ANNUAL REPORT 2016 – 17
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Contents Club Overview ...... 2 Office Bearers 2016 – 17 ...... 2 President’s Report ...... 3 Treasurer’s Report ...... 4 Juniors Report ...... 7 FIRST GRADE ...... 11 SECOND GRADE ...... 12 THIRD GRADE ...... 13 FOURTH GRADE ...... 14 Women’s Cricket 2016/17 ...... 15 Under 21s ...... 16 Season Awards ...... 17 Perpetual Awards ...... 19 Most Runs in Grade – Pop Rogers Trophy ...... 19 Most Wickets in Grade - Bruce O’Sullivan Trophy ...... 19 Junior Player of the Year – Fordham Trophy ...... 19 Most Improved ...... 19 Women’s Cricketer of the Year ...... 19 Tom Anderson Medal ...... 19 All Rounder – Robert Wilkinson Trophy ...... 19 Jules Vitnell Medal ...... 19 Club Person of the Year – Robert Wilkinson Plate ...... 19 Player of the Year ...... 19
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Club Overview
Newcastle City and Eastern Districts Cricket Club Inc. is an incorporated sports club. This club was formed in January 2001 following the amalgamation of Newcastle City District Cricket Club and the Eastern Districts Junior Cricket Association. Our teams play in the Newcastle District Association, the Newcastle City and Suburban Association, and the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association competitions. Office Bearers 2016 – 17 President John Hodgson Senior Vice President Trevor Van Kemenade Junior Vice President Ross Leonard Treasurer Adrian Mannel Secretary Julie Vitnell Assistant Secretary Penny O’Shea Junior Secretary Ross Leonard Junior Registrar Yusuf Badat Committee Member Bryce Garrett Committee Member Ryan Van Kemenade Committee Member Jordy Van Kemenade Committee Member Steve Garrett Committee Member Mark Conway
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President’s Report
The 2016/2017 season will be remembered as rebuilding and development year for Newcastle city. The club changed courses and focused on fostering local talent and growing the junior base while expanding our involvement in women’s cricket. This has led to a productive year for the club off the field with economic growth and expansion. Results continue to be flourish in the junior section of the club with another strong representation in the finals and some amazing premierships. The senior section of the club didn’t have the success it hoped for with the club featuring in the City and suburban finals only. The departure of Mitchel Clayton led to a change in skipper in the top grade with Jack Downing earning the appointment. This I believe was a positive change for the club with a new found enthusiasm to both training and game day spreading down the grades. 1st grade toiled hard this year earns some impressive victories over some top quality teams. For the first time in many years city struggled to get results in the lower grades however the plus side to this was the emergence of the next generation of talented city cricketers. This can be reflected in the success of the 21’s side coming second in there pool and being extremely close to the final. The foundation of that team are well below the age limit which bodes well for the future. While results didn’t always go our way the effort, attitude and the culture of the club shifted in a direction that will see positive results in the years to come. Newcastle city has continued to embrace and expand on our involved in Women’s cricket. This season saw the return of our all girls junior team as well as involvement in the inaugural women’s social competition. The success of our junior girl’s team has been reflected in the numerous representative players that achieved success this year. Speaking of the representative season, city featured in a number of representative teams with many players doing the club proud. Our continual commitment to fostering talent will hopefully lead to many more selections in the coming years. Congratulations to the enormous list of players. I want to again welcome Old city legend Tom Anderson and Lyle McGuigan to the club as our full time coaches for next year. This was a conscious effort by the club to continue to develop our talent and provide a solid structure to trainings and games. We are looking forward to working with them this season. Another key component to City’s success has to be our sponsors. A special thanks to all who have helped this year and in previous years their amazing contributions and relationships with the club make playing cricket in our equipment and in our facilities possible. We appreciate what you do and what you contribute. To finish I want to especially thank our amazing committee members and associates. The success we have starts here and the people involved have continued to volunteer their time to make what we do and what we play easy. Thanks for a great season City boys and girls. Onward and upward. John Hodgson
