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Ready for tomorrow – Saturday 23 January from 11 am Parnell vs. Birkenhead

Update No. 95: 7 – 20 January 2016

Aces - Ford Trophy Ben Horne Joins Aces

Ben Horne has joined Lockie Ferguson and Mark Chapman in the Aces’ Squad. Drinks duties for the first two games but reward for his dynamic ‘keeping and huge promise with the bat.

& Chappie Hits 159 Auckland vs. Central Districts

Mark receceiving congratulations from teammates Robbie o’Donnell & Donovan Grobbelaar (Photo ACA website)

On Wednesday, with Auckland needing 349 to gain a Ford Trophy Semi Final spot, Chappie came in at 35/3. Lost cause – not to Mark, helped by, first, O’Donnell and then Grobbelaar, he reached 100 off 88 balls. Mark was finally for 159 just 24 balls later - Aces lost by 47 runs but at least, thanks to Chappie, went down fighting!

Cricket Returns to Shore Road on Saturday!!!!

Premier Grade – Hedley Howarth Trophy Parnell vs. Birkenhead 23 & 30 January at Shore Road Reserve

Come and Help Us Celebrate - Hours of Play: 11.00am to 6.30pm Past Players and Supporters Most Welcome

Men’s Premier Grade - Jeff Crowe Cup

9 January PARNELL vs. BIRKENHEAD Shore Road Reserve

BIRKENHEAD 109 (41.3) A Baard 39, J Houghton 31 Tom Hills 8 3 24 2 Mike Ravlic 9 2 20 4 Will St John 9 4 21 0 Henry King 7.3 2 13 4 David Goddard 8 0 30 0 PARNELL 110/3 (28.2) Ben Horne 21, Sam Varcoe 29. Tom Talbot 18* RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 7

16 January PAPATOETOE vs. PARNELL Papatoetoe Domain

PAPATOETOE 139 (29.3) Abdullah Sayed 35 Mike Ravlic 7 0 44 2 Ganesh Ratnasabapathy 7 0 38 2 Henry King 6.3 0 24 4 Tom Hills 6 0 18 2 David Goddard 3 1 13 0 PARNELL 141/3 (28) Tim McIntosh 65*, Jesse Simpson 32 RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 7 WICKETS

17 January PARNELL vs. GRAFTON UNITED Orakei Domain

PARNELL 239/9 (50) Tim McIntosh 130 (146), Tom Talbot 30 GRAFTON UNITED 263 (44.4) M Ruffell 54 Ganesh Ratnasabapathy 5 1 18 0 Mike Ravlic 7.4 1 35 3 Henry King 5 0 14 0 David Goddard 10 2 25 2 Jesse Simpson 10 2 34 4 Tim McIntosh 5 1 13 0 RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 76 RUNS

Tim McIntosh – in towering form last weekend, 65* and 130

LEADERBOARDS: JEFF CROWE CUP [ WHITE SECTION ] TEAM P W L D WKTS TAKEN RUNS FOR PTS NRR 1. Cornwall 7 5 2 0 57 1038 15.00 1.90 2. E C Bays 7 4 3 0 55 1275 12.00 0.41 3. Waitakere 7 4 3 0 58 1272 12.00 0.41 + Takapuna, Papatoetoe & Grafton 9pts, Birkenhead 4.50pts

JEFF CROWE CUP [ BLUE SECTION ] 1. Parnell 7 7 0 0 69 1272 21.00 1.71 2. Ak University 7 5 2 0 65 1319 15.00 0.48 3. Suburbs NL 7 5 2 0 59 1382 15.00 -0.06 + Howick Pak 9pts, Eden Roskill 7.5pts, North Shore 6pts, Ellerslie 3pts

Men’s Premier Grade – Hedley Howarth Trophy

The Two Day Major Championship resumes next Saturday:

Saturdays 23 & 30 Jan. vs. Birkenhead 11.00 am Shore Road 1. Saturdays 6 & 13 Feb. vs. East Coast Bays 11.00 am Windsor Park 1.

HEDLEY HOWARTH - TWO DAY MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM P W L D/T WKTS TAKEN RUNS FOR PTS 1. East Coast Bays 5 3 2 0 81 996 57.21 2. Takapuna 5 3 1 1 56 1374 52.74 3. Suburbs New Lynn 5 2 1 2 60 1232 51.32 4. Parnell 5 3 0 2 59 1077 49.52 5. Cornwall 5 1 3 1 46 1526 41.76 6. Auckland University 5 2 3 0 56 1389 39.89 7. Papatoetoe 5 1 3 1 30 1696 31.46 8. Birkenhead City 5 1 3 1 49 1203 31.28

Whilst we are the only unbeaten team, bonus points are crucial to positioning on the Leader Board – @ 0.20 for each taken and 0.01 for each run scored – hence us languishing in 4th place. Not all is lost – after the Round Robin is concluded, on 13 February, the top teams play off. However, we will need to tighten out game if we are to retain the Hedley Howarth Trophy – it will not be easy to make up the deficet of almost 8 points on East Coast Bays. The next games, against bottom of the table Birkenhead and then East Coast Bay who are on top, are exceptionally important.

