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nd EDITION 49 Saturday 22 January 2011 website www.walkervillecc.com.au

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WALKERVILLE CLUB NEWS Congratulations, Will Walker on playing his th 100 game for Walkerville last weekend. This SEAFOOD NIGHT is a really impressive effort and we all hope The Seafood night, which unfortunately was Will has a few years left in him and continue to postponed for this weekend has been re play for our magnificent club scheduled for Saturday night 19th February. Please make sure you keep this weekend free and ASSOCIATION NEWS book a table to support the WCC. There will be Walkerville CC would like to congratulate James more information to follow in coming Valente whom was selected in the Under 15 ATCA newsletters. North Side …Congratulations James, all the best.

PRESIDENTS REPORT WCC PLAYER CODE OF CONDUCT The season is half over and it does not feel like Please remember to complete your Walkerville we have played any cricket at all. I cannot Player Code Of Conduct and return to the Club as remember in 40 years of Adelaide Turf a season soon as possible. This is a requirement of all our with rain interruptions like this year and it not players so if you have not received one please only affects all the players but also certainly is a speak to your team captain this week. drain on the clubs turnover with many Saturday’s

being washed out and players having to help out NORMAL TWENTY20 COMPETITION with the home chores (no doubt they would The Walkerville Bakery Cats will play on Tuesday rather be down the club discussing the game). nights starting at 5.20pm playing 3 minor round games. All that being said our season in most grades has They will be – still been disappointing – I know Damian our club Tuesday 14th December vs Flinders Park @ captain is doing everything possible to gain some Flinders Park wins and avoid relegation – a lot of hard work last Tuesday 11th January vs Grange @ Walkerville year went into being promoted and it would be Oval disappointing should the unthinkable happen. Tuesday 25th January vs Woodville South @

Walkerville Oval. We did cancel our seafood night last year due to

weather etc – now is the time to support our quiz The winner from this group will progress night on the 29th Jan and seafood night through to the next round so once again get rescheduled for the 19th Feb. These are the areas there and support the lads on these Tuesday that players/partners can help our hard working nights. social committee to make the rest of the season successful. You can only imagine how hard it can defeated by Woodville South 214 be to reschedule social evenings and for that (Cowland 3/64) reason let’s get behind Mike, Lampy and Craig to make their lives easier. C1 – ROUND 7 VS GRANGE AT HOOPER OVAL This is the hard part of the season – support is important in all areas of the club – mainly from Score: Walkerville 194 the players/parents and supporters and coming (Sarson 74) back to the club on Saturday after games or defeated by Grange 206 turning up to the functions. The club will only grow from the strength of its members – lets not waste the best facilities in the competition and LOC – ROUND 6 VS FLINDERS UNIVERSITY AT lets get something out of this year. FLINDERS UNIVERSITY

Good luck to all for the rest of the season. Scores: Walkerville 9/141 (Lamp 44) Kym Reid defeated Flinders University 121 President. (Mareolas 4/33, Laube 3/33)

GRADE CAPTAIN’S Under 17’s – ROUND 7 Scores: Walkerville 207 In the previous few games, all of you have (Cotter 74, Faik 76) stopped sending in match reports. So this defeated by Golden Grove 238 round’s newsletter is going to be rather baron. (Cullimore 4/78) It would be helpful if you did send in a match report, not only to give a summary of how the game went, but to acknowledge good ROUND 7 – WRITE UP’S performances/accomplishments, etc. B GRADE Up and coming Milestones An overcast, damp day greeted the Walkerville Congratulations to Will Walker who played his th boys as they turned up to Leger Reserve for their 100 game in round 7 for the club on the round 7 clash with Woodville South. Due to club weekend. Will has been a great servant and room renovations a portable room was the order ambassador for Walkerville as both a player and of the day and came in handy after the warm up club man. as rain began to fall. We were allocated an Also congratulations to Paul Reid who played his th umpire for this top 4 clash, which is normally a 75 game in round 7 to qualify him for Life good thing. The start was delayed ½ hour to as Membership at the club. the toss was decided. Yet again Matho won the toss but uncharacteristically decided to bat (on a Up and coming Milestones wet day – what was he thinking!!!!). The Darcy Wright 149 games opportunity was there for plenty of runs on a firm Iggy Mareolas 149 games pitch with persistent rain making the conditions a Leo Panzarino 99 games little slippery for the bowlers.

