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2012 Singapore Cricket Association Women’s International Cricket Challenge INTRODUCTION Clare Cannon, Chair - Cricket Without Borders Last year, Cricket Without Borders undertook its inaugural tour to England and Singapore. I always maintained that this tour would be a one off; but the spirit of the tour, and the fun and the experiences we all had got in our blood—and so we are off again! This time it is to play in the “Girls’ Cricket Festival” in Singapore. We are deeply indebted to Saktti Mane Hammond of the Singapore Cricket Club for getting this tournament off the ground. Our thanks also to Prakash Vijaykumar of the Singapore Association for working with Saktti to bring in not only Singapore, but Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong and a Sri Lankan development team to play in the Festival. Our motto at Cricket Without Borders is: “Be bold, show sportsmanship, have fun, make friends”. This sums up how we will play the tournament. There is no doubt that we like to win, and our track record is a successful one, but CWOB is not about just winning and losing--it is about the joy of playing the game, and the way we play it. We will continue to play our unique brand of cricket which is encapsulated in Stephen Field’s “The Way we Play” ethos. Cricket, however, is only part of the experience. Singapore is a vibrant city, and we plan to enjoy as much of its culture as we can. When we played there last year, we found that the shared curry lunch was as important to the Singaporeans as the game itself. It is traditions such as these which make cricket “the great game.” Fresh from the great success of the Dunkeld camp, Stephen Field is back to coach the team again. (Stephen will have some good insights to share on some of the competition as he has previously coached the Japanese national team). There seems to be no one worth knowing in the cricket world whom Ken Jacobs doesn’t know! We may not know them, but they now certainly know about us! Ken has come up trumps with two three year sponsors in Pink Finance and Jeffrey Thomas and Partners. Cyan Sporting Images is again supporting our tour booklet, Albion has come on board with helmets and cricket bags, and we now welcome York Transport and Quick Cut Laser as supporters. We are again supporting the McGrath Foundation and travelling, and playing, in pink! We are now also community partners with the Melbourne Stars t20 franchise, and will have their star on our shirts. It is fantastic to have Nat Schilov back as team manager to keep all the team on track— somehow always smiling. A big welcome to Sarah Elliott, CWOB’s Manger Tours and Performance. It is wonderful to have Sarah on board before she heads off to her Southern Stars camp in Brisbane. We are very lucky to have someone of her experience involved with CWOB. Mel Jones is unable to join us on the tour this year as she is travelling pre Olympics with her business which represents basket ballers and netballers around the world. We are delighted, however, that Mel is remaining in the loop in her role as CWOB Ambassador. Again we welcome family, friends and supporters on the tour. It is great that you are coming along to share in the adventure. The CWOB “family” continues to grow, and the word is spreading. A fi nal piece of advice to the players: wear the uniform with pride and respect; and enjoy the cricket, the curries and the culture in Singapore! Clare Cannon Chair, CWOB ITINERARY 1ST July Depart Melbourne (6pm) Arrive Singapore (11.50pm) EVERY DOLLAR MAKES 2nd July Free Day/Light Practice/Australian High Commission function (3pm) A DIFFERENCE AT 3rd July CWOB v Thailand at the India Association Ground - 11.45am start PINK FINANCE ! CWOB v Japan at the India Association Ground - 3.30pm start 4th July CWOB v Singapore at the India Association Ground - 8.00am start Pink Finance is an Ethical and Socially Responsible Finance and Mortgage CWOB v Hong Kong at the Kallang (Singapore Cricket Association) Ground - Broking Company that will look after you 3.30pm start. and your community! 5th July CWOB v Colombo Women’s District Cricket Association at the Kallang Covering a wide range of financial (Singapore Cricket Association) Ground - 11.45 am start. services, Nicole Cannon from Pink Finance can help you with lending for all your 3.30pm - Final Playoff between 1st and 2nd ranked teams (Kallang Ground) needs. Director and Founder of Pink Finance Nicole Cannon with 3.30pm - Playoff between 3rd and 4th ranked teams (India Association Ground) Chairman and Founder of the McGrath Foundation Glenn McGrath $ Residential Home Loans Offi cial Dinner and Presentations $ First Home Buyers $ Investment Loans 6th July Friendly T20 Match between CWOB and Hong Kong - ground tbc - 8.30am - 11.30am $ Car Loans / Leases $ Equipment / Asset Finance Afternoon Free $ Commercial Loans Register your interest before 23rd July 2012 and go into the 7th