St Joseph's Riverwood Sports Club Cricket Presentation

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Season 2019/2020 young cricketers that still have a few seasons in Under 13s JOEYS CRICKET ahead of them. Joeys fielded two teams in the Under 11s competition PREMIERSHIPS with the U11 White team finishing 4th and winning the Qualifying final before the season was cut short. The U11 Red team continued to improve finishing the season just 1968 - 2020 outside the top four, in 5th position. In the Under 11s Non- Comp we had one team of young cricketers developing their skills and having a ball in the process. 1972/73 10a 2002/03 12b Again, this season we had players participating in the 1973/74 10a 2006/07 12c Blasters programme; the Junior Blasters continued on a 1977/78 12c 2007/08 12c Monday afternoon with Mortdale Heights and ICC coming together with Joeys on the lush Gannon’s Park surface. 1980/81 10b 2008/09 10c We also had players involved in the Master Blasters 1981/82 10a 2009/10 12b sessions at Renown Park. I would like to thank Kieran Hayes for what he does for the club in the Blasters 1982/83 10a 2009/10 10a Programme. 1988/89 12b 2014/15 10b I would like to thank all the Coaches and Managers for 1999/00 10b 2016/17 12a their efforts that contributed to a successful season. I’m 2001/02 12b 2017/18 13a sure the children appreciate your dedication and guidance. A special thank you must go to Chris Whitten 2001/02 10b 2018/19 13a for being the MyCricket guru and for Jimmy Wratten for 2019/20 13a looking after the gear and uniforms (the new caps and training shirts look great!).

This is my seventh or eighth cricket report for the club and CRICKET COORDINATOR’S it will be my last. St Joseph’s Riverwood Sports club has been a big part of my life on and off for the past 41 years REPORT (I started playing for the club at age 4). I have enjoyed it immensely, but it is time to move on. I would like to Season 2019/20 was filled with challenges, but in especially thank my wife Melinda, as I am writing this hindsight I believe we should be thankful we only missed report (on Mother’s Day) she is putting together the a couple of games at the end of the season. season presentation booklet, as she has done for many years along with rego forms and MyCricket duties. Thanks Joeys player numbers remain strong, with seven teams in Darl. the junior competition. This was the Clubs 52nd season and I am very proud to say we secured our 21st Mick Finn Premiership, with the 13A team winning this trophy for the 4th time in consecutive seasons. The 13As finished 25 points clear of second place in the Minor- Premiership race and were declared Premiers with the season being cut short.

Our two 13B teams finished 2nd and 4th at the end of the regular season. The 13B Red team did particularly well considering they were low on numbers on many occasions. The 13B Blue team finished 4th a good achievement considering we had several new players to the club in this team, including this season’s Kurtis Paterson Player of the Year Will Baton. Our 13C team also made the finals finishing 4th. This team is filled with

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U13A - PREMIERS Tom Parawa. Set the tone at the top of the order and behind the stumps. Opening the batting he was positive, laying a solid foundation and was invaluable with the gloves.

Nick Puckeridge. Valuable senior player of the team, Pucko developed his bowling and showed great pace and guile with outswing, taking many important wickets.

Jack Roberts. A new member of the club with school commitments seeing only play a few games, the highlight was the opening game half century, “great knock!”.

Harry Salmon. The wicket taker. Harry was the go-to bowler when we needed a wicket and he delivered, taking out the bowling award fort the team.

Christian Sinagoga. Our mild-mannered fast bowler, Coming into the season I knew we formed a talented Christian terrorised many opposition batters with the ball group of players, but talent alone doesn’t win and his pinch hitting was great to watch. premierships. Teamwork, resilience, toughness and determination wins you games, especially when your Finlay Whitten. The Vice-Captain of the team, Fin’s back is against the wall. In most games I asked the team knowledge and experience played a role in the team’s at the innings break “who would you rather be” many success, solid at the top of the order and crafty with the times the answer was “The opposition” but on all but one ball seeing Fin have a blinder in the semi-final. occasion we turned it around and won games we had no Mick Finn right to win. Evidence of this is when you look at the season ladder. We finished on top of the table 25 points clear of second, when it came quotient, we finished second. We had the rare ability to turn it on at the pressure moments and that’s what a great team does.

