LEADING EDGE VICTORIAN TURF CRICKET ASSOCIATION (VTCA) - OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER Vol 22. No 5. April 2014. Email to [email protected] Editor : Brian Quinn Issue No 101 VTCA WET WEATHER KINGSTON TROPHIES TELEPHONE INFORMATION SERVICE Call Ian Mann on 9580 8440 Saturday Competition : 9517 6688 Sunday Competition : 9517 9288 For all your trophy needs WELCOME to the 101st issue north. Unfortunately this KINGSTON of Leading Edge, the official precludes me from attending our Newsletter of the Victorian Turf great night which I find most TROPHIES’ Cricket Association. disappointing. None the less, I am SENIOR DIVISION As per usual, I have included all sure you will all have a sensational TEAM of the YEAR 24 x Grand Final Scorecards, evening regardless. (as voted by captains) plus match reports from INTERESTING RESULTS Here is the composite team, Premiership-winning captains. What an amazing culmination to selected by Senior Division captains, Also, Best Player Medal voting in batting order:- our season this was with some details are included of all 7 First rather interesting yet peculiar Eleven Grades, as well as the 1. Thilina MASMULLA (Sth Caulf) results, with red hot favourites 510 runs @ 46.36 Final Ladders of every Grade. getting knocked out in Semi- 2. Ross ZELEM (Old Ments) The Kingston Trophies’ Senior 609 runs @ 43.50 Finals, Grand Finals swinging like Division Team of the Year is pendulums, none more so than the 3. Jeremy BROWN (Greenvale)Capt published, and there are the 734 runs @ 61.17; 27 wkts @ 15.19 Senior Division Grand Final. obligatory statistics, from Most Having watched portions of the 4. Justin BAKER (Yarraville Club) Runs to Bowling Strike Rates, 515 runs @ 39.62 game on each of the four days, I plus articles on various players. 5. Greg TODD (Bentleigh) think I called the result six 551 runs @ 61.22; 12 wkts @ 25.58 Also, there is an interview with different times equally divided champion St Bernard’s OC 6. Scott SANDERS (Strathmore) between Yarraville Club and 554 runs @ 42.62; 22 wkts @ 13.59 allrounder, CRAIG OSBORNE. South Caulfield. It is a credit to 7. Ben HOWELL (Sth Caulfield) Brian Quinn – Editor both sides for pushing the game 509 runs @ 36.36; 20 wkts @ 21.25 ----------------------------------------- into late on day four with both 8. Nick JAMES (Strathmore) w/k 258 runs @ 19.85; 20c & 2st FROM THE DESK OF sides wrestling the ascendancy during different periods of the 9. Emmett BRONCA (Yarrav Club) THE PRESIDENT 67 runs @ 7.44; 33 wkts @ 20.33 game. 10. Shane JEFFREE (Sth Caulfield) by Steve McNamara It was disappointing that there 159 runs @ 15.90; 36 wkts @ 11.67 had to be a loser in such an To all of those in attendance at 11. Tawalampolage DARSHANAPRIYA entertaining encounter. My (Hoppers Cross) our 2014 Presentation Night, may 113 runs @ 14.13; 34 wkts @ 12.29 commiserations to all concerned at I wish you an enjoyable and South Caulfield, hold your heads Congratulations to all players rewarding evening on behalf of all high as you fought it out to the upon their selection in this, the associated within the Victorian end. I am sure your turn at a 11th Team of the Year. Thanks, as Turf Cricket Association. premiership in this division is not always, to Kingston Trophies for Regrettably due to a long far away for you guys. their support. standing arrangement with my ---------------------------------------- business’s North Queensland YARRAVILLE CLUB subsidiaries, I have a commitment Congratulations must go to GRAND FINAL Scores which requires me to spend Yarraville Club on not only Yarraville Club 169 & 134 around a month at this time each winning the Premiership but with def year, reviewing our operations up (continued page 2) South Caulfield 134 & 131 - 2 - _________________________________________________________________________________________ an hour to go in the final round, Management have worked valuable contribution that you all they would have been at long odds extremely hard on developing make, which helps ensure a let alone even making the finals. different models and structures on smooth running of this Luckily results fell their way and the composition of our organisation. It has been they fortunately made it. To then Association moving forward. refreshing with some new faces on go on and win the flag is a Working parallel with the Cricket the board, namely Satbir Singh remarkable achievement by the Victoria Review of Turf Cricket, and Zoran, who have provided players and without doubt shows the wheels of which have turned some valuable insight and what a professional organisation remarkably slowly indeed, we forthright views, particularly both they continue to be. To the have devised some options that we gentlemen having such recent club President Richie Richardson and will discuss with clubs in the involvement. committee, to Emmett Bronca and coming weeks. As yet