57Th Annual Report 2015/2016
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ENGADINE DRAGONS 57TH ANNUAL REPORT CRICKET 2015/2016 CLUB INC E NGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 2 We invite you to join with the Management Committee, the members and the players of the Club, and our sponsors in sharing this report with us. We thank all those who have contributed to its compilation and production. It gives us great pleasure to support all those who play this fine Australian sport and hope that through our efforts we can promote not only the game but encourage the participation of local residents and children to be part of our Club. The Management Committee. ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 2 E NGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 3 COMMITTEE 2015/16 EXECUTIVE President: Jim Lee Vice President: Brad Moreland Secretary: Neil Croker Treasurer & Public Officer: Col Berry MANAGEMENT Assistant Secretary Juniors & Intermediate: John Sheehy Junior Registrar: Doug Ritchie Assistant Secretary Seniors: Stuart Slack Senior Registrar: Adam Pascoe Property Officers Uniforms: Antony Goodman Equipment: John Westlake Publicity Officer: Michelle Ritchie Special Projects Officer: Bob Price Media Officer: Ian Latham Lee Bailey, Michael Daly, Coaching Co-ordinator: Peter Schofield Committee: Robbie Knight, Steve Jones, Alex Mann, Martin McKenzie, Matt Sambuco & Brian Whitehouse SUB-COMMITTEES & REPRESENTATIVES Anzac Youth & Recreational Centre 527 Committee Delegates: Steve Jones & Bob Price Sutherland Shire Junior Cricket Association Inc Delegates: Neil Croker Sutherland Shire Cricket Association Delegates: Michael Daly & Stuart Slack Newsletter Co-ordination & Publication: Michelle Ritchie Web Master: Ian Latham LIFE MEMBERS Barry McManus (1966) (Dec’d) Drew Lake (2004) Harry Robbins asm (1978) Greg Knowles (2008) Ray Noakes (1980) (Dec’d) Allan Lofthouse (2008) Col Keenan (1982) Paul Waddell (2008) Mike Fordyce (1984) Peter Ward (2008) Alf Lemmon (1985) Col Berry (2009) Clem Heffernan (1992) Glen Hickey (2009) Bob Vannan (1994) Bill Ziegler (2009) Val Tever (1994) Dennis Pendergast (2010) Ken Tever (1994) (Dec’d) Anthony Gleeson (2011) Russ Waddell asm (1996) Rob Knight (2011) Bill Knowles (1998) Graham Price (2011) Bob Price (1999) Brad Moreland (2013) Greg Heffernan (1999) Steve Jones (2015) John Carlisle (2002) Stuart Slack (2016) Ian Latham (2003) ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 3 E NGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 4 SPONSORS ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 4 E NGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 5 HONOURS 2015/16 SSJCA REPRESENTATIVES WATSON SHIELD WEBLIN SHIELD MOORE SHIELD GEE SHIELD CAWSLEY SHIELD Nick Amos Andrew Ritchie Mitchell Betts Corey Moors Hayden Lindsay Dylan Croker Bradley Simpson Joshua Sheehy Beau McInerney Alex Lee Luke Ritchie Louis Whitehouse U16 PRESIDENTS U15 PRESIDENTS U14 PRESIDENTS U13 RESIDENTS U12 PRESIDENTS Ben Gilbert Josh Mathews Dane Coombs Brayden Johnston Ty Parkes Rithik Sahay Jesse Michel Zac McLoughlin Ollie Kennedy William Whitehouse U10 DEV SQUAD MILLIE DIVE SHIELD Kobey Freer Aimee Hall Koby Lillis Bianca McKenzie Lachlan McKenzie Lachlan Ritchie Thomas Sheehy SSCA REPRESENTATIVES TELEGRAPH SHIELD Matthew Berry, Tim Berry SSCA & SSJCA COMPETITION HONOURS 2015/16 PREMIERS – C2, 10A & 10C MINOR PREMIERS – B2 , B6 & 16A RUNNERS UP – B2, B5, B6 & 16A SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES PSSA SYDNEY EAST Bianca McKenzie, Corey Moors, Joshua Sheehy CHSSA SYDNEY EAST Claudia Johnston, Alex Lee, Luke Miller, Harry Tattersall U15 NSWCCC Brad Simpson NSW U15 BOYS CRICKET COMBINED HIGH SCHOOL TEAM Brad Simpson NSW GIRLS CRICKET COMBINED HIGH SCHOOL TEAM Claudia Johnston SYDNEY DISTRICT GRADE REPRESENTATIVES SUTHERLAND DISTRICT GRADE CRICKET CLUB Ryan Almond, James Bills, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Dwarshuis, Dylan Koprivec, Joshua Johnston, Luke Miller, Harry Tattersall & Matt Wright OTHER DISTRICT GRADE CRICKET CLUBS Jarrod Mazurkiewicz SYDNEY GRADE CRICKET AW GREEN SHIELD Nick Amos, Dylan Croker, Alex Lee & Louis Whitehouse PLAYERS (Sutherland) and Brad Simpson (Bankstown) AW GREEN SHIELD MERIT XII TEAM Nick Amos CRICKET NSW REPRESENTATIVES CRICKET NSW ACADEMY Brad Simpson (U14) & Claudia Johnston (U18) U18 FEMALE STATE CHALLENGE Claudia Johnston CRICKET NSW METROPOLITAN TEAM Nick Amos (U16) & Bradley Simpson (U14) SYDNEY SIXERS Ben Dwarshuis NSW BLUES Ben Dwarshuis ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 5 E NGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 6 PRESIDENTS REPORT The 2015-16 season was another successful season for the Dragons finishing fifth in the Junior Club Championship and winning a number of premierships. Congratulations to the Junior and Senior premiers - 10A’s, 10C’s and C2’s. Commiserations to all the runners up – the 16A’s, B2’s, B5’s and B6’s teams who gave their all in the finals. Team numbers still continue to be strong. We fielded 17 