Marcus Buckley. Developed into a great opening bowler, often taking an early breakthrough wicket. Great team player, always playing with a smile on his face.

Lucy Finn. Did a great job as Captain and was dominant with the bat, winning the Batting award for the team. She set a great example for the younger players to follow.

Martis Ram Johri. Performed exceptionally well with the bat and the ball winning the team Allrounder award. Martis put a high price on his wicket and claimed many victims with his off spin.

Austin McDean. When Austin is on with the bat it’s a joy to watch, he played many special innings this season including a half century. Very handy with the ball.

Oscar O’Neill. Only played a few games due to school commitments but still can claim a Joeys premiership after 13A’s Premiership Souvenir bats many seasons with the club.

Ronan O’Neill. Ro bowls his leggies beyond his years, making batters look all at sea. He played a big role defending our total making the opposition work very hard for their runs.

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U13B BLUE

The boys conducted themselves with honour and distinction throughout the season. Despite many of them not playing with each other before, they bonded together as a team quickly and easily. Will Baiton bamboozled most batsmen all season with his leg spin, dominated with the bat and reached his highest ever score on 63 n.o. James Butler improved his bowling tremendously this season and reached double figures for the first time while batting against South Hurstville. Thomas Deuis was solid in the bowling attack week-by- week and bettered his highest batting score twice through the season and always pushed for a run.

Luke Hill was incredible with the ball in his hand, taking his wickets at 4 apiece and when he got going with bat the runs flowed, most memorable was his run-a-ball 75 against Kingsgrove. Arko Mookherjee was outstanding as the opening bowler, capturing the most wickets for the season. Not one to block out an over, his batting was always entertaining. Lincoln See swung the bat hard, and when it came off it was very effective, ending the season as the second- highest run-getter. He was often ferocious with the ball and deserved better returns in the wicket column. This was Ethan Simons first season with a leather ball, and he improved enormously. He was solid behind the stumps, has the promise of great timing with the bat and despite what the bowling statistics say, was one of the biggest improvers with his bowling for the season. “c. Williams.T, b. Williams.M” the Williams brothers, Thomas and Michael combined on six occasions through the season to effect a wicket. Thomas bagged 15 catches (4 in one match!) for the season while Michael snaffled eight himself. Thomas returned a solid batting average of 20 while Michael reached double figures batting for the first time, reaching 21 n.o. in a memorable 66 run stand with Will Baiton. The team well-deserved their spot in the semi-final having won their last four matches in convincing fashion to end the season. Well done, boys.

Neil Deuis & Rob Baiton

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U13B RED Leo Matthews: Leo did a great job opening the batting and was our 3rd highest run scorer (194 at 24.25), getting It was a very pleasing year for the boys ending up a well- us off to a stable start and a few runs in the bank. Leo deserved second place on the ladder. In the run home we troubled the batsmen with his spin bowling and was beat every team except the ultimate winners in generally very economic. In the end he was unlucky not Penshurst. I think second place on the ladder was a fair to have taken a handful more wickets but that is often a reflection of the team’s standing in the competition. Well spinner’s lot. done boys. Will McMahon: Will was the star of our batting line up, top scoring with 314 runs at an average of 34.9 and a top score of 64 not out. Will could bully an attack and learnt to keep his head if wickets fell around him, developing his maturity. Will is a skilled sportsman: handy with bat & ball and in the field (8 catches). Darcy Matthews: Darcy was our second highest run getter (267 at an average of 29.7) and if he learns how not to get run out will score many more runs in the years to come. He combined well with Will M and Zac on many occasions to put on some much-needed partnerships. Darcy is a handy bowler and fielder, performing well throughout the season. Zac Papadopoulos: Mr Redbull. Zac was the energy of our team, always encouraging the team and his enthusiasm We welcomed Lachlan Quinn to the team this year and was exceptional keeping everyone up, every team needs played each week with 8 players for most of the season, a Zac. Zac was an important part of our middle order with the occasional 7. We did have help from a few of the scoring 174 runs and his running between the wickets other Joey’s teams so thanks to all who helped. would possibly have added the same again (finding runs where there wasn’t a run). Zac’s bowling was like a box of In trying to decide the team awards it was extremely chocolates and you never knew what you were going to difficult apart from the bowling and batting awards. get. He improved over the season and like all in the team Frankie set the standard each week with the new ball and picked up sneaky wickets regularly, taking a creditable 11 was our best bowler and Will McMahon clearly wickets and being reliable behind the stumps. dominated with the bat. We noted every week that all boys contributed in some way – batting, bowling or Dan Preston: Dan kept wicket a fair bit this season and fielding (6 of our bowlers took between 10-12 wickets developed a taste for the job. Dan was one of our safer each for the season). It was our players’ all-round abilities fielders and took 7 catches with a stumping as well. Dan and depth that saw us through. On the occasion that our took 11 wickets and he contributed to the wickets column top order didn’t fire the rest of the boys held their nerve on most days and could possibly be a very dangerous and got us over the line. The boys were a very well leggie. Best figures of 2-0 off 4 overs. We had some handy behaved and positive group which I think is also contributions down the order from Dan, helping us important to recognise. accumulate runs and getting us to scores that got us home. William Callen: Will opened both our batting and bowling. Opening the batting Will did an incredible job Lachlan Quinn: Lachie joined them team this year and keeping the new ball out even if he felt a tad contributed handily in many ways. His baseball showed uncomfortable, making life easier for the middle order. up in his batting, loving the cross-bat shots and anything Will’s bowling may not have been express but was short was fodder for Lachie. Lachie scored 116 runs at 8.9. generally very full and accurate and he was rewarded with Lachie was a safe pair of hands taking 8 catches and when 12 wickets. Will also had a handy knack of throwing down he kept, he was very comfortable behind the stumps. His the stumps. St Joseph’s Riverwood Sports Club Cricket Annual Report 2019/2020 bowling stepped up taking 10 wickets with a best of 2-9 U13C off 5 overs, which is tidy in anyone’s language. The Joeys White side had a solid first season in the Frankie Weeding: Frankie led our bowling attack taking under 13's, with 3 new additions to our under 11 side 20 wickets at an average of 7.2 and a best of 3-3. It wasn’t from last year. With boys ranging in age from 12 down to just the number of wickets that Frankie took but that he 8, we kicked off the first half of the season in the 13B was full and accurate and when we needed a second wind division, a few close results capped off by a thumping win Frankie was able to strike late in the innings. A handy in our last outing, before making the move to the C's for tailender with 116 runs at 16.6 – maybe a Cummins not a the second half, where our younger boys could feel more McGrath? comfortable and learn some of the finer points of cricket in a more casual environment. Justin Matthews Our three 12-year old’s did a great job leading the

younger boys throughout the season. Justin and Byron shared the wicket keeping duties and had some solid innings together with the bat. As one half of our left arm opening bowling partnership, Luke B had a great season with bat and ball, picking up his first hat-trick along with his first 50.

Mathew had another successful season, picking up some key wickets and continued to show potential with the bat. As always Axel rarely failed to snare a wicket or form a partnership when needed most. Noah continues to improve both his bowling and batting and snared a few wickets for us with his catching and ability to throw down the stumps.

Charlie was a welcome addition to our team this year, hard work and determination paying off with a huge improvement in his all-round game by the end of the season.

Our two 8-year old’s, Tommy and Luke, showed great potential, both snaring wickets with the ball and improving their batting against some much older competition.

Thank you for another great season boys and all the best for the next one.

John Pethers

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U11 WHITE aspect of the game, a great pair of hands, clean bowling out batters at timely points in the game and some good technique with the bat. Isabelle worked hard on her game at training and achieved great results. Taking wickets and scoring runs week in week out, keeping her team in the game and encouraging us with her resolve when challenges presented.

Young Angelo showed plenty of courage always filling in where needed and taking up the wicket keeping for his team. His wicket keeping skills saved us plenty of runs and allowed our fast bowlers to unleash. His batting got better each game and developed his bowling.

Ahh that last match …. what a game!!! – our first semi- final. Our team turned up and took it upon themselves to

thump our opposition. What an outstanding display from A balanced team of boys and girls with a few experienced everyone all around the park. While we didn’t quite get players and the majority playing their first year of it all right (coach included) it was more than enough to competition cricket. Winning our first game with the send them packing. Our batting was awesome and experienced players of Anika, Isabelle and Joe taking the running between the wickets was super. Our bowling was reins early lifted the team and showed me that we had a really straight barely conceding any extras and yet, I am fair bit of talent in this team. sure every player will say they thought they didn’t quite bowl their best, but it was good enough. The fielding The next few games saw us take on two of the top three effort and display from the whole team was something to (more experienced) teams and lose a few games while we be proud of. The players showed great team spirit in enjoyed working on our fielding and running between the helping each other. A real team. wickets at training. We then worked on our batting and bowling in the nets for a while to get us ready to take on Throughout the year there were many highlights from all the top teams next time around. the players. I hope they all enjoyed the catches they took, the caught and bowled they got, as well as taking wickets As the competition continued, we saw all the players start and playing some great shots with the bat. to find their way more and more and their individual skills start to show. Jett always got himself involved in the What a great bunch of kids. I am so happy for them and game and showed great skill all around the park, his their achievements, well done everyone. Thanks to our batting and bowling was exciting to watch, and he was manager Steve for his efforts throughout the year, never one to let a chance go by in the field taking many Robert and Francine for carrying the bulk of scoring and great catches. With Vansh scoring runs and taking to all the parents for helping during the year. Many wickets so often he became our Mr Consistent. He thanks for letting me coach this team. worked hard on his game throughout the year which saw him get better and better. A top ‘allrounder’ effort whose Coach George contribution to the team was excellent.

Super keen Alex was as keen as any to hone in on his skills and get himself in the game with bat and ball. He took plenty of wickets with pace bowling and scored runs, with lots of good work in the outfield for his team. Joe was well ‘Joe’. Fast and menacing with the ball and equally as devastating with the bat, showing plenty of skill throughout the year including a hat –trick and great batting in any conditions.

The girls were our pillars for the team with their experience and willingness to help where needed. Both proved handy behind the stumps giving our team great support. Anika showed skill and versatility in every St Joseph’s Riverwood Sports Club Cricket Annual Report 2019/2020

U11 RED U11 NON-COMP

What a season by the boys. We had Cadel, Jye and Nick returning for another season, we welcomed Tom who had played previously with another club, and 4 newbies in Joel, Lachlan, Marc and Sebastian.

The year started slowly with the boys needing to learn and adapt to new skills and challenges required to make the season enjoyable and successful.

By round four something clicked with the boys and week in week out the enthusiasm, dedication and improvement from them all was incredible. The commitment and enjoyment shown at training led to the boys every week turning up with the belief and confidence required to compete against all teams at different levels.

The games that stood out for me throughout the season were against the top three teams.

1. Ramsgate Gold who were undefeated the whole The Season 2019-20 was another fantastic and season – While we didn’t win the game, the game memorable one for all players and parents! After two of plan was to bowl line and length outside off our stars Anika and Isabelle went to the Comp Team - we stump and make Ramsgate find a way to score were able to welcome Kiarna, Oli and Zane to our squad runs. The boys did exactly this and they only got for their first season. It was a great balance of kids with 62 runs of the bat. Ramsgate’s coach gave the Henry, Angus, Ben, Seb, Oliver L and Jayden L building on highest compliment to the boys saying this is the their skills and our new players quickly establishing best any team has bowled to them in two years themselves within the team. of him coaching the team 2. Beverly Hills – Beating the team that finished 2nd. Early training sessions showed that we would be even We only lost 1 wicket which was a great more competitive this year and the friendships forged the achievement and to score 50 runs from the last previous year continued. We also looked the part in our 10 overs was a great effort new training shirts and SJR caps! 3. Ramsgate Blue – Beating the team that finished 3rd. We did this by defending a team total of 54. The team started training hard and hopefully learning and The boys knew they had to bowl and field well laughing along the way. and this is exactly what they did. Our first games saw a most competitive team, often against players who were a lot older than most of our I have enjoyed every moment coaching the boys and team. We missed the Curtis Brothers who were having a seeing them develop and improve their skills throughout great family holiday, but it wasn't long until they joined the season. I hope to see them all back for another season our squad. Our first game, while a loss- was only by 4 next year. runs! It was evident from the outset that maybe we would have our first ever win this season and get to A special thanks to all the parents for taking the time to experience the sweetness of victory! let their kids play the game. A big thanks to all the parents for their assistance with scoring, umpiring and training With some great training sessions and help from Hamish and making this season a truly enjoyable year. and Kieran at the new cricket centre - the 9 November was a memorable day with our FIRST EVER WIN against Bede Baratta Mortdale Heights! The team continued to improve, especially in areas that they were not naturally strong in and we started winning a lot more. We really started looking like a cricket team!

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The season was full of highlights - and again the number with 112 runs, 15 wickets and the most amount of one being the smiles, laughs and enthusiasm the team catches and run outs. Seb was most deserving of our showed every game and training session. Our final tally Champion Player for 2019-2020 and congratulations on for the year was an INCREDIBLE 6 wins and one infamous an outstanding season! tie against Penshurst that will go down in history as we OLI C. - Oli had a great season and got better and better took a wicket in the last over on the second last ball when as the season progressed. He continued to try, and his we were 3 runs behind. bowling in particular was most impressive at the end of Once again, as a coach I couldn't have asked for a better the season he was getting wickets and troubling even the group of parents, there was always someone there to best opposing batsmen. Well done Oli! help set up the field, pack up the kit, take photos, share JAYDEN- Was our best overall bowler for the season and an umbrella or go and buy coffees! Thank you also to Riley as his confidence grew, he bowled faster and started to and Jack who were our regular assistants, helping with develop swing and consistency. He consistently bowled the equipment and training and coming to nearly every unplayable deliveries and took some key wickets at game to support the team. Another HUGE thank you to crucial times of games. Jayden's batting also improved Kate for being the best manager and putting her hand up over the year with Jayden scoring 73 runs for the year to to score for the team. Her organisation made our season go with his 10 wickets. Well done Jayden on an such a success! To Kate and Jenny - thank you for all your outstanding season. hard work in the fine art of scoring and for making sure all our scores were put into MyCricket each week. OLIVER L.- Was once again a fearsome bowler who was always accurate and competitive. Oliver hardly conceded And again, it is all about the kids and this team was simply runs and tied down the other team's batting whenever he the BEST bunch of kids a coach could ask for! We came on. Oliver was also terrific in the field, always full of continued to learn, play hard and with a great spirit over energy and determination. the season and got to enjoy victory 6 times. But still the best reward and the laughs and smiles that stayed all ZANE- quickly established himself as 'Mr Technician' season. See you in 2020-2021! Every player deserves showing from Game 1 that he had the best batting and recognition for their success this season - bowling technique- regularly taking wickets and playing cracking shots all around the oval. He would certainly HENRY- A star bowler who bamboozled the opposition have the best 'wagon wheel' and he loved the faster with spin one ball and pace the next. Really started to bowlers, digging in and never taking a backward step. impress in batting too as the season progressed and was Zane had a terrific first year of cricket and will continue to reliable all over the field. shine in future years. ANGUS- The hardest worker behind the scenes who Jimmy worked so hard in training and wanting to improve. Tightened up his bowling and really hit his strides batting at the end of the season showing a lot more confidence and mastering the pull shot!

