Cricketer of the Year Went to James Howes This Season
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Epping District Cricket Club Inc. Annual Report 2014-15 www.eppingbulls.com.au Epping District Cricket Club Inc. 81th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE You are cordially invited to attend the Eighty Second Annual General Meeting of the Epping District Cricket Club Inc. to be held at The Ranch boardroom on 22 July 2015 at 7.30 pm. BUSINESS 1. The reading and the confirmation of the Minutes of the Eighty First Annual General Meeting. 2. To receive and consider the Eighty Second Annual Report and the Financial Statements for the 2014- 15 season. 3. To elect Office Bearers and Management Committee for the 2015-2016 season. 4. To receive nominations for Team Captains for the 2015-2016 season. These nominations will be considered by the incoming Management Committee. 5. To consider the nomination of Matthew Boorer for Life Membership. 6. To transact any other business brought forward in accordance with the rules of the Club. NOTE: Only financial members of the previous season are entitled to vote. G. BAIRD Honorary Secretary P.O. Box 104 Epping NSW 1710 Annual Report Season 2014-15 1 Epping District Cricket Club Inc. OFFICE BEARERS - SEASON 2014-15 PATRON F.J. Clark OAM LIFE MEMBERS (Year elected) 1st A Taylor # Pre 1948 12th Perc Turnbull # 1975 2nd S.J. Mayne # 1947 13th Barry Williams # 1982 3rd John Martin 1960 14th Frank Clark OAM 1989 4th Doug Wotton 1960 15th Keith Lego 1989 5th Jack Brodie # 1961 16th Stuart Young 1992 6th John Coverdale 1961 17th Graeme Kightley 1995 7th Phil Dunnicliff # 1963 18th Graeme Baird 1999 8th Jim McKenzie # 1964 19th Tim Creer 1999 9th Ray Rowell # 1964 20th Mick Sedgers 2004 10th John Salter# 1964 21st Ken Willcox 2012 11th Ron Payne # 1975 # Deceased member PRESIDENT M. Boorer Esq SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT I. Fowler Esq M. Henning Esq VICE PRESIDENTS R. Bartlett Esq K. Hutton Esq R. Richards Esq I. Bloom Esq A.S. Ingram Esq Mrs C. Stewart T. Brooks Esq Mrs W. Lindsay Mrs P. Stodart C. Carruthers Esq C.W. Peck Esq J.J. Turner Esq F. Clark OAM J.W. Pegg Esq F. Wicks Esq Mrs H. Williams B.E. Williams Esq HONORARY SECRETARY HONORARY TREASURER G. Baird M. Sedgers HONORARY AUDITOR SUPERVISOR OF JUNIORS P. Ager M. Henning OFFICIAL RECORDER M. Sedgers CLUB COACH L. McNaught SELECTION COMMITTEE D. Wait (Chairman) I Wheatley B. Morgan M. Boorer J. Howes M Sedgers N. Wilson 2 Epping District Cricket Club Inc. www.eppingbulls.com.au CLUB PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE It’s that time again when you need to finalise everything from this season in order to progress to next season but I don’t think there is such a thing anymore and one season seems to roll into the next and next when trying to run a cricket club. If there is one thing I have learnt through both my professional life and as a club administrator is that you can never rest and think everything is great. You can always improve or advance to the next level and this year held no exception. You could be excused for taking a step back after the successes of season 13/14 and thinking that season 14/15 would be even better but history will tell it wasn’t. The heights reached in season 13/14 where excellent and it was going to be a feat to improve on but one I truly thought we would match and better. We ended up having a successful season by all accounts with 3 teams in the finals 4th and 5th grade as well as our under 24’s and coming a respectable 6th in the club championship. 2nd and 3rd grade ended up just short in 7th position and third grade only by aggregate. It wasn’t the season we hoped for or expected in our top grade but I put that down to some terrible luck and misfortune. I guess it’s hard when you start behind the eight ball each game and only winning one toss of the coin all season does make it hard. Note never take wheats to two up on Anzac day it’s guaranteed to be an early exit. However it was year that we got to see many young guys come thru and play first grade. The likes of Cameron Court, Matthew Brooks both of which are still at school and players like Nic Wilson, Tom Wilson and Chris Stefan who have cemented a spot in 1st grade and the experience will come in time. There were others too others such as Keishev, Callum DeSilva and Anthony Azize will push for spots in the top grade. So it was a development year but one that will see