ECC Annual Report 2015/16
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Annual Report 2015/16 Annual Report 2015/2016 1 CONTENTS 3. OFFICE BEARERS 5. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 9. TREASURER’S REPORT 13. SENIOR TEAM REPORTS 14 PREMIERS 16 PREMIER RESERVES 17 SENIOR B 18 SENIOR C 19 PRESIDENTS 20 CRAZY HORSES 21 TWILIGHT 22. JUNIOR TEAM REPORTS 23 UNDER 18 24 YEAR 9/10 25 YEAR 7 WARREN CHAPMAN 26 YEAR 6 RAEWYN COWIE 27 JUNIOR SKILLS 28. AWARDS 32. TEAM PHOTOS 42. SPONSORS 2 Office Bearers 3 PATRON Barry Frost LIFE MEMBERS Mark Benefield Brynley Goodger Harold Butler John Hartley Steve Chapman (posthumous) Ken Hjorth Warren Chapman Frank Lancaster Dave Cosgrove John Molesworth Raewynn Cowie Kevin Williams Barry Frost Wayne Young THE COMMITTEE Club Chairman Kris Baker Senior Chairman Milan Jasarevic Senior President Nigel Wall Secretary Corey Parr-Thomson Junior Chairman Shane Wilson Junior President Matthew Cowie Communications Manager Celia Cavanagh-Briggs Girls Co-Ordinator Andrew French Website Manager / Club Statistician Jacinth Gutla STAFF Club Manager Cameron Rope Club Development Manager Lloyd Sabin Premier Coach Dinesh De Silva Club Administrator Linda Baker Bar Manager Alannah Meikle OTHER ROLES Premier Captain Matthew Wall Premier Scorer Frank Lancaster Premier Reserve Captain Melvyn Lucas Overseas Professional Lloyd Sabin Overseas Amateurs Nursery Grade Co-Ordinator Mark Bene fi eld, Anthony Bowler Gear Co-Ordinator Alan Briggs Delegates to Ellerslie Sports Club Executive Committee Anthony Bowler and Milan Jasarevic Delegates to Ellerslie Sports Club Kris Baker, Milan Jasarevic and Avi Singh Auditor R S and A E Dew Partnership 4 Chairman’s Report 5 The 2015-2016 season proved to be yet another with the Year 3 and Year 4 teams home too. challenging one for our club on and off the field Prior to this we had Junior and Senior teams primarily due to the continued disruption with training at four different locations and games the ground redevelopment and the downstream spread across no less than seven “home” impacts this presented. Nevertheless there were grounds on game days. We have been given the a number of positives from this season such as: official word that we will be able to return to full capacity at Michaels Ave in October for the start • Growing overall club numbers 12% of the 2016-2017 season and all involved look • Successful launch of our new Junior Skills forward to seeing the ground in full use awash Program (Year 1+2) with black and yellow. • Revamped senior twighlight competition • Leading playing performances by senior At the end of the 2014-2015 season the club members at Premier level was put on notice by Auckland Cricket with • Access to our new artificial practice facilities regards to particular criteria that needed to be and the number one grass playing block achieved to satisfy the bylaws around maintain • Strengthening of our junior school Principle Club Status. For the club to maintain relationships – in particular Pt England School their Principle Club Status for the 2016-2017 • Junior representation at District and Auckland season we needed to achieve the following by playing levels the end of the season just gone: • Notable performances by our Presidents and social grade teams • Bylaw 1.2 (a), (Playing Numbers), no less than • Mark Benefield receiving the NZ Local Hero of 450 playing members the Year Award • Bylaw 1.2 (d), (Playing Numbers), no less than 10 junior or youth teams Through no fault of our own the club was forced to endure a third (and what is hoped to be final) Maintaining Principle Club status was one of the season of the Council managed ground top priorities for the committee - along with redevelopment. This again meant the club managing the ground redevelopment issues would be stretched with regards to resources and ensuring the club remained financially and funding to ensure we provided the service stable. A significant amount of time and energy our members deserve. However there was a was spent across the season by a number of silver lining in that we were able to access our individuals to ensure our club was positioned as new artificial practice nets and the number one well as it could be to achieve the criteria but grass block across November. This allowed the unfortunately we were not able to secure a 10th club to bring the Premier teams back to Junior or youth team come end of season (we Michaels Ave for all playing formats and move fell one team short of this target). our Junior Skills Program (Nursery Grade) along 6 Our position was communicated to Auckland night throughout summer, Mark can be seen Cricket in April and was reviewed by the with bat and ball in hand, coaching and Auckland Cricket Board in May with the decision encouraging 5 to 7 year old boys and girls at the made to demote Ellerslie Cricket Club to Club. He also runs