ROUND 7 – REVIEW The rain was constant, which then started to affect the batsmen as our innings kicked off. It A1 – ROUND 7 VS WOODVILLE SOUTH AT wasn’t the best start as we lost Foxy and Mal WALKERVILLE – early having the cats 2/12 but Orbie and Matho Walkerville 121 steadied as the day brightened moving the score (M. Reid 35) into the thirties until Orbie was dismissed. Young defeated by Woodville South 9/380 Connor and Panz were adjudged LBW in back to (Lee 4/57, Walker 3/54) back deliveries leaving the Cats in all sorts of trouble at 5/35. Mild mannered Kim Brown B1 – ROUND 7- VS WOODVILLE SOUTH AT walked to the and joined Matho in a LEDGER RESERVE rebuilding 40 run partnership before he was given Walkerville 115 and 3/65 out caught at slip of his toe. Unfortunately there (Mathieson 53 no) (Panzarino 30 no) wasn’t much resistance from the Cats and they were bundled out for 115 with Matho 53 no. and Kim Brown 21. A few tough decisions that went LOC – ROUND 12 VS GOLDEN GROVE AT against the Cats but 115 was always going to be HARPERS FIELD hard to defend. (29th JANUARY) This is where the true Walkerville spirit came to LOC – ROUND 13 VS BYE the fore with Chainsaw and Bucko ripping through the Woodville top order having them 4/3 of 5 Around the Grounds overs. Chainsaw unlucky not to have a hat-trick and 4 for the match as again a decision did not go the Cats way for a close LBW shout. Some big hitting brought quick runs for Woodville but both Darcy and Panz put a stop to that with Panz claiming another scalp and unlucky not to have 2 with a shocking stumping decision not given by square leg. At the close of play they were 5/62 and the game was in the balance.

A bright sunny day greeted the Cats as they set Will accepting the signed stump after playing out defending their modest total. First ball off his 100th game for the club the day from Panz was an edge down leg side just out of the reach of Browny which could have been a match winning start however Woodville gradually eked out the runs. A couple of but the runs were flowing until it was over, they had past our score. Not much more to say after that other than one guy for them hit 98 in their score of 214. I must admit I was one who did not clap his innings as he was the one at square leg the week before. Anyway with about 40 overs to face the Cats lost 2/2 at the start but then steadied to be 3/62 at the close of play about 25 Darcy looking enthralled by the action minutes too early.

One of the most frustrating games I have captained in recent times for many reasons these include my teammates, opposition and umpire but like in cricketing terms it should all even itself out in the end. We have a big game this week against Pooraka where the Walkerville spirit has to come to the fore from the first ball.

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ROUND 8 nd (22 January) WALKERVILLE SUBS 2010-2011

A1 – ROUND 8 VS FLINDERS PARK AT FLINDERS PARK RESERVE SENIOR SUBS 2010-2011 Special Rate-If paid by 21/10/10 $260.00 BI– ROUND 8 VS POORAKA AT WALKERVILLE Normal Rate -If paid after 21/10/10 $310.00 C1 – ROUND 8 VS PEMBROKE OS AT HASLAM OVAL Concession Subs (Student/Unemployed) – Special Rate-If paid by 21/10/10 $200.00 ROUND 12 Normal Rate -If paid after 21/10/10 nd (22 January) $230.00 3. Where forecast temperature is 42 degrees **Cost of Senior/Concession Subs includes a ATCA Extreme Heat Guide is implemented and all Walkerville “Blue Shirt” and match ball fees. grades are abandoned. Subs do not include the Walkerville CC Presentation Night at the end of the season. For full details about the Junior and Senior Heat Policy’s please refer to the ATCA website JUNIOR SUBS 2010-2011 Junior Subs (U9, U11, U13)-$160.00 PLAYERS CODE Junior Subs (U15) - $160.00 Junior Subs (U17) - $190.00 CODE OF CONDUCT/CLUB EXPECTATIONS Note that where a junior plays senior cricket, Walkerville Player Code of Conduct no additional subs are available. As a proud club with a long history the Walkerville C.C. has forged a reputation as a Payments can be made in person to The Club who plays hard, tough cricket but with in Treasurer or your team captain by cash or the spirit of the game. cheque, made out to “Walkerville Cricket Club”. Walkerville C.C. is a respected club within Alternatively you can make arrangements to pay Adelaide Turf competition and it is your subs via electronic funds transfer. Please expected that this be continued by the current speak to the Treasurer for further information. generation of players. We play to win, Peter Hewish (Treasurer) but we play in the spirit of the game! NOTE – Walkerville Cricket Club is a non-for- profit organization and is NOT registered for Club Expectations GST. GST is not included in any amounts listed. As a member of the Walkerville C.C. it is expected that every player support the club through the following: • Being a financial club member. WALKERVILLE CLUB APPAREL • To play by the Walkerville C.C code of conduct. Walkerville Club Apparel • Attending club trainings, or informing the appropriate people of your unavailability For any Walkerville Club to training. Merchandise see Leo. • Wearing the appropriate clothing to Available for purchase training. • To be a positive team mate during games Walkerville Blue Club Shirts - $30 and at training. Walkerville Training Shirts - $30 • Attend Saturday matches by the set time Walkerville Training Shorts - $30 in the team you have been selected to play in. Walkerville Baggy Blue Hats - $45 • Wearing the appropriate club clothing to Walkerville Floppy Hats - $20 games and while playing. Walkerville Jackets - $65 • Provide a quality afternoon tea when playing in a home match. Walkerville Game Day Shirts - $45 • Attend Saturday night club match presentations. • Support club functions. • Being a good club man! HEAT POLICY - ATCA CATS TEAM RULES Please refer to the ATCA Heat Policy below:- • Have PRIDE in your CLUB and in your TEAM. • Be positive and encourage each other in all 1. Where forecast temperature is 38 degrees or areas. lower, normal playing conditions apply • Home is our fortress. We do not lose at home. 2. Where forecast temperature is 39-41 degrees • Attend all trainings or notify the right ATCA Extreme Heat Guide is implemented and person. amended playing conditions apply in all grades. • Play hard, positive, aggressive cricket. • Playing with passion for your club will win you matches. Under 15’s Remember no-one means to make a mistake so Round 7- Walkerville 116 (Ferrall 32) and 2/115 back yourself and believe in yourself and most (van der Sommen 39 no, Ferrall 39) importantly ENJOY. Defeated by Eastern Suburbs 202 (Saint 4/21)