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Treasurer’s Report
The season proved to be a pretty good one off the field. The club saw an increase in sponsorship dollars thanks to some hard work and promotion. As always the cost of playing continues to rise but the club is improving its position to try and keep registration costs to players as low as it can. Once again the club this year focused on some other luncheons (where we looked after raffles/auction items), the Toyota Raffle and a couple of social fundraisers. Items to note in relation to the financials are: • Registration was down to a reduction in junior teams and more junior players in seniors being subsidised this season. • Sponsorship has been strengthened with new sponsors coming on board this year. • Cricket ball expense was higher due to more games being played, some balls on hand for 2018 and in the 2016 season we had a higher level of cricket balls to start the season with. • Grounds and maintenance expense and the equipment expense was in relation to work done on Empire Park nets, money spent in relation to the grants, training gear and curating items. The club would very much like to thank all the sponsors in both the senior and junior levels. Without these sponsors the club couldn’t run so we very much thank them for their contributions and ongoing support. I would like to thank all of those on the committee and in particular Greg Hook for assisting me throughout the year with the finances as well as working on the sponsorship, clothing and luncheon aspects. Some key people I would like to make special note of are Steve Garrett for his fantastic work with sponsorship and grants, Penny for her work on promoting the club (in particular the newsletter) and others like Bryce, the Van Kemenade’s & Hodgo who have contributed to the club greatly again. On a personal note it was a huge honour to win the Anderson medal and I aim to continue to do my bit for the club and see the club take steps to the next level with the many great juniors we have coming through and the appointment of Tommy/Lyle as coaches. Let’s hope next season can continue on the good work of the past couple of years and be a great success on and off the field.
Adrian Mannel
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Juniors Report Teams There were a number of significant changes again this season. Our three Under 11 teams trialled the new formats that Cricket NSW is planning to introduce across the age groups over the coming seasons. We also had the introduction of the Sixers Girls’ Under 13 competitions on Friday evenings, with one of our teams playing before Christmas and two after Christmas – a total of 23 girls participating. Our club is leading the development of girls’ cricket in Newcastle and Johanna Case is the driving force behind this success (along with Tommy Anderson of course with the older girls). We had 6 teams again playing T20 Blast at No. 1 Sportsground on Monday nights (56 players in all). One of these was an all-girls team. We also had another successful year with the young ones at Milo in2CRICKET (48 players in all). Our thanks go to Kylie Read, who ran Milo again this season (partly at Learmonth Park and partly at No. 1 Sportsground) and to all the juniors and seniors who lent a hand. We had 14 teams playing competition cricket on Saturday mornings from Under 11’s to Under 17/18’s, the highest number of any junior club, with 170 players. Coaches and Managers We thank the coaches and managers of all our teams for the great job they did, with special recognition for those coaching our lower grade teams, whose job is arguably more difficult, looking after players with a variety of abilities. The coaches of our six T20 Blast teams were Kylie Woods (Yellow), Pal Langworthy (Red), Dan Mitchell (Blue), Susan Boswell (Pink – Girls), David McRae (Green) and Justin Walsh (Purple). Our Saturday competition team coaches were:- Under 11 Blue Division 1 – Scott Edden, Craig and Kathryn McGrath Under 11 Red - Division 3 – Dan Mitchell and Paul Langworthy Under 11 Green - Division 6 – Andrew Farthing and Kylie Read Under 12 Division 1 – Stephen Wills, James Grove and Peter Shultz Under 12 Division 3 – Mark Burns and Elke Ryssenbeek Under 13 Division 1 – Glen Lyons and Peter Sylow Under 13 Division 2 – Chris Wharton Under 14 Division 1 – Cameron Hainsworth and Richard Tate Under 14 Division 2 (Girls) – Tommy Anderson and Lyle McGuigan Under 14 Division 3 Red – Paul King and Steve Connors Under 14 Division 3 Blue – Michael Foster and David Donnelly Under 15/16 Division 1 – Andrew McTaggart and Jock Carter Under 16 Division 3 – Grant and Liam Case Under 17/18 – Darren Castle and Yusuf Badat. Junior Sub-Committee This season we lost a few of our committee – Steve Connors, Bob Macansh, Mary Anne O’Sullivan and Scott Neely, while our ex-president, Russel Fowler, had to cut back on his activities, concentrating on sponsorships. The remaining committee - Ross Leonard (Secretary/President), Andrew McTaggart Page | 8
