NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given for the Annual General Meeting for the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai & Hills District Cricket Association, to be held 25th July, 2011 from 7.30pm at Asquith Bowling and Recreation Club. • Welcome and opening comments by President • To Receive Apologies • To consider and approve the Minutes of the 84th AGM held on the 26th July 2010 • To receive any correspondence • To receive and present the 85th Annual Report, Balance Sheet and Honorary Treasurer’s Financial Statements • To elect Office Bearers for the 2011/2012 season • To elect Patrons for the 2011/12 season • To elect an Auditor for the 2011/12 season • Notices of Motion • Presentations, including Life Members, Jim Fuggle Award, Integrity Cup recipient, Senior Competition individual award winners • To deal with any Special resolutions • Other Business Mark Rushton HK&HDCA President TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Executive Officer Bearers President’s Report Treasurer’s Report Growing our Association Player Numbers Growth Report Working with HKHDCCA Working with HKHDCUA Working with NDCC In2CRICKET / Kanga Cricket Kooindah Waters Our Community, Our Clubs Club Logos Team Affiliations Meeting Attendances Pink Stumps Day Kissing Point : 50 Not Out Galston Glenorie : Les Shore Pavilion Normanhurst-Warrawee : State Champions WHPC : John Coulthard HK&HDCA : Raffle Fundraiser Kai Connell HK&HDCA : Movember Triforce Sports Competitions Junior Cricket Senior Competition Representative Cricket All Records Ross Turner Cup Glenn Hourigan Cup Junior & Representative Presentation Night Kookaburra Council Reports Publicity Website Grounds Vale Les Shore Bob Somerville Darren Egelhoff Kim Solling Roll of Honour Life Members View FROM THE EXECUTIVE ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 4 MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE Mr Mark Rushton Mr David Toose Honorary President Honorary Treasurer Years Serving: 10 Years Serving: 21 Mr Geoff Hasler Mr Nathan Tilbury Mr Simon Moore Mr Steve Wilson Mr Bruce Kimberley Mr Bruce Wood Honorary Senior Honorary Junior Honorary Umpires’ Honorary Senior Honorary Junior Honorary Coaches Vice President Vice President Secretary Competition Competition Association President Years Serving: 9 Years Serving: 5 Years Serving: 1 Secretary Secretary Years Serving: 4 Years Serving: 5 Years Serving: 12 Mr Warren Jackson Mr David Bennett Mr Colin Griffin Mr Scott Burrows Mr Cameron Riddett Mr Bob Dewstow Honorary Honorary Minutes Executive Member Executive Member Executive Member Executive Member Representative Secretary Secretary Years Serving: 3 Years Serving: 2 Years Serving: 1 Years Serving: 2 Years Serving: 5 Years Serving: 2 PATRONS Mr Tom Richmond OAM Mr John Hayne AM Mr Colin Cooper HK&HDCA Life Member HK&HDCA Life Member HK&HDCA Life Member Mr Nick Berman Mr Peter Dimbrowsky Mr Ian Cross Mrs Denise Annetts Ms Lisa Sthalekar The Mayor Former Mayor, The Mayor, Former Australian Current Australian Hornsby Shire Council Hills Shire Council Ku-ring-gai Council Cricket Player Cricket Player COMMITTEES Mr Geoff Findlay Mr Bob Browne Co-Chairman Co-Chairman Disputes and Disciplinary Disputes and Disciplinary Committee Committee Mr Steve Wilson Mr John Klingberg Mr Geoff Hasler Senior Competition Senior Competition Senior Competition Committee Committee Committee Mr Scott Burrows Mr John Mitchell Mr Josh Brown Senior Competition Senior Competition Senior Competition Committee Committee Committee Mr Josh Miller Mr Bruce Kimberley Junior Competition Junior Competition Committee Committee DELEGATES Mr Bob Somerville Mr Mark Rushton Mr David Toose Mr Warren Jackson Mr Alfred James Mr Mark Rushton Northern Northern NSWDCA Treasurer NSWDCA OAM Hornsby Sports Metropolitan Cricket Metropolitan Cricket NSWDCA Life Council Council & Hornsby Council Member (Chairman) Sports Cricket Council (Deceased) 5 ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 PRESIDENT’S REPORT MARK RUSHTON HK&HDCA PRESIDENT HK&HDCA President’s Report we as a Community Cricket premiership, following an It is with great pleasure that Association recognise the undefeated season. Add this the Executive join with me in collective efforts of the many to a U/13 Presidents Cup presenting the 85th Annual volunteers across all levels premiership, together with the Report and Financial Notes of the Association, including U/23 Daily Telegraph Shield for your consideration, those invaluable volunteers making the final in their which has been produced to from our Member Clubs and competition, all amounts to a celebrate another progressive affiliated bodies. Additionally, very successful season for our and successful season. We as I further extend our gratitude Representative teams, under a body have witnessed further to the respective families of the