Under 17’s JUNIORS Round 7- Walkerville 207 (Cotter 74, Faik 76) defeated by Golden Grove 238 NEXT ROUNDS (Cullimore 4/78) Under 9’s Round 7- Walkerville White- vs Payneham Red at Payneham Oval Walkerville Blue- vs Payneham Blue at Fitzroy Community Oval

Under 11’s Round 7- Walkerville White- vs- Payneham Knights at Wellington Oval Walkerville Blue- vs- Athelstone at Leroy Oval

Under 13’s Round 7- Walkerville White- vs- Kensington

Gold at Col. Waite Oval Gardening tips with Carlo Walkerville Blue- vs- Hectorville Blue at (Spoken in a campy voice) Walkerville Oval Hi guys, Don’t forget to maintain the backyard as well. It is important to have a well kept front and back Under 15’s yard Round 8- vs- BYE

Under 17’s Round 8- vs- Para Hills at Silver Stream Oval #1

RESULTS Under 9’s Round 6- Walkerville Blue 3/74 (cc) defeated Walkerville White 6/53 (cc)

Under 11’s Round 6- Walkerville White 8/106 (cc) Words of Wisdom With Mick Sarson (Cox 33 n.o) If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea... defeated Golden Grove Gold 9/86 (cc) does that mean that one enjoys it? (Darley 3/6)

Round 6- Walkerville Blue 3/172 (cc) defeated Ingle Farm District White 4/142 (cc)

Under 13’s Round 6- Walkerville White 5/50 (cc) defeated by Payneham 4/107 (cc)

Round 6- Walkerville Blue Bye

WALKERVILLE LOOK – ALIKES McKay (Vic) Swan (Qlds) Cutting (Qlds) LAST WEEKS LOOKALIKE – Do you think Craig Jervies looks like South Spinners African All-rounder Jacque Kallis? Hauritz (NSW) Of the 510 responses, 509 replied No clearly Smith (NSW) Kallis has too much hair. The one who voted yes O’Brien (SA) voted in the wrong competition Doherty (TAS) Beer (WA) ------Holland (Vic) THIS WEEKS LOOKALIKE’S Wicket Keeper Haddin (NSW) Paine (Tas) Hartley (Qlds) Manou (SA) Wade (Vic)

Allrounder Watson (NSW) Do you think Paul Reid looks like Gladstone Small? McDonald (Vic) Please forward your YES or NO answers to: D.Christians (SA) [email protected] Hastings (Vic) 1.______PICK YOUR ASHES TEAM 2.______3.______

4.______This is your change to be an Australian selector 5.______Pick your best 12 to take on the Poms in this 6.______year’s Ashes. 7.______Don’t forget to nominate your captain. 8.______Pass on your Australian 12 to Panz via Email [email protected] 10.______

11.______Batsman 12.______Katich (NSW)

