Annual Report 2013/14
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ANNUAL REPORT 2013/14 Western Zone Cricket Committee Inc. Annual Report – 2012/13 WZ Chairman - Dennis Cox CCNSW Delegate - Dennis Cox WZ Administrator - Colin Wood NSW Western Region Cricket Manager – Matthew Tabbernor WZ Women’s Cricket - Marie Cornish WZ Selector – Neil Doherty WZ Volunteer of the Year WZ Cricketer of the Year - Male WZ Cricketer of the Year - Female WZ Cricketer of the Year Youth - Lloyd Keir Trophy WZ Inter Council Competitions WZ Umpires Representative - Stephen Poole WZ Open – David Redden WZ Colts – Neil Doherty WZ Academy and WZ Under 17 – Jordan Moran WZ Bradman Cup – Tony Wells WZ Kookaburra Cup – Garth Dean WZ Match Results 2012/13 WZ Past Competition and Award Winners WZ Officials WZ Members Register 2013/14 Financial Report Telstra Stores WZ Chairman & CCNSW Delegate - Dennis Cox Western Zone teams competed with mixed results in 2013-14 season. The under 14 team was most successful making the final of the Kookaburra Cup but unfortunately lost to Newcastle. The under 19 team performed very well finishing third in the carnival at Coffs Harbour. Congratulations to Pat Rosser, Tim Cox and Joe Kershaw on selection in NSW Country All Age team. The Australian Country Championships were played in ACT and NSW finished third. On behalf of Western Zone Cricket I thank the commitment and enthusiasm of all coaches and managers of representative teams in 2013-14. Men’s: Coach Matt Crawley Manager: David Redden Under 19 Coach: Steve Ryan Manager: Neil Doherty Under 17 Coach: Jordan Moran Manager: Greg Griffith Under 16 Coach: Chris Barratto Manager: Tony Wells Under 14 Coach: Garth Dean Manager: Trevor Thomas Women’s Coach: Matt Tabbernor Manager: Robyn Edgar Girls U15 Coach: Jenny Lynn Watts Manager: Mick Watts All Age Championship The Northern Carnival at Ballina with Newcastle winning undefeated. The Southern Carnival was played in Orange with Illawarra winning. Western played well but unfortunately had three narrow losses. Newcastle defeated Illawarra by one wicket played at the Newcastle No.1 Sportsground. Colts Carnival The Country Colts Carnival was changed to an Under 19 carnival this season to become a pathway for State under 19 selection. The Carnival was held in Coffs Harbour and Western Zone did extremely well in finishing third. Ben Pattinson was named in the Country under 18 merit team. SCG Cup The final eight teams were Queanbeyan, Hamilton Wickham, Albury Wodonga, Tamworth, Dubbo, Terrigal Matcham, Balgownie and Lake Illawarra. This carnival was played in the South Coast Cricket Association and all grounds are prepared by volunteers. After heavy rain over Christmas volunteers spent up to twenty hours getting wickets and fields ready to play. Western Zone winners, Dubbo played in Gerringong against Queanbeyan and were narrowly defeated in a rain affected match. The winners of the two pools Hamilton Wickham and Tamworth played in the final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the 12th January 2014. Hamilton Wickham defeated Tamworth with Mark Dries the outstanding player scoring runs and taking four wickets. Brian Gainsford Shield The final four teams competing were Ballina, Robertson Burrawang, Cowra and Brisbane Water. The carnival was played in Cowra on the 29th-30th December with Ballina defeating Cowra in the final. Congratulations to Greg Nicholls and the Cowra Association for outstanding work in hosting the carnival. Country Plate Forbes, Cootamundra, Albion Park and Lower Clarence were the final four teams to play off in Harden and Cootamundra on the 28th and 29th December. Cootamundra defeated Albion Park in the final. Bradman Cup The Under 16 carnival was played in Maitland and Singleton on the 6th to 9th January 2014. North Coast won this carnival. The State Challenge played as a T20 game on the SCG on the 9th February Bankstown 6 for 189 defeated North Coast 8 for 169. Brendan Smith from Bankstown was named player of the match. Kookaburra Cup The Under 14 carnival was played in Newcastle 13th to 16th January 2014. Western Zone played very well in winning their pool and were defeated by Newcastle in the final played at No.1 sportsground. In the Under 14 State Challenge played as a T20 game at the SCG on the 9th February Manly- Warringah defeated Newcastle by six wickets. Isaiah Vumbaca was named player of the match. Women’s Cricket The Women’s Open Carnival was held in Port Macquarie on the 5th & 6th October 2013 with six teams competing. The under 15 Carnival was held in Taree on the 5th & 6th October 2013 with six teams also competing. Congratulations to Amy Edgar and Tara Gilbert on their selection in the NSW Under 18 team. Sara Darney was selected in the ACT Under 18 team and on her good performances was selected in the Australian Merit Team. Alana Ryan was selected in the ACT Under 15 team and also went on to be selected in the Australian Merit Team. Western Zone Presentation Night Western Zone Cricket held their second