Marrickville Cricket Club

Marrickville

Cricket Club

Season Report
2017-18

Thank you sponsors

Financial report

A word from our sponsors - Sydney Airport and Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL

Marrickville Cricket Club is very grateful to have the support and sponsorship of Sydney Airport and Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL. The sponsorship helps young cricketers and their families with reduced player registration fees and basic cricket gear such as shirts, hats, balls and drink bottles.

For the past seven years, Sydney Airport has been a major sponsor of the Marrickville Cricket Club.
Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club is very pleased to support Marrickville Cricket Club.

We are proud of our investment in the local community, especially when it supports grassroots organisations doing great things with local children.
The MCC is an important local sporting organisation providing training, education and skills for the young cricket players in our community.
Whether it’s helping local cricket players

with hats and shirts, funding educators for

after-school ﬁtness sessions to help promote

healthy lifestyles, or assisting with funding for sheet music, tuition and software, helping schools run quality music ensembles, we’re thrilled to be ‘reinvesting for life’ in our community.
Our organisation is proud to support the parents, coaches and volunteers at the MCC who provide vital skills such as leadership and teamwork to our kids.

Nearly 31,000 people work at Sydney Airport across 800 businesses and many of these people live within our local community.
Our relationship with Marrickville Cricket Club recently grew as we work together to promote hospitality training for parents, players and volunteers through our CHP School of Hospitality.
As part of our community investment program, the airport prioritises working with local sporting organisations, businesses and charities to support their objectives.

We congratulate the Marrickville Cricket Club on another successful cricket season and wish the teams, kids, parents and coaches all the best for the 2018/19 season.
We’re extremely proud to have given more than $2.6 million to community groups over the last 5 years, either directly (to schools, sporting clubs and other community groups) or indirectly through registered charities and welfare service providers.

Sally Cummine

Manager, Community Engagement, Partnership and Events Sydney Airport

We congratulate your Club on the season, and look forward to supporting you in years to come.

Paul Kougias

Community Sports and Grants Coordinator, Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL

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Marrickville Cricket Club Season Report 2017-18

President’s report

2017-18 was a good season for MCC

A total of 474 cricketers played with MCC this season – enjoying beginners games at Milo in2cricket, smashing it at T20 Blast, wrestling with neighbouring clubs in junior matches or slugging it out in seniors on Saturday arvos. MCC is a strong club with good links to our local community. We have a great relationship with our local senior grade clubs Randwick-Petersham CC and University Women’s CC. And we are fortunate to have two generous sponsors in Sydney Airport and Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL. We are grateful for their ongoing support. MCC had 30 teams in CWSCA and Sydney Thunder Girls comps. We now have a record nine Stage 1 teams, with 80% of players coming from Milo or
Grogan and Reuben Sachs for selection to

T20. That’s 30 teams and three large junior programs being run by volunteers – training, coaching and managing. You guys are the arteries of our wonderful community club. the U15 NSW Academy squad, and Nivethan Radhakrishnan for selection in the Australian U16 team. MCC helped another 20 parents get Level 1

Coaching Certiﬁcates – an investment in player, team and coach conﬁdence.

I’m proud of how our Club runs, with all teams well supported and playing in the Spirit of Cricket.

Many teams made the ﬁnals and congratulations

to our one Premiership winning team – the mighty U11 Andrews, who won second division in style.

As for the ﬁnals, it was a tale of what could have

been at the business end of the season: • Undefeated for seven rounds, Rob Brennan’s Barnes boys lost their U15-1 semi to eventual Premiers, Penshurst West.
• Carl Redfern’s Bats were Minor Premiers, but fell to Summer Hill in the U15-2 semi.
Our Milo Cricket program owes a lot to the hard-working David Mason (Tempe) and Daniel Kicuroski (Erko). Thanks guys! MCC’s T20 Blast was a success, this year partnered with Earlwood Wanderers CC. Many thanks to Stephen Lovegrove and his crew for the work at Mackey Park in Feb/March. Sincere thanks to our Committee for their work. I’m indebted to Treasurer Kathryn Higgs, Secretary Jason Withers and our shirt and cap handler, Emma Price. And thanks to Nikki Pitkethley and Ken Morrison for helping with the girls’ teams, Johanna Musgrave for coordinating Stage 1, Carla Stacey and John Skinner for steering the U11s.
• Tony & Paul’s brilliant Barnes band had some great wins but fell short in the U13-1 semi.
• U13 Hudson shook up the comp with some great wins and lost a tight Grand Final.

A ﬁnal, big thank you to all volunteers. The Club

can always use more assistance – so please let us know if you would like to be involved. We hope to see all players, parents and friends back for the 2018-19 season.

