2017-2018 Annual Report
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ENGADINE DRAGONS 59TH ANNUAL REPORT CRICKET 2017/2018 CLUB INC ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 2 We invite you to join with the Management Committee, the members and the players of the Club, and our sponsors in sharing this report with us. We thank all those who have contributed to its compilation and production. It gives us great pleasure to support all those who play this fine Australian sport and hope that through our efforts we can promote not only the game but encourage the participation of local residents and children to be part of our Club. The Management Committee. ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 2 ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 3 COMMITTEE 2017/18 EXECUTIVE President: Jim Lee Vice President: Brad Moreland Secretary: Neil Croker Treasurer & Public Officer: Col Berry MANAGEMENT Assistant Secretary Juniors & Intermediate: John Sheehy Junior Registrar: Doug Ritchie Assistant Secretary Seniors: Adam Pascoe Senior Registrar: Adam Pascoe Property Officers Uniforms: Antony Goodman Publicity Officer: Michelle Ritchie Equipment: John Westlake Special Projects Promotion Officers: Chris Moreland & Officer: Bob Price Tim Russell Coaching Co-ordinator: John Sheehy Committee: Steve Jones & Greg Ings SUB-COMMITTEES & REPRESENTATIVES Anzac Youth & Recreational Centre Committee Delegates: Steve Jones & Bob Price Sutherland Shire Junior Cricket Association Inc Delegates: Neil Croker & Jim Lee Sutherland Shire Cricket Association Delegates: Adam Pascoe Newsletter Co-ordination & Publication: Michelle Ritchie Web Master: Ian Latham Social Media (Facebook): Tim Russell & Chris Moreland LIFE MEMBERS Barry McManus (1966) (Dec’d) Greg Knowles* (2008) Harry Robbins asm (1978) Allan Lofthouse (2008) Ray Noakes (1980) (Dec’d) Paul Waddell* (2008) Col Keenan (1982) Peter Ward (2008) Mike Fordyce (1984) Col Berry (2009) Alf Lemmon (1985) Glen Hickey* (2009) Clem Heffernan (1992) Bill Ziegler* (2009) Bob Vannan (1994) Dennis Pendergast (2010) Val Tever (1994) Anthony Gleeson (2011) Ken Tever (1994) (Dec’d) Rob Knight (2011) Russ Waddell asm (1996) (Dec’d) Graham Price* (2011) Bill Knowles (1998) Brad Moreland (2013) Bob Price (1999) Steve Jones (2015) Greg Heffernan* (1999) Stuart Slack* (2016) John Carlisle (2002) Matthew Carroll* (2018) Ian Latham (2003) Chris Moreland* (2018) Drew Lake* (2004) Note: * next to the name represents life membership awarded for 25 years of playing service with our Club. ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 3 ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 4 SPONSORS ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 4 ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 5 HONOURS 2017/18 SSJCA REPRESENTATIVES WEBLIN SHIELD MOORE SHIELD CAWSEY SHIELD CREAK SHIELD Corey Moors Lachlan Brownscombe Koby Lillis Kobey Freer Josh Sheehy Hayden Lindsay Lachlan Ritchie Luke Ritchie Tom Sheehy U16 PRESIDENTS U15 PRESIDENTS U12 PRESIDENTS U10 DEV SQUAD Dane Coombs Hamish Jacka Zane Bell Tyson Burke Tyler Cusson Riley Edwards Lucas Sheehy Angus Knight Lachlan Snell Lachlan McKenzie Alex Trenberth MOLLIE DIVE SHIELD Maeve Martin Bianca McKenzie SSCA REPRESENTATIVES TELEGRAPH SHIELD Matthew Berry, Tim Berry, Josh Kedwell SSCA & SSJCA COMPETITION HONOURS PREMIERS – B2 (JW), B3, 16C, 12A, 10A, 10F MINOR PREMIERS – B2 (JW), 16C, 14D, 10A RUNNERS UP – 14D SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES PSSA SYDNEY EAST Kobey Freer CPS MacKILLOP Maeve Martin CIS PRIMARY Lachlan Ritchie SYDNEY DISTRICT GRADE REPRESENTATIVES SUTHERLAND DISTRICT GRADE CRICKET CLUB Nick Amos, Ben Dwarshuis, Dylan Croker, Joshua Johnston, Alex PLAYERS Lee, Luke Maloney, Andrew Ritchie, Harry Tattersall, Louis Whitehouse SUTHERLAND DISTRICT CRICKET CLUB Nick Amos, Josh Johnston, Alex Lee POIDEVIN-GREY PLAYERS SYDNEY GRADE CRICKET PLAYERS Daniel McLauchlan (St. George), Brad Simpson (Bankstown), Matthew Simpson (Bankstown) SYDNEY GRADE CRICKET AW GREEN SHIELD Brad Simpson (Bankstown) PLAYERS SYDNEY GRADE CRICKET POIDEVIN-GREY Brad Simpson (Bankstown), Matthew Simpson (Bankstown) PLAYERS CRICKET NSW REPRESENTATIVES NSW BLUES Ben Dwarshuis OTHER REPRESENTATIVES SYDNEY SIXERS Ben Dwarshuis KING XI PUNJAB Ben Dwarshuis AUSTRALIAN U16 TEAM Brad Simpson AUSTRALIAN T20 SQUAD Ben Dwarshuis ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 5 ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 6 OUR PREMIERS Premiership winning Teams – 10A, 10F, 12A, 16C, B2 & B3 OUR RUNNERS UP 14D Minor Premiers & Runners Ups ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 6 ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 7 PRESIDENTS REPORT In a season of great change the Dragons performed brilliantly both on and off the field. Premiership wise, this was one of our best seasons for a long time and congratulations to the following victorious teams – 10F, 10A, 12A, 16C, B2’s and B3’s Commiserations to the 14D’s who were beaten by the better side on the day. Playing numbers were fairly similar to last season. We fielded 11 junior teams and 7 senior teams. Most