Walkerville Cats Newsletter Issue 80 www.walkervillecc.com.au 23/10/2014 Presidents Report Good luck also goes out to our junior cricketers who began this week. Some great results early for most of the teams, with an Under 15’s Under 11’s and Under 9’s sides beating the arch rival….Payneham. Well done boys and I hope that you enjoy the season ahead. Good luck to everyone for Round 2 and I will see you out on the track! Craig Burford. The season has begun! We have well and truly kicked off the season now with some Social Calendar great team and individual performances taking place in Round 1. Hundreds, fifties (I’m not talking about the average age of the One day team) as well as plenty of wickets…..and even a Save the dates and book the babysitters for the hat trick! What an opening round of cricket. following dates. On the “social” front I am extremely proud of the support that 15th nov. quizz and bingo night everyone showed last Saturday night. To have approx. 40 players, wives, girlfriends, children and family members come back and have a drink and a meal and support the club and 27th nov non selection night. A team mates like you did, was pleasing to see. The Walkerville Movember bowles night dress up opshop Cricket Club has always been a great place to go back to after a hard day in the field, or a long day on the sidelines after getting out for just 3 runs…..sorry going into my batting here. Xmas show 20th dec To celebrate or commiserate with team mates on a Saturday night also heaps to build not just a stronger team bond, but it creates a stronger club culture. 17th jan poker night Dinners will continue each Thursday on “selection” nights and then the “presentation” night Saturdays. A huge thank you goes out to Janet and Kaela Neate for their sensational meals and 9th feb a night at the dogs monday night. their positive attitude towards cooking in our “kitchen”. On the kitchen front we have been officially informed that the Walkerville council will be upgrading our kitchen from the 5th 14th march cocktail night. Hawaii theme November for approx. 4 weeks. During this time we will end of year show. continue to provide meals to make sure that Lachlan Nance doesn’t starve to death. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the captains for their continued support and hard work. Brett Knowles the A grade captain (and hat-trick maker), Leo Panzarino B grade captain and Nigel Grapentin C grade captain. I will once again take charge of the One day team this season, with my captain position safe for at least one week due to our great win on Saturday. Founded 1915 Walkervillecc.com.au Tim’s Coaching Tips Continued. Following the script Another key idea we want to bring to our game is to It was a privilege to attend the 100th year be ruthless when we have the initiative and not let the opposition back into the game. Our bowlers took celebrations and to acknowledge those chosen as full advantage of an imposing score line to turn the legends of the club. Their achievements and career game into an outright victory, highlighted by Brett statistics are extraordinary and the length of their Knowles taking 11 wickets in the day, including 7 in contribution to the club quite remarkable. Few the first innings. This is excellent leadership by playing today can really appreciate how long it takes example and through performance. to play a hundred games for a Turf club (let alone Great to see the one day side have a win, over four hundred in one case) and to take particularly after a really tough year last year. hundreds of wickets or make thousands of runs. I Numbers at training have been excellent which played against Kym Reid so I can attest what a fine bodes well for the club. player he was, at a time when Turf cricket overall Excellent bowling from Will Raynham in the Cs with was muc h stronger than it is now. 6 wickets was an individual highlight worth The evening is a reminder that current players stand acknowledging. on the shoulders of giants who have gone before We need to move on quickly from success and them. Walkerville is a club rightly proud of its rebound from failure. Every batter starts his next tradition. Tradition is a great thing in a sporting club; innings on zero, every bowler with nought for. however, it is only valuable if the current playing Success merely shows you what’s possible. group are striving to build on it and to write their own Consistency is the key to sustained success. Work page in the club’s proud history, rather than living harder, for longer. Deserve success! on it! “If you desire to dig a well to reach water, your Our game plan when batting has a number of key efforts are more fruitful if you dig one 100-foot- elements to team success. If we consider these in deep hole than if you dig ten holes each 10 feet the light of the A Grade performance in Round 1 deep.” (Matt Millen) against Port Districts; Start well. Have a productive opening partnership. Gareth Cox and Daniel Giles put on over 50. Be as few wickets down as possible at tea. We were 1 for 112. With wickets in hand accelerate the sc oring after tea. We added 294 in 40 overs. I’m not Tim Hart sure if this is a club record but it was brutal in Look a Likes some of its power. Build partnerships. Two huge partnerships of almost 150 each between Daniel Giles and Matt Perilli and Mike Miller and Brett Knowles. When you get in, take advantage and make a big score – centuries to Daniel and Mike, 92 not out by Brett. Keep improving, take good net form into games – Daniel and Matt’s highest score for the club, Mike a ton on debut. All in all, a very satisfying start to the year and an almost perfect example of working to a team The two Jewellers of Walkerville, G W Cox and plan. There will be tougher tests to come, Michael Hill working on their stage show together. I however, this was a great start. am sure it must be the lens on the camera but Mike looks like he has shrunk to fit into Coxy’s suitcase. Founded 1915 Walkervillecc.com.au A Grade Wrap Up At the other end Knowlesy continued to put the bowling to all parts until the final over where he decided to play for the not out and boost his Vs Port Districts average for the MVP points come the end of the Skipper Knowles got involved early doors when he season. Finishing on 92 not out it was a brilliant won the toss and elected to bat on what looked like a way to start the season as last year’s player of the good batting track with inviting short boundaries year carried on from where he had finished the straight down the ground. 2013/2014 season. When Gilo and The Jeweller put on 55 for the first 2nd Week wicket Walkerville were cruising and looked destined to put a competitive total on the board. Even with Cox On the way to the ground it was clear, 20 wickets departing, Perilli carried on manipulating the field in the day and an outright victory would be ours. along with 'the weed' (Gilo) as they got through to tea That was all well and good but it would prove very with the score on 112/1. difficult to achieve this without an actual match ball. Gilo, probably still excited from last week’s I'm not sure what the Port District's tea lady put in the knock, had one job to do all day and he failed. sandwiches but they seemed to have the desired Leaving the match balls at home he had to rush effect as what came next can only be described as back and managed to return with seconds to carnage. 'The Weed' managed to find some strength spare. from somewhere and quite miraculously hit a six as he slogged his way to his maiden century for Walkerville. Mike got the first wicket of the day and then With his other half on the sideline it was a very followed this with the first beamer of the day. All emotional time for the Giles Household as even Mike this was amongst living up to the saying 'whinging and Nathan were in tears as they were overcome with POM'. Apparently it was too hot, too slippy and the joy at their employer, housemate and father figure pitch was too flat. At the other end Knowlesy dominating like he does on the lawn mower. bowled magnificently. In amongst his 7 wickets there was a hat-trick and very nearly 4 wickets in With Perilli also scoring his maiden half century for 4 balls. He turned the game in our favour and Walkerville it was proving to be a record breaking day. within the space of 3 overs an outright victory was Mike (Slopes) Hill and Skipper Knowles took the game becoming even more possible. and the scoreboard to a new level with sixes galore as Walkerville managed to score 296 from the final 40 When the Woolshed came on the bowl there was overs of the day as they rocked up a mammoth 408.