three awards ceremonies Community Club status based on the fact we during the season for the children and gives up could not meet the criteria of 10 junior or youth his time to co-ordinate and walk with the Cricket teams. We had provided an explanation around Club’s annual Ellerslie Santa Parade contingent. the reasons as to why we believed we had been For all these services, he was inducted as a Life unfairly compromised in our ability to meet the Member in 2009. While Mark has devoted a criteria (primarily centred around the extended considerable amount of his time to the Club, he period of the ground redevelopment – has also selflessly served the community as a something no other Auckland cricket club has policeman for twenty seven years, currently faced before) but this was deemed not to be holding the rank of Detective Inspector. In this deemed significant enough and an example had role Mark has headed up high-profile to be made. The club will now enter the investigations on matters of great public 2016-2017 as a Community Club and the interest. impacts of this change are as follows: • CITH funding from Auckland Cricket to be reduced by a third approximately • None promotion of the Premier Team from the Tom Hellaby Trophy should they win the competition if the mentioned bylaw criteria from the 2015-2016 remain outstanding Obviously the committee were extremely disappointed with the stance taken by the Auckland Cricket Board but we had no choice but to accept the decision made and start planning for the 2016-2017 as a Community Club. We are confident we can make the necessary changes required and return the club to Principle Club status in the not too distant future. On a more positive note I would like to congratulate our Junior Skills Co-ordinator and Life Member Mark Benefield who received national recognition for his 18 years of voluntary work for the Ellerslie Cricket Club. Mark was the I would also like to thank our club employees for recipient of a NZ Local Hero of the Year Award the effort and commitment they provided presented to him at a ceremony at the Ellerslie across the season ensuring the club was an Events Centre. He has been an Ellerslie Cricket enjoyable place to be and most importantly Club member for two decades, serving making sure the wheels kept turning: voluntarily on the Committee for ten years including five years as President and three years • Dinesh DeSilva (Premier Coach) as Junior Club Chairman. Deserving of • Lloyd Sabin (Club Development Manager) particular recognition are his voluntary • Linda Baker (Club Administrator) contributions as the Club's Junior Skills Co- • Cameron Rope (Club Manager) Ordinator over the last 18 years. Every Friday 7 Cameron Rope departed at the end of the The club will also be actively seeking new season and the club is currently actively looking committee members to fill vacancies left by for a replacement. those who have moved on at the season end. Lastly, I would like to thank my fellow Committee We hope you all have a great winter and come Members and senior volunteers whose work back ready to go for a very exciting 2016/17 continues to ensure that the Club runs as season. If you ever feel you need to discuss smoothly as possible. Without the numerous anything or offer your time to help our club in voluntary hours these people provide our club some way my contact email address is would cease to exist: [email protected] or please feel free to approach me if you see me at the club or • Milan Jasarevic – Senior Chairman grounds. • Nigel Wall – Senior President • Shane Wilson– Junior Chairman All the best! • Matthew Cowie - Junior President • Matt Wall – Treasurer Kris Baker • Jacinth Gutla – Website Manager, Club Club Chairman Statistician Ellerslie Cricket Club 2015-16 • Celia Cavanagh-Briggs – Communications Manager • Corey Parr- Thomson – Secretary • Anthony Bowler – Junior Skills Manager • Mark Benefield – Junior Skills Co-Ordinator • Andrew French – Junior Girls Co-Ordinator (shadowed by David Woolford) 8 Treasurer’s Report 9 TREASURER’S REPORT 2015/16 Subscriptions Subscriptions (player fees) also exceeded The 1 May 2015 – 30 April 2016 financial year was expectations in exceeding both budget and 2015. one that presented multiple challenges to myself The budgeted amount of $30,000 was considered and the committee. Having been placed on notice appropriate given the stated committee goal of by Auckland Cricket due to not achieving the growing the club's membership base, and the by- minimum required members for the 2014-15 products of achieving this goal. The receipting of season (with 409 members falling short of the $30,386 in subscriptions is the most received in required 450 members), the committee’s main the past 4-5 seasons where financial information goal was to increase the size of the club's playing is available, and at times during this period our base.