Cricket ACT Annual Report 2014-15
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Annual Report 2014–2015 ACT Cricket Association Annual Report 2014–2015 Cricket ACT expresses its appreciation to the following for their invaluable support of cricket in Canberra: ActewAGL Mortimer Wines ACT Sport and Recreation Services Nestle Milo Affinity Electrical Technologies RSM Bird Cameron Canberra Institute of Technology Rydges Capital Hill Capital Chemist Southlands Travel Carlton United Breweries Sportsmans Warehouse CIC Australia The Good Guys Tuggeranong Clearview The Lord’s Taverners Cricket Australia The Tradies FM 104.7 and MIX 106.3 WIN Television Konica Minolta Kookaburra Sports Editor’s note—Appreciation is expressed to all those who have contributed material for publication in this Annual Report, especially Adam Morehouse. Editors—Dougal Reed & Mark Vergano Statistics—Adam Morehouse Design and production—Great Impressions: Phone 02 4456 4958 Photography—Cameron Walter and Getty Images Cover images Strip of images from left to right: Cade Brown playing a cut shot Brett Lee roaring after taking a wicket in BBL Final Kris Britt batting Long image across the bottom: West Indies v Zimbabwe match with teams lined up for anthems at World Cup Contents Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association 2 Foreword from the ACT Minister for Sport and Recreation 5 Foreword from the Senator for the ACT 7 Chairman’s Message 9 Association Governance 17 Chief Executive’s Report 21 The Tradies Meteors 28 ACT Comets 36 High Performance 40 Cricket World Cup 44 Game Development 46 Umpires and Scorers Council 54 Club Cricket 56 Grade Cricket 56 Women’s Cricket 59 Junior Cricket 61 Prime Minister’s XI Event 67 CIC Australia and ACT Cricket, a continuing partnership 70 Sponsorship 71 Financial Report 75 Committee’s Report 76 Statement of Comprehensive Income 80 Statement of Financial Position 81 Statement by Members of the Committee 82 Awards 84 Statistics 87 The Officials 99 Association Staff 100 ACT CRICKET ASSOCIATION | ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 1 Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association Patrons Major General Steve Gower AO AO Mil and Dr Allan Hawke AC ACTCA Board—IE McNamee (Chairman), C Body, R Docker, BG Dockrill (up to 25 September 2014), P Downing, GA Elliott, BK Fagan (up to 25 September 2014), J Miller, G Nichols, L Barrington-Smith (from 25 September 2014), S Michelle (from 3 October 2014) Chief Executive M Vergano (to May 2015), C D French (from May 2015) Grade Cricket Committee R Docker (Chairman), B Ryan, G Badcock (ANUCC), A Barnett (NCGCC), S Cross (QDCC), C Allen (ECC), N Ewbank (USC), B Floros (TVCC), T Carmody (GCC), R Taylor (WDUCCC) and M Wheadon (WCMCC) Women’s Cricket Council JI Meszes (Chairman), B Ryan, P Bright (ECC), A Jones (NCGCC), C Chippendale (TVCC), P Guy (ANU), A Clark (WDUCCC) and J McIntyre (WCMCC) Umpires and Scorers Council Executive W Ruse (Chairman), N Ewbank (Deputy Chairman and Grade Cricket Committee representative), P McCann (Secretary), A Kopras (Finance Representative) and T Keel (Director of Umpiring) Delegate to Cricket NSW BG Dockrill (up to 25 September 2014), IE McNamee (from 25 September 2014) Junior Cricket Council Executive A Daley (Chairman), L Ryrie (Deputy Chair) and B Ryan Selection Committee AB Dawson (Chairman), MA Higgs and D Freedman Discipline Committee WH Hall (Chairman), G Besgrove, J Brownlie, C Hunter, S Knight, B Lawrence and J Clark Independent Tribunal Panel J Buxton (Chairman), BE Harvey, RM Hickman, A Stephens OAM and P Woulfe 2 ACT CRICKET ASSOCIATION | ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 ACT Meteors Patron Joy Burch, MLA, Minister for Women ACT Meteors Coach AB Dawson ACT Comets Coach MA Higgs Statistician A Morehouse Auditors RSM Bird Cameron Partners Solicitors Mark Love (Bradley Allen Love) Grade Clubs Clubs President Secretary Australian National University CC J Beaton G Badcock Eastlake CC P Winter C Eaton Ginninderra CC B Healy D Eason North Canberra Gungahlin CC P Coe H Axelby Queanbeyan District CC P Solway R Bates Tuggeranong Valley CC J Evans L Barrington-Smith Western District UC CC A McGann D Blakely-Kidd Weston Creek Molonglo CC S Bryant R Arthur ACT CRICKET ASSOCIATION | ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 3 Why supporting sport matters At Capital Chemist we see sport, especially junior sport, as an investment in the future health of our community. That’s why we’re proud to be a supporter of ACT Junior Cricket. Capital Chemist has 36 stores in the ACT and regional NSW. Plus with Wanniassa open until 10pm on weekdays and 9pm on weekends, and O’Conner trading until 11pm seven days a week, you can always count on our support. For all store locations and opening hours, visit www.capitalchemist.com.au Thomas Seaman Junior Cricketer of the Year. COORDINATE 36353 COORDINATE 4 ACT CRICKET ASSOCIATION | ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 Foreword from the ACT Minister for Sport and Recreation Shane Rattenbury There have been a