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LEADING EDGE VICTORIAN TURF CRICKET ASSOCIATION (VTCA) - OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER VTCA WET WEATHER TELEPHONE INFORMATION SERVICE Saturday Competition : 9517 6688 Sunday Competition : 9517 9288 Issue 118 : Presentation Edition Editor : Daniel McNamara Email : [email protected] FROM THE EDITOR *Senior Division Back to Back Champions Yarraville Club. The Kookaburra Sports Senior Division Team of the Year is published, numerous GF articles from local news outlets are also great reading and give’s those teams who won the grand finals a wonderful record to remind them of their achievements. Included is an in-depth end of season review and sign off from VTCA President Steve WELCOME to the 118th issue of the McNamara, there is also some insightful Leading Edge, the official Newsletter of the Question and Answer interviews with Victorian Turf Cricket Association. premiership hero’s. In this issue you will find all Grand Final To the all-conquering team at Yarraville Scorecards, Best Player Medal voting Club, congratulations on winning back to details are included for all seven First back Senior Division flags, very well Eleven Grades, as well as the Final Ladders deserved. of every Grade. I wish all players and officials an enjoyable off season we’ll be back in no time. Enjoy the publication. Daniel McNamara – Editor Issue 118: Presentation Edition Editor : Daniel McNamara Email : [email protected] . The Tigers have a talented young side and they FROM THE DESK OF should be competitive in the top division THE PRESIDENT immediately, particularly if they can recruit a player with recent senior division experience. Again, credit to the might of Yarraville Club on claiming their tenth flag in a dozen years. These guys have a phenomenal record and clearly set the benchmark for all of our clubs to follow in their professionalism, their fighting spirit and their tightness in playing for one another and their ability to share in each players individual success. I take my hat off to them, they never seem to tire of success and always play their best cricket with their backs to the wall. Well done to Doutta Stars and their skipper By Steve McNamara Brenton Parchment, they pushed that game to the limit and not for a match winning century Another season has come and gone in a flash to former Victorian allrounder Will Sheridan and already preparations are underway for would have won his game. season 2018/19. Congratulations to all other premiership Having now put Presentation Night behind us, winners on your team’s success this summer, it is full steam ahead for finalising Division congratulations also to those players who have structures for next summer. been nominated in Team of the Year sides and The circulation of surveys to both club to all award winners throughout all grades. administrators and players has been a very My sincere thanks to those people who have valuable tool for planning and restructuring for worked so hard for the association throughout next season. the past year. Thank you to all of those who responded, your Our executive of Secretary Deanne Trewin, input has been extremely invaluable. Some Treasurer Zoran Havrenek, Grounds Manager interesting observations out of the surveys has Josie McNamara have all worked very hard to been the different views by players to bonus maintain the high standards we continue to set. points and this will be an area to be again Two great additions to the board this year have looked at. been Joe Polzella and Neil Howard. Both these It was pleasing to see relative newcomers guys have come in with some great ideas and Sunshine get up and win a flag after some lean have been keen to contribute their vast years for their club in the VSDCA. knowledge and experience. Similarly the old It was also good to see Seabrook have some stager, Bill Wringe. success in both 1sts and 2nds after some tough Well done for the outstanding work put in by years. our Umpires Department this year led by Westmeadows and Deer Park have been Umpires Director Stuart Edwards and his threatening and on the verge for a while now sidekick Gary Houston. We still need to do and have enjoyed some premiership success. It more with our umpires, but we are getting will be interesting to see how these teams there. progress in the higher divisions. May I finish by wishing everyone an Sunshine United have enjoyed a season to enjoyable, safe and restful off season. remember, not only claiming the North / West Looking forward to seeing you all soon. Division premiership but also the Association wide T/20 Kookaburra Cup. Issue 118: Presentation Edition Editor : Daniel McNamara Email : [email