many of the current younger squad well ad versed in the trials of playing in the top grade. Our strength this year came from down below with strong performances in 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade. A blend of youth and experience dots these teams which makes for competitive teams. If the success of the lower teams is something to be positive about then we have it in spades. This year we joined forces with Parramatta District Cricket club to enter a Team in the Tim Creer Cup (otherwise known as our 5th grade). This was done with the help of a former Epping player and now coach of Parramatta Alex Murphy. Although it was put together in hast, it proved successful with a share of players in the team coming from both clubs. The concept allows guys who wouldn’t have played in the higher grades at Parramatta or are in the development squad at Parra a chance to play a good level of cricket on turf. It also allows both clubs to move players into the lower grades to fill spots. This was a great help to both club this season and with a little more tinkering we can surely make it a great success. I’d like to thanks particularly Alex Murphy, David Wait and Mick Sedgers for coordinating our 5th grade team this season. Sedge captained the side although he was the senior member by country mile his devotion and commitment to the plan and bigger picture is to be commended a true club legend. Thanks to the Parramatta board and president for adopting the concept and running with it. I see this relationship being and integral part of our clubs future success and development. Unfortunately we had to hand back the Turnbull/Richardson Cup to Burwood after they did a number on us. Burwood is club we enjoy a great comradery with and it’s always a pleasure to play against them. After holding it for two seasons it goes back into the Burwood trophy cabinet but not for long don’t get too used to it. Their an ageing club and we’re a young club with plenty of fight Each year we have individual grade winners and the winners of each grade were well deserved Dave Gilbert Medal- Stephen Sharp Gavin Robinson Medal- Kulwant Dhillon Ron Payne Medal- Stephen Allard Tim Creer Medal – Hayden Doria Graeme Baird Medal – Anirban Maitre Ian Wheatley Medal- Chris Stefan Gary Bensley Medal- Stephen Allard Congratulations to all the above medal winners very well deserved Annual Report Season 2014-15 3 The clubs ultimate prize the Cricketer of the Year went to James Howes this season. Not only did James win the cricketer of the year but also the Phil Dunnicliff award for under 24’s player of the year. Well done Howesy a great season personally and as captain of 4th grade. Behind the scenes there is once again a very dedicated committee that go about their roles making sure this club continues to function. Graeme ‘Rowdy’ Baird completes his 26th consecutive season as secretary and it was through this he received the Graeme Kightley Clubman of the Year. Rowd goes about his job silently and often unrecognised. Somehow the fridges get filled each week the drinks are topped up and it’s the little things in a club that Rowd gets done without any question. So after last being clubman of the year in 99/00 you definitely deserve it once again 15 years on. Thanks Rowd for all your efforts. The rest of committee work equally as hard and I would like to thank Mick Sedgers once again for getting our books in check each year. This is Sedgers 15th year as Treasurer a legendary effort. Other committee members , Mick McKeough, Mark Bruce, Pascal de l’Épine, Andrew Nicoletti, Nick Cox and Anthony Boorer a very big thanks for putting your time to help run this great Club. I want to make particular mention to AB. AB has been a true club stalwart for the past few seasons. This season he joined the shires subcommittee which take him away from his family another night a month but it is great to have him there working for our club on making the competition better. Ab is also the one who late on a Friday night is putting the covers down not only for 1st grade but often 3rd grade too. He is becoming the Second Rowd in or our club doing the little things that keeps our club ticking over so Thanks AB you make it easy to run the club with someone like yourself doing the hard yards. I thank all the committee members for the hard work As it is with each and every year it takes a team of captains and selection committee to organise selected and manage teams.