Antony Sachs,

President

• U11-1 Simpson and Martin had terriﬁc seasons,

but both lost close semis.
• MCC’s 3rd Grade senior team lost a nip-and-tuck Grand Final, and
• MCC’s 4th Grade senior team lost its Prelim-Final after a tough, but fun season. As a Club, I’m thrilled we won the CWSCA Junior Club Championship – testament to the players and hard work of many volunteers. Well done! Congrats to all MCC players in CWSCA Rep teams, and special commendation to Emmanuel

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Messages from our local grade club - Randwick Petersham

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Milo In2Cricket

Milo in2CRICKET

The best way to develop a love of cricket is to start with MILO in2CRICKET.

Marrickville worked with Earlwood Wanderers

CC to offer three MILO Centres this season giving 150 girls and boys their first taste of cricket. and playing on the first morning, and they never

looked back. We appreciated the club again providing
It has been so great to see how our MILO cricketers have fun whilst learning the game. Playing in bright yellow, pink or green, through skill-based games led by enthusiastic parents, using Cricket Australia teaching resources. So many of our club’s players now have started their cricket through MILO. We had two Saturday morning centres: at Harry Noble Park Erskineville and at Gough Whitlam Reserve, Tempe and one Friday evening centre at Earlwood Oval. Thanks to an outstanding bunch of 30 parent volunteer coaches who worked with groups of 12-15 players. A few of those coaches were repeat

offenders from last season and teamed up with first timer Mums and Dads accepting the role of coach for the first time. We organised a short pre-season briefing and they were ready to go from the first morning. 2017-18 set a new record

for us in how quickly the groups were organised additional support in the early sessions from grade cricketers and MCC graduates, Oscar Sachs and Sophie Pitkethley. They gave the volunteer coaches assistance and provided individual attention to the players for skill development. Our traditional celebrations to mark Christmas break and the end-of-season were again enjoyed

with water balloon ﬁghts – with the players of

course collecting every last balloon fragment, before tucking in to Alpino Gelato banana sticks. Thanks to Cooks River Café at Tempe and Bitton Café at Erskineville for keeping adults well

caﬀeinated each Saturday and giving us freezer

space for our parties. We can’t list all the coaches by name because so

many people who weren’t wearing the Oﬃcial

White Shirt of Authority were important in making MILO happen. We are so proud at the level of parental participation and commitment involved. You know who you are, thank you.

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T20 Blast

T20 Blast

A great 8 weeks of Milo T20 Blast for 2018.

This T20 season was a joint venture between Marrickville Cricket Club and Earlwood Wanderers Cricket Club providing girls and boys from both sides of the Cooks River a chance to enjoy the game.

This year was my ﬁrst as Coordinator and I got to

meet some wonderful people over the eight week season – the kids, parents and supporters – who have made the experience fun and exciting for everyone. We were very lucky with the weather. No rainouts this season, even though we came close for the

ﬁnal session!

Friday evenings at Mackey Park got lit up with the energy and activity of enthusiastic kids, developing their skills and having fun games. We had 78 registered players plus a bunch of siblings and friends that came by from week to week. numbers of girls makes the future exciting for club cricket – look out Sydney Thunder Girls League. Our Skill Zone was run by Jono Weiley from Cricket NSW. He did an outstanding job to bring so much enjoyment for all the players with his warm up games. He was ably assisted by Oscar Sachs from Randwick-Petersham Grade Club (a former MCC player) and Sophie Pitkethley who plays for both MCC and grade cricket with the Universities Women’s Cricket Club. The duo made things run smoothly and provide extra development in the Skills Zone. All three helped me run a positive and calm learning experience for all ages of children involved. The fantastic parents who helped over the 8 weeks with the scoring, umpiring and passing on a little cricket experience, as well as side line helpers organising players or just watching on, were great. I loved having a chat on the sideline with them too.

We had four ﬁelds playing T20 games each week.

It was fantastic to watch girls and boys playing for

the ﬁrst time grow in conﬁdence and skill. The

kids who were back for another season are now ready to go into club cricket with new skills and knowledge that will help them in the next level of the game.
I would like to thank everyone involved with Marrickville Cricket Club and Cricket NSW. We hope parents and players will be back for more T20 Blast next season, or will step up to junior competition. I’ll be back next year for sure!
What impressed me the most was how many girls are keen to play Milo T20 Blast. The increasing

Stephen Lovegrove

T20 Blast Coordinator

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Team Reports

Stage 1 Alley

A new team with a great spirit and a positive attitude to the game.

