Cornwall Districts Cricket & Sports Association
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Cornwall Districts Cricket & Sports Association Annual Report 2016-2017 Compiled by Dean Bartlett , General Manager 2 Contents Aim and Vision, Primary Roles 2 Annual General Meeting Agenda 3 Office Bearers 4 Sponsors & Supporters 5 Presidents Report 7 Chairman’s Report 9 Cornwall Cricket Development Foundation 13 Financial Report 15 Business Plan Review 38 Senior Club Report 48 Junior Club Report 89 Aim and Vision To deliver to members an outstanding all round cricketing experience. Primary Roles • To service and provide for the grass roots of cricket and to foster and grow cricket in our local community • To provide an environment for cricketers to enjoy their cricket regardless of age and ability. • To respect and foster the spirit of the game • To ensure all the club’s facilities are of a high quality and accessible to all members • To identify talented players within the club, develop their skills and provide a clear pathway from juniors to seniors • To provide quality coaching • To be competitively successful • To build a lifelong connection between all past and present Cornwall Members and the Club • To fulfil regional responsibilities to Auckland cricket and support the ACA’s regional and national objectives • To maintain and advance the tradition and culture of Cornwall Cricket Club 3 63rd Annual General Meeting Agenda Chairman - Ian Dee 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the 62nd Annual General Meeting 3. Matters Arising 4. President’s Report - John Ewart 5. Chairman’s Report - Ian Dee 6. Annual Accounts and Treasurer’s Report - Jon Cleland 7. Election of Officers 8. General Business 4 2016 - 2017 Office Bearers PRESIDENT: John Ewart. CHAIRMAN: Ian Dee. JUNIOR CHAIRMAN: Nick Butler. PATRON: Graham Burgess. VICE-PRESIDENTS: R.Angus, P.Bass, P.Breen, P.Burton, P.Bull, W.R.Fenton, Sir. J.Graham, M.Greatbatch, R Hopkins, G.Kasper, J.Kasper, Dr. B.Peskett, R.Potter, J.Steer, D.Storer, A.Taylor, G.Vivian, J.Waddingham, G.Walton, R.Whitelaw. LIFE MEMBERS: G.Burgess, A.Clark, I.Dee, G.Hewin, A.Magee, R.Smith, D.Wind. GENERAL MANAGER: Dean Bartlett. TREASURER: Jon Cleland. CLUB AUDITOR: William Buck NZ. CLUB SOLICITOR: John Ewart. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Ian Dee (Chairman), Nick Butler, Jon Cleland, Chris Coombe, Rex Smith, Tony Walker, Darren Wind. 5 Sponsors and Supporters Sponsors and Supporters Cornwall Cricket Club thanks the following companies for their support throughout the year: Sponsors and Supporters Cornwall Cricket Club thanks the following companies for their support throughout the year: Auckland Alarms Auckland Alarms Our thanks to the following Funding Partners Our thanks to the following Funding Partners Our thanks to the following Funding Partners 6 Our ThanksOur thanks to theto the Following following Funding Funding Partners Partners 7 Presidents Report This is my first report as President, having acceded to that high office at the AGM in June. Following such a fabulously decorated President as Mark Greatbatch has been daunting, and I thank him for his sage guidance, always administered convivially. I have taken on the role appreciating that I am but a very small and decorous cog in a very well-oiled machine. For that, I must give thanks to the Board, General Manager Dean and the many volunteers who make sure that we remain one of the best run cricket clubs in New Zealand. We were, until the 30th of March 2017, officially the best cricket club in New Zealand, having received that award at the New Zealand Cricket Awards in March 2016. For reasons I cannot understand, some other club received awarded for the current year. So, we are now unofficially the best cricket club in New Zealand. The onerous Presidential duties include hosting of the President’s lunch in November. This is a way for us to keep in contact with people who are serving or have previously contributed to our rich history. It is always held on a day when the Premier men are playing on the Number One and, this year, we were able to hold it when three Premier teams were at Cornwall: one men’s team and two women’s teams. At that lunch, the Cornwall Development Foundation awarded its second and third Crowe Family Scholarships. Avid readers of President’s reports will recall that last year’s inaugural recipient was Aniket Parikh. By this scholarship, the Foundation assists with the costs of their tertiary study talented cricketers who are also outstanding young people. Aniket has set a high standard for those that follow having made his first class debut for Auckland this year. The recipients for the 2016/17 year are Adam Baard and Tariel Lamb. Adam, came to us via Westlake High School, and has been a member of the Developing Future Aces ran by Auckland Cricket. He will be studying psychology and has been a valued member of our Premier Reserve side this season. Tariel has played for Cornwall her entire cricketing life. She has represented Auckland at under 15, 18 and 21 levels and is studying law and commerce at Auckland University. The Foundation is a growing and important part of the club’s future. If, as summer turns to winter, your thoughts turn to your own mortality, please consider changing your will to provide it a bequest. Most Presidents will tell you that the most enjoyable event on the Presidential calendar is the Annual Dinner. This year’s was in March and it was my great honour to introduce the outstanding speaker Jeremy Coney. As you would expect, he was highly entertaining. Jeremy’s rival for star of the evening was our own Laurie McIntosh, whose modelling of the auction items led many of the astute observers of modelling talent present (and there seemed to be a few) to suggest he may have missed his calling. We have been blessed with some fabulous speakers in recent years and I urge you to make an effort to join us next year. On the field, it was another “nearly” year for the Premier men, falling short against Takapuna in the one day final (despite Brian Barnard belting 34 off one over) and earnestly battling in the two day competition. Making the one day final three years in 8 Presidents Report a row is a fine effort, but a better win-to-appearance ratio would be restored were we to win next year. The Premier Reserves were runners up in their one day competition and the third team won the A1 championship in an extremely hard-fought final game against Waitakere on the number 2. That victory was followed by an equally hard- fought celebration. Sentimental favourites Cornwall & Sons thought they had tied for first place in the One Day 1B competition, only to be pipped on a count back. The experiment of two women’s Premier teams exposed many young women to Premier cricket but cannot claim to have been an unqualified success. Our playing strength can be seen in the teams our players have played for in the season just finished. In addition to Aniket, Rob Nicol, Tarun Nethula and Michael Guptill-Bunce have all played for the Aces. Katie Perkins (arguably the hardest working cricketer in the world), Liz Perry and Maddy Green have represented New Zealand and, in addition to those players, Saachi Shahri, Sarah Carnachan and Bella Armstrong have played for the Hearts. Liz Perry and Emma Fulbrook also play first class cricket (but not for Auckland). The future is looking to be in good hands with all of the following Cornwall players not already mentioned representing Auckland at age group level: Lucas Dasent, Claire Crooks, Khusboo Patel, Gemma Adams, Emily Thurman, Zara Smith, Frances Jonas and Amie Hucker. Cornwall alumnus, Rebecca Yee, was the recipient of the award for Best Female Engagement Strategy at the just passed New Zealand Cricket Awards. But female engagement strategies run in her family. Winter well, and remember that you can enroll for next year’s season on 1 August 2017. It’s not that far away. John Ewart Cornwall Cricket Club President 9 Chairmans Report While the 2016-17 playing season was not a vintage one for Cornwall Cricket, there were many positives to be taken from the season. Numbers continue to increase both in Junior and Senior cricket. During the previous two years the Club has enjoyed an increase in participation numbers of 21% for junior players and 25% for seniors. These percentage increases are considerably ahead of the overall growth statistics provided by ACA who report an increase of 2.5% in the current year. From the senior club perspective we can take satisfaction from the final outcome which will see, for next season, the Club retained in the top eight for Premier cricket along with, for the first time, two teams competing in Premier Reserve grade. In addition, a consolidated Women’s Premier team will regain the competitive strength somewhat diluted this year. The inability to bowl teams out in two day cricket severely disadvantaged the Premier Men team, however, they again demonstrated skill in the shorter forms of the game by reaching the quarter-finals of the T/20 competition and for the third consecutive season, were finalists for the Jeff Crowe Cup 50 over competition. The Premier Reserve team were runner up in their one day championship and led the two day competition for the majority of the season, only to fall away towards the end, but still finished a creditable fourth. The experiment of entering two teams in Women’s Premier cricket was not as successful as hoped. In the long term, the experience gained by those exposed to top club cricket for the first time will likely prove beneficial.