protected] So that was the VTCA 2017/2018 season done and From The Secretary’s dusted. Enjoy your off season. By Deanne Trewin During the season we have had ball tampering, players gone with 12-month bans, people called SENIOR DIVISION cheats, public outcry and players crying crocodile tears – NO wait that was the Aussie players and FINAL LADDER Cricket Australia not the VTCA. We had players front the tribunal – wouldn’t it be Yarraville Club 121.20 nice if we could go a whole season where no one gets reported. Umpires wearing the wrong shirt, Seddon 120.90 clubs wearing colors instead of whites. Bonus points and whether we should or shouldn’t have Doutta Stars 115.04 them. Discussions, opinions and comments on Facebook about start times, covers and weather. In some divisions the final 4 was not decided until the Keilor 85.88 last home and away round. We had the umpires show their support when one of their own was dealt Spotswood 82.44 some bad news. Clubs again were happy to support Pink Stumps Day. Weather also played a part in Strathmore 73.55 some rounds not going ahead either too hot or too wet. Greenvale 64.57 One thing that was fantastic to see was our Inaugural Women’s Division, proudly sponsored Tullamarine 44.51 by Deer Park Club get under way this year. The Ladies wore colors, some used their kids gear, Kookaburra Senior Division some of the ladies had been the mum on the side lines whilst their kids played and had never played @ Donald McLean Reserve before, by all accounts the ladies have had a blast playing. With three clubs being able to field 4 Yarraville Club 6/226 (cc) sides, hopefully a few more clubs can get on board DEF next season. Overall, I think our season went well. We had the Doutta Stars 10/222 (cc) T20 finals at Laverton which was a great day, B Tupper 50* BA Parchment 4/76 weather gods were nice to us and congratulations to Sunshine United in taking out the VTCA/T20 S Wigmore 69 BA Parchment 66 Kookaburra Cup. Apart from one day of not so W Sheridan 112* good weather during the course of the Grand final weekends all games got a result, so congratulations L Ingram 52 ES Bronca 7/50 to the clubs that are Premiers for season 17/18. For those club officials that are stepping down, it has been a pleasure. To my family – thank you for your support. Issue 118: Presentation Edition Editor : Daniel McNamara Email : [email protected] probably the most amount of balls I’ve faced in my CLUBBERS DOWN life. DOUTTA ON WAY TO “But it was very, very satisfying. BACK TO BACK FLAGS “Backs against the wall and any time you perform in a final or any game at all for this club, it’s WHERE there’s a will, there’s a way. special.” Without Will Sheridan, powerhouse Yarraville Club might not be celebrating its eighth Turf Cricket Senior Division premiership in the past 10 seasons. It’s a remarkable record, and former Victorian player Sheridan delivered a remarkable match winning innings under immense pressure in the decider against Doutta Stars. The 30-year-old took 266 balls to craft an unbeaten 112 after the decider stretched into the fourth day * Emmett Bronca and Yarraville Club celebrate a after rain forced play to be abandoned without a wicket. ball being bowled on Saturday. It was also Sheridan’s maiden century for the club The Clubbers resumed at 6-155 on Sunday in and came after Stars captain-coach Brenton pursuit of the Stars’ first-innings total of 222. Parchment had destroyed the top order. Sheridan and Ben Tupper (50 not out) steered their team to 6-226, combining for an unbroken 131-run stand. “I wasn’t thinking much to be honest,” Sheridan said of the Clubbers’ top-order collapse. “I was just trying not to get out and playing like it was any other game. “The ball was reverse swinging quite early and we were able to combat that and put on a couple of good partnerships. “Our mantra throughout the year has been we can win from any position. Everyone in the team is really competitive.” * Will Sheridan produced a superb knock in the decider. When you consider five of Yarraville Club’s top- six batsmen contributed single figures and they were almost beaten at 5-39 and still struggling at 6- 95, Sheridan’s performance — and the support he received from Tupper — will not be forgotten in a hurry. “We were obviously under a fair bit of pressure,” Sheridan said. * Emmett Bronca celebrates wicket for Yarraville Club. “I couldn’t believe last week that I was on 70-odd not out. It just felt like I was blocking them and it’s Issue 118: Presentation Edition Editor : Daniel McNamara Email : [email protected] Yarraville Club could have been left to chase a greater target had it not been for another virtuoso DOUTTA WILL USE display from Emmett Bronca, who snared 7-50.