Ponting (TAS) Clarke (NSW) ASHES COMPETITION M.Hussey (WA) North (WA) WALKERVILLE ASHES 2010-11 CRICKET PLAYER Hodge (Vic) COMPETITION D.Hussey (Vic) Hi all, as keen cricket fans I am sure you have C.White (Vic) been closely following the pre battle talk Khawaja (NSW) between the Aussies and the Poms for this year C.Ferguson (SA) Ashes series. M.Klinger (SA) The battle for begins with Australia S.Marsh (WA) playing England in a 5 Test series starting at the Cowan (TAS) GABBA on the 25th November. Hughes (NSW) We are looking for 11 keen cricket enthusiasts who are interested in being involved in a players Bowlers sweep stake. Siddle (Vic) That way the competition will work is as follows: Hilfenhaus (Tas) ♦ It will cost $50 to play ($10 per test) Bollinger (NSW) ♦ $80 prize money per test = $400 in prize Johnson (WA) money over the 5 tests. George (SA) ♦ Over all winner (person with the most points) Stark (NSW) gets a bonus $50 Harris (QLDS) ♦ The club makes $100 from the competition. S.Clark (NSW) ♦ Prize money after each test – 1st place most points $50 / 2nd $20 / 3rd $10. That is 3 The world according to Rowdy winners out of 11, good odds. ♦ Each cricket team comprises of 11 players and you will be allocated a player from each team. ♦ A player number and team will be pulled out of a hat on a nominated date and location. Example player 3 Australia meaning that on the day of the first test the way the 2 teams are drawn up in order will correspond

to the player you get for the rest of the If you want to see the world like me, you need to series. So in this case it would be Ricky party with a Peter Riccardi, just ask me what it Ponting or if you drew player 11 England then is. you could have Finn. ♦ Each player will score points as follows - for every run, catch, wicket or direct run out your play scores points. 1 run = 1 point 1 wicket = 15 points 1 catch = 10 points 1 direct run out = 20 points Example - Johnson takes 5 wickets for the match, 1 catch and makes 32 runs he will READER FEEDBACK have scored a 117 points.

The Australian player you draw will score you Please contact Ian Mazure-Johnstone at positive points while the English player you [email protected] for any reader comments. draw will score you negative points.

Example – if Ponting scores 120 points in the

first test and the English player you have

drawn, say Strauss score 100 points then your total for the test match is 20 points. This way you will be cheering harder and louder for the Australian players and booing more for the Poms!!! How the Grinch tried to steal Christmas ♦ Now in the case of a player being injured or omitted then the player who comes in to replace that player now becomes your new player. ♦ After each test an email will be sent out to up date everybody on how their player fared and where they line up in the battle for first prize. ♦ There is prize money after each test so you are 3 out of 11 chance to get something. ♦ After each test match awards are as follows - 1st prize is $50, 2nd prize $20, 3rd prize $10. Unfortunately another year has passed and I If you are keen to take part in this Ashes Player was unable to steal Christmas. Never the less Competition it is important that you notify Leo this year will be the year I finally steal either by phone (0413638540) or email [email protected] before Monday the 22nd November. Remember you must also be financial to take part so it is important that you pay. There are only 11 places so get in quick. Good luck and I look forward to hearing from you soon, Panz

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Player Matches Points

Lee, Andrew 8 405.00 Because Kim Said Grapentin, Nigel 7 303.00 Ayliffe, Mal 7 267.00 Plaistow, Jimmy 6 263.00 Mareolas, Iggy 9 258.00 Miller, Damien 8 239.00 Panzarino, Leo 7 235.00 Brown, Kim 6 220.00 Knowles, Brett 6 218.00 Wright, Darcy 7 217.00 When driving stay on the left hand side of the Laube, Simon 6 215.00 road Dicheria, 8 214.00 Anthony Lamp, John 9 201.00 Buckley, Simon 7 197.00 Hewish, Peter 6 183.00 Manno, Carlo 8 181.00 **Points are awarded as normal for A, B, C Grade 2 week cricket. For the LOC 1-dayers the points are graded as 2/3rds as there is an opportunity to play double the number of games.

Puzzling Thoughts with Miller

MJ’s Fashion Tips

How do all of those people fit inside the radio? Once again Miller ponders the mysteries of the world.

How does it work?

To all those who doubted my fashion advice, It seems that I am now an international trendsetter. Everywhere I went I saw people with tears in their jeans. OK most were women, but there were a few men with torn jeans. The look is spreading.

I could never work out how birds fly????

The answer to that complex question is wings!!!!