Cricket Express T20 Plate Competition

Wednesday, 13 January ELLERSLIE vs. PARNELL Michaels Avenue 1a.

PARNELL 196/6 (20) George Harper jnr 100 (55), Jesse Simpson 53 (37), M Newman 3/37 (4) ELLERSLIE 148/9 (20) D de Silva 54 (27), Dave Goddard 4 0 19 1 Ganesh Ratnasabapathy 2 0 8 2 Henry King 4 0 44 0 Mike Ravlic 4 0 28 1 Tom Hills 3 0 23 3 Jesse Simpson 3 0 26 2 RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 48 RUNS

George Harper set the game alight with an extraordinary innings of very sensible hitting and, with Jesse, set up an unassailable total for Parnell. Earlier, the game was moved to Michaels Avenue at the last minute due to Orakei being flooded overnight by a burst water pipe. Ellerslie lost several wickets early – Ganesh being particularly effective – but their tail restored some respectability and clobbered some illdirected bowling. However, the result was never in doubt and Parnell came out the very decisive winner.

Wednesday, 20 January PARNELL vs. HOWICK PAKURANGA Orakei Domain

HOWICK PAKURANGA 108/9 (20) L Winn 37 Dave Goddard 4 1 4 0 Ganesh Ratnasabapathy 4 1 18 3 Tom Urry 2 0 24 0 Razin Bharde 3 0 15 1 Tom Hills 4 0 24 2 Henry King 3 0 22 1 PARNELL 110/2 (20) George Harper jnr 61 (36), Jesse Simpson 34 (18), RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 8 WICKETS

Very decisive wins over Ellerslie and Howick Pakuranga – George Harper’s batting has been the stand out feature, a century off only 55 balls and then a sparkling 61*. Jesse, too, has been in superb and consistent form. The bowlers have all performed well – the figures speak for themselves. And, just as important if not more so, the fielding has been excellent with some brilliant catches taken.

T20 Plate Final – Parnell vs. Eden Roskill Provisional – Tuesday, 2nd February, 5.30pm at Shore Road Reserve

Premier Reserves

Reports are lacking and Results Vault needs updating. However the rumour mill indicates that whilst the Reserves won on the 9th, last weekend was a disaster going down to Kumeu on the 16th and Auckland University on the 17th.

The latter game was lost by just 1 wicket – our batting failed dismally despite recruiting Mark Turner who has been awol for 4 seasons. “Turns” was just settling in when he middled his top edge and was comfortably caught on the mid wicket boundary. 6/66 on the board grew to 131 thanks to Billy Sanger and the tail but, despite Razin putting in a superb performance in taking a 6 for with his offies, AUCC scraped home with one wicket in hand. Batsmen – in future, please, pull your weight, don’t leave everything to the bowlers!

Full details in the next issue.

Thirds – 2B Grade

16 January PARNELL vs. KUMEU Kumeu Domain

KUMEU 135 Parnell bowling: Joe Grey 7 ? 44 0 Mike Gedye 4 3 1 0 Gavin Poole 9 ? 24 2 Peter Hickman 7 ? 16 4 Hamish McLean 7 ? 17 2 Elliot Humphries 7 ? 21 2 PARNELL 136/6 Tom Landrigan 51, Kelly Lunow-Haldane 29, Sam Wilson 16* RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 4 WICKETS

Skipper Pete reports: On Saturday the Thirds travelled to Kumeu, a strong side sitting 4th on the table. Losing the loss and being put into bowl, the opening bowlers had an economical, but wicketless spell before Gavin Poole and Peter Hickman came on a took 3 wickets, leaving Kumeu 60 for 3 at drinks. After drinks, Hamish Mclean and Elliot Humpries combined for a 14 over spell, both finishing with 2 wickets each, and only 48 runs conceded. After the second drinks break, Peter Hickman cleaned up the rest of the batting order, Kumeu finishing all out for 135. The batting effort was lead from the front in the form of Thomas Landrigan, who finished on 51. Other contributors were Kelly Lunow-Haldane who finished on 29 and Sam Wilson who has a successful debut, finishing the innings off with 16*.