number of fine achievements during the 2014– 15 ACT Cricket season. At the elite level, the Comets and Meteors had a great summer competing in the Futures League and Women’s Twenty20 (WT20)/ Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) competitions respectively, the Meteors almost scraping into the WNCL semi finals. The ACT Meteors season was rewarded with Captain Kris Britt selected in the WNCL All-Star team, bowler René Farrell again selected in the Australian Southern Stars team, and Katie Mack and Sam Bates also gaining selection in the Australian Shooting Stars team. These individual achievements showcase ACT Cricket’s ability to nurture and provide a platform for our aspiring athletes. Significantly Manuka Oval also hosted the first ever WT20 game under lights, when the ACT Meteors took on Victoria. The ACT Comets began their season with warm-up games for the Cricket World Cup for the touring teams from Ireland and Afghanistan. The Comets also welcomed back former Ginninderra batsmen David Dawson as Captain, who scored three centuries over the season. Comets batsmen Matthew Condon was selected in the expanded Australian World Cup U19s squad and was also selected in the Prime Ministers’ XI vs England match. These achievements highlight the pathways provided by the Comets and Meteors program and the underlying strength of grassroots development at Cricket ACT. The 2014–15 local season saw 46 grade cricket teams and 170 junior cricket teams compete, maintaining the very high levels of participation in the sport of cricket in the ACT. During the season, Kippax Oval was showcased as a Cricket World Cup training venue, receiving positive reviews from the international touring teams. Additional equipment was supplied by the ACT Government to ensure Kippax met the standard required of a host venue, which has since been left as a legacy of its host venue status. Locally, Kippax Oval also hosted the first grade grand final. Another amazing summer of cricket was again hosted at Manuka Oval. A sell-out One Day International in November was entree to a massive summer which included not only the annual Prime Minister’s XI, but also the Twenty20 Big Bash Final and three matches as part of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. I congratulate Cricket ACT on another exemplary season. On behalf of the ACT Government I would like to thank outgoing CEO Mark Vergano for his service over the past 13 years, while welcoming new CEO Cameron French. The future for the sport of cricket continues to look bright and the ACT Government is committed to working with Cricket ACT to support the future direction and strategic opportunities for the sport in the ACT. ACT CRICKET ASSOCIATION | ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 5 6 ACT CRICKET ASSOCIATION | ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 Foreword from the Senator for the ACT Zed Seselja The past year has been a great success for Cricket ACT and I am honoured to provide this brief introduction to the Cricket ACT Annual Report. This past year has been a big year for cricket in Australia. We’ve hosted a series against India, which we won and after resoundingly defeating New Zealand in the World Cup final we are the world champions once again. This success is due in no small part to the grassroots work that local organisations like Cricket ACT do in nurturing junior talent, maintaining local competitions, and promoting the game. The World Cup brought some great cricket matches to the ACT. On top of a thrilling match between the Prime Minister’s XI and England, Manuka Oval saw no less than three World Cup matches. The atmosphere of the matches was something to behold. The enthusiastic encouragement with which Bangladeshis and Afghans supported their teams underscored the great multicultural make-up of the ACT; cricket brings us together as a community. We saw some world class cricket from the West Indies, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Zimbabwe. To finish off, Canberrans had the opportunity to see some solid South African batting and a strong performance by one of the up and coming associate nations, Ireland. It has been an exciting year for cricket fans indeed. Amongst the excitement of such important international cricket it is encouraging to see that local cricket is as strong as ever. From Juniors all the way to Grade our local and representative teams have played in the spirit of the game. Both our Men’s and Women’s competitions continue to produce quality cricketers and I am excited to see what the future holds for Cricket ACT. Cricket ACT facilitated the 2015 Cricket World Cup particularly well and this great international event was excellent exposure for Canberra. Cricket ACT has continued to successfully promote the game extremely well this year and I know many further opportunities await for the organisation to grow. I look forward to the future of cricket in the ACT, keep up the good work! I wish everyone a successful year ahead and look forward to working together with Cricket ACT into the future.