(Treasurer), Yusuf Badat (Registrar), Tommy Anderson (Gear), and Kylie Read (Milo and General) – were however well supported by some new committee members – Johanna Case (Clothing and Girls), Anne Wiseman (Grants and General), Michelle Power (Working with Children Checks and General) and Paul King (Balls and Grounds). Sponsors Thanks to our sponsors this season who were:- McDonalds King St Quanto Quantity Surveyors Kingsgrove Sports Hunter Maintenance Painting Harris Kelly and Associates Lawyers IH Construction Group ABC Orthodontics McTaggarts Chartered Accountants Team Results We had 14 teams again playing in the Saturday morning competitions. 10 of these made their semi-finals and 3 (Under 11 Division 3, Under13 Division 1 and Under 14 Division 1) were minor premiers. Under 11 Division 1, Under 12 Division 1, Under 14 Division 2, Under 15/16 Division 1 and Under 16 Division 3 were defeated in their semi-finals. So we had 5 teams winning through to their grand finals. Under 11 Division 3 kept their undefeated season intact with a narrow 5 run victory. Under 13 Division 1 lost by 3 runs in a nail-biter against Tigers when our last batter was caught on the boundary in the final over of the match. Under 14 Division 1 won their fourth successive grand final, despite a late order fightback by old rivals, Charlestown. Under 14 Division 3 Blues hit a (reverse sweep) four of the first ball of the last over to beat Wests. Finally, our Under 17/18 team took a catch near the boundary off the last ball to defeat the very strong Charlestown team by two runs in another pulsating match. So - four grand final winners! Improvements We successfully completed the replacement of the netting and the installation of new gates at our Empire Park nets. We thank Michael O’Sullivan for his assistance in having this work done at a favourable cost to our club. The other big improvement this season has been with the club website, where information and photographs of the juniors has been greatly improved. Thanks Penny! Club Trophy Winners Winners of our club’s perpetual trophies were:- Fielding Award –Will Lawrence – Under 14 Division 3 Blue Wicket Keeping Award – Matthew Estall – Under 14 Division 3 Blue Batting Award – Abbey Taylor – Under 14 Division 2 Girls Bowling Award – Alexander Sylow – Under 13 Division 1 Young Cricketer of the Year Award (Tommy Anderson Trophy) – Alexander Sylow – Under 13 Division 1 Older Cricketer of the Year (Bruce O’Sullivan Trophy) – Jay Garrett – Under 17/18.
Major NJCA awards went to Alexander Sylow – Champion Player in Under 13 Division 1 and Maddison McGuigan – NJCA Female Player of the Year.
Representative Cricket Our club had 27 players who played representative cricket (plus another 11 girls in Margaret Peden) during the season. A total of 19 (not including Under 16’s, who will trial later) players from our club have been chosen in representative train-on squads for 2016-17.
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Special mentions go also to the following players who progressed above the DCA and IDCA representative levels:- Clare Webber – Under 15 ACT/NSW Country Girls, Under 15 State Challenge Girls, Combined Catholic Colleges Open Girls. Abbey Taylor – Under 15 State Challenge (side won National Championships), Picked for CA testing for spin bowling. CHS NSW 2nd 11 (Schools), Under 18’s. DCA U15’s Batter of the Year. Jack Hartigan – Under 14 State Challenge and Under14 Kookaburra Cup. Cooper Southam – Under 13 State Challenge and Under 14 Kookaburra Cup. Angus McTaggart – Under 14 State Challenge. Jake Hainsworth – Under 14 State Challenge and Under 14 Kookaburra Cup. Ahmad Badat, Cal Fowler, Aidan Galvin and Lewis Hextell – Under 16 Bradman Cup. 27 of our current juniors also played grade cricket for City and acquitted themselves well in various divisions, including first grade. Looking Ahead For next season our challenges include:- - Maintaining our player numbers - Maintaining or increasing sponsorships - Finding new committee members - Trying to get more assistance for inexperienced coaches - Trying to get the most suitable grounds for our teams to play on and fighting to keep Darling St Oval from a soccer takeover - Completing renovations to Empire Park nets. - Renovating Empire Park nets.
