Miranda Magpies 2019/20 Yearbook We are greatly indebted to our sponsors and thank them for their continued support throughout the 2019/20 season. In turn, we ask our club members to support each of them. Executive Office Bearers Life Members President Scott Taylor Glen Lord, Flo Foster, Bill Secretary Peter Briscoe Foster, Ken Gardener, Paul Treasurer Paul Easton Soady, Ken Prendergast, Trevor Vice President Mark Easton McGregor, Gordon Johnston, Junior Registrar Gerard Burgess Mark Easton, Mario Senior Registrar Paul Easton Racomelara and Ray Davies. Equipment Officer Shane Murray Clothing Officer Gerard Burgess We are very grateful to Grill’d Miranda for providing our player of the match awards. President’s and Secretary’s Report The 2019/20 season was a complicated one by anyone’s standards. Heatwaves, bushfires and torrential rain led to cancelled training sessions and entire matches, but we just managed to scrape in finals games literally days before the COVID shutdown, so I suppose we can say we were lucky. With the committee now seasoned veterans of club management, having been in the gig for all of one season, I feel like we’re slowly managing to keep the ship on course with a little more consistency. But honestly, we’re probably responsible for all of 1% of the clubs success. The absolute vast majority of credit for the successful season goes to the volunteer coaches, managers, scorers, yearbook collaborators (thanks Janelle!), as well as parents and most importantly the players themselves. A positive start to the season is always a good thing, and a gain of 20 players to the club from last season was an excellent way to kick it off. Most of these new players came into the Master Blaster program, which is a fantastic introduction into the game for both young cricketers and their parents. We also saw a record number of girls join the club, as we continue to work towards the goal of having a Miranda team join the newly formed Girls’ Cricket competition in the near future. Whilst the club didn’t lift any trophies in 2020, it certainly wasn’t through lack of effort or courage. The talented 14Bs team cruised into the grand final only to struggle with extremely difficult weather conditions on the day. Whilst the Men’s B4 team fell an agonising 2 runs short in their bid for the premiership. Other Magpies teams in the 10As and 12Ds went down in some very close matches in semi-finals. Overall though, it was a season I can honestly say left myself and other members of the committee extremely proud. Individually, we had a number of representative players give up their Sundays to cricket throughout the season: Harrison Plakias, Aiden Briscoe and Aleks Taylor kept their representative runs continuing, whilst Ella Briscoe continues to scale the representative cricket heights and is a definite player to watch in the next few years as she makes a tilt for the big time. Pinnie Mitchell and Logan Burgess also made their rep cricket debuts this season and Kean Mitchell, Loxley Callender, Will Simpson and Will Lanham all joined forces to be involved in the SSJCA Junior Development Squad. With the bat, Logan Burgess and Zac Karayannis (in his first time playing under 10s cricket no less) topped the batting in their respective grades. The highest score by a junior cricketer in the club went to Logan Burgess with 78*, whilst Evan Dracopoulos, Jack Barnes, Thomas Waldock and Aleks Taylor also notched up half- centuries. Mitchell Crews in the men’s competition should also get a mention for averaging a pretty astounding 50.33 with a high score of 79. Whilst with the ball, Cameron Burgess topped the wicket takers’ ladder in the 12As, making him one of the most impactful 12 year-old bowlers across the entire Sutherland Shire. Having visited several games throughout the season and in speaking to coaches, managers and parents alike, it was extremely encouraging to see the positivity, sportsmanship, and respect that was being instilled in the players by all involved. With this in mind, I’d like to give a special shoutout to all our coaches, particularly our first time coaches James (12Ds), David (10Cs), Bill (10Es) and everyone involved in the MasterBlaster teams for doing such a fantastic job at ensuring all the players enjoyed themselves and the game was played in the right spirit. Finally, Darren Smith has possibly (there is still another little Smith sneaking around in the 12s) signed off his junior coaching career after having been with the same team for many a season. In the time I’ve been President, he’s been an absolute breeze to work with and he and his team will be sorely missed throughout the club. So, with the off-season being difficult to say the least, and whilst we’re not exactly sure what 2020/21 season will look like just yet, based on the fantastic experience 2019/20 was, we’re most definitely looking forward to the first ball being bowled at the nets this coming spring. Hope to see you all at the trials. Thanks again to all involved! Scott Taylor (President) + Pete Briscoe (Secretary) Junior Team Awards 2019/20 JUNIOR CRICKETER OF THE YEAR - Joint Winners !!!! Jack Barnes & Drew Smith 16B’s CONGRATULATIONS Jack and Drew on fabulous seasons !!!! Jack Barnes & Drew Smith 16B’s – both have been Miranda Magpies club players since the U8’s, showing fantastic commitment to the club. In this day and age, its a rare feat to remain one club players and not miss a season, Jack and Drew have shown a great team and club attitude since joining the club, that attitude will be sorely missed as they move junior cricket into senior cricket. We hope that they continue their cricket at Miranda Magpies for many years to come. NOMINATIONS Logan Burgess 14B’s – 291 runs @ 36.38, 7 wickets @ 15.29, 6 catches, SSJCA representative Aleks Taylor 14B’s – 191 runs @ 23.88, 11 wickets @ 12.82 , 2 catches, SSJCA representative JUNIOR RISING STAR Loxley Callender 10A’s CONGRATULATIONS This is such a well deserved award Loxley Callender on for Loxley, topping runs, wickets and catches for the entire junior club, an absolutely definitely a player to look out for in AMAZING the future. season !!!! The club is looking forward to watching Loxley develop and perform at such a high standard. Loxley twice filled in for the 12A’s, batting in the top 3 both times, and having a top score of 33 on one of those occasions. Loxley possesses a fantastic cricket attitude, and is just a joy to have around the club. Congratulations Loxley. BATTING – 337 Runs @ 46.43 (Highest score 32) BOWLING – 19 Wickets @ 10.95 (Best figures 4/10) FIELDING – 12 Catches, 2 stumpings NOMINATIONS Zachary Karayannis 10E’s – Zachary 242 runs (28 four’s). Pinyada Mitchell 12D’s – 120 runs @ 30.00, 11 wickets @ 11.09, 5 catches, 2 stumpings, 6 runouts, SSJCA representative player. Isaac Lopes 12D’s – 204 runs @ 40.80, 7 wickets @ 16.29, 5 catches and 2 runouts. Cameron Burgess 12A’s – 133 runs @ 9.5, 15 wickets @ 16.93, 8 catches and 1 runouts, highest wicket taker for the 12A competition, best bowling 3/8. Aiden Briscoe 12A’s – 279 runs @ 25.38, 7 wickets @ 42.71, 4 catches, SSJCA representative player. JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS 10A’s Loxley Callender SSJCA Development Squad 10A’s William Simpson SSJCA Development Squad 10A’s William LanhamSSJCA Development Squad 10A’s Kean Mitchell SSJCA Development Squad 12A’s Harrison Plakias U11 Colin Cooper Cup (Div 1) 12A’s Aiden Briscoe U12 (Div 2) 12D’s Pinyada Mitchell U13 Mollie Dive Shield 14B’s Aleks Taylor U13 (Div 2) 14B’s Logan Burgess U14 Anthony Neale Cup 16B’s Ella Briscoe U15 Margaret Pedan Shield Individual Junior Awards 2019/20 10E Batting award – Zach Karayannis. 242 runs. Bowling award – James Karayannis. 15 wickets. All Rounder award – Lachlan Beasley. 7 wickets & 116 runs. Most Improved award – Finley Duncan. Coaches award – Kai Tagg. 10C Batting award – Elijah Simpson. 165 runs. Bowling award – Jake Graham. 16 wickets. All Rounder award – Lachlan Barker. 16 wickets & 106 runs. Coaches award – Thomas Mulcair. 10A Batting award – Kyan Routh. 242 runs. Bowling award – Will Lanham. 17 wickets. All Rounder award – Loxley Callender. 9 wickets & 373 runs. Coaches award – Max Randall. 12D Batting award – Isaac Lopes. 204 runs @ 40.80. Bowling award – Coby Donaldson. 11 wickets @ 10.36. All Rounder award – Pinyada Mitchell. 120 runs @ 30.00, 11 wickets @ 11.09, 4 catches, 2 stumpings, 6 runouts. Coaches award – Eliza Parslow. 12A Batting award – Aiden Briscoe. 279 runs @ 25.36. Bowling award – Christian Simos. 12 wickets @ 21.67. All Rounder award – Cameron Burgess. 15 wickets @ 16.93. 133 runs @ 9.5. 8 catches. Coaches award – Noah Longman. 14B Batting award – Logan Burgess. 291 runs @ 36.38. Bowling award – Aleks Taylor. 11 wickets @ 12.82. All Rounder award – Thomas Waldock. 172 runs @ 21.50 & 10 wickets @ 6.30. Coaches award – Conner Ammon. 16B Batting award – Jack Barnes. 215 runs @ 26.88. Bowling award – Daniel Taylor. 9 wickets @ 13.67. All Rounder award – Luke Dracopoulos. 66 runs @ 16.50 & 6 wickets @ 20.33. Fielding award – Ella Briscoe. Master Blaster Teams Jordan Steinwede Jetta Mitchell Charlotte Callender Black’s Zane Walsh Billy Herb Harry Randall Cooper Lieshout Luca Di Biasi Jayesh Arora Grey’s Jackson Downes Taj Boulous Cruz Judd Peter Croucher Genevive Doumit Xavier Terides Xavier Beattie Levi Cooper White’s Flynn Chatterton Quinn Nimmett Bryce Weldon Marcus Fuchs-Hodge Master Blaster White’s A big congrats to the Miranda White team for the 2019/20 season.