Georges River - St George District Cricket Association Inc
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GEORGES RIVER - ST GEORGE DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INC Incorporating the following bodies: Georges River CA [1923-1945] Penshurst Park CA [1926-1945] GR Penshurst CA [1945-1993] St George CA [1898-1993] 68th ANNUAL REPORT PATRONS: J YATES & K GREENE PRESIDENT: SECRETARY: TREASURER: J EVANS J CAREW R FRANCIS SEASON 2012-2013 GEORGES RIVER - ST GEORGE DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INC. Inaugurated 1945 OFFICE BEARERS - 2012/2013 PATRON: J Yates and K Greene PRESIDENT: J Evans GENERAL SECRETARY: J Carew SENIOR COMPETITION SECRETARY: R Ryan JUNIOR COMPETITION SECRETARY D Williams HONORARY TREASURER: R Francis ACTIVE VICE PRESIDENT: G Fleming HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS: Councillor Shane O’Brien - – Mayor of Rockdale Councillor Nick Varvaris – Mayor of Kogarah Councillor Jack Jacovou - – Mayor of Hurstville LIFE MEMBERS: A Bullot, J Creke-Barratt, T Davies, I Emerson, J Evans, R Facey, P Finneran, DC Fusedale, S Gray, K Greene, C Hawkins, W Hayes, I Lapham, F Lord, P Marsh, V McCormick, L McDougal, D McGovern, R McIntosh, F McKinnon, E Nielsen, D North, A Osborne, B Pillay, R Ridgway, M Ross, R Ryan, W Sidie, M Seily, P Smith, J Stanton, W Summerell, G Thoroughgood, K Tildsley, T Trotman, A Webster, P Wells, H Winter, RE Woellner, D Yates, J Yates. ASSISTANT SECRETARY: P Smith REGISTRARS: D Williams, K Tildsley PUBLICITY OFFICER: T Davies DELEGATES TO NSWDCA: J Evans, J Carew DELEGATE TO GRStGDCUL: G Fleming DELEGATE TO ST GEORGE DCC: G Fleming REPRESENTATIVE TEAM CO-ORDINATOR: R Francis HONORARY AUDITOR: G Thoroughgood MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: J Evans, J Carew, R Ryan, K Tildsley, P Smith, T Davies, D Williams, R Francis, G Fleming, M Venn, M Abel We gratefully acknowledge the support of Kingsgrove Sports Centre St George Masonic Club The Oatley Hotel Veolia Transport Punchbowl Bus Company Club Central Club Rivers St George Bank Sydney 6ers Kookaburra PRESIDENT’S REPORT It is with great pleasure that I present my fifth President’s Report. The 2012/13 season saw the Association take the next steps to ensure the longevity of the game of cricket in the St George area. Thanks to everyone who helped make the season a success, with the introduction of a T30 program for senior players who have trouble with availability on a weekly basis due to family and work commitments in particular. In the lower 10 and 12 Grades we changed rules to allow for more equitable participation. This is an area where in the past teams had one or two players who dominated. By ensuring equitable participation, we are allowing all players the chance to perform. For cricket to survive some traditions do have to make way for modern day thinking and these measures are the first of many for the association. I know that next season further refinements are planned for all competitions. On a sad note, the start of the season saw the passing of long term Patron and former Georges River Penshurst President Fred McKinnon. Fred had been a member of the association since the 50’s as a player before moving onto the Presidency, a position where he contributed with passion to establishing a strong Association. As a player, he was a strong wicket keeper and batsman who enjoyed local success with his Penshurst Club. He also played in the first winning Martin Shield team for Georges River Penshurst. He had been a Patron for 20 seasons and was about to start his 21st with his untimely death. The Association Executive took sometime before appointing two new Patrons. We welcome former President Kevin Greene and long term Life Member John Yates to the role. January saw the passing of former Umpire and Junior Committee member, Neville Ebsworth. Neville simply oozed cricket, taking on responsibilities of helping his sons as they played juniors for St Joseph’s Riverwood and De La Salle Kingsgrove, even taking on the role of secretary of both clubs. He was a member of the Junior committee before he took up umpiring, first with the Association and then moving through the Grade ranks to First Grade. His best umpiring experience was no-balling Geoff Lawson 5 times in an over! Our sympathies are extended to both families on their loss in the season and to all other families who had a loved one pass away. For this season completed, I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Secretary, Janelle Carew, and Treasurer, Rick Francis. These two committee members have worked tirelessly for the Association and without their support, the Association would not be in the great shape it is today. I would like to thank the other Executive Committee members for their support and tireless work throughout the season. First, Junior Competition Secretary, Danny Williams and Ron Ryan as Senior Competition Secretary who both kept a good watch over the progress of the Competitions. Matt Boland as Junior Registrar and Senior Registrar Ken Tildsley supported both competitions with their expertise. Assistant Secretary, Peter Smith, Vice President Graeme Fleming, Mick Able, and Michael Venn, my thanks as well for your contributions to the Association. Thanks to Rick Francis, Rep Team Coordinator, for organising the Representative Teams for the season. Our Representative program started in August with the Junior Development squads. These squads, thanks to the support of St George DCC and Kingsgrove Sports Academy, have been vital in preparing our elite cricketers for the rigours of the Representative Program. On the field, we were not successful in winning any competitions but was pleasing to note that the Watson Shield team competed in the playoffs. This was the first time this team has competed in this level since the Foster Shield so well done. At the other end of the scale, it was also pleasing to see that that our tradition of having competitive teams in the Foster Shield continued with this team also making the playoffs. Well done to the Cawsey Shield team who also made the playoffs, just falling short to eventual premiers Sutherland in the semi-final. This was this teams first ever loss in a play off series after 6 previous games. Congratulations must go to Colin D’arcy who achieved the NSWDCA Weblin Shield Player of the Year Award and the Weblin Shield Batting Award. I would like to express my thanks to the coaches and managers of all our Representative Teams but even bigger thanks to the players and families for representing the Association in such an outstanding manner. The Martin Shield team, although losing three close games, were outstanding representatives of the association. We do look forward to next year where the Committee has decided to put more effort in the senior representative competitions. The Association thanks go to the NSWDCA for providing opportunity for all the representative competitions, especially to the Executive Officer Eric Myatt for his outstanding organisation. Locally, all competitions were close. In the juniors, with Blast and increased flexible arrangements in how some of the lower junior grades were organised, offered some exciting chases for semi final spots. I must give my personal congratulations to winners of our Benchmark Competitions: Penshurst West for winning the 16A Premiership and Illawarra Catholic Club for securing the First Grade trophy for the ninth time in eleven seasons. More thanks must go Tom Davies, who in his role of Publicity Officer, ensured that the web page was kept up to date in terms of the points score and publicity results. This season, both Tom and myself, continued to work hard on the website and we must thank all the clubs who took on the challenge of putting the results on the website every week. This year we established a Facebook page to help disseminate information and we are looking at establishing a Twitter account for the upcoming season. While we were unsuccessful at a representative level this season, this could not be the case of our cricket partners, St George DCC. The Club managed three flags, including the Club Championship, 1st Grade and 4th Grade, while runners up in 5th Grade. What is pleasing is the large number of local juniors who contributed to all these successes. This was also seen with the Green Shield team where every player was a local junior from our Association. This team made the playoffs for the second year in a row. We offer our congratulations to Executive Officer, Jon Jobson and President, Kevin Greene, for their continued support and interest. Thanks must also go to the Umpires League and their executive. While our umpire numbers on a weekly basis are not strong, the support provided to us during the representative season is outstanding. I thank President Roger Spindler, Secretary Roger Ridway, Appointments Officer Ron Ryan and Delegate Graeme Fleming for their work. Again this season, we partnered with the Sydney 6’ers in BBL2. With former juniors Moises Henriques and Kurtis Patterson in their team, it was a good fit for us. While they won the World Championship it wasn’t a good local season for the team in “Mengenta”. Thanks go to their administration for their support, which included a little monetary value and tickets to home games. Finally, the Association thanks our sponsors: Kingsgrove Sports Store, A.G. Thompson’s (Kookaburra), Club Rivers, The Maso’s Club, Club Central, Oatley Hotel, Punchbowl Bus Company, Veolia Transport, Bresnahan’s Butchers and the St George Bank. Without their support we would not be able to provide a representative program that is of no cost to the participants as well as manageable registration, playing and administration costs. Please support our sponsors as much as they support us. Of course, the three major sponsors of the Association are the councils: Hurstville City Council, Kogarah City Council and Rockdale City Council.