pleasing was the number of U10 sides, 4 in total. These players are the future of the club and I believe our good relationship with the other local winter codes helps us to attract the young boys and girls to the game of cricket. Like other sports the game has had to re define itself and work towards accommodating people’s changing lifestyles. In recognition of time poor parents cricket Australia, NSW Cricket and the local association have implemented changed formats. The initial stages commenced this season and saw the scrapping of the U8 competition and introduction of the Saturday morning T20 Blast held at Kareela playing fields. We fielded a combined U8 team with the Como club and from what I saw the T20 blast was a successful introduction to those new to cricket. Other changes were introduced to the U10 age group. Reduced field sizes, overs and team numbers were the major parts adapted. General feedback seems to be fairly positive towards these changes. Next year my understanding is the U12 age group will also have some format changes to provide greater participation. The season also saw the transition from the Cricket Online Scoring software to MyCricket. There were the usual problems with moving to other software platforms however at season’s end everyone seemed to have adapted to the new scoring software. While mentioning Cricket Online I would like to personally thank its architect and developer Tom Croucher. Tom spent many years with various junior clubs in the shire as well as on the SSJCA. Cricket Online was perfectly adapted to the Shire’s cricketers. As they say you don’t miss something until it has gone and this year showed that especially in the earlier part. We have a couple of ex Dragon’s juniors going great guns in the cricketing world. Nick Amos, in his second year of grade cricket with the Sutherland club, made his debut in first grade mid way through the season. Well done Nick, your hard work and dedication shows what can be achieved. Another ex-Dragons junior Ben Dwarshuis had a fantastic year with the Sydney Sixers in this season’s Big Bash and was rewarded by being picked up in the Indian Premier League by the Kings X1 Punjab franchise. Ben was also selected in the Australian T20 Squad. Another couple of our players were awarded life memberships. Congratulations to Matt Carroll and Chris Moreland on your achievement. ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 7 ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 8 Once again we saw a dramatic increase in organisations sponsoring our club. A huge thanks goes to Tim Russell and Chris Moreland who keep on bringing the sponsors in. I would also like to acknowledge and thank the sponsors of the club. They are listed in this yearbook. Thank you also to all the parents who put their hands up to coach, manage, grade, select and help out with their respective teams. The game does not function without your input. I would like to thank our executive - Neil Croker, Brad Moreland and Col Berry for your tireless efforts. Thank you also to Doug & Michelle Ritchie, Anthony Goodman and John Westlake for the time spent carrying out your committee roles. Thank you to Ian Latham who put the yearbook together and made it possible. It was also nice to see Ian back again coaching one of our junior teams after a rest for one season. Well done to those players finishing their junior careers. Good luck with those moving on to senior cricket whether that is playing local men’s cricket, Shires or Grade Cricket. I’m sure you will have fond memories of your time in juniors with the Dragons. In closing let me once again thank everyone for their contributions to another successful season. All the club news and events are available via our website and Facebook page. The Club looks forward to seeing you again next season. Jim Lee President ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 8 ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 9 PLUS FITNESS 24/7 ENGADINE 2 Waratah Road, Engadine NSW 2233 - 9548 2004 - [email protected] ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 9 ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 10 SECRETARIES REPORT The 2017/18 season will go down as one of the most successful seasons in the clubs history – four Junior Premierships (10A, 10E, 12A & 16C’s) and two Senior Premierships (B2 (JW) & B3). Commiserations to our 14D’s who were beaten in the Final after having an outstanding season finishing as Minor Premiers. Prior to the start of the season the SSJCA & SSCA decided to move onto MyCricket to align with the requirements of CNSW. This had a major impact on our registration process and I would like to thank Michelle Ritchie and Ian Latham for entering all the player registrations into MyCricket. Congratulations to Chris Moreland and Matthew Carroll on becoming the club’s 32nd & 33rd Life Members. Both players started playing for the club in 1993/94 and have continued to play the past 25 years. After 8 seasons as the Clubs Uniform Officer, Anthony Goodman has decided to step down. During this period Anthony was instrumental in introducing the Club’s new Supporter Shirts and Jackets.