WWW.CMCRICKET.CO.NZ CRICKET AT ITS BEST This has been another year of building for CMCA and our successes both on and off the field have been significant. The 2009/10 season has come and gone and the final The website is fast becoming the heart of our operation tasks of the season are now complete being the and we are receiving more and more hits monthly. More Annual Report and Annual Audited Accounts which improvements are planned to make the site more user will be available the AGM on Wednesday 25th August. friendly. This has been another year of building for CMCA and Coaching in schools (Milo programme), club support our successes both on and off the field have been and representative support have all been increased this significant. season and this will benefit all players and clubs for the future. From a Counties Representative team success I would like to thank all the board members for their this was another outstanding year and I would like to work in providing the leadership for Counties- thank all the coaches and managers that assisted these Manukau Cricket. This is often a thankless job away teams. from the limelight yet it impacts on all facets of cricket both in the short term and the long term. Many of the Behind the team officials are also a group of volunteers governance matters do not have an effect on the day that contribute much to the game. This often goes to day cricket but are building blocks for the future. unnoticed but we would like to thank you all for your The board have all enjoyed the results on the cricket efforts. This group includes supporters, parents, pitches of Counties Manukau and also the results of umpires and scorers. I would also like to make a special the monthly meetings and watching the CMCA mention of all the club administration officials that put in improve. countless hours to the game of cricket to assist players of all grades to develop and enjoy this wonderful game. This season the board has focused on administration Thank you very much. structures of CMCA and with those tasks largely complete this will help CMCA progress into the future. To all those club players out there enjoying a Saturday of cricket, our task at CMCA is to make your Saturdays This coming season part of our focus will be trying to as enjoyable as possible by providing the best assist clubs to grow their game and improve. competitions and facilities to help improve and develop Trevor Gill and his team have again grown the your game. organization and improved communication with clubs The board and our staff are all looking forward the and individual cricketers. challenge of the 2010/11 season and hopefully the The major challenge for CMCA is still funding and this rewards that go with that challenge. Finally I would like occupies considerable time and effort by the staff. I to thank anyone who helped with cricket in any capacity would like to thank New Zealand Cricket and Northern as we would not have the game without you. Districts Cricket for their ongoing financial support for coaching. We still have a heavy reliance on Gaming Trust funding to pay for cricket operations and we are Roger Wark searching for other ways of funding our cricket Roger Wark operations. Chairman CMCA “Our volunteers without exception are people with commitment, integrity and although the word seems out of place - professionalism.” Our club numbers continue to grow both at senior and Welcome to the 2009/10 CMCA Annual Report which, junior level. Junior team numbers were up by 7.5%. in keeping with progress, is designed as an “on-line” There has also been growth in schools cricket with a Leadership Participation report for the first time. CMCA embraces technology Facilities total of 55 school-based teams taking part in various and sees it as an enhancement to cricket without competitions organised by CMCA, NDCA and NZ impinging on the rich tradition of the game. Cricket. In the past year we have continued with the second Finding an on-field highlight for the year isn‟t difficult. stanza of our four year game plan and in most aspects For our Under 15 Boys (this year under coach we have achieved our targets. Having had a Grahame Matthews) to win the NDCA tournament for sensational year both on and off the field in 2008/09 the third successive year is a monumental we are now all about continuous improvement- which achievement and shows that we are in good shape for is incremental improvement on all fronts- we have to the years ahead. keep lifting the bar. There are encouraging signs that our girls are The world-wide recession has impacted on every part beginning to catch up with the boys at age group of modern life and amateur sport is no exception. The Management High cricket with both girls teams achieving third place at days of sport being buffered from the realities of the their respective NDCA tournaments. & Finance Relationships Performance outside world are long gone. A special mention to the commitment of our age group CMCA (Inc) is heavily reliant on grants funding – selectors, coaches and managers. These people don‟t mainly for operational expenses but also for capital receive any remuneration at all but they perform their projects like the office base and the proposed indoor duties as though they were. Our volunteers without centre. The downturn in the world economy meant We are permanently in the international limelight with Finally, we are sorry to be farewelling Owain Jenkins exception are people with commitment, integrity and that large capex projects were all put on hold, and, individuals like Tony Hill, Ian Butler, Simon Doull, who has been on our staff for 20 months. Owain has although the word seems out of place - even worse, we had to return some of the money that Daryl Tuffey and Brent Arnel all carrying the “made in done an enormous amount of work for us particularly professionalism. we had raised for the indoor centre. However, the South Auckland” tag with them. If you are in the around our online communications and publications export business then make sure you export quality and we wish him well as he continues his overseas hiatus gave us time to look at a number of other Although our senior team didn‟t quite achieve the product- we do that. experience in Australia. possible options for an indoor training centre- we heights of last season they still managed to finish believe that the extended Karaka Sports Complex is second in the Hawke Cup qualifier and second in the I wish to acknowledge the CMCA Board. Their Kia Kaha our best choice and an indoor centre is part of the Brian Dunning Trophy. Jono Hickey (Manukau) commitment to quality governance of the local game plan for the site. We will work collaboratively with the continues his rise to the top playing in the NZ Under has lifted us to a new level. Special thanks to our Karaka Sports Complex Committee to make this 19 World Cup Team. Shane Gadsdon (Papakura) was chairman, Roger Wark, who has captained the CMCA happen. T. M. Gill also in the extended squad but didn‟t make the final Board very well for a number of seasons and last year, cut. stepped down from the Northern Districts Board after In terms of operating grants we made 40 applications Trevor M Gill a three-year term. during the financial year- up from 27 the year A number of clubs have recorded milestones. Last previous. The loss of the Coach Force funding was a year it was celebrations for Mauku CC (150 years) and Let‟s not forget our small but dedicated group of CEO real blow and we have only recently been able to plug Papakura CC (50 years). This season it was the Karaka umpires who do a tremendous job for us and play a the gap through the new KiwiSport Fund. Cricket Clubs turn to blow out the candles turning 25 significant part in developing the game. To Joe Stoupe in March. The tough year has meant that we have not been able and his team our thanks for another fine season. to build our reserves as we had anticipated but we did come through almost even in terms of cash. CRICKET AT ITS BEST “My message and challenge to you is to allow kids to experience a range of sports at a young age and don‟t be in too much of a hurry to have them specialise in just a single sport.” When Peter asked me to write some thoughts on The Pukekohe Athletics club provided me with a Bronwyn Johnson and Alan Whimp were the first There are too many other guys that were present paper about my journey from Counties Primary quality coach in John Moffitt and a lot of coaches I had, if you don‟t count the TV set that at those trainings and who were involved at all Schools player to NDCricket‟s High Performance enjoyable experiences in competing and learning was permanently stuck on Test Cricket stages of my career to mention but the Development coach it struck me quickly just how how to throw, jump and run to the best of my throughout the summer months. Alan especially experiences I had with quality players and indebted I am to the people who took the time to ability. This occurred for me between the age of 8 guided me in a „stick to the basics young boy‟ coaches were fantastic and these people made assist me along the way.