CRICKET NORTH WEST BULLETIN Thursday November 1, 2018 CNW Deadlines Club (s) Required By: Enter All Teams in MyCricket All clubs. Each Thursday by 8.30 pm. for Media Access. Annual Report and Financial All clubs. Within one week after AGM. Statements. Cricket Tasmania Affiliation All clubs. Thursday November 1. Program Applications Due. Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund Interested clubs. Monday December 3. Applications Due. Events Wednesday November 7 & Start of Under-13, Under-15 & Under-17 Competitions. Thursday November 8 Sunday November 11 Start of the Female Competition Roster. Wednesday November 14 CNW Board Meeting, Devonport, 6.00 pm. Start of the Girls Under-17 Roster (double header with Female Sunday December 2 Competition teams – most games will be Monday nights). Dropbox All documents mentioned in the CNW Bulletin are available via Dropbox. This reduces the number of attachments sent via email. You will see links to individual documents throughout the bulletin. For a link to the main CNW Bulletin folder, organised into relevant sub-folders, please click on the link below. CNW DROPBOX FOLDER New Cricket Tasmania Staff Members Ben Richmond has been appointed to the role of Cricket Promotions Officer – North West. Ben brings experience from a diverse sporting background including time at Collingwood Football Club, AFL Tasmania and working with the community engagement team at the North West Thunder. Ben commenced this week, and will be working closely with our schools and entry-level programs. James Jennings has been appointed to the role of Clubs Officer – Greater North. James has been employed with Queensland Cricket over the past 6 years and has gained experience through a variety of roles working with clubs and schools. CNW Bulletin – November 1, 2018 New Cricket Tasmania Staff Members (continued) James will commence on Monday 19th November and will be working across the North and North West regions in a Greater North role heavily focused on junior and female cricket. Captains & Umpires Reports A reminder to all 1st Grade and 2nd Grade Captains & Umpires to complete the new Survey Monkey Captains Reports and Umpires Reports after each game. They are due by 10.00 pm each Monday. Links are available on the CNW website home page, and these reports are to be completed by Captains and Umpires for all 1st Grade, 2nd Grade and Female Competition matches. Match Management Resources Senior and Junior Rules Handbooks, information for scorers, PDF versions of rosters and other “How To” sheets and videos are available in a new section of the CNW website. Look for “Match Management Resources” on the CNW website homepage. This section will be updated regularly. First Grade Scorers – Total Cricket Scorer link to MyCricket First Grade scorers are reminded to follow exactly the steps outlined in the “How To Sheet” or “How To Video” for using the Total Cricket Scorer link to MyCricket feature. In recent weeks, some scorers have not been following these instructions exactly, and thus, scores are not being synced to MyCricket or the result isn’t being confirmed (matches are showing up as one over short of completion). Remember to “Download the Fixture” from MyCricket when you set up a match. At the end of the match, you need to “Upload Match” so that the result is synced to MyCricket. First Grade Scorers’ Laptop – Update Total Cricket Scorer Cricket Australia has advised CNW to update Total Cricket Scorer on all 1st Grade scorer laptops. You can download the latest version of TCS here: http://www.totalcricketscorer.com/TCSWeb/TCSDownLoad.aspx Or simply accept the prompt to update inside your current version of TCS. Along with other minor improvements, the latest version adds support for ball-by-ball score updates to the MyCricket app and website. Just download a fixture from MyCricket and the match will be updated live as you score on the MyCricket website and mobile app. Once you have downloaded the latest version on your scorer’s laptop, follow the prompts to install the updated version. Prepared for Cricket North West – for distribution to players, clubs, umpires and volunteers Nathan Dennis – Community Competitions Officer | Shop 3/142 William St, Devonport, TAS 7310 T: 03 6282 0454 | M: 0429 961 700 | E: [email protected] | W: www.cricketnorthwest.com.au CNW Bulletin – November 1, 2018 Scoring with iPads – 2nd Grade, Female Competition, Juniors All clubs received two iPads, keyboard covers and chargers recently. One iPad is to be used for Girls Under-17 matches exclusively, although it can be used for the Under-13s before and after the girls’ roster. The second iPad is to be retained at each club’s turf venue, and is to be used for all home 2nd Grade, Female Competition, Under-17 and Under-15 matches (e.g. home team to use iPad, away team to use scorebook). It is expected that home clubs will begin using these devices now, with the away team to use a manual scorebook (or you can score away games on a personal device, with only the home team to sync to MyCricket). Scores can be synced from the app to MyCricket via the club’s internet connection or a personal hotspot. This enables “Live Scores” and removes the need for results and scores to be entered in MyCricket manually. The MyCricket Live Score app is installed on each iPad. It is hoped that those who attended the Club Development Expo MyCricket session will help train players and officials to use the app. Links to support articles, tips and tricks, videos and a demo match are available in the “Match Management Resources” section on the CNW website home page. Great resources are also available via the MyCricket Support Helpdesk (1800 274 2538) and MyCricket Support website. MyCricket Live Score App Support Cricket Tasmania have a casual staff member available to assist with training and troubleshooting in the use of MyCricket Live Score App. Josh Bell is ready to meet with club volunteers to provide additional assistance in setting up matches, using the app, and dealing with any unexpected situations. It is fantastic that we have this additional resource available to us. Clubs are strongly encouraged to contact Josh and book in some training and support. He can be contacted via the details below: Josh Bell – [email protected] or 0417 944 337. MyCricket Admin Support Cricket Tasmania staff are available to conduct training sessions for club volunteers in navigating the various features of MyCricket Admin. This could include online player registration, team selections, results entry, contact management and websites. It could also include a tutorial in completing the key requirements of the CT Affiliation Program. Please contact me to book in a training session. Group sessions in the club environment are preferred, but individual follow-up training can also be arranged. Viewing Live Match Scores The MyCricket App is the easiest way to view live CNW scores. Download and install the app from the App Store (iPhone or iPad) or Google Play Store (Android). You can then select your own club or Cricket North West as a favourite and follow the live scores. Prepared for Cricket North West – for distribution to players, clubs, umpires and volunteers Nathan Dennis – Community Competitions Officer | Shop 3/142 William St, Devonport, TAS 7310 T: 03 6282 0454 | M: 0429 961 700 | E: [email protected] | W: www.cricketnorthwest.com.au CNW Bulletin – November 1, 2018 Teams to the Media – MyCricket Option Fairfax Media are providing Cricket North West clubs with a streamlined way of submitting their teams to The Advocate Newspaper. Instead of submitting teams via The Advocate’s online form, clubs are to ensure ALL teams are entered in MyCricket by 8.30 pm each Thursday. This will take effect from this week. You can select teams on your club laptop or iPad using the MyCricket login supplied. Simply go to https://mycricketadmin.cricket.com.au/, log in with your User ID and password, and select your teams. A “How To” sheet for selecting teams in MyCricket is available in the Dropbox. If one of your teams is training on Friday for a Sunday game, you can select a squad to go to The Advocate. Entering teams in MyCricket on a Thursday night has the added the advantage of ensuring that all teams are available for downloading matches to Total Cricket Scorer or the MyCricket Live Score app, ready for the weekend’s matches. This will be a big help to your scorers! Last-minute additions and withdrawals can be made from within these apps. Umpires – Awarding Votes for Greater Northern Cup Games in the North First Grade umpires are not required to complete an Umpires Report or votes for any Men’s Greater Northern Cup matches played at Cricket North venues. The appointed Cricket North umpire shall enter the Greater Northern Cup Player of the Year Award votes for these games. CNW umpires only need to submit an Umpires Report for these games at Cricket North venues if a player from a CNW club is awarded a yellow card or is reported. Our players are subject to the CNW disciplinary procedures. Day-Night Greater Northern Cup Fixture Devonport and Wynyard will be playing their Round 4 Greater Northern Cup One-Day fixture as a Day-Night match at Devonport Oval this Saturday, November 3. The game starts at 2.30 pm and will run through until 9.30 pm. The match will coincide with a DCC Ladies Day function. Thanks to both clubs for their co-operation. It will be great to see One-Day cricket under lights at The Oval! Female Competition Roster The CNW Female Competition roster commences on Sunday November 11.