GEORGES RIVER - ST GEORGE DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INC Incorporating the following bodies: Georges River CA [1923-1945] Penshurst Park CA [1926-1945] GR Penshurst CA [1945-1993] St George CA [1898-1993] 69th ANNUAL REPORT PATRONS: J YATES & K GREENE PRESIDENT: SECRETARY: TREASURER: J EVANS J JOBSON R FRANCIS SEASON 2013-2014 GEORGES RIVER - ST GEORGE DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION INC. Inaugurated 1945 OFFICE BEARERS - 2013/2014 PATRON: J Yates, K Greene PRESIDENT: J Evans GENERAL SECRETARY: J Jobson SENIOR COMPETITION SECRETARY: R Ryan JUNIOR COMPETITION SECRETARY D Williams HONORARY TREASURER: R Francis ACTIVE VICE PRESIDENT: Vacant HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS: Councillor Shane O’Brien - – Mayor of Rockdale Councillor Stephen Agius – Mayor of Kogarah Councillor Jack Jacovou - – Mayor of Hurstville LIFE MEMBERS: A Bullot, J Creke-Barratt, T Davies, I Emerson, J Evans, R Facey, P Finneran, DC Fusedale, S Gray, K Greene, C Hawkins, W Hayes, I Lapham, F Lord, P Marsh, V McCormick, L McDougal, D McGovern, R McIntosh, F McKinnon, E Nielsen, D North, A Osborne, B Pillay, R Ridgway, M Ross, R Ryan, W Sidie, M Seily, P Smith, J Stanton, W Summerell, G Thoroughgood, K Tildsley, T Trotman, A Webster, P Wells, H Winter, RE Woellner, D Yates, J Yates. ASSISTANT SECRETARY: P Smith REGISTRARS: M Boland, K Tildsley PUBLICITY OFFICER: T Davies DELEGATES TO NSWDCA: J Evans, M Boland DELEGATE TO GRStGDCUL: P Smith DELEGATE TO ST GEORGE DCC: J Evans REPRESENTATIVE TEAM CO-ORDINATOR: R Francis MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE: J Evans, K Greene, J Jobson, R Ryan, K Tildsley, P Smith, T Davies, D Williams, R Francis, M Venn, M Abel We gratefully acknowledge the support of Kingsgrove Sports Centre St George Masonic Club The Oatley Hotel Sydney 6ers Veolia Transport Punchbowl Bus Company Club Central Club Rivers St George Bank Kookaburra PRESIDENT’S REPORT The season in review provided a number of challenges for Clubs most notably in maintaining playing strength. While competition numbers remained stable there is no doubt junior clubs have to work hard to attract players while senior clubs struggle with players’ ability to commit each Saturday due to work and other activities. With these thoughts in mind I congratulate the management of all Clubs on their dedication to providing the environment where players of all ages can enjoy their cricket, maintaining and building friendships and most importantly engage in healthy physical and social activity. The Association Committee continue to look at ways to promote our great game and it was encouraging to see a strong increase in U/8 registrations and also the number of junior players continuing into the senior ranks. A number of new In2Cricket centres were started during the season and we hope to see many of these young players joining clubs next season. Again this year I’d like to thank the many external organisations who provide assistance to cricket in our District. Our sponsors many of whom are very long term, are extremely generous with their financial contributions, while our local Councils, Hurstville, Kogarah and Rockdale continue to provide the grounds and training facilities. We are also indebted to our Umpires League, NSW Districts and Cricket NSW for their assistance. As you read through this report you will note many outstanding individual and team achievements and I congratulate all winning teams and individual award winners on their success and thank coaches, managers, scorers and team officials for their contributions. You will also note the reports of our representative teams. Two sides, Watson and Creak, made the finals series in what are always tough competitions. I’m sure our players learnt a lot from the experience of playing with the best against the best. I thank our managers and coaches for their hard work with the players and also our Rep Team Co-ordinator, Rick Francis for his oversight of the representative program. After 13 years in the role our Auditor, Geoff Thoroughgood has decided to stand down. Prior to this position Geoff was the Senior Association Treasurer for 12 seasons. We are fortunate to have benefitted from his outstanding knowledge and ability and sincerely thank Geoff for his outstanding contribution. In conclusion I would like to thank club delegates and the Committee for their support and work throughout the season. Our secretarial responsibilities were in the hands of the St George DCC CEO, Jon Jobson and we thank Jon and the Club for this assistance. Competition Secretaries, Ron Ryan and Danny Williams with the support of Registrars Ken Tildsley and Matt Boland ensured the competitions ran smoothly. Assistant Secretary, Peter Smith, Treasurer, Rick Francis and Publicity Officer, Tom Davies handled their roles efficiently. Mick Abel and Michael Venn again served on the committee and were strong contributors. Jeff Evans PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION CLUBS CLUB CONTACT PHONE EMAIL Arncliffe Banksia Ali Bank 0413 433 927 [email protected] Beverly Hills Eagles Ron Ryan 0413 807 045 [email protected] De La Salle Kingsgrove Ben Wilkes 0407 786 397 [email protected] Illawarra Catholic Club Gerard Walz 0402 562 605 [email protected] Kingsgrove Michael Venn 9588 5530 [email protected] Lugarno Sports Rick Francis 9523 0610 [email protected] Mortdale Heights Matt Boland 9594 5781 [email protected] Mortdale RSL Steve McMahon Penshurst West Leanne Gray 9785 4888 [email protected] Ramsgate RSL Sallianne Faulkner 0419 474 623 [email protected] Rockdale RSL Michael Bruce 0412 992 950 St George Leagues Denis King 0412 996 035 [email protected] St Joseph's Riverwood Danny Williams 0409 129 190 [email protected] South Hurstville RSL Carss Park (Juniors) Scott Uglow 0401 107 517 [email protected] South Hurstville RSL Carss Park (Seniors) Kevin Felton 0405 250 395 GEORGES RIVER-ST GEORGE DISTRICT CRICKET UMPIRES’ LEAGUE INC. PATRON: WARREN SAUNDERS OAM PRESIDENT: ROGER SPINDLER ACTIVE VICE PRESIDENT: DAMIAN McGOVERN HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS: KEVIN GREENE, BRIAN BOOTH MBE HONORARY SECRETARY: ROGER RIDGWAY HONORARY TREASURER: JOHN KIRKNESS APPOINTMENTS OFFICER: RON RYAN DELEGATE TO GRStGDCA: PETER SMITH EXAMINATION COMMITTEE: GARY KOSCHEL, IAN NEWSOM, ALLAN SMITH JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: NICHOLAS ALEY, GRAEME FLEMING, JOHN KIRKNESS, GARY KOSCHEL, GRAEME REDMAN HONORARY AUDITOR: JEFF WILLIAMS CPA LIFE MEMBERS: ROGER RIDGWAY, ALLAN SMITH, RON RYAN, KEITH COMPTON (Deceased), HUGH BOWEN (Deceased), JACK HILL (Deceased), HENRY PAYNE (Deceased), BOB McGINLEY (Deceased), JACK SNOWDEN (Deceased) The 2013-2014 was another successful season for our League and represented our 68th year since inauguration in 1945-46. Membership at 22 members represented a decrease of 1 member from the previous season. This number includes 3 active Life Members and 19 members who are joint members of our League and NSWCU&SA. The number of members available to actively officiate each week averaged 4-6, generally permitting coverage of one grade each round, with each grade receiving official umpires at least 3 times, in some cases 4 times, throughout the competition rounds. We were also able to ensure that all NSWDCA Inter-Association matches in which our Association participated were provided with an official umpire. I sincerely thank my fellow executive committee members and other officers for their efforts in maintaining the smooth running of our League throughout the season, as well as those members who regularly attended our monthly General Meetings. At the end of the season we were able to provide all Semi Final matches with 1 official umpire and all Preliminary Final matches with 2 official umpires. This was achieved with the assistance of Greg Stubbings from Mortdale Heights CC and we sincerely thank Greg and his Club for their contribution. Congratulations are extended to the following Premiership winners and officiating umpires who were appointed to our local Seniors’ Finals: 1st Grade Illawarra Catholic Club Umpires: Graeme Fleming & Craig Rudolph 2nd Grade De La Salle Kingsgrove Umpires: Graeme Redman & Roger Ridgway 3rd Grade Illawarra Catholic Club Umpires: Kevin Felton & Jeff Smith 4th Grade Ramsgate RSL Umpires: John Kirkness & Allan Smith Similarly, to the following members appointed to officiate in the NSWDCA Inter-Association finals series: Graeme Fleming: Moore Shield Qualifying Final, Gee Shield Final, Martin Shield Qualifying Final, Martin Shield Semi Final, Telegraph Shield Final. Roger Ridgway: Moore Shield Qualifying Final, Gee Shield Final, Martin Shield Qualifying Final, Martin Shield Semi Final, Telegraph Shield Final. Peter Smith: Martin Shield Semi Final. Within the local competition congratulations go to Ziad Abbas from Arncliffe Banksia Sports Club for winning the Jim Mitchell Trophy for Best and Fairest player in 1st Grade competition. This trophy is awarded on a 3- 2-1 points basis each game as determined by the Umpires League. Finally, our gratitude is extended to NSWCUSA for their continued support of our League, particularly through their Administration Manager Troy Penman and Liaison Officer Neil Findlay. We look forward to continuing our good relationship with the Executive Committee of GRSGDCA and to another successful season again next year. Roger Spindler President VALE LIFE MEMBER JACK STANTON In April this year Jack Stanton, one of our Life Members, lost his battle with illness. He was just short of his 87th birthday. Jack was awarded Life Membership of the Georges River Penshurst Boys Competition in 1981, having served nine years on the Association Executive including six years as Competition Secretary. As the father of three boys Jack managed numerous junior sides for ICC (where he was also a Life Member and Patron), continuing this commitment after his sons had graduated to the senior ranks. He was also appointed by the Association to select and manage various representative teams. Jack’s involvement in local cricket continued to the Grade Club where he served on the Management Committee for many years and was also awarded Life Membership. In the fledgling years of the GRP Juniors and indeed ICC Jack Stanton worked tirelessly to promote cricket, helping to build the strong foundations of both organisations.