Alley enjoyed playing together from the outset, showing good teamwork and a willingness to learn. The team trained well and grew over the season – bringing an enthusiastic outlook to each game. They all had great sportspersonship, both amongst each other and with the opposition. Fielding skills grew over the season and runouts and better backing up became a consistent aspect of each game. The

wicketkeeping eﬀorts of all players

developed too: everyone had a go and showed capacity to grow in this area. It was a pleasure to watch Alley’s team spirit build over the

season, through supportive banter on the ﬁeld and solid training eﬀorts mid-week. The coaches gave

clear and consistent instructions for Alley to grow their cricketing skills. It was great to see the kids respond positively to the challenges set for them each week. Thanks to all the parents who brought fruit, put their minds to scoring, and shared their time and energy for the game to go ahead. Overall, it was a rewarding season and we’re

happy to share some ‘unoﬃcial’ awards, as well as

the formal awards at the end of this report.

Jacob McLean: Most improved batter.

Jacob showed a tenacity at the wicket that was admirable. He brought a positive spirit to the game each week and was a consistent scorer. Hit the best cover drive of the season and we are looking forward to more good cricket in seasons and years ahead!

Lorenzo McLean: Most runs. Lorenzo was

a positive presence in the ﬁeld and a reliable

wicketkeeper. His batting has developed over the summer and he enjoyed forming good batting partnerships with his teammates.

Oliver Kari: Most improved bowler. Oliver

went from strength to strength with ball in hand over the season. Finishing the season with 2 wickets in the last game, Oliver showed what

consistent eﬀort could deliver.

PLAYERS:

Amelia Yarwood: Spirit of Cricket. Amelia

gave stellar eﬀorts each weekend and shared her

enthusiasm for the game with the whole team. One game saw Amelia taking three wickets

including a couple of very ﬁne runouts. A great

team player!

Samuel Whiting: Most wickets. Samuel

brought a solid bowling action to the team at the start of the season and continued to demonstrate it throughout the summer. He took wickets and didn’t give away excessive runs – a great season!

Angus Nicolson: Most improved all-rounder.

Angus showed consistent growth over the season and it was great to see his batting and bowling go from strength to strength. Greater cricket to come for Angus! Arlo McNeil: Champion player. Arlo’s bowling and batting was very good from the beginning of the season and only got better. He shared his love of the game with his teammates and was a key team player throughout the season. Bowled the ball of the century twice in one over!
Coaches: David Kari & Craig Nicolson

Manager: Jess Mclean

AWARDS:

Batting – Lorenzo McLean Bowling – Samuel Whiting Champion player – Arlo McNeil

Spirit of cricket – Amelia Yarwood

Eashan Sampath: Most improved cricketer.

Eashan has a strong arm and his bowling action

became more reﬁned over the season. His batting

developed too – a valuable member of Alley!

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Team Reports

Stage 1 Barnes

A season of milestones for these fast-improving players.

Stage 1 Barnes had a fantastic 2017/18 season. Why? It wasn’t because they won all bar one of their games (although the boys certainly enjoyed

being on the right side of the ﬁnal scores). What

made this season fantastic was the level of the ability to swing the ball sharply. His batting

has improved signiﬁcantly, showing that quicks

aren’t necessarily bunnies! Guy Witt: a strong batsman and stroke maker, he is lightning quick between the wickets and in

the ﬁeld. A beautiful driver of the ball, and also a

handy bowler.

Jem Faure-Brac: great all-rounder with

particular batting strength. A player of strong strokes down the ground. Also a specialist at high catches. Kalan Regan: a medium pace bowler who often proves challenging for batsmen, and a handy batsman, particularly strong down the leg side.

Will Fraser: deceptive right-arm orthodox

bowler, who has developed the ability to fool a

batsman with the ﬂight of the ball alone. Like a

terrier between the wickets.

Eoin McNally: punishing striker of the ball

through cover and mid-wicket. With the bat he proved almost impossible to shift, only getting out three times all season! Looking forward to a great season in U11s next year! improvement for each and every player. There

were milestones too, particularly in the field. The season saw the team’s first stumping (st. Archie Turnbull b. Will Fraser), the first hat-trick (Sam Turnbull) and three different players achieved 5

wicket hauls (Sanul Dahanayake, Sam Turnbull and Will Fraser). There were also scores of great catches and boundaries galore. Skills wise, the running between the wickets improved out of sight, as did the general accuracy of the bowling with no-balls approximately the same over the season as the number of wickets. With 126 wickets over the 13 matches, each player took at least 10, and all had a bowling average of 10 or less. One achievement eluded the team this

year – the much sought after ﬁrst six. Several

players came close (Eoin McNally, Guy Witt, Sam Turnbull and Archie Turnbull), but for now the

$10 prize is safe until next season.

