Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association Inc. 108th Annual Report and Financial Statements 2015 – 2016 Registration No.: A0024532W ABN: 39 364 079 275 Website: http://vsdca.vic.cricket.com.au Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association Inc. PATRON K.W. Jacobs OAM OFFICE BEARERS President: J.W. Sheehan Chairman: P.A. O’Meara Vice-Presidents: Messrs. P.A. O’Meara, Dr. G. Hart Cricket Operations Manager: Dr. G. Hart Secretary: K.B. Hilton P.O. Box 5025, Cheltenham East 3192 Email: [email protected] Honorary Treasurer: D. Anning Assistant Secretary: G.P. Flack Umpiring Manager: J.G. Earle Umpires’ Advisor: P. Jensen J G Craig (Under 15) Manager: G.P. Flack Executive Committee: Messrs. P.A. O’Meara (Chairman), Dr. G. Hart, C.R. Norris, D. Priddle, G. Richardson, J. W. Sheehan, (ex Officio J.W. Sheehan, D. Anning) Independent Investigation Committee: Messrs. I.N. Crawford (Chairman), K.B. Hilton (Secretary), J. Bersey, B. Douglas, A.J. Pritchard, D. Reilly, P. Simpson, G. Thompson Appeals Board: Messrs. R. Laird OAM (Chairman), K.B. Hilton (Secretary), K. Carroll, E.W. Parker, D.T. Thiele Umpires’ Advocate: P. White Umpires’ Appointment Committee: Messrs. J.G. Earle (Chairman), Dr. G. Hart, K.B. Hilton, P. Jensen Rules Revision Committee: Messrs. Dr. G. Hart (Chairman), P. Jensen, D. Priddle, G. Richardson Inclement Weather Committee: Messrs. P. O’Meara (Chairman), D. Anning, D. Burke, A. Gale, C. Houghton, D. Long, G. Phillips, A. Rosta, S. Wilson Selection Committee: Messrs. P. Bain (Chairman), S. Ayres, S. Conway, J. Dean, L. Wintle Honorary Auditors: Anderson & Associates Delegates to Cricket Victoria: Messrs. P.A. O’Meara, J.W. Sheehan (Alternative Delegates: Messrs. Dr. G. Hart, G. Richardson) Delegate to the Victorian Country Cricket League: J.W. Sheehan Honorary Solicitor: P. Ewin Honorary Historian: P. Vesty Special acknowledgement is recorded to all the above personnel who served the Association with distinction during the season. Without their efforts and dedication the VSDCA would not have operated as smoothly as it did. 2 VSDCA Annual Report 2015/16 Delegates Altona: Neil Burns, Simon Jackson Moorabbin: Peter McKenna, Steven Smith Balwyn: James Sheehan, Andrew Walpole Mt Waverley: Peter Blakeney, Ian Boyle Bayswater: Gary Hancock, Rohan Pollard Noble Park: Craig Ortland, Geoff Richardson Box Hill: Peter Robertson, Ken Trollope Oakleigh: Trent Shields, Allan Stamps Brighton: James Perkins-Stafford, Ormond: Sean Clark, Mathew Cousins Nathan Steele Plenty Valley: Bill Helliar, Robert Watts Brunswick: Andrew Read, Ron Sahlberg Preston: Sean Harrison, Richard Norris Caulfield: Pat Lennon, Shaun Richardson RPB: Geoff Turner, Ben Wood Coburg: Don Hudson, Shayne Rule Sunshine: John Lugowski, Alex Sorgiovanni Croydon: David Chambers, Stephen Potter Werribee: Graeme Hurn, Louis Tardrew Elsternwick: John Dunnachie, Bryan Hammer Williamstown: Jordan Doyle, Dr. Geoffrey Hart Endeavour Hills: David Anning, Gary Parsons Yarraville: Matthew Beasley, Graham Jarry Hoppers Crossing: Andrew Gibb, Simon Giles VCCL: Keith Thompson Ivanhoe: Nicole Hartley, Alan Jones Kew: Vaughan Roberts, Ian Wallace Malvern: Kerry McLeish, David Priddle RPB = Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows Melton: Ivanka Gale, Christopher Hope Phil O’Meara (Executive Chairman), Dr Ric Charleswoth AM (Guest Speaker at Hatch Presentation Dinner) & Jack Sheehan (VSDCA President) 3 www.vsdca.vic.cricket.com.au President’s Report I take this opportunity to thank all of our clubs, umpires and volunteers To Mr Ken Hilton, Mr Peter Flack and Mr James Earle we thank you for all the great work done to ensure that we as an Association had such and congratulate you all for the magnificent way that you continue an outstanding season. to support the Association and all of our member clubs in such a professional manner. All the tasks that you undertake are carried out Congratulations to the Oakleigh and Mount Waverley Cricket Clubs with the utmost of enthusiasm and competency. on their outstanding achievement in winning the South/West and North/East Kookaburra Premierships and to all the Group Premiership The Selection Committee, under the guidance of Mr Paul Bain winners, very well done on your clubs’ successes. Chairman, Mr Luke Wintle (East Group), Mr Jeff Dean (West Group), Mr Sean Ayres (North Group) and Mr Simon Conway (South Group) To the Kookaburra organisation as our major sponsor, in particular Mr and with support from Mr Phil O’Meara and Mr Geoff Richardson, Leigh Watts and Mr Nathan Pilon, we thank you and your company we thank you all for the great job you did throughout the year. for your continued outstanding support of our Association, it is greatly Congratulations to Captain David McKay and the whole team for the appreciated. great victory against the VCCL, played at Noble Park. We thank all the players who had made themselves available for the game. To Werribee Cricket Club for winning the “K.G. Fewster” Club Championship, and to Oakleigh Cricket Club for winning the “Spirit of To Mr Phil O’Meara as Chairman of the Executive, Dr Geoff Hart, Cricket Award”, well done to all members of these clubs. Mr David Anning as Treasurer and all the hard-working Executive Members, Mr Geoff Richardson, Mr David Priddle, Mr Dick Norris I would like to thank Matthew Naughtin from Oakleigh for introducing and Mr James Sheehan, I can’t thank you all enough on behalf of our a new sponsor in Shine Lawyers to the Association, which agreed to clubs for the enormous contribution that you all continue to give to the sponsor both the Club Championship and Spirit of Cricket Awards. Association so that it can run so efficiently. Shine Lawyers also indicated to the Executive that they wanted to recognise the ‘Best Player’ in each of the Group Finals and the We thank all clubs which hosted games for the Association during the Executive saw this as an opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding year. Brighton - JG Craig Final, Altona - Semi-Final of the Legends contribution people have made to this Association. & Heroes T20 Competition and the hosting of the 200 Game Club Luncheon, Oakleigh - Legends & Heroes T20 Competition Final and The Best Player Medals in the respective Group Finals will be named South/West Grand Final, Malvern - U19 game against the Crusaders as follows: Foundation, Noble Park - VCCL game, Caulfield - Country Week 1st XI - Jack Batty & Jack Sheehan Luncheon and Bayswater - North/East Grand Final and to all the clubs 2nd XI - Michael Priddle & Geoff Turner which hosted Country Week, VMCU and JG Craig Competition games. 3rd XI - Richard Norris & Allan Stamps 4th XI - Peter Flack & Phil O’Meara The grand finale to our season was the “R.M. Hatch” Presentation Night held at the RACV Club in Bourke Street in central Melbourne, Well done to Moorabbin which continues to do outstanding work with a great venue, and the steering committee of Mr Geoff Richardson, Mr the Access Unlimited and All Abilities cricket programs and also to our David Priddle, Mr David Anning, Mr Trent Shields, Mr John Craig, clubs who are developing women’s cricket. Mr Jack Sheehan, Mr Ken Hilton, Mr James Sheehan and Mr Phil O’Meara are all to be congratulated on such a great finish to the year. A To Mr Neill Murray as President of our umpiring fraternity and special thanks to Mr Geoff Richardson for his outstanding production supported by Mr Gary White as Secretary, Mr Peter White as Treasurer of the very impressive PowerPoint display which was once again a and your committee and all umpires, a big thank you for your highlight of the night and we thank Mr Peter Lazer as M.C. and Dr outstanding contribution to our Association. To our Umpires’ Advisor Ric Charlesworth A.M. as a very entertaining guest speaker for their Mr Paul Jensen thank you very much for your outstanding contribution contribution to a successful night. New Association sponsor Asahi to our umpires, also the great contribution made by Mr Brian Goodman Premium Beers was our major sponsor for this function and we thank assisting with the development of our umpiring panel. Andrew Amarant for his support of the Association. Sponsorship plays such an important role in the running of the The winners of the Association awards at the “R.M. Hatch” Dinner. Association and all of our member clubs and, on behalf of all of us, First Eleven Player of the Year - The Val Holten Medal, Jacob Thorne we thank our sponsors so much for the financial assistance you give. (Caulfield), Second Eleven - James Earle Medal, Michael Vozzo (Box We thank Kookaburra Sport, Legends & Heroes, BLK Cricket, Eagle Hill), Third Eleven - William Tucknott Medal, Bill Blair Snr (Coburg), Sports, Shine Lawyers, Krosno, Schweppes Australia, Asahi Premium Fourth Eleven - Ted Plant Medal, David Love (Plenty Valley), Under Beers and the East Malvern Community Branch of Bendigo Bank. The 21 Cricketer of the Year - Anthony Gale Medal, Jordan Brambleby great support we get from our Local Councils is greatly appreciated (Oakleigh). by all our clubs and the Association. I strongly encourage all clubs to continue to communicate and liaise very closely with their Local The Association presented two outstanding achievement awards on the Council representatives. night to Mr Jim Earle for 40 years of outstanding service as a player for Port Melbourne Cricket Club and administration for Port Melbourne To Cricket Victoria and its ongoing support from Mr Russell Thomas and the VSDCA, and to Mr Anthony “Butch” Gale on achieving 400 Chairman and Mr Tony Dodemaide CEO, and the Board of Directors 1st XI Games for the Melton Cricket Club. plus all the administration staff for your guidance and support which is of great assistance in contributing to the running of our Association. May our association long continue its role in developing cricket in this state.