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VIKINGMILPERRA VIEWS CRICKET CLUB August 2018, 1st Edition

Summer is coming!

It’s time to start thinking about the upcoming cricket BDCA Open Day season. The kids need to start warming up their bowling arm & swinging that cricket bat in the It was a fun day for the kids & an opportunity to try backyard. Registrations are now open online to sign up cricket at Bankstown Oval. Kids participated in skill for the 2018/19 season. based activities & had an opportunity to meet the This is our new form of communication to all our family Sydney Thunder Mascots, Thor & Storm. & friends to let you know what’s going on at the club.

We would be happy to have you contribute to our newsletter with photos, stories or events that we all might be interested in & our club would like to share.

Let’s start by introducing you the 2018-19 committee.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Our AGM was held on 13th June,2018. The president thanked the current committee for their service to the club and then handed the meeting over to Jon Marsh who acted as Returning Officer for the election of office bearers and committee members.

All positions were declared vacant. Nominations for the committee for the 2018/19 season were called with the following people elected to their positions.

Executive Committee Members President: Craig Bowden Vice President

& Treasurer: Craig Holden A big thanks to Cooper & Brayden for helping promote Secretary: Daniel Cooke the club on the day. BDCA Delegate: Daniel Cooke SIGN UP DAYS in AUGUST General Committee Members: Come & see us between 11am-2pm at Ryan Fisher, Sanjay Krishan, Darren McLean Padstow McDonalds on Sunday, 5th August,

Padstow Bowling Club, Sunday, 12th August, Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, starting 7:30pm, at Padstow Bowling Club. See our flyer at the end of the Newsletter Anyone is welcome to attend & contribute throughout the season.

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New competition for our U12s to U16/17s players

During the off season the Bankstown District Cricket Association (BDCA) has been working behind the scenes with the Fairfield Liverpool Cricket Association (FLCA) to organise a stronger competition in each age group for our junior cricket teams playing Under 12s up to Under 16/17s.

The last few years have seen BDCA combine age groups We are thrilled to be part of the launch of the new to make a small competition within our district. Which Woolworths Cricket Blast programs announced by has tested the ability of the younger players against the Cricket Australia recently. older players. We are looking for kids to join the club & participant This new competition will see players playing against 6 in these new programs representing Milperra Vikings. to 8 teams their own age from both BDCA & FLCA. So if you know any young kids wanting to play cricket, The regular season will see teams from both BDCA & for the first time, this is a great place to start. FLCA play against each other. At the end of the season, Details can be found on our website. each Association will then have their own finals series between their associated clubs. JUNIOR BLASTERS

(exciting new program replacing the MILO in2Cricket There is also the possibility of the two Grand Final program) winners, from each association, play in a Championship AGES 5-7 | 60MINS game, if there is a spare weekend at the end of the Learn new skills including catching, throwing and season to do so. teamwork

Make new friends or organise a group to learn Games will be played on grounds in both areas, with together both committees aware that teams playing each other Wear the colours of your favourite Big Bash heroes in from opposing Associations will not like to travel too personalised t-shirt far to play, on Saturday mornings. They will look at

these games & place them at grounds close to the borders of each Association. MASTER BLASTERS (exciting new program replacing the Minis program) Season is due to start on 15th September, so get online AGES 7-10 | 90MINS & register ASAP, so we can organise our team. For kids with basic skills Every kid gets a chance to bat, bowl and field If you have any questions, you can contact Wear the colours of your favourite Big Bash heroes in Daniel Cooke on 0422 603 644 or your choice of coloured player cap [email protected]

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