PENRITH JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION The spirit of club cricket … Colyton St Clair Cranebrook Emu Plains Glenbrook Blaxland Glenmore Park Penrith RSL Springwood St Clair Hawks Brothers U16 Semi Finalists: Glenmore Park v Emu Plains DISTRICT YEARBOOK 2016/17 2016/17 District Yearbook 1 SHIRT SPONSORS 2016/17 District Yearbook 2 SPONSORS 2016/17 District Yearbook 3 CONTENTS COMMITTEE 4 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 5 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 7 PREMIERS 8 • UNDER 10 - PENRITH LEAGUES CLUB SHIELD • UNDER 11 - N RANCE TROPHY • UNDER 12 – DAVID RISTAU MEMORIAL TROPHY • UNDER 13 – SOPER FAMILY TROPHY • UNDER 14/15 DIV 3 – JOHN COOK TROPHY • UNDER 14/15 DIV 2 – RSL H GRADE TROPHY • UNDER 14/15 DIV 1 – PHILLIP MANNING MEMORIAL TRPOHY • UNDER 16 – CONNELL MEMORIAL TROPHY THUNDER GIRLS CRICKET LEAGUE 24 SEASON AWARD WINNERS 25 • BATTING AGGREGATE • BATTING AVERAGE • BOWLING AGGREGATE • BOWLING AVERAGE • WICKETKEEPING SEASON OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES 27 • BATTING – CENTURIES • BATTING - PARTNERSHIPS • BOWLING – HAT TRICKS • BOWLING – FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS HISTORICAL DISTRICT RECORDS 33 PREMIERSHIP WINNERS HONOUR ROLL 40 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP HONOUR ROLL 44 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD 45 OFFICE BEARERS – TERM OF OFFICE 46 Cover Page: This season’s U16 competition typifies club cricket at it’s best, the same six teams; Glenmore Park, Emu Plains Ponting, Emu Plains Gilchrist, St Clair Hawks, Springwood and Glenbrook Blaxland have been competing with great spirit, sportsmanship and competitiveness against each other since U8’s. In this photo, Glenmore Park and Emu Plains Ponting share a ‘mates’ moment to capture their competitive semi final clash, won by Glenmore Park, who also went on to record their third consecutive premiership! 2016/17 District Yearbook 4 COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Geoff Sullivan VICE PRESIDENT Alex Fenn SECRETARY Megan White TREASURER John Jennings REGISTRAR Michelle Pollard COMPETITION SECRETARY Alex Fenn REPRESENTATIVE COORDINATOR Brendan Bayliss GIRLS COORDINATOR David Williams UMPIRES COORDINATOR Andrew Kennedy MEMBERS Allan Rowan Paul Burrell Roberta Brown-Mead Robert Knauch Grant Kean Colin Rowe Darren McMillan Craig Batty Jason Martin Lachlan Steuart Richard Field Andrew Kennedy David Williams Brendan Bayliss Natalie Bradbury Craig Kells Peter Antonowizc Matthew Stubbs 2016/17 District Yearbook 5 PRESIDENT’S REPORT We may well remember Season 2016-17 as one of extremes. From the extreme heatwave post Christmas which forced us into the unprecedented actions of cancelling a round of cricket, to the absolute extreme drenching we experienced only a few weeks later that arrived just in time for our season finals campaign. Mother nature’s challenges were not enough though to stop us completing a very positive and successful season. Tonