86TH ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR SEASON 2011-12 SEASON FOR & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REPORT 86TH ANNUAL HORNSBY KU-RING-GAI & HILLS DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION & HILLS DISTRICT KU-RING-GAI HORNSBY 2011-12 HK&HDCA ANNUAL REPORT | 1 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given for the Annual General Meeting for the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai & Hills District Cricket Association, to be held 30th July, 2012 from 7.30pm at Hornsby RSL. • Welcome and opening comments by President • To Receive Apologies • To consider and approve the Minutes of the 85th AGM held on the 27th July 2011 • To receive any correspondence • To receive and present the 85th Annual Report, Balance Sheet and Honorary Treasurer’s Financial Statements • To elect Office Bearers for the 2012/2013 season • To elect Patrons for the 2012/13 season • To elect an Auditor for the 2012/13 season • Notices of Motion • Presentations, including Life Members, Jim Fuggle Award, Integrity Cup recipient, Senior Competition individual award winners • To deal with any Special resolutions • Other Business Nathan TIlbury HK&HDCA President TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Executive Officer Bearers President’s Report Treasurer’s Report Growing our Association Player Numbers Growth Report Working with HKHDCCA Working with HKHDCUA Working with NDCC In2CRICKET / Kanga Cricket Kooindah Waters Our Community, Our Clubs Club Logos Team Affiliations Meeting Attendances Pink Stumps Day Kissing Point : 50 Not Out Galston Glenorie : Les Shore Pavilion Normanhurst-Warrawee : State Champions WHPC : John Coulthard HK&HDCA : Raffle Fundraiser Kai Connell HK&HDCA : Movember Triforce Sports Competitions Junior Cricket Senior Competition Representative Cricket All Records Ross Turner Cup Glenn Hourigan Cup Junior & Representative Presentation Night Kookaburra Council Reports Publicity Website Grounds Vale Les Shore Bob Somerville Darren Egelhoff Kim Solling Roll of Honour Life Members View MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE Mr Nathan Tilbury Honorary President Years Serving: 6 Mr Tim Davidson Mr Geoff Hasler Mr Steve Wilson Mr Bruce Kimberley Mr Bruce Wood Honorary Treasurer Honorary Senior Honorary Umpires’ Honorary Junior Honorary Coaches Vice President Secretary Competition Association President Years Serving: 1 Years Serving: 10 Years Serving: 6 Secretary Years Serving: 5 Years Serving: 13 Mr Abbas Aly Mr Bill White Mr Colin Griffin Mr Scott Burrows Mr John Barker Honorary Honorary Minutes Executive Member Executive Member Executive Member Representative Secretary Secretary Years Serving: 1 Years Serving: 3 Years Serving: 3 Years Serving: 1 Years Serving: 1 PATRONS Mr Tom Richmond OAM Mr Colin Cooper Mr John Hayne AM Mr Ross Turner Mr Matthew Kean, MP HK&HDCA Life Member HK&HDCA Life Member HK&HDCA Life Member Cricket Australia Member for Hornsby Mr Nick Berman Mr Peter Dimbrowsky Mr Ian Cross Mrs Denise Annetts Ms Lisa Sthalekar The Mayor Former Mayor, The Mayor, Former Australian Current Australian Hornsby Shire Council Hills Shire Council Ku-ring-gai Council Cricket Player Cricket Player COMMITTEES Mr Geoff Findlay Chairman Disputes and Disciplinary Committee Mr Raja Mohan Mr Colin Griffin Mr Roger Friend Senior Competition Senior Competition Senior Competition Committee Committee Committee Mr John Klingberg Mr Greg Fiedler Mr Geoff Hasler Senior Competition Senior Competition Senior Competition Committee Committee Committee Mr Josh Miller Mr Bruce Kimberley Junior Competition Junior Competition Committee Committee DELEGATES Mr Nathan Tilbury Mr Bruce Parker Mr Abbas Aly Mr Alfred James Mr Mark Rushton Northern NSWDCA NSWDCA OAM Hornsby Sports Metropolitan Cricket NSWDCA Life Council Council Member (Chairman) 2011-12 HK&HDCA ANNUAL REPORT | 4 (Knox and Abbotsleigh) worked out the deficiencies and are located towards turning another valuable in areas where they are badly turf wicket ground we use, The required. Glade, into a fully synthetic athletics I must thank Hornsby Shire facility for their private use. This Council staff for their excellent would prevent cricket from being efforts in preparing quality pitches played in any form on this ground for our senior and our U/16 and that we have had for use by our top U/15 junior finals. This included senior grades and representative access to Mark Taylor Oval at NATHAN TILBURY teams since it opened in 1968. This Waitara in March, which helped set PRESIDENT battle is ongoing. the scene for a great A grade final. For our lower grade senior Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council and Cricket participation numbers tend cricketers unfortunately some Baulkham Hills Shire Council also to follow the success of the national were forced to play their cricket made available their turf wickets, team. Coming into the 2011/12 on Sundays as well as some of our although the pitch quality wasn’t summer the Aussies were not doing junior cricketers being forced to as good. The week leading up to so well and as such most cricket play in the afternoons because of both the junior and seniors finals Associations across Sydney and a lack of grounds available to us. was very much against the trend of NSW were suffering from declining This also hinders further growth the summer with excellent weather. numbers. I am very pleased to say in future years unless addressed This meant we had some fantastic the HK&HDCA bucked the trend in now. I would like to stress to our and high scoring deciders. We 2011/12. In fact we welcomed four member clubs and their players played all our senior finals on turf new clubs to our ranks in Ku-ring- that your Executive consider our wickets with the exception of our gai District, North Shore, Epping current lack of grounds situation D2 grade, which played their final at and Wahroonga Juniors taking us completely unacceptable and we Cheltenham Oval. Congratulations to a total of 21 clubs. We enjoyed a will be working hard to address to all the Premiers and a special 5% growth in our seniors to reach a these issues leading up to 2012/13 mention to the Sydney Lions club record equalling 82 teams across all and beyond. We will be working who secured their first silverware 10 grades. This obviously shows we closely with the three local Councils in only their second season with are getting many things right in our in our area to hopefully bring new us. They were joint Premiers in the Association. cricket grounds on line for our use. D1 grade after recording a tie with However this recent growth has Working with these Councils we Kissing Point in their exciting final also highlighted the single biggest have already identified a number at Turramurra Oval. challenge facing our Association of potential new sites for grounds Sadly in January this year we today, grounds. Over the winter throughout the Association, so lost HK&HDCA Life Member in your Executive with other local there is certainly the possibility of George Pennicook MBE. George’s cricket brethren, engaged in a battle new cricket grounds available for obituary is detailed later in this to retain two turf pitch squares that us very soon. We will also continue report. Hornsby Shire Council slated for to work with schools to partner Tragically Hornsby Shire Council removal to save $40K in annual development of potential new lost one of their key staff who was maintenance costs. Despite our cricket fields within their grounds, killed in a work related accident considerable efforts, these two turf although this method often requires at Fagan Park during the summer. wickets were removed and although significant financial outlay from us Warren Southwell was a true the grounds are located outside to initiate. professional who was very energetic the HK&HDCA boundaries, as a One piece of good news on this and extremely efficient. It was a result of the reshuffle, HK&HDCA subject is that we did gain full pleasure to work with in the many lost more than 50% use of our access to Cheltenham Oval for the dealings the cricket community oldest turf ground in Storey Park. first time in about 75 years. As well had with him. He was just a great In addition to this throughout as this, a new sportsground in John guy and we have lost a true friend the cricket season, together with Purchase located in Cherrybrook to cricket who is sorely missed. local residents, we fought another (suitable for juniors only) came on Back on the field and couple battle with Ku-ring-gai Municipal line towards the end of the season. of outstanding efforts with the Council, as two private schools Both these grounds helped balance bat during the season were Rob 2011-12 HK&HDCA ANNUAL REPORT | 5 PRESIDENT’S REPORT: CONTINUED Barker’s 231 for Redfield U/15been tremendous. highest grade, for which the minor against WPHC at Greenway Oval A number of our Association’s premiership trophy is in their and Mt Colah’s Sam Every, who affiliate members were luckyname, “The Kookaburra Cup”. hit 244 against Berowra in the enough to benefit from Community Triforce Sports have been with Kookaburra Cup (A2) Final at Building Partnership (State us now for 3 seasons supporting Asquith Park. Both efforts were Government) grants at different HK&HDCA in a number of extraordinary in a season often levels; areas. For this we sincerely thank difficult for batsmen. They are two • Our Coaches’ Association Abbas and his team. Triforce very young and emerging cricketers received $5K to assist their supported our first “Triforce Cup” in our Association. development. competition which was a T20 day A wonderful piece of recognition • The West Pennant Hillsinvolving a team from each for for one of our Patrons in Denise Cherrybrook cricket club received the top four placed clubs in the Annetts (Anderson), who was nearly $10K for repairs and senior Club Championship the inducted into the Cricket NSW improvements to both Cherrybrook previous season.