17 January PARNELL vs. NORTH SHORE Orakei Domain

NORTH SHORE 43 (21) Parnell bowling: Mohan Wali 6 ? 22 4 Peter Hickman 6 ? 8 4 Satpal Uppal 4 ? 5 0 Gavin Poole 5 ? 7 2 PARNELL 44/0 ( 6) Tom Landrigan 9*, Kelly Lunow-Haldane 27*

RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 10 WICKETS

The 2nd match on Sunday was against North Shore, unfortunately there isn’t much to report on this due to an emphatic win. Winning the loss and electing to bowl, opening bowlers Mohan Wali and Peter Hickman both finished with 4 wickets each, Gavin Poole took the other two wickets, leaving them all out for 43. Satpal Uppal also made a solid contribution, an economical spell, but without a wicket. A solid effort by all. In response the 43 runs was chased down in 6 overs without the loss of wickets. Thomas Landrigan finished 9 no, Kelly Lunow-Haldane 27 no. A solid win for the team, nothing that they didn’t deserve. These two wins left us top of the One Day table by a considerable margin, looking very good considering there is only one One Dayer left in the season.

[Great weekend for the Thirds! A long time since our Thirds topped the Table. Ed.]

One Day 2B Grade – Parnell Kings

16 January PARNELL vs. EDEN ROSKILL Keith Hay Park

EDEN ROSKILL 95 (25) Aaron 5/24 PARNELL KINGS 96/5 (25.1) Roopesh 32*, Pradeep 29*

RESULT: PARNELL WON BY 5 WICKETS

Captain Chak Arunachalam reports: After a good pre Christmas season, we played our first game in 2B grade against Eden Roskill Nics at Keith Hay park. We won the toss and elected to bowl. Aaron was brilliant as he took 5 wickets and was ably supported by other bowlers and we dismissed them for 95 in 25 overs. Chasing 96 we lost few quick wickets, but Roopesh and Pradeep consolidated by keeping their calm and we chased down the total in 25.1overs with 5 wickets to spare.

[Congratulations to the Kings on being promoted from OD 3A Grade! Ed.]

Visit by Trinidad & Tobago Under 17s

On 7 January Parnell hosted this team of highly promising young West Indian cricketers. The chance to host a game came from Peter McDermott of Vintage Sports (VSL) who has been organising their tour. Details are:

The Trinidad & Tobago U17 Invitation Team

PARNELL TEAM: Ben Rainger (), Flynn McGregor-Sumpter, Sam Wilson, Jack Coman, Flynn Dudson, Will St John, Hamish McLean, Sam Jenkin, Sam Rainger, Scott Hillman, Adam Paulsen. Manager: Peter Speakman Coach: Ian Trott

7 January PARNELL vs. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Orakei Domain

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 185/9 dec. C Turton 44, J de Silva 22, K Simmonds 60, N McDavid 28* Will St John 1/41, Jack Coman 3/19, Ben Rainger 2/22

PARNELL 142 Flynn McGregor-Sumpter 94, Jack Coman 18, J Dookie 2/19 J-P Rocke 2/18, K Mason 2/23, A Mairam 3/5

RESULT: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO WON BY 43 RUNS

Weather was fine and the visitors, batting first, made a very sound start. Their openers, Crystian Turton and Joshua de Silva put on 60 for the 1st wicket and there was considerable relief when Will St John snared de Silva lbw. Cooper went quickly – caught and bowled by Jack Coman who bowled a very tidy spell. Their Skipper, Keagan Simmonds (related to Phil and Lendl of West Indies fame) then showed his class. He showed admirable patience but some of his shots were classical Caribeean. Ben Rainger finally had him caught by his brother, Sam - and a very smart catch, too!

The declaration left us 48 overs to chase down 186 – not unreasonable. Our innings was dominated by Flynn McGregor-Sumpter. Sadly, apart from Jack Coman who added 48 with Flynn, nobody assisted with a substantial partnership. Wickets fell regularly and Flynn was left to play a lone hand. His was a remarkable knock and he was 8th out trying to catch up with the clock and achieve a win.

Trinidad & Tobago look a very promising side – they have travelled south as far as Queenstown for games and, returning, have beaten Wellington U19s. They are shortly to conclude their tour with a final game against Auckland Grammar.

They were a pleasure to host but very special thanks to those who returned early for holiday for the game. Also, very grateful thanks to Umpires Paul Sylvia and Marc O’Gorman and to Donna Trott and her team of mothers and friends for attending to the catering.

Junior Team Reports

There have been a great number of notable victories and achievements by our Junior teams and individuals over recent weeks – for EDCA in the ACA Age Group Tournaments and the various holiday Hawkes Bay Tournaments. The latter, by all accounts, have been tremendous successes

Please bear with me – our computer froze on Christmas Eve and was only replaced on Tuesday. Too soon for me to be able to sort, copy and paste all the wonderful photos sent to me. I will try to include these next week once I have got the hang of Windows 10. At the moment I am baffled …….. !!!