we do not RUSSELL POLLOCK Justin Baker and the boys very have a clear view of Cricket My sincerest gratitude must well done indeed. Victoria’s initiatives if any, so we once again go to our exceptional May I also congratulate both have pushed ahead with our Administrator, Russell Pollock. Hampton and Tullamarine on their strategic review anyway. Having had to carry some of emphatic victories in South and May I thank the subcommittee Russell’s workload during his North Divisions respectively. led by Association Vice President illness prior to Christmas gave me Both sides dominated their Grand Zoran Havranek for the huge a greater insight and appreciation Finals and deservedly have earned amount of hours spent on this into the amount of work Russell their right to progress into Senior project over the season. It is a puts into this Association on a Division. I am sure both these credit to their work that they weekly basis. The time required is clubs will acquit themselves very engaged all stakeholders in their enormous and the commitment well in the top grade. interviews and discussions from provided is first class. Congratulations also to all club Presidents, committees, Obviously the pitfall of his role Premiership sides, to all finalists coaches, players, umpires, other is he is often the first point of and to all Award winners. I am associations, representatives from contact for a disgruntled club sure most would agree individual the VMCU and Cricket Victoria official to vent his anger on, often success is not as important as team and even junior players and unfairly so. success but to be named the best associations. Our thanks must also go to our player in your division or to be I would hope the model(s) put Umpires Department led by selected in Teams of the Year is a forward are approved and adopted Manager Steve Herman and wonderful honour, something to by our member clubs. It has Umpires Association President be proud of and no doubt very well always been the position of the Gary Houston. It can never be deserved. board to maintain a strong viable understated the valuable Our thanks must also go to those competition for our clubs on both contribution our umpires make in clubs who made their grounds and sides of the Yarra, and this ensuring that cricket is played in facilities available for Grand position will not change. We the best manner and their help in Finals. Having toured around accept that there are challenges providing the best possible many venues over the Grand Final ahead, we understand some clubs standard of game. weekends, I am proud of our clubs may have issues, we recognise that Undoubtedly our umpiring for the amount of effort put in to more must be done to strengthen numbers have dwindled in recent hosting of games. It was really the South – rest assured your seasons and we are strongly pleasing to hear competing clubs Board will act in the best interests committed to increasing our praising and recognising the of the Association as a whole and numbers next season by being efforts of neutral venues. I hope will consult right along the more proactive in umpire for all of these clubs that hosted journey. recruitment through various games, that your bar and canteen THANKS TO THE BOARD means, some of which from sales helped compensate for all the My thanks to all representatives valuable suggestions raised at our time and effort you put in. of our Board of Management for recent President’s meetings, VTCA – MOVING FORWARD their time and commitment during which will be adopted. It has been During the preceding twelve the past year. I am sure all clubs unfortunate and regrettable at months your Board of will join me in recognising the some stages during this season - 3 - _________________________________________________________________________________________ that on some occasions First XI Finally may I commend Brian McKinnon’s Chris Hall polled 43 in games have not had an umpire. Quinn for the valuable 2009/10. This is unacceptable and we contribution he provides through Runner-up Scott Sanders of commit that this should and will his Leading Edge Newsletter. I am Strathmore and third placegetter Ross not happen again. sure all of you enjoy reading his Zelem of Old Mentonians both polled votes in 6 games. insightful and well researched KOOKABURRA SPORTS Brown batted mostly at 3 and articles as much as I do. It often Our collective thanks must also scored 734 runs at 61.17, with 2 amazes me some of the scoops he go to our sponsorship partners for hundreds and 4 fifties. He scored provides. Thank you Brian, the their valuable contribution to our Most Runs in Senior Division, and his Association would be poorer Association again this year. Most hundreds were 129 against Old without the Leading Edge and Mentonians in Round 3, and 107 notably, Major Sponsor your contribution to it, you have against Airport West St Christophers.