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FIRST GRADE
A season of change for 1st grade this year. With one win more and finishing one spot higher on the ladder than the previous year there were lots of positives to be taken away. With a youthful side competing in this years 1st grade we had a number of young guns shine and a number of seasoned city boys step up and perform.
Our British Imports Kai Appleby and Ed Wharton took out the batting and bowling awards for the club (respectively) and it was truly a pleasure having these two step up and lead by example.
Ryan Van Kemanade had a fantastic year again showing why he is one of the best young players in our competition.
We had a number of chances to stamp our names in the competition this year however the weather had other ideas and left us questioning "what if?".
With young players like, Sam O'Sullivan, Ahmed Badat, Lewis Hextell and Liam Whitehead (to name a few) having great debut first grade seasons our club is heading in the right direction for 2017/18. And with the inclusion of two experienced club coaches for the upcoming season, Newcastle City Sabres will be ones to watch in 2017/18!
Jack Downing
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SECOND GRADE
2nd grade saw itself in a rebuilding phase with 7 players retiring or advancing from their 2015/16 squad. This however allowed numerous players to take their shot at securing a position for the season. The team quickly developed with the vast majority of players being local juniors. The season was up and down with some big wins against the top clubs but some loses to teams we felt we should have beaten. This was always going to be the case however as the younger players developed and tried to find consistency. It was this inconsistency that led to second grade missing the finals for the first time in a number of years. The growth however of the young players was pronounced with many players being blooded in first grade and a lot of grade individual performances. Will Davis, Wilson McTaggart both secured maiden second grade half centuries and Sam O’Sullivan, Cal Fowler and Lewis Hextell taking 6 wickets in an individual game apiece. So while second grade did not produce the success hoped it did unearth a lot of new talent and the future looks bright.
John Hodgson
Matt Krevs
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THIRD GRADE
2016/17 was always going to be tough season for City 3rd grade, following their grand final triumph the year before. The team started the year with just 3 survivors from that premiership team, with the loss of players from the top 2 grades seeing a number of the leading players, including Jonty Major, Ahmed Badat, Will Davis, Lewis Hextell and Adrian Mannel to name a few, playing up in 1st and 2nd grade. After 1 game, Liam Whitehead would also join them. However, through all of this, it allowed a number of new emerging juniors the chance to play 3rd grade. By the halfway point of the season, the team had only recorded one victory, however by this stage, a number of these new players were finding their feet, and their confidence grew. The team went undefeated through the back end of the season, with weather (rain and heat) ultimately costing the team a place in the semi-finals, with the team disadvantaged by draws when in game winning positions, or washouts after already completing a first innings victory. However, despite this, the signs for the future were extremely positive. City new comer Tim Heuston proved himself to not only be a quality all-rounder, but a fantastic club man, Jay Garrett’s batting went from strength to strength as he developed the patience required to compile big scores, Mitchell Gray continued to take wickets for fun, Aidan Galvin showed all the traits required for a successful career in the top grades, Jordan Parker’s enthusiasm bodes well as he gains greater consistency with his bowling, Simon Hills’ bowling now has the hall marks of a leader of an attack, whilst young Louis Rothfield and Jack Lyons showed immense potential. I’d like to thank Kurt Stevens and Grant Case, who were wonderful as senior players for a team full of young players, and Mark Conway, John Hodgson, Sam Brentnall, Brent Ingham, Wilson McTaggert and Ashley Mould for their contributions both on and off the field when they were down playing with 3rd grade. Finishing 6th, just 4 points out of the semi-finals, was a fantastic result for the team, with endless positives coming out of the season. The future of City bodes well, with many of our junior players experiencing success in the top 3 grades, and mixed in with our seasoned players, a return to the semi-finals in the top grades is not far away. See you in 2017/18! Brendan Gray