banner of the new name consolidation, growth and our volunteers, as the impact of the “Northern Knights”. development of the wonderful on family time continues to be The improved professionalism sport of cricket in our local an enormous burden and not and development will witness community sports area. We without cost to the dynamics a winning culture in the years have seen a small reduction within the family. ahead. in our overall player numbers, Moving on, there • The continued success though one may associate this have been many outstanding of the senior “Sunday slight decline with the poor highlights throughout the Competition” in its second performance of the Aussies season, including: season. It is understood there in the Ashes series. Historical • The success of the is consideration to further records suggest when interest HKHDCCA (Coaches expand the competition into is high in the Ashes series at Association), in their inaugural 2 divisions in the 2011/12 home, i.e. when our National season, worthy winners of season, which will allow team is performing well, the Integrity Cup for their more even contests. This local community cricket outstanding contribution to possible development augurs associations across the state see the local game within our well for the future success of an increase in player numbers district. this Sunday afternoon senior at the grassroots level. • Asquith Rugby League competition. Of course, with CC winning a 6th consecutive • The affiliation of one of development and progress A-Grade Premiership in our our newest members, Sydney comes significant change premier senior Saturday Lions Sports Club (SLSC), a which within itself, produces afternoon competition, an club who have brought two additional pressures and outstanding performance from teams into our senior Saturday demands on our large number a champion team. afternoon competition, of volunteers at all levels. • The U/15 E.G. performing well in the B Once again, it is essential that Weblin Shield winning the Grade and C2 Grade Saturday ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 6 PRESIDENT’S REPORT: CONTINUED afternoon senior competitions. to come. with a century in her second The Executive understand the • Our website continues international match. Jesse SLSC are considering entering to be the hub and future Hogan in a CricInfo online more senior teams and a direction of the Association article writes “….the opening junior team in the 2011/12 and continued to gain ‘traffic’ batter blasted an unbeaten competition. amongst our members and 104 off 118 deliveries to • Sponsorship – supporters. lead the Southern Stars to Kookaburra Sports, Triforce • Our second annual a commanding nine-wicket Sports and Kooindah Waters Presidents Forum was held win, an innings complete with are the main sponsors of the at the Asquith Bowling and eight boundaries and a six. No Association and are to be Recreation Club with a host Australian woman has started thanked for their collective of Member Club Presidents their career so well; by men’s support of the local game. Bruce and representatives of standards the innings was also Wood needs to be sincerely our Affiliated Bodies in historic. She comfortably beat thanked for his efforts in attendance. Barry McDonald Ricky Ponting’s record as the introducing Kooindah Waters kindly acted as the Facilitator youngest Australian to score as a major sponsor of the of the forum. an ODI century - Ponting was HK&HDCA. • The ongoing support of 21 years and 21 days, she was • Brian Binfield of our three Councils is well and 18 and 228 days - and also Fullpoint Graphics, continues truly appreciated. Ongoing equalled Alan Turner’s feat to provide outstanding ground and / or amenities from 1975 of a player scoring professional service to the improvements at Normanhurst a century in just their second Association with our printing Oval, Headen Park, Greenway innings….” and publication needs…often Oval (Hornsby Shire Personally, I recall at short notice. “Uncle Brian” Council), Bannockburn Oval, Meg as a 10yo girl blasting (aka ‘Santa’) is to be applauded Comenarra Field, Samuel 2 centuries and 99no in the for his support and guidance King Oval, George Christie one representative season as a with our Association’s various Oval (Ku-ring-gai Council), player in the U11 HK&HDCA publications – a quality and Wrights Oval (2 fields) and Jim Goulder Shield. When I reliable service. Les Shore Oval (The Hills contacted Meg via Facebook • Northern District CC, Shire Council) are testament querying if she was indeed our local grade club needs to to our ongoing ‘working in the same player she replied be thanked for their awareness partnership’ relationship with “…Hello there, yes that’s me and contribution to the our Councils. :). I moved to Melbourne Association. Grade cricket is • The Community 2004. Thank you we