing enough financial assistance to the team or necessary framework or future ,which Canberra does now not have. Also Cricket Australia was bullied by greedy and paranoid state teams ,and by not putting the heavy coffers of Cricket Australia has to develop the Canberra Comets financially and structurally, the structure of the Canberra side has gone so low they have no coach or recogniseable chair anymore.
The fact the Canberra comets is regularly producing first class cricketers and has a booming population where as Tasmania who has the same population which is reducing in size ,questions why Tasmania is included ahead of the Canberra Comets in the state based competition Canberra is also located close to the south coast ,the Riverina and the Western region of New South Wales, which means the Comets can call on talent from those regions.
I have put my case strongly ,and so I ask the question when will the Canberra Comets be re admitted into the Australian domestic competition.
Yours sincerely Stephen Brown
PS I am not alone in my thoughts.
Dear Cricket Australia
James Sutherland
60 Jolimont street
Victoria 3002
Australia
I am writing on behalf of other Canberra comet fans at the decision to cut the Canberra Comets 3 years ago.
Am also seeking the likelihood of when or if the Canberra Comets will be readmitted to the ING cup and be included in the Pura cup whether on apart time or full time basis.
The Canberra Comets coached by Michael veletta and the side chaired by Gary Goodman won 2 out of 7 games in their 2nd year and won 1 game in its 3rd year. Considering its progress at that point and the loss of stars like Mark Higgs, Brad Haddin, Staurt Karpinin, Jason Voros and Lee Hansen to other states ,the Comets still proved to be competitive. Since their demise they have provided a lot of players for other states, more noteably to Tasmania and South Australia of late.
Canberra has proven to be a great producing area for state and international cricketers, and as such deserves promotion like the way the Western Force has in the Super 14 rugby Union competition.
Tasmania For many years played state cricket intermittingly and were given promotion to the Gillette cup in 1969/70,part time first class status in 1977/78 and full status in 1982/83.Shoulden’t Cricket Australia follow the same Tasmanian precedent and guide the Canberra comets in a process that mirrors the same promotional format.
With the standard of youth cricket , The Cricket Academy ,the standard of country cricket and the Cricket Australia cup ,cannot this give Cricket Australia a surplus of talent.
A new revamped Canberra Comets side could be used to bring this talent through more quickly into first class competition.
The Canberra Comets could be ;
1 combined with the Northern territory side’
2 Have Cricket Academy players spend an apprenticeship year at the Comets’
3 Use a loan scheme which is used in English county cricket to acquire players to fill spots in the team,
4 be accorded the same funding arrangements as the other states so they can sign the very best players , like what the Western Force is presently doing.
5 Be made to play 2 mandatory overseas players.
If the Canberra Comets were treated as a consortium rather than as a development side which they were, then they could be fully competitive in no time.
I feel Cricket Australia failed the Canberra Comets by cutting them 3 years ago ,by not producing enough financial assistance to the team or necessary framework or future ,which Canberra does now not have. Also Cricket Australia was bullied by greedy and paranoid state teams ,and by not putting the heavy coffers of Cricket Australia has to develop the Canberra Comets financially and structurally, the structure of the Canberra side has gone so low they have no coach or recogniseable chair anymore.
The fact the Canberra comets is regularly producing first class cricketers and has a booming population where as Tasmania who has the same population which is reducing in size ,questions why Tasmania is included ahead of the Canberra Comets in the state based competition Canberra is also located close to the south coast ,the Riverina and the Western region of New South Wales, which means the Comets can call on talent from those regions.
I have put my case strongly ,and so I ask the question when will the Canberra Comets be re admitted into the Australian domestic competition.
Yours sincerely Stephen Brown
PS I am not alone in my thoughts.