PLAYERS:

Coaches: Mark Turnbull & Ian Fraser

Manager: John McNally
Sam Turnbull: a talented all-rounder who

developed into a menacing quick, with the ability as a batsman to punish the attack by smashing them through mid-wicket.

AWARDS:

Batting – Sam Turnbull

Bowling – Sanul Dahanayake (also won the CWSA U10 bowling award this year)

Champion player – Archie Turnbull Spirit of cricket – Guy Witt
Archie Turnbull: also a budding all-rounder.

Known for his batting poise, ﬂicking balls oﬀ

his pads with ease, and consistent medium pace bowling.

Sanul Dahanayake: natural fast bowler with

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Team Reports

Stage 1 Bill Brown

A team of committed players, who all returned from the previous season.

Our second season helped us improve out cricket skills whilst enjoying the unique game that is cricket. Our team was fortunate to retain all its players from last season, with the only changes being the new format and electronic scoring. U9 Bill Brown was able to become Stage 1 Bill Brown with ease. The new format allowed more opportunities for runs and really enabled the team to improve their ability to judge a run – although some memorable runouts were still achieved. A goal for this season was to not bowl two no-balls in a row, and with everyone treating the ball after a no-ball like a second serve, we mostly met our goal. Thank you to all the parents who ensured that we had a full team for most games. Thank you to the boys from other

teams who ﬁelded when we were

short on numbers. Thank you to our main scorer, Teru Harada, and to our manager Stephen Heanley, and most of all thank you to the team. It is such a pleasure to be your coach. season, has continued as a great bowler but also took his batting to another level. He was always

one of the ﬁrst to the game and one of the last to

leave the training nets.

Lewis Johnson: another of our team who leads

the way with his all-round skills as a wicketkeeper, batsman and bowler. Maevys Duru: continues to work on her unique bowling style, and has shown some promise in batting. Mandela Duru: this year he put in a lot of time at the nets. He shows great skills in both batting and bowling and is always willing to go for ‘one more’ over. A slightly more mature attitude will ensure his cricket remains fun for both himself and others.

PLAYERS:

Charlie Heanly: the heart of our team, always

trying to improve and putting in lots of eﬀort.

Shows great promise with his wicket keeping and has worked hard on his bowling. It was wonderful to see the improvement in his bowling from the beginning to the end of the season.

Christian Harada: what can I say, he came

with his own kit and a new bowling technique

and wowed us all. On field he showed a mature seriousness to his cricket, off field he shed that

seriousness to be a fun teammate.

Daphne Duru: showed that she could mix

it with the boys whilst always encouraging her younger sister.

Ethan Iacono: is the energy in our team and

always transferred that energy to others. A great

ﬁelder, who would go to any lengths to stop a run.

He and Christian had some great partnerships – boy could those two run between the wickets.

Coach: Mary Duru Manager: Stephen Heanley

AWARDS:

Batting – Lewis Johnson Bowling – Christian Harada Champion player – Mandela Duru Spirit of cricket – Charlie Heanly
Kai Missio Crick: our demon bowler from last

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Team Reports

Stage 1 Crawford

A group of players with plenty of star quality.

PLAYERS:

Jordan Dib ‘Jordi’: for a footballer

this kid moves around the cricket pitch like Messi, but he plays keeper like ‘Gilly’. Not only does he enjoy being

keeper he knocks out some amazing

runs. Super keen runner and loves playing some good cricket with his friends. Attitude is everything.

Anthony Cusumano ‘Antho’:

another keen footballer – fast and

agile around the ﬁeld. Antho was

on target every time he attempted a runout. His bowling and batting improved throughout the season and his enthusiasm for the game grew

weekly. Antho took crazy catches in

our games and is a good all-rounder. We look forward to seeing his skills next season. The one and only Steve Waugh – cool under pressure!

Alex Nicholias ‘Al’: Alex proved himself on the

ﬁeld as a competent batter and bowler towards

the end of the season. Alex managed to master his bowling style as it grew ever more consistent. Expect to see some maiden overs delivered next season. Jason Gillespie in the making. Team works makes the dream work!

Joe Everett ‘JoeJoe’: passion for the game

is evident in this young boy’s performance this

season. A keen batter, ﬁelder and bowler. He

showed potential greatness in his bowling and was sure to take a wicket each game. His batting improved weekly and he consistently managed to get a few boundaries each week. No doubt a mini Brett Lee in the making – not just the hair mate! Leave nothing behind!

Jack Putter ‘JP’: what a start to the season for