Western Suburbs Junior Cricket Club Inc. Season 2014 / 2015
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Western Suburbs Junior Cricket Club Inc. Season 2014 / 2015 Presentation Booklet 2014/2015 Presidents Report I would like to thank and congratulate all involved in making the year such a success. Committee members, Coaches, Players and all parents who contributed in one way or another. As a club we outlined some goals and objectives last year and given our results and the amount of enjoyment that all involved had it is safe to say we achieved a large amount of what we set out to do. 2014/2015 Main Objectives * Continue to build support and development for coaches to ensure quality training is available for all players. *Finalise all building project with the completion of the cricket nets and attempt to reintroduce the Kentish oval No2 wicket. *Work with and involve the senior club with our training to provide a mutually beneficial program for all junior players and create an environment that would see our players involved in West’s grade cricket for years to come. Our Objectives for the 2015/2016 season is to continue on the above mentioned path and to set a new five year plan that will see our club continue to grow and improve going forward. One main contributing factor that will enable us to do this is by increasing our committee member base. Please let us know if you would be interested helping out for an hour or so per week during the season Best Regards Rob Jones President 2014/2015 Secretary’s Report Another very successful season for WSJCC. Our numbers remained consistent with 156 registered players making up 13 teams - 10 competition teams and 3 modified teams. We again had very good success on the pitch with 8 teams making the Semi-Finals with the U/12 Greens Minor Premiers. Five of these teams went onto the Grand Final with the U/13 Reds and U/15 Greens taking out the Major Premiership. We also had 17 players achieve representative honours this year, up from 12 last season. Well done to all!!! Our Milo Cricket programme continues to be very popular for the youngsters and is a great way to introduce kids to the game. We had 45 registered players (ages 5 to 9). Thanks to the volunteer coaches & helpers, especially Ian Harborne for co-ordinating the program. We also had participants in the new T20 Blast mid-week format. This is a new initiative from Cricket Australia building on the success of the T20 Big Bash and providing a fun and interactive experience for those in between Milo Cricket and Saturday competition or looking for a shorter cricketing experience. Look out for this growing in the coming years. As always, much of our success would not have been possible without our small, but hard working committee, coaches and managers. Many thanks to all those who helped out in any way this year. Whilst the current team has been doing a great job, we are always looking for more help. Many roles only require only a small commitment of time, an hour or two a week, much of which can be done from home. The roles range from administrative, to hands on coaching roles. Our AGM will be held in July. This is a good chance for parents to come along and get involved. No matter what your skills are we will have a role for you. I would be more than happy to discuss with you areas where you may be able to assist however great or small. Rob Redpath Secretary 2014/2015 Treasurer’s Report Wests Junior Cricket Club continues on their strong financial position from last season. Special mention goes to our previous Treasurer, Greg Rose, for ensuring this position whilst also enabling equipment and facility upgrades. Thanks also to Greg for assisting me in the transition period as new Treasurer. Although responsible management of the club finances have been maintained, registration costs per player were increased this year to offset overall increased costs in running the club (such as official umpiring fees, cricket balls and new cricket gear). To ensure the Club’s financial position, the Committee undertook a raffle which generated additional revenue for the club of $1,695 (selling a total of 678 out of 1,000 available tickets, receiving half the proceeds). This was a solid effort from the committee and coaches who drove the ticket sales. The club will look at a similar fundraiser next season, with the goal to maximise the sale of all tickets. We will enter season 2015/2016 in a strong financial position, with the goal of keeping our player registration costs low to attract as many existing and new players to our club as we can. The Committee will also look at opportunities to invest in training, development, and equipment to ensure our young players have every chance to develop their game. Ian Harborne Treasurer Under 9 Red 2014/15 Congratulations to all the children in the Western Reds under 9's team. From our first game of bowling more balls off the pitch and some having never held a bat before, we knew there were going to be some challenges ahead. After a lot of hard work from the boys they soon transformed, and after a lot of practice, they moved from individually playing the game to a passionate cricket team. Forming new friendships, they encouraged each other and enjoyed playing some really good cricket. By the end of the season, seeing the boys taking wickets from their tidy bowling and hitting 4's and 6's was a huge reward for a coach. I would also like to thank our fantastic manager Mel and all of the parents that helped with scoring and training. Well done, you guys make one great team. Scott Jackson Coach Under 10 Red 2014/2015 A fantastic season of cricket for the boys in 2014/2015. We warmly welcomed four new boys to the team and it was great to see them as eager as ever to play Cricket. The new boys fitted straight into the team and wasted no time in getting into the competitive spirit. Average cricket was played up to the Christmas break with a few very close games, one of which was with our good friends the U10 Wests Green team. The new year saw the boys step away from average cricket and play under the regular rules. Being put into Div 1 the competition was tough with some very good bowling by our opposition. While I think we had a few nervous boys in the first game, all in all they performed very well. Once again having a couple of very close and exciting games. It was great to see all of the boys improve so much over the course of the year, especially with their bowling. Look forward to a new season which will be here before we know it. Ashley Mowbray Coach Under 10 Green The U10 Greens came back from their winter break looking like they'd trained for 6 months. They'd all put on at least an inch and the bowling coordination and accuracy was notable. They welcomed Angus, Travis and Hugh who quickly came up to speed and made great contributions throughout the season. The running between wickets was still a feature of the Greens batting, which probably took its toll during the average cricket, but was great to watch and helped when 'you're out you're out' scoring started after Christmas: the boys got to experience the pleasure of putting pressure on the fielding team. The Greens experienced their first ever sixes thanks to Bailey Robards late in the season, contrasted with plenty of lessons related to hitting the ball in the air for no benefit. Something that can be improved on next year. The Greens bowling was a feature of the whole season. The boys well and truly got the hang of smooth line and length rather than over-trying for pace. It was such champagne bowling that the coach kept his promise from last season and allowed 1 or 2 spinners at the end of an accurate over - which usually ended up with more wickets! Herein the wicket-keeping started coming to the fore - stumpings from spinners, it was just getting better and better. The fielding from the Greens also delightfully improved throughout the season. The basics of backing up fielding throws were complemented by some great catches, some of which would never have been attempted a year ago. There was still some use of the feet for fielding, but coach was put at ease with discussion that it was a warmup/down from off season soccer. It was a great season overall, with a highlight that the Greens were undefeated after Christmas once 'out you're out' scoring start Well done boys and thanks to the fill-in coaches and parents for your efforts. Russ Mills Coach Under 11 Red- Division 2 Congratulations on a great season to- Edward Andrews, Sonny Carpenter, Jackson Frame, Chris Hitchcock, Liam Jackson, Oliver Leacey, Declan Lewis, Cade Mills, Jack Minto, Joseph Nolan and Jack Yates. These are the boys who made up under 11’s Wests Red for 2014-2015. They are all enthusiastic players who showed great commitment to the game of cricket all season. The boys also had a very successful year of cricket. Our stats reflected accurately the season we had. Our team were the top wicket takers in our competition with a total of 109 wickets. We also had the least number of wickets lost and the least amount of runs scored against us.