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FOURTH GRADE City started their 2016/17 campaign with a one-day match against Charlestown – a thumping 9 wicket loss brightened only by the debuts of Millie Kohl, Andrew and Angus McTaggart and Ethan Case. A two-day match vs Uni followed, with Jordan Johnson and Brad Odell combining to restrict the students to 157. Well placed at 1-22 at the end of day one, sadly the weather intervened and day two was a washout. City didn’t have to wait much longer to chalk up their maiden win of the season. Speaking of maidens, opening the bowling against Cardiff were Jasmine Goode and Jordan Johnson. The pair shared 3 wickets between them, with Millie Kohl also snaring one and the wily Brad O’Dell taking 3-16 to restrict Cardiff to 134. City reached the total in a canter, with handy contributions from Lawson Castle (30) and Cam Johnson (30). Frustratingly, another washout against Uni ensued next up before City put in their best effort all season with a nail-biting win against a strong Toronto outfit. Brad O’Dell (5-11) turned back the clock and was virtually unplayable at times. Millie Kohl, ripping some useful leggies, provided able support with 2-23. Chasing 130 for victory, City were immediately in trouble at 3-11 before Dan Helium Henry strode to the crease and blasted a quick-fire 55 to get City home with 4 wickets and 2 overs to spare. A dramatic tie against Stockton followed. Batting first, city scored 180, with the skipper (40), Dan Henry (34) and a born-again Tom Anderson (27) all providing useful contributions. At 1-50 in reply Stockton were coasting before that man Brad O’Dell again came to the party, finishing with 6-31 and taking the final wicket with scores level. A thumping defeat followed against Merewether. City were in all sorts at 9-40 before debutant Jake Hainsworth (27no) calmly dominated a 10th wicket partnership with Andrew McTaggart (17) that allowed City to at least have something to bowl at. Defending 88, early wickets were key, but Merewether cantered to victory four wickets down. City finally put together a complete batting display next up against Waratah, with Jock Carter (58), Greg Douglas (35) and the skipper (76) all contributing to a total of 263. In reply, Waratah lost regular wickets before succumbing for 134. The star of the City bowling attack was workhorse Andrew McTaggart, who bowled 16 overs pushing into a stiff breeze and finished with a well-deserved 6-23. A match against the strongest side City faced all season followed against Hamwicks at Hawkins Oval. The home team batted first and were impressive in tallying 260. City bowled well without luck, with the pick of the bowlers being Richard Tait (4-56) and Jasmine Goode (2-35). In reply City were always behind the eight ball, ending up 90 runs short. For a third time this season, City were again denied a likely win against weaker opposition against Wests, who were bowled out for 127. Old timers Troy Arnold (4-18) and Andrew McTaggart (3-15) bowled effectively in tandem. Chasing quick runs, City were 6-107 at the end of day one, with wet weather preventing any play on day two. A high scoring affair against Belmont was next up, with Belmont batting first and reaching 243. Debutant Jack Lyons was impressive with the ball (2-29), as was the wily Millie Kohl (2-34). City started strongly in reply, anchored by an impressive 80 by Greg Douglas and a disciplined 30 by Millie Kohl. A flurry of wickets followed before Tom Anderson (23 not out) steadied the ship and steered City home with successive boundaries. The final round against Wallsend was a washout. For only the second time in the past 9 seasons City missed out on the semi-finals – with a number of washouts against weaker teams ruining our chances of sneaking into the four. Overall however a mixture of youth and experience again made for an enjoyable season. A special thanks to the number of friends and family who regularly showed up to cheer the guys and girls on each week. Matt Krevs