Sky’s Cricket Show

Ross Taylor was interviewed at Shore Road by Sky’s Adam Gilchrist and he met Olivia Rae, a member of the Scottish Womens’ Team, who is here on holiday. Olivia, a graduate of Durham University, is a Level 3 coach and, back in Edinburgh, has coached with Joe Gray

Howick Pakuranga CC’s Fundraising Dinner

Nick Craig advises the HPCC is holding this Dinner of Friday, 5 February at the Picton Centre, 120 Picton St, Howick. Guest Speaker is Greg Ritchie, former Australian batsman. MC is Ben Hurley

Tickets: $125ph Obtainable from Ted Waters: 021 047 5786

Players Sports Junior & Senior Playing Kit & Gear – Now Available at Players Sports

Helmets – Senior and Junior

Note that these are available at Players Cricket (Parnell helmet badge added @ additional $7.99)

Note: you can shop online – visit the PCC club shop page http://www.playerssports.co.nz/cricket/products/category/500/parnell

Make sure you visit our club sponsor Players Sports this Christmas for all your sports gear gift needs! They have plenty of great cricket present ideas and remember a percentage of every purchase comes back to the club. As a Parnell member you receive a minimum of 10% OFF storewide. Shop in store at 14 Melrose St, Newmarket or online with no minimum spend free : www.playerssports.co.nz. How about these items below:

Paceman Crazy Catch

Zing Bails Black Caps Shi

HEALTH & SAFETY

Helmets must be worn by batsmen in all hard ball games

Facebook and Twitter – Don’t forget to check, Some great photos posted – thanks to Ruth & Craig. Well worth a look! And add comment!

Our Professional Coaches

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Tim McIntosh (Test Batsman) Jonathan McInroy (Level 3) Simon Herbst (Level 2 021 633 956 022 0236 496 021 0236 4880

All are available for one on one coaching. Ian Trott, now in his 9th season at Parnell, has achieved amazing results with our Premier side. Our Premiers are current holders of the Hedley Howarth Trophy Two Day Champions) and, in Ian’s time, have twice won the Jeff Crowe Cup for the One Dayers.

Tim, the scorer of two Test centuries and is the all time highest scorer of runs and centuries for Auckland, continues to play at top Club level. He has just completed another most successful season for Sleaford CC in the Lincolnshire Premier League, UK and,last Saturday, hit the first 100 of the season for our Premier team.

Jonathan and Simon are exceptional coaches for Parnell and for EDCA. Jonathan has had outstanding success with the EDCA U15 Girls and with EDCA Boys’ teams in Hawkes Bay. Simon, likewise, has had EDCA success and coaches our Premier Reserve Grade Mens’ team

STOP PRESS: Joe Kinghorn-Gray is back with us and is available for coaching. Joe is a Level 2 Coach – you may recall this Scottish lad who has been with us twice before (in 2011/12 and 2014/15). He is an experienced coach and, this coming UK season, will be captaining his club side – Royal High Corstorphine CC’s 1st XI. Joe is obtaining a local phone but, meantime, leave messages for him with Manager Steve on 520 5933.

Junior & Senior Playing Gear – Now Available at Players Sports

SHIRTS, JERSEYS (WOOLLEN, CABLE STITCH), CAPS & JACKETS ALL WITH THE PARNELL ROSE LOGO

14 Melrose Street, Newmarket – www.playerscricket.co.nz – ph. 0800 522 817

Make sure you visit our club sponsor Players Sports this Christmas for all your sports gear gift needs! They have plenty of great cricket present ideas and remember a percentage of every purchase comes back to the club. As a Parnell member you receive a minimum of 10% OFF

storewide. Shop in store at 14 Melrose St, Newmarket or online with no minimum spend free delivery: www.playerssports.co.nz

Note: you can shop online – visit the PCC club shop page

Paceman, Crazy Catch, Zing Bails & Black Caps Shirt Are All Available at Players Sports

http://www.playerssports.co.nz/cricket/products/category/500/parnell

Christmas Message From VSL

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Happy Holidays!

The team at VSL would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We have had a fantastic year with many successful events. 2015 has brought us:

 The Golden Oldies World Golf Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand  The Golden Oldies World Cricket Festival in Cape Town, South Africa

 The Golden Oldies World Hockey Festival in Leipzig, Germany  The Golden Oldies World Netball Festival in Hobart, Australia

 The World Vintage Rugby Carnival in Queenstown, New Zealand  The World Schools Cricket Challenge in Melbourne, Australia

 The introduction of VSL Travel

We would like to say a special thank you to everyone who came along and shared these amazing experiences with the team at VSL.

As you sit around the table talking about old times and making plans for the future we hope that you will consider joining us in the coming years for even more Fun, Friendship and Fraternity.

We hope you enjoy the festive season!

The VSL team Peter, Dianne, Shirley, Paul, Christine, Hine, Steph, Roger, Aimee, Ellie, Belinda & Andre [And thank you, Peter & VSL, for inviting us to host the Trinidad & Tobago U17s! Ed.]

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