junior teams and 8 senior teams this season. Once again it was great seeing a number of girls playing for the club’s junior teams. We would like to encourage more girls playing for our great club in the future. Recruitment of U8 and U10 players for next season will be a priority for us as they are the future of the club. Thank you to all the parents who helped out with the teams during the season whether it was taking on roles as coaches, managers, scorers or just helping out on each game day. Special thanks to our non-parent coaches in the club - Peter Schofield, Ian Latham, Adam Pascoe, Robbie Knight, Chris Moreland, Tim Russell and James Bills. At the end of last season Steve Jones handed on the President’s baton after 9 years of unwavering service to our club. On behalf of everyone associated with the Dragons I would like to thank Steve for his strong leadership and direction over those years. Fortunately for us Steve will remain in the cricket club as a general committee member as well as continue in the important community role on the Anzac Complex 527 Committee. As this was my first year as Club President I would like to thank everyone who put time and effort into the club’s running and made my job that much easier. A special thankyou goes out to our Club Secretary Neil Croker who yet again this season, put his heart and soul in to the club’s operations. Thank you to the other committee members who worked tirelessly behind the scenes in their various roles. Our Bunnings BBQ fundraiser was a roaring success this season. Thank you to all those teams and supporters who gave up their time to help out on the day. This year was especially busy as we ran out of sausages and bread stocks mid-afternoon requiring a mad dash to Supabarn at Sutherland to replenish stocks. As a club we are always trying to investigate any avenues of additional fund raising. I would appeal to everyone associated with the Dragons, whether committee members, parents of junior players, or senior players, to assist in any way possible to attract sponsors in to our club. There are many positive ways that sponsors can be promoted in our local community via the Dragons Cricket Club. Towards the end of the season our club had their first official Facebook page created and administered by one of our senior players, Tim Russell. A big thank you to Tim for this great initiative. It will be used as a means of communication to our members and we welcome all positive input to the Facebook page in the future. ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 6 E NGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 7 Thank you to all the senior teams and their players this year. We believe in having a strong senior component of the club. I was pleased to see a substantial number of last year’s U16 players filter up to the men’s teams with a number of father/son combinations playing in the various grades. I congratulate all the senior teams and hope to see you all back next season. A special mention goes out to Stuart Slack for his role in coordinating the men’s teams. Stuart, along with Adam Pascoe, has also organised the resurrection of the “club night” to be held at Engadine Bowling Club. In closing let me once again thank everyone for their contributions to another successful season. As a club we are always looking at ways of encouraging and boosting new members to our committee. Please consider helping out. There are always positions available and we would love to see these filled. Remember to keep up with all the club news and events via our website and Facebook page. See you again next season. Jim Lee President Thank you to the Sutherland Shire Council and the assistance of the SSJCA for our Practice Nets Upgrade this season ENGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 7 E NGADINE DRAGON CRICKET CLUB Page 8 SECRETARIES REPORT Another successful season for the Dragons with 3 Junior and 4 Senior teams making the final with the 10A, 10C & C2 winning their respective grades. Whilst our 16A, B2, B5 & B6 were not successful they should be proud of the season they had. Our Junior numbers continue to grow with a club record 191 players across 17 teams. Our Senior numbers were steady with 8 Teams and it was great to see John Westlake & Scott Jones Captain Teams which included the majority of former junior players moving into the Men’s Competition. In the lead up to season the club received the news of the passing of Heather Robbins (the wife of Club Legend Harry Robbins) after a long battle with illness. A strong contingent of former and current players and supporters attended the funeral. Our condolences go out to Harry and his family. Congratulations to Stuart Slack on becoming the club’s 31st Life Member. Stuart has played with the club for the past 25 years and also coached for 9 years during this period. With the help of the SSJCA and Sutherland Council our nets at Anzac Oval received new synthetic pitches, this will allow the Club to continue to provide outstanding training facilities for all our players.