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Women’s Cricket 2016/17 With the introduction of the inaugural Sixers Women’s Social Cricket, Newcastle City entered three teams in the amazingly successful 20 team competition. Run over a period of six weeks from late January 2017, on Sunday afternoons, at three locations, the competition was an outstanding success with most players indicating they would return next season. City’s three teams – The Wicket Witches, The Peanut Gallery, and the aptly named Newcastle City – all had a marvellous time learning new skills, getting in a bit of fitness, meeting new people, but most of all, having fun. A big thank you to the club who provided all team members with the now much sought after pink logo Sabres caps, to further promote our club and our support of women’s cricket. Thanks also to the many supporters who braved the sometimes torturously hot temperatures to come and support their mums (and grandmas), wives, girlfriends, and friends. All indications are that another competition will run in the coming season and we can’t wait to get out there again. We are the boys girls. Penny O’Shea
Wicket Witches (white), Newcastle City (blue), Peanut Gallery (red)
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Under 21s
The Under 21 campaign kicked off in November against Toronto at Ron Hill Oval. It was not our strongest side but we were confident we could beat Toronto. We won the toss and elected to bat. We were losing wickets regularly due to good bowling by them and some poor shots by us. Newcastle City dismissed for 86 inside of 30 overs (Jordi Van Kemenade 30). The day didn’t get much better as their top order punished our bowlers around the park. Toronto reached our target 2 wickets down inside 18 overs. Two weeks later and it was time for our second fixture of the season and we were away at Waratah Oval with a point to prove. Waratah had won the toss and elected to bat first on what looked to be like a very good batting wicket. Sam O’Sullivan was the best of the bowlers with figures of 6/35 off 8 overs. He bowled fast and straight and was too good for the Waratah batsmen. Wilson McTaggart and Will Davis kept things tight from the other end and picked up useful wickets as well. Waratah were dismissed for 129. Mitchell Nesbitt and Davis opened up the batting looking to get the boys off to a flying start. It was smooth sailing until Nesbitt fell for 48. Kai Appleby came to the crease to get the team over the line to claim double bonus points. Newcastle City 1/130 (Davis 33*, Appleby 36*). Round 3 we were away at Townson Oval to face Merewether. We sent Merewether in to bat first as we thought the pitch might do a bit early. All of our bowlers showed their class in a dominating performance. O’Sullivan again was the best bowler with 4/12 off 8, RVK 3/25 and Appleby 2/19. Merewether were all out for 90. We aimed to set the same tone with the bat against Merewether as we did with Waratah. Appleby and Nesbitt opened the batting and bullied the younger bowlers around and over the ground to reach the target of 91 in 12 overs and claim double bonus points again. (Appleby 42, Nesbitt 41*) Round 4 was expected to be a tougher fixture against Wests. We won the toss and elected to bat first on a solid Learmonth deck. It wasn’t the best of starts by the boys 4/38. Ryan Van Kemenade steadied the ship with a match winning century showing his class. He was finally dismissed for 111 off 109 deliveries. Thanks to RVK and smaller contribution from Nesbitt 27 and O’Sullivan 20 we batted out the 50 overs to reach 193. We thought this was probably 30 runs short of where we were hoping to be. Wests had a strong top order and we knew we would have to bowl well. Wests had a good start sitting 1/50. It was time to take some pace off the ball, Appleby and Aiden Galvin were introduced into the attack and changed the game once again. These two bowled tight lines and the fielding was textbook and now Wests were 7/90. They were soon to be all out for 114. Galvin 3/24 and Appleby 4/28. Our final game was a must win clash with Stockton at home. Rain delayed the start of play but we were willing to wait as we needed to win to have any hope. The match was reduced to a 35 over a side game. We sent Stockton in to bat due to the weather and the pitch being a bit wet. Stockton were dismissed for 90 in tough batting conditions. The wickets were evenly shared amongst the bowlers. Stockton 90 (RVK 2/18, O’Sullivan 3/15, Galvin 2/23 and Appleby 2/16). Bonus points were needed and Appleby was not messing around taking 20 runs off the first over. He hit 5 maximums in his 55 off 34 before being dismissed. We reached the target one wicked down. City 1/91 (Appleby 55, Nesbitt 25*) It was a great Under 21 campaign by the boys. We performed at a very high level whilst having fun. Well done to Sam O’Sullivan for taking the most wickets in this years Under 21 competition. A big thanks to all the parents for helping with preparing lunches, scoring and washing the one-day kit. Finally, with the talent that was shown throughout the 2016/17 season I expect to see the next group of players coming through to win this competition in the years to come.
