<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>North Texas Cricket Association News</title><description>The latest news from the SportzVault website of North Texas Cricket Association at http://www.ntcricket.com</description><language>en-au</language><copyright>North Texas Cricket Association 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:57:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>ResultsVault</generator><item><title>2010 NTCA Twenty20</title><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:04:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.ntcricket.com/pageitem.aspx?id=30686</link><description disable-output-escaping="yes">2010 NTCA Twenty20 Guidelines...........................................................................&lt;a href="/files/6977/files/Guidelines T20.pdf"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/files/6977/images/view.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Week 1 Schedule.................................................................................................&lt;a href="/files/6977/files/Week1 T20 2010 Rev A.pdf"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/files/6977/images/view.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>NTCA - Flood Relief Update - September 7, 2010</title><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.ntcricket.com/pageitem.aspx?id=30641</link><description disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0066"&gt;Thanks to all participants, organizers and well wishers,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;relief effort conducted by the Cricket fraternity, raised $8370 for the flood victims in Pakistan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.</description></item><item><title>NTCA - Message from John Boaden - Flood Relief - 2010</title><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.ntcricket.com/pageitem.aspx?id=30446</link><description disable-output-escaping="yes">Here is the message from Mr. John Boaden, our past president..............................................................................&lt;a href="/content.aspx?file=6977|21684f"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/files/6977/images/read.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Forfeiture(s)</title><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.ntcricket.com/pageitem.aspx?id=29137</link><description disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;p&gt;NTCA&amp;nbsp;EC&amp;nbsp;will like to stress the importance as well as the significance on the matter of forfeitures.&amp;nbsp; Please note that&amp;nbsp;2nd forfeiture in the same calendar year will be&amp;nbsp;treated according to by-laws article IV.12.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Unfortunately recently&amp;nbsp;FWL CC conceded 2nd forfeiture&amp;nbsp;in the same calendar year.&amp;nbsp; After their 2nd forfeiture,&amp;nbsp;NTCA&amp;nbsp;EC took actions according to by-laws article IV.12 with immediate effect.&amp;nbsp; The invocation of this article means that&amp;nbsp;FWL&amp;nbsp;CC is suspended from further participation in any NTCA administered activities effective immediately till&amp;nbsp;further notice.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that NTCA&amp;nbsp;EC&amp;nbsp;and all the other committee members are here to serve you and to improve your club, which in return strengthens NTCA.&amp;nbsp; Should you have any question or concern do email &lt;a href="mailto:ec@ntcricket.com"&gt;ec@ntcricket.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Regards, &lt;br /&gt;  EC, NTCA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By-Laws IV.12 Forfeiture &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Forfeitures are a matter of extreme importance and signify a failure, by the club, to honor their commitment to other member clubs, demonstrated when entering teams in NTCA administered competitions. Should a club forfeit a NTCA scheduled fixture, it shall immediately submit to the EC, a written narrative which shall, at least, be comprised of the cause, the magnitude and the proposed rectification of the situation.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should a club forfeit a second time during one calendar year, irrespective of the competitions, divisions and teams, it shall be suspended from further participation, from that point onwards.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The club shall be notified in writing. The suspension shall generally apply to the entire club and all teams entered by the club. The suspension may also mean revocation of membership. If so, it may be so denoted in the written notice to the club.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Sponsorship Kit</title><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:23:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.ntcricket.com/pageitem.aspx?id=29134</link><description disable-output-escaping="yes">NTCA along with Dhoom Dallas has created Sponsorship Kit for T20 tournament.&amp;nbsp; Please review this sponsorship kit and pass it around to potential sponsors.&lt;br /&gt;  &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;  As discussed at GM last week, NTCA EC has decided to share revenue profits with the clubs who bring the sponsors.&amp;nbsp; If your club secure the sponsor for NTCA then following is the break down of profit that will be passed on to your club:&lt;br /&gt;  &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;  $0-$7500 - 10% of total sponsored money &lt;br /&gt;  $7501 - $15000 - 20% of total sponsored money &lt;br /&gt;  $15001 and higher - 30% of total sponsored money&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="/files/6977/files/NTCA-T20-Final_Sponsorship_Kit.pdf"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sponsorship Kit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;  Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question or concern.&lt;br /&gt;  &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;  Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;  On behalf of EC</description></item><item><title>NTCA - Sad News - June 25, 2010 (update)</title><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:44:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.ntcricket.com/pageitem.aspx?id=28918</link><description disable-output-escaping="yes"> It is with great sadness that&amp;nbsp;we report that Shahanaz, the daughter of Carl Samsair, a long time&amp;nbsp;member of the NTCA, passed away in a traffic accident, on June 24, 2010, in Florida. The&amp;nbsp;family is&amp;nbsp;understandably devastated and needs our support. Please keep them in your prayers.&amp;nbsp; The viewing&amp;nbsp;will be On Sunday, June 27, 2010 , between 1-5 PM CDT, at: &amp;nbsp; Rahma Funeral Home &amp;nbsp;7810 Spring Valley Road &amp;nbsp;Dallas, TX 75254-2842 &amp;nbsp;(972) 386-0383 The Salatul Janazah (funeral prayer)&amp;nbsp;will be at the&amp;nbsp; </description></item></channel></rss>