July Free Day; depart Singapore for Melbourne (11.30pm) draw to win this fabulous holiday below and escape the winter chill!! Visit www.pinkfinance.com.au or 8th July Arrive Melbourne (7.40am) email [email protected] ACCOMMODATION - Parkroyal on Kitchener Road, Singapore Proudly Supporting Pink Finance donates 10% of ongoing commission to the McGrath Foundation every month in support of McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities across Australia and to increase breast awareness in young women. Pink Finance operates under ACL 392730 “THE WAY WE PLAY”AY” Cricket Without Borders playss a “fresh” brand of cricket which is all about developingdeveloping the individual skills of its players, aandnd the women’s gagameme as a whole. Our philosophy is: Be Bold Show Sportsmanshipip Have Fun Make Friends. The CWOB way of play allowss for a free fl owingowing ggameame as girls are encouraged to play theirheir shots and trytry new skills. The purpose of any game is aalwayslways about developindevelopingg the players’ cricket fi rst and foremost,most, wwithoutithout an eeyeye on thethe scoreboard. Competitivenesss is not lost, however, in this format: if you take away the “fear”fear” of the winwin/lose/lose scenario, the scoreboard will take care of iitself.tself. The winner in this format is alwaysways the gagameme itself. CCWOBWOB values respect for the game, respect fforor tthehe pplayers,layers, anandd respect for the umpires and ooffiffi cials as paramount. OOncence these are taken as given, the enjoyment of a ggoodood contest is what it is all about. The wonderful thing about cricketcket is that it is not all about being on the fi eld. Friendshipss anandd ffunun can bbee hhadad wwhilehile waiting to bat or running the ddrinksrinks - CWOB ggirlsirls always take the opportunity to talk and makeake ffriendsriends wwithith tthehe ooppositionpposition team. This is the way friendshipships are fforgedorged anandd opportunopportunitiesitiies are grasped. CWOB style is young, fresh, ddynamicynamic and feminine. The aaiaimm iiss always personal best. Back Row: Georgie North,Chelsea Moscript, Kaitlin Beardmore, Lize-Mari Mitchley, Grace Linke, Rachel Brown. Middle Row: Anna O’Donnell, Gretel Cannon, Natalie Schilov (Team Manager), Mikayla Haddow, Charlotte Killeen, Grace Cannon, Lauren Tink. Front Row: Cassie Pollock, Alana King, Stephen Field (Coach), Sarah Tatchell, Sarah Elliott (Manager, Tours and Programs). PLAYER PROFILES PLAYER INFO PLAYER INFO Name: Kaitlin Beardmore Name: Grace Cannon Date of Birth: 19/12/1994 Date of Birth: 02/06/1994 CRICKET INFO CRICKET INFO Most recent Cricket Victoria affi liated team: Under 18’s Cricket Most recent Cricket Victoria affi liated team: U18 State Victoria Academy (2011) Championships Ballarat Region team: Western Spirit Region team: Seagulls Club/s: Essendon Maribyrnong Park Ladies Cricket Club, Club/s: Dandenong Women’s Cricket Club; St. Catherine’s Maribyrnong Sports College JETS Left or right hand bat: Left hand Left or right hand bat: Right Hand Type of bowler/keeper: Right Pace Bowler Type of bowler/keeper: Right Arm Medium RANDOM RANDOM Funniest cricket moment: Playing the Harpenden Boys cricket team in Harpenden, Funniest cricket moment: There are way too many! Hertfordshire on last years tour of England - a guy casually walked right through the middle of 3 Dream Dinner guests: Johnny Depp (so I can try and get him to marry me), Channing Tatum the game. The match stopped and I had to call him over and ask him to walk outside the witches (he is just so nice to look at), Jim Stynes hats marking the boundary! - he didn’t know that there was actually a game - called cricket - going on!! Greatest fear: Let’s face it… I’m just too tough to be scared 3 Dream Dinner guests: Hamish Blake, Shane Warne and Bear Grylls. Russell Brand would be Teams you support: Western Bulldogs, Whichever team is winning at the time. lovely too!. Greatest fear: Possums Teams you support: Geelong PLAYER INFO PLAYER INFO Name: Rachel Brown Name: Grëtel Rose Cannon Date of Birth : 27/10/1993 Date of Birth: 02/06/1994 CRICKET INFO CRICKET INFO Most recent Cricket Victoria affi liated team: U/18’s Most recent Cricket Victoria affi liated team: U15s Commonwealth Pathway Gippsland Team Region team: South East Seagulls Region team: Gippsland Pride/Lightning Club/s: Melbourne Cricket Club, St Catherine’s (GSV Premiers!) Club/s: Leongatha Ladies Team, Poowong-Loch Cricket Club Left or right hand bat: Right hand U/16’s and Seniors Type of bowler/keeper: Off spin bowler Left or right hand bat: Right-hand bat Type of bowler/keeper: Right arm fast, Wicket keeper RANDOM RANDOM Funniest cricket moment: A massive thunderstorm while coaching U15 girls we consequently went rather crazy! Funniest cricket moment: Deliberately dropping one ball whilst playing against a younger team, 3 Dream Dinner guests: Shane Warne, Obama, Aristotle to only accidentally drop two more catches for the match.