Mitchell Nesbitt
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Under 21’s
Dennis Broad
A tough season of DB this year but one that could have been a heap better with two very narrow losses. Game 1 vs Merewether - with plenty of unavailabilities we were always facing an uphill battle against the eventual finalists but the highlight from our side was Troy Arnold (35) smacking the ball all over the park. Merewether ran out winners with 7 wickets in hand. Game 2 vs Belmont - a game that ended up being quite low scoring saw us manage to scrape together 116 with Grant Case (42) and Mark Conway (25) doing most of the hard work. Belmont started well but Aiden Galvin (4/16) tore through them including a hat trick ball which saw Cal Fowler launch himself in the outfield and grab a classic catch. Unfortunately, a lower order resistance and a couple of missed chances saw Belmont get the runs with one wicket left and 2 balls remaining. Game 3 vs Toronto - another low scoring classic saw us get ourselves to 81 on a soggy wicket thanks to Wilson McTaggart (25) playing a great middle order innings. Toronto tried to attack from the outset which ended up with us picking up regular wickets with Aiden (2/13) and Lewis Hextell (2/16) being the pick. Another lower order resistance and some missed chances saw Toronto grab the win with one wicket and 3 balls remaining. Big thanks to all those who helped scoring, getting gear sorted, watching/supporting and playing this season. Great to see so many youngsters stepping up and Aiden Galvin in particular bowling brilliantly in all three matches. I believe next year we can build on that and have a real crack at getting to the finals! Adrian Mannel
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Season Awards
D4’s Award Winners Batting - Leigh Peters – 443 runs @ 49.22 Bowling - Leigh Peters – 18 wkts @ 13.39 4th Grade Award Winners Batting - Matthew Krevs – 267 runs @ 33.38 Bowling - Bradley O’Dell – 23 wkts @ 12.22 3rd Grade Award Winners Batting - Jay Garrett – 234 runs @ 26.00 Bowling - Mitch Gray – 21 wkts @ 6.62 2nd Grade Award Winners Batting - Adrian Mannel – 231 runs @ 28.88 Bowling - Lewis Hextell – 16 wkts @ 8.7 1st Grade Award Winners Batting - Kai Appleby – 449 runs @ 26.41 Bowling - Ed Wharton – 37 wkts @ 15.08 100 Club Bryce Garrett Vs Stockton 2nd Grade 149 Ryan Van Kemenade Vs Wests U21s 111 6 Wickets Lewis Hextall V Waratah 2nd Grade 6-14 Andrew McTaggart V Waratah 4th Grade 6-23 Brad O’Dell V Stockton 4th Grade 6-31 Sam O’Sullivan V Waratah U21s 6-35 Ed Wharton V Wests 1st Grade 6-49 Cal Fowler V Merewether 2nd Grade 6-93
Hat-Tricks Aidan Galvin V Belmont DB Cup Aman Arya V Cardiff 3rd Grade Most Dismissals Jordi Van Kemenade – 20 Catches 5 Stumpings Most Ducks Bryce Garrett – 8
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Perpetual Awards
Most Runs in Grade – Pop Rogers Trophy Kai Appleby Most Wickets in Grade - Bruce O’Sullivan Trophy Ed Wharton Junior Player of the Year – Fordham Trophy Ryan Van Kemenade Most Improved Lewis Hextel Women’s Cricketer of the Year Jordan Johnson Tom Anderson Medal Adrian Mannel All Rounder – Robert Wilkinson Trophy Kai Appleby Jules Vitnell Medal Ryan Van Kemenade Club Person of the Year – Robert Wilkinson Plate Penny O’Shea Player of the Year Ed Wharton
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Thank You to all Our Sponsors
Corporate Sponsors
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