ANNUAL REPORT 2018/19 TASMANIA UNIVERSITY CRICKET CLUB INC. Contents President’s Message Lions Go Red... the future. • Facility Development We must have female friendly The club took some major steps forward Our Cricket Operations team were facilities, increase our training facility 3 President’s Message in season 2018/19 both on and off the again led by Gene Phair and Melissa Cricket Community Statistics capacity to accommodate growth in field. As a leading sporting club within Stevenson, and we have a fantastic 26 Awards and female & junior cricket, and find an 4 High Performance 11 In the media the UTAS community, the committee group of volunteers who have played Representative Honours moved to align with the University Sport all-weather solution given 50% of our 5 Senior Cricket 16 Students on campus key roles in our day-to-day operations. brand and change our Premier League training is either indoors or cancelled 28 Season results Thank you to John Paine, Peter & Olly 7 Female Cricket in Focus Past Players colours to red, black and white, This Robinson for managing the clubrooms, due to weather. We must also 46 Highest run scorers has also aligned our junior and senior Amanda Phair for "roll patrol" and establish a 2nd Turf Home Ground - 8 Junior Cricket Social calendar uniforms. Adopting a "Renegades" type social events, our scorers Kim currently utilising Hutchins WMO - as 50 Highest wicket takers design our Premier League sides look 9 Premier Cricket 18 George McNees Hutchinson and Nigel Wilson, the many well as work with CT & Council to fantastic in their new uniforms, and in Development Program fundraiser 54 Partnership records parents across our junior program improve our junior cricket grounds. particular it is great that our female assisting on game day with scoring • Management & Administration UniSport Nationals Div 1 57 Season milestones cricket sides can feel comfortable and and umpiring, and our players who We must work with the University T20 confident in uniform that fits properly. 58 Playing records have volunteered across the season for and CT towards part-time and full- Thank you to the University of Tasmania canteen and coaching duties. 22 Intercultural Sports time administrators, to help manage 67 Heritage Numbers - Men for their financial support, apparel League Over the past few seasons we have the current workload on volunteers partners Masuri for all of their efforts which is not sustainable 70 Heritage Numbers - and to Nick Grubb and Maddie Blazely seen many players come and go, and 24 Community partners • Experiences Women for leading the design process. with the nature of University life the Committee recognised the need to We must continue to strive to Many of our highlights of season 2018/19 provide social cricket opportunities to provide outstanding participant and go to the amazing transformation of our further engage with our community. volunteer experiences, including female cricket program. Led by first- This season we: junior cricket and students, to make year coach Katelyn Fryett and captain cricket Australia's number one sport President: Charles Rose Sasha Moloney, our female program • entered a side in the Hurricanes Vice-President: John Paine really went from strength to strength Champions Leage - a multicultural Acknowledgements competition managed by the Treasurer: Gene Phair this season with many amazing efforts • We are extremely grateful to CT for Intercultural Sports League Secretary: Rob Braithwaite along the way. Whilst they didn't come their support and the tireless work of away with any silverware, they have • entered a side in the UniSport T20 Chris Garrett, Daniel Thistleton and done the club immensely proud, and Div 1 Nationals Competition in Eamonn Doherty General Committee: Campbelltown, NSW success is not too far away. • Thank you to our community Peter Robinson Our senior men’s sides were somewhat • entered a side in the Over 40's partners for their support this season Maddie Blazely inconsistent, mostly attributable to a lack competition - Masuri, Davey Street Discount Oliver Robinson of depth across the grades and a lack of • supported the Intercollege Cricket Pharmacy, Commonwealth Bank, Knight Frank, The Veggie Patch Amanda Phair regular players week-in, week-out, with Final by securing access to Turf a loss of 14 regular players from our 1st Facilities, umpiring and sponsoring Guy and High Performance Cricket Jackson Swain and 2nd grade squad. This provided player of the match award Tasmania. opportunities for a number of talented It was great to reintroduce intervarsity • The UTAS community: Ingrid Patron: Rufus Black players to step up, and it was great sport for our students, and other Lagerewskij from TUU Sports Senior Member: Josh Bean to see students Chris Brown and Sam students around Tasmania. We Council, Rufus Black, Stephanie Leon perform at First Grade level, the look forward to the Adelaide T20 Taylor, Paul Bloomfield, Jarrod development of Jack Freeman, and First competition in November 2019. Stephens, Kelly Scott and Kate Vice-Patrons: S Allen, W Bale, J Braithwaite, R Brown, Grade debuts to Zac Phair, Jak Gunson, Harland from UTAS Student Life and R Cotgrove, G Farrell, R Jackett, A Jauncey, P Jones, Prof D Sebastian Brown and Jack di Venuto - all The CTPL released their strategic plan the team at Unigym Le Grew, D McNamara, K McNamara, P McNamara, Prof D for 2019-2023 with the vision of being under 18 years of age. • To all committee members and to all McNicol, Dr P Smith, M Street, E Stokes "the destination for the State's best We were able to assemble one of the talent, with the best management, those that have contributed to this best Coaching Panels in Australian best coaches and best facilities", with annual report Life Members: S Allen, W Bale, J Bean, T Burbury, Premier Cricket, led by Ben Harrison, their mission "to provide a strong and It was very humbling to accept Cricket J Braithwaite, M Brown, R Brown, P Cossum, R Cotgrove, Damien Wright, Katelyn Fryett and competitive environment to breed and Australia's Volunteer of the Year G Cunningham, S Davis, E Di Venuto, G Farrell, W Friend, Ben Hilfenhaus. They have done a foster elite cricket talent & to provide Award at the A Sport For All Awards M Graham-Smith, B Hilfenhaus, D Hills, M Hortle, R Jackett, brilliant job and have shown great a vital visible role in the Australian last month. Thank you to CT for the P Jones, G Kerr, M Macdonald, J Marquet, K McNamara, resilience in deliverying a high standard cricket competitions pathway in key nomination, and as I said at the time it P McNamara, R Page, J Paine, T Paine, P Robinson, R Smith, Ashley Day program given the limited resources population areas". was great recognition for the work all E Stokes, M Street, L Stewart, B Thomas, M Unicomb, Women’s Cricketer of the Season & and facilities available to them. We volunteers at our club have done over G van der Steege, I Woodgate As we embark on our strategic planning Kim Fazackerley Medallist thank the coaching group for their many years, as we can't do it alone. sustained efforts across the season with for the next 3-5 years, key strategic Bring on season 2019/20! a commitment to developing players for priorities include: 2 Annual Report / 2018/19 Annual Report / 2018/19 3 Cricket Cricket At University of Tasmania Cricket Club we offer cricket as highlight. Our bowling group was led key moments can cost you so much in Head Coach Female Cricket Senior Cricket by the wonderful performance of Joel the season overall. Third grade stayed Katelyn Fryett “A Sport for All”, for all skill levels and genders. The season past has seen our club Logan who took 27 wickets at 12.96 competitive on the back of great continue on a journey of re-building our which saw him win the bowling averages leadership and management along with Men's High Performance Coach playing list and giving opportunities to for the CTPL competition. Joel got great outstanding individual performance SASHA MOLONEY Ben Hilfenhaus High Performance our developing players across both our support from Jack Freeman who took 25 from their captain Clayton Braddick, What a whirlwind year for Sasha male and female programs. wickets at 19.00 before his season was who swept all before him as the best Moloney! Sasha clearly showed the Youth Development Coach TIM PAINE cut short by injury. player in the competition and was benefits of a full pre-season, where Brad Thomas At the same time we have also Tim had a big season, starting with rightfully recognised at the Emerson she thrived in the elite environment, continued to develop our coaching WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE leading the Australian tour to the UK Rodwell Medal CTPL awards night and and found herself being named the Batting Coach structure and staff, which needs for the one-day series, followed by the In the Women’s Premier League our again at our own Malcolm Street Medal Hurricanes captain for WBBL04. Sasha Graeme Cunningham recognition of the support by the Board tour of the UAE where he played an team dominated both competitions for Awards night. displayed her unbelievable fitness in her to the direction in which we are taking outstanding innings to bat out a draw, the majority of the season proper as we 0/400 partnership with Ash Day, where Fielding Coach the club UNDER 17 BOYS and a tough summer against India. His finished on top of the ladder in the T20 many of our players were astounded Enrico di Venuto Australian summer finished on a high A strong pre-season began with specific format and reached the Grand Final of The U17 Boys finished sixth in a tightly how quickly she was running between beating the Sri Lankans, followed by skills sessions aimed at getting groups of the Kookaburra Cup.