Irish League Youth Plate S60 - date *** PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ***

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Welcome to the Irish League Youth Plate.
Important! Changes made starting from Season 64:

• All teams in Divisions 3 and 4 in BOTH Youth formats of the Irish League receive an invite.

• So, if your team is in the top two divisions in either Youth format, you will not receive an invitation; this is to give a competitive chance to lower tier teams.

• Teams will be invited in the reverse order or their One Day ranking at the end of the previous season (so worst to first).

• This means the newest and lowest ranked 16 (or 32) teams that accept are guaranteed place in the draw.

• There will be 16 teams in the plate, or 32, if sufficient numbers accept.

• Warning note: FTP does not allow teams to compete in more than one Friendly Competition on the same day and so teams still in the Cup will not be able to accept. If you have been knocked out of the cup, please be patient, sometimes it takes FTP a week to disconnect from the cup and so allow to join the plate. I promise it will work eventually.
  
  Competition Details:
  • It is a knock-out cup.
  • The draw is random (there is no seeding).
  • Games are played on a Wednesday.
  • Games played are T20 friendlies
  • Games do not impact player fatigue for league matches.
  • Local weather conditions are applied
  • Pitch preparation is at the whim of the home team’s groundskeeper (so random).
  What's the catch?
  • There is none, entry is free.
  • We ask, but don't enforce, that those who can pull Irish youth players as a contribution.
  • Both finalists win an award of Pavilion membership.
  Then why?
  As always, my hope is to:
  • Develop a sense of identity, belonging and community to the Irish league setup.
  • Support the Irish national side by encouraging youth pulls where possible.
  • Offer teams in lower divisions the chance to test themselves against higher league opposition.
  • Have fun.
  • Additionally, the plate offers a chance for teams in the lower divisions to compete in something they can progress in and may just win.
  It would be great if you would join in by hitting the accept button when you receive your invite.

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Timeline

• 12 November : All Division 3 and 4 sides not in the Irish League Senior Cup draw are invited in rank order; they get priority over those who did.

• After 19 November : Any Division 3 and 4 sides knocked out of the Irish League Senior Cup draw are invited in rank order. If this applies to you, please note that accepting your invitation sometimes doesn't work as the system may still have you recorded as playing in the Cup; be patient and try again later - the system will synchronise and work closer to the deadline.

• 26 November: Acceptance deadline

• 3 December: Round of 32 / 16.

• 10 December : Round of 16 / Quarter-finals.

• 17 December : Quarter-finals / Semi-finals.

• 24 December : Semi-finals / Final.

• 31 September: Final / nothing.

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Team Roll of Honour

Season 63:

• Winner: Applewood Crossing

• Runner-up: Balls Deep

• Semi-finalists: Blazing Dragons Cricket Club; Meeting Mr Miandad

Season 62:

• Winner: The Hurlutown Partnership

• Runner-up: Insane Inglewood Posse

• Semi-finalists: St Johns Athletic; Xessux Club

Season 61:

• Winner: Woodlands CC

• Runner-up: St Johns Athletic

• Semi-finalists: Ireland Lions ; Western Suburbs Hacks

Season 60:

• Winner: Woodlands CC

• Runner-up: The Dragon Warrior

• Semi-finalists: North Cardiff Cosmos; Western Suburbs Hacks

Individual leaders
Player of the Tournament, for most fantasy points:

• S63: 316 Walter Adair (FPCC Ireland)

• S62: 319 - Gavin Rankin (Insane Inglewood Posse)

• S61: 393 - Kenny Heidrich (St Johns Athletic)

• S60: 433- Marcas Kenna (The Dragon Warrior)

Golden pads, for most runs scored by a batter:

• S63: 225 Darrell Haggett (Applewood Crossing)

• S62: 227 - Wilson Mann (Insane Inglewood Posse)

• S61: 244 - Bernard Fahey (Woodlands CC)

• S60: 230 - Bernard Fahey (Woodlands CC)

Golden cap, for most wickets taken by a bowler:

• S63: 9-64 Marcas Johnston (rws, Meeting Mr Miandad)

• S62: 7-108 Hans van Nistelrooy (rm, The Hurlutown Partnership)

• S61: 6-57 Subhash Bhatia (rfs, Trinity)

• S60: 12-59 Marcas Kenna (lf, The Dragon Warrior)

Golden gloves, for most dismissals involving the keeper:

• S63: 9 (7c, 2st) - Colin Alfred (Applewood Crossing)

• S62: 7 (7c, 0st) Eoin Smith (Insane Inglewood Posse) / (5c, 2st) Kushwant Jadav (The Hurlutown Partnership)

• S61: 6 (5c, 1st) Jack Stenhouse (St Johns Athletic)

• S60: 6 (6c) Liam Doyle (The Dragon Warrior)