Pick up moves with Adam

Man of Mystery, Dan Powell I normally like to dominate the conversation Interesting fact – Dan Powell trained two but the ladies like a man who listens. So bite nights in a row: that’s right a Tuesday and the bullet and let the ladies rave on and nod Thursday night!!! He spent the next 3 days your head a lot. They will think you really recovering. care!!...... then you can nail them!!!!

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Favourite Movie – Flash Dance, So You think you can Dance is another favourite and i love Dancing with the Stars. Favourite Food –I am a fan of salads What People May Not Know About You – I do one man Peter Allan tribute show in old people’s homes, they love my rendition of ‘When my baby goes to Rio’. Future Aspirations – To perform my dancing moves in front of a worldwide audience. I have

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------All-time XI - Australia Australia's Best Cricketing XI Week 2 Can you match the cricket experts in picking the all time best Australian XI? Masters in the middle Below is the panel of judges who will decide who they The toughness of Border and Boon, the style of Harvey believe is Australia best all time XI. and Chappell - which of them makes it to the side? Do not ignor the older players who may not be well Peter English known to a younger generation but who were stand out players of their time. Text size: A | A Good Luck. The categories are as follows: This batting engine room purrs with 10 talents, and if The Opening Batsmen - 2 choosing two openers was hard, picking the core of the side Middle Order - 3 will be even more difficult. After scanning through the list it's tempting to want all of them. Only seems a Allrounders - 1 certainty, boasting an unrivalled career over 20 years, but in Keeper - 1 this field cases can be made for leaving everyone out. Spinners - 1 Fast Bowlers - 3 and were responsible for pushing Australia to the top of the world, but are their deeds with the Australian Expert Jury bat good enough to earn places? and Mark Malcolm Conn Chief cricket writer of the Australian Waugh were almost peerless as stylists and their output was Mike Coward Among Australia's longest-serving, best respected cricket impressive, while could end his career as Test writers; writes on the game for the Australian. cricket's leading run-scorer. Warwick Franks Writer, historian and former editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia and co-editor of The Oxford Companion to Looking back to the first half of the 20th century, Charles Australian Cricket Macartney and Stan McCabe were capable of ruining attacks, Cricket historian, writer and archivist. Author of the definitive and stepped up between 1948 and 1963 to earn history of , and of the Australian cricket board. the tag of the country's greatest left-hand batsman. Finally there is , one of Australia's toughest and most Cricket historian and writer. His books include acclaimed uncompromising players. biographies of and Jack Iverson, and the definitive history of the Kerry Packer era. The balance of the team becomes important here, with three or four options available depending on whether you want the

allrounder, which will be voted on next, to qualify for the middle order.

Jim Maxwell The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's most experienced cricket commentator. The contenders

Don Bradman If he doesn't make it, the

argument will have to be as flawless as his Peter Roebuck Former captain of Somerset. Columnist with the Morning Herald and Cricinfo among other publications. run-making. His record has proved

unmatchable in more than 130 years of Tests.

Allan Border The modern saviour of Christian Ryan Cricinfo columnist, former editor of Wisden Australia, and author of Golden Boy, a biography of Kim Australian cricket, Border dragged the team

Hughes from the bottom in the 1980s while picking up a then world record of 11,174 runs.

Chloe Saltau Cricket correspondent for the Age in Steve Waugh Nobody has been tougher or for whom she covered the 2003 World Cup, the 2005 Ashes and other events. more focussed in the pursuit of prizes. One of three Australians in the 10,000-run club, he

became a great when he changed from flashy to fierce. Phil Wilkins Former cricket correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald. Greg Chappell Graceful, elegant and out of the modern world when it came to batting beauty. He stepped down in 1984 with a century, matching the way he arrived 14 years earlier.

Ricky Ponting Australia's most successful batsman since Bradman, he has the most centuries by an Australian and is far from finished as one of the current greats.

Stan McCabe Played three of the most ferocious innings - at the SCG, and - and was remembered in awe by his team-mates. A brutal driver and hooker.

David Boon A solid man with a thumping heart, he was fearless against the best fast bowlers in the business. Most of his 7422 Test runs came when Australia desperately needed them.

Charles Macartney The Governor-General was in charge either side of World War I, flaying attacks during his 35 Tests and earning comparisons with Trumper.

Neil Harvey A batsman for all conditions who could conquer all bowlers. Started as a fresh 19-year-old and bowed out with 79 Tests and a reputation as the nation's best left-hand batsman.

Mark Waugh A stylist who eased his shots but remained tough enough to stay in one of the country's best sides for more than a decade.