BEN- After a wonderful first season, Ben continued to smash the ball all over the park.... well maybe to one main area of the field but he can certainly hit the ball. Finished the season off as our leading run scorer with 133 runs.

KIARNA- A great first season as Kiarna developed her skills in both batting and bowling. Her enthusiasm and energy was infectious on the field and I can still hear the 'crack' off the bat when she started to find her groove and play some lovely shots. A lightning fast runner between the wickets gained so many extra runs for the team over the year. SEBASTIEN- 2019-2020 was the year of Seb! After missing the first few games, Seb hit the ground running. He was impressive in all areas of the game and ended the year St Joseph’s Riverwood Sports Club Cricket Annual Report 2019/2020

CRICKET SEASON 2019/2020 AWARDS

TEAM AWARD PLAYER FIGURES

Batting Lucy Finn 297 runs @ 29.70 Bowling Harry Salmon 18 wickets @ 8.56 U13A Allrounder Martis Ram Jori 203 runs @ 101.50, 14 wickets @ 10.50 Coach’s Christian Sinagoga Batting Will McMahon 314 runs @ 34.89 U13B Bowling Frankie Weeding 20 wickets @ 7.20 RED Allrounder Leo Matthews 194 runs @ 24.25, 11 wickets @ 15.55 Coach’s Zac Papadopoulos Batting Will Baiton 366 runs @ 91.50 U13B Bowling Arko Mookherjee 19 wickets @ 7.47 BLUE Allrounder Luke Hill 199 runs @ 33.17, 11 wickets @ 3.91 Coach’s Thomas Williams 15 catches Batting Justin Baxter 197 runs @ 17.90 Bowling Matthew Dugandzic 12 wickets @ 18.70 U13C Allrounder Luke Bampton 150 runs @ 12.50, 17 wickets @ 13.80 Coach’s Noah Pethers Batting Thomas Menner 136 runs U11 Sebastian Bosevski 15 wickets @ 10.93 RED Bowling Allrounder Jye Baratta 181 runs, 7 wickets @ 18.29, 6 catches Batting Isabelle Keeling 174 runs U11 Jett Beare 20 wickets @ 6.30 WHITE Bowling Coach’s Joseph Deuis 218 runs, 23 wickets @7.83 U11 Batting Benjamin Andrews-Wratten 133 runs Non- Bowling Jayden Lam 10 wickets @ 6.50 Comp Allrounder Sebastien Curtis 112 runs, 15 wickets @ 5.13

KURTIS PATTERSON CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 2020 William Baiton

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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS THIS SEASON:

5 Wickets:

Harry Salmon 5-11 vs Mortdale Heights (Blue) 26/10/19

Martis Ram Johri 5-9 vs Ramsgate RSL 19/10/19

50 Runs:

Jack Roberts 50no vs SHCP 14/09/19

Austin McDean 50no vs Mortdale Heights (White) 29/02/20

Tom Parawa 53no vs Mortdale Heights (Blue) 30/11/19

Will Baiton 63no vs Penshurst West Sixers 14/12/19

Will McMahon 64no vs Kingsgrove Green 26/10/19

Luke Hill 75no vs Kingsgrove (Green) 29/02/20

Luke Bampton 60no vs Ramsgate RSL 14/12/20

Hat-Trick:

Joseph Deuis 4-6 vs Mortdale Heights (Blue) 26/10/19

Luke Bampton 3-10 vs Beverly Hills Eagles 07/03/20

JOEY’S REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS St. George DCA: Cawsey Shield: Thomas Parawa, Ronan O’Neill, Harry Salmon, Martis Ram Johri, Austin McDean

Under 12s Div. 2: Will McMahon, William Baiton, Arko Mookherjee, Justin Baxter.

Gee Shield: Finlay Whitten, Oscar O’Neill, Luke Hill, Jack Roberts

St. George Sutherland DCA: Margaret Peden Shield: Lucy Finn

NSW PSSA: MacKillop: Martis Ram Johri

CRICKET NSW: NSW Metro U15’s Team: Lucy Finn

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