Presentation Night at the Oriana Motel in Orange on Saturday night the 27th July 2013. Players from the successful 2012-13 All Age winning team and players from the winning team of 2000-2001were invited. The evening was attended by 65 delegates, former and present players and partners along with Country Cricket Chairman Ian Hogg and new NSW Cricket CEO Andrew Jones. Western Zones second life membership was presented to Doug Wright from Cowra for his many years of service. Regional Manager Game development Manager, Matthew Tabbernor continues to work hard across the vast areas of Western Zone visiting schools and associations in promoting the game of cricket. Hopefully in the near future more money will be available from Cricket Australia to employ another game development person to service the Western areas of our Zone. Administrator Colin Wood in his eleventh year as Administrator continues to work hard to provide quality administration to Western Zone Cricket. All of us involved in cricket are greatly indebted to Colin for his contribution over so many years. As Chairman I would like to acknowledge the friendships and contributions of the many cricket enthusiasts who are involved in the organisation of Western Zone Cricket. Neil Doherty – Deputy Chairman – Mitchell Selector and Chairman of Selectors Stephen Pool – Umpires Co-ordinator until his resignation Greg Jones – New Umpire Co-ordinator Maree Cornish – Women”s Co-ordinator Jordan Moran – Academy Coach Garth Dean – Mitchell Coaching Director Tony Wells – Mitchell Coaching Director Trevor Thomas – Macquarie Valley Coaching Director Rod Kershaw – Lachlan Coaching Director Carl Sharpe – Mitchell Secretary Greg Morrissey – Lachlan Secretary Warren Saunders – Macquarie Valley Secretary Tim Cox – Macquarie Valley Selector Pat Rosser – Lachlan Selector Planning Meeting Matt Tabbenor chaired a meeting held in Orange on the 6th April to discuss the future of cricket across Western Zone considering the changing population shift to the larger centres across our Zone. Some very important ideas on the future of cricket across our Zone came out of the meeting and these will be discussed at Council AGM’s and voted on at Western Zone AGM held on 27th July. Country Committee of Management The Country Committee met on the first Monday in September, December, March and June. The AGM was held in Gerringong August 2013 where life membership was presented to Simon Moore from Newcastle. The 2014 AGM will be held at Mittagong RSL on Saturday 23rd August followed by the Country Dinner at the Bradman Museum. NSW Cricket Winning the Sheffield Shield and coming runners up in the Ryobi Cup were the great successes of NSW male cricket in the 2013-14 season. NSW Cricket and ACT Cricket are close to signing an agreement that will see a Sydney Metropolitan team and a NSW Country ACT team play in the Australian Championships in boys Under 17 and Under19’s and girls Under 15 and Under 18’s. The selection process will see ACT juniors become part of Southern Zone teams to compete in the Under14-16-17-19’s competition for boys and Under 15 and 18 for girls. This is an exciting proposal which will give talented Country Players the opportunity to be selected to play in the Australian Under Age Championships. The financial situation of NSW Cricket has improved dramatically this season and the new television rights for the T20 cricket has been a major success. In conclusion it has been my pleasure to represent Western Zone as a delegate to Country Cricket and NSW Cricket. WZ Administrator - Colin Wood Another very busy season has been completed. My sincere thanks to the ‘cricket people’ who have participated, organised and supported cricket activities in Western Zone. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this Annual Report. It is obvious we have many great and talented servants of the game in Western Zone. The year got off to a great start with our second Awards Night, where we honoured Mr Doug Wright from Cowra with Life Membership. A truly worthy recipient on this great honour. As well we celebrated the CCNWS Championship won in Orange on 25 November 2012. The Awards night also allowed us to enjoy the company of our only other NSW Country Champion team, the side that defeated Newcastle in 2001-02. In his role as Country Programs Manager Bruce Whitehouse continued his fantastic support of Western Zone Cricket. Chairman of CCNSW, Ian Hogg, has been unwavering in his support and council. To Andrew Jones and the Board of CNSW, we Thank You for providing the resources that allow us to continue to provide an ‘opportunity’ for cricketers to play the greatest game at a level they might not normally enjoy. There have been many structural change within CNSW and I hope these changes will be of benefit to all those involved in cricket in Western Zone Matt Tabbernor continues to go above and beyond in his role as Western Region Cricket Manager and we should all be very grateful for what he brings to cricket in our part of the world.