Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association Inc. 107th Annual Report and Financial Statements 2014 – 2015 Registration No.: A0024532W ABN: 39 364 079 275 Website: http://vsdca.vic.cricket.com.au Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association Inc. PATRON K.W. Jacobs OAM OFFICE BEARERS President: J.W. Sheehan Chairman: P.A. O’Meara Vice-Presidents: Messrs. P.A. O’Meara, Dr. G. Hart Cricket Operations Manager: Dr. G. Hart Secretary: K.B. Hilton P.O. Box 5025, Cheltenham East 3192 Email: [email protected] Honorary Treasurer: C.R. Norris Assistant Secretary: G.P. Flack Umpiring Manager: J.G. Earle Umpires’ Advisor: P. Jensen Umpire Recruitment Manager: B. Goodman Under 15 J G Craig Manager: G.P. Flack Executive Committee: Messrs. P.A. O’Meara (Chairman), D. Anning, Dr. G. Hart, D. Priddle, J. W. Sheehan, G. Richardson, (ex Officio J.W. Sheehan, C.R. Norris) Independent Investigation Committee: Messrs. I.N. Crawford (Chairman), K.B. Hilton (Secretary), J. Bersey, B. Douglas, A.J. Pritchard, D. Reilly, D. Stewart, G. Thompson Appeals Board: Messrs. R. Laird OAM (Chairman), K.B. Hilton (Secretary), K. Carroll, E.W. Parker, D.T. Thiele Umpires’ Advocate: P. White Umpires’ Appointment Committee: Messrs. J.G. Earle (Chairman), Dr. G. Hart, K.B. Hilton, P. Jensen Rules Revision Committee: Messrs. Dr. G. Hart (Chairman), P. Jensen, C.R. Norris, D. Priddle, G. Richardson Inclement Weather Committee: Messrs. P. O’Meara (Chairman), D. Anning, D. Callahan, C. D’Altera, G. Jarry, R. Sahlberg, R. Singleton, K. Trollope Selection Committee: Messrs. P. Bain (Chairman), S. Ayres, J. Dean, S. Flynn, S. Conway Honorary Auditors: Anderson & Associates Delegates to Cricket Victoria: Messrs. P.A. O’Meara, J.W. Sheehan (Alternative Delegates: Messrs. Dr. G. Hart, C.R. Norris) Delegate to the Victorian Country Cricket League: J.W. Sheehan Honorary Solicitor: P. Ewin Honorary Historian: P. Vesty Special acknowledgement is recorded to all the above personnel who served the Association with distinction during the season. Without their efforts and dedication the VSDCA would not have operated as smoothly as it did. 2 VSDCA Annual Report 2014/15 Delegates Altona: *Neil Birthisel, Simon Jackson Moorabbin: Peter McKenna, Steven Smith Balwyn: Damian Boland, Andrew Walpole Mount Waverley: Ian Boyle, Stephen Golding Bayswater: Gary Hancock, Rohan Pollard Noble Park: Craig Ortland, Geoff Richardson Box Hill: Peter Robertson, Ken Trollope Oakleigh: Trent Shields, Allan Stamps Brighton: James Perkins-Stafford, Ormond: Sean Clark, Mathew Cousins Nathan Steele Plenty Valley: Bill Helliar, Robert Watts Brunswick: Andrew Read, Ron Sahlberg Preston: Sean Harrison, Richard Norris Caulfield: Pat Lennon, Simone Richardson Rox.Park/B’meadows Pas Sciulli, Geoff Turner Coburg: Shayne Rule, William Slattery Sunshine: Richard Denham, Alex Sorgiovanni Croydon: David Chambers, Stephen Potter Werribee: David Duxson, Wayne Plumridge Elsternwick: John Dunnachie, Bryan Hammer Williamstown: Dr. Geoffrey Hart, Graham Murdoch Endeavour Hills: David Anning, Gary Parsons Yarraville: Graham Jarry, Andrew Ramadge Ivanhoe: Alan Jones, Michael Malloy VCCL: Keith Thompson Kew: Vaughan Roberts, Ian Wallace *Neil Birthisel resigned November 2014 and was replaced by Neil Kingston Saints: Peter Knuppel, Phil O’Meara Burns Malvern: Kerry McLeish, David Priddle Melton: Ivanka Gale, Christopher Hope Jack Sheehan completed his sixth season as Association President. 3 www.vsdca.vic.cricket.com.au President’s Report I take this opportunity to thank all of our clubs, umpires and volunteers To Mr Ken Hilton, Mr Peter Flack and Mr James Earle, we thank you for all the great work done to ensure that we, as an Association, had and congratulate you all for the magnificent way in which you continue such a good season. to support the Association and its member clubs in such a professional manner. All the tasks that you undertake are carried out with the utmost Congratulations to the Ormond and Plenty Valley Cricket Clubs on of enthusiasm and competency. their outstanding achievement in winning the South/East and North/ West 1st XI Kookaburra Premierships. And to all the other Group Thank you to the Selection Committee, under the guidance of premiership winners, very well done on your clubs’ successes. Chairman Mr Paul Bain, Mr Sean Flynn (East Group), Mr Jeff Dean (West Group), Mr Sean Ayres (North Group) and Mr Simon To the Kookaburra organisation as our major sponsor, and in particular Conway (South Group) with support from Mr Phil O’Meara and Mr Leigh Watts and Mr Nathan Pilon, we thank you and your company Mr Geoff Richardson, for the great job you did throughout the year. for your continued outstanding support of our Association, it is greatly Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, the game against the VCCL, appreciated. which was to be played at Geelong over the Christmas break, had to be abandoned. We thank all the players who had made themselves To Oakleigh Cricket Club for winning the “K.G. Fewster” Club available for the game. Championship and to the Elsternwick Cricket Club for winning the Cricket Victoria Spirit of Cricket Award, well done to all members To Mr Phil O’Meara as Chairman of the Executive, Dr Geoff Hart, Treasurer Dick Norris, and all the hard-working Executive Members, The Moorabbin and Altona Cricket Clubs continue to do outstanding Mr Geoff Richardson, Mr David Priddle and Mr David Anning, I work with the Access Unlimited and All Abilities programs. And well can’t thank you all enough on behalf of our clubs for the enormous done to all our clubs who are developing women’s cricket. contribution that you all continue to give to the Association so that it can run so efficiently. Congratulations to John Anderson, Rick Waters and Brent Kremer who during the season reached a significant milestone in their sporting We thank all clubs which hosted games for the Association during the careers by playing/officiating in 200 1st XI games, and in doing so year: Kingston Saints - J G Craig Final, Balwyn - Semi Final and Final joined the Association’s 200 Game Club. of the Legends & Heroes T20 Competition and the 200 Game Club Luncheon, Caulfield - Country Week Luncheon, Ormond - South/East To Mr Neill Murray as President of our umpiring fraternity and 1st XI Grand Final and Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows - North West supported by Mr Gary White as Secretary, Mr Neville Currie as 1st XI Grand Final. Treasurer and your committee and all umpires, a big thank you for your outstanding contribution to our Association. To our Umpires’ The grand finale to our season was the R M Hatch Presentation Night Advisor Mr Paul Jensen, thank you very much for your outstanding held at the RACV Club in Bourke Street in Central Melbourne. The contribution to our umpires. Also the great contribution made by Mr steering committee of Mr Geoff Richards, Mr David Priddle, Mr Trent Brian Goodman with recruitment and assisting with the development Shields, Mr John Craig, Mr Jack Sheehan, Mr Ken Hilton and Mr Phil of our umpiring panel is greatly appreciated. O’Meara are all to be congratulated on such a great finish to the year. A special thanks to Mr Geoff Richardson for his outstanding production Sponsorship plays such an important role in not only the running of of the very impressive PowerPoint display which was once again a the Association, but also all of our member clubs, and on behalf of all highlight of the night. We also thank Mr Michael Roberts as M.C. of us we thank our sponsors so much for the financial assistance they and Mr Doug Walters as a very entertaining guest speaker, for their give. We thank Kookaburra, Cricket Victoria, Legends & Heroes, BLK contribution to a successful night. Cricket, Eagle Sports, Albion Caps, CUB, Schweppes, Bendigo Bank and G Knight Sportsgoods. The great support we get from our local The winners of the Association awards at the R M Hatch Dinner: councils is greatly appreciated by all our clubs and the Association. First Eleven Player of The Year - The Val Holten Medal winners Liam I strongly encourage all clubs to continue to communicate and liaise Murphy (Balwyn) ties with Issy Perera, Second Eleven - Jim Earle very closely with their local council representatives. Medal winner Adam Alifraco (Werribee), Third Eleven - William Tucknott Medal winner Robert Anderson (Brunswick), Fourth Eleven To Cricket Victoria and its ongoing support from Chairman Mr Geoff - Ted Plant Medal winner Matthew Bowden (Kingston Saints), Under Tamblyn, CEO Mr Tony Dodemaide, the Board Directors and all the 21 Cricketer of The Year - Anthony Gale Medal winner Ben Swift administration staff, thank you for your guidance and financial support, (Endeavour Hills). which is of great assistance in contributing to the running of our Association. We wish Geoff all the very best in the future as this will May our Association long continue its role in developing cricket in this be his last year as Chairman and Director of Cricket Victoria. state. Jack Sheehan President 4 VSDCA Annual Report 2014/15 Review of Season The 2014-2015 Season Launch was held at the Melbourne Racing Finals. Thank you to everyone connected with Balwyn C.C. for your Club, Caulfield, on Wednesday September 17 and was attended by support over the two weekends, and to the City of Boroondara for our 28 Club Presidents, Executive Committee Members, a number of the use of their facilities. We thank Allan Morrison from Legends & special guests and representatives from our major sponsors. Heroes for his ongoing support of our Association in sponsoring this competition. Once again we managed to play cricket on every scheduled Saturday throughout the season. This was achieved by the dedication of our Our Annual Presentation Night was held at the RACV Club. This was curators and council staff, and we thank them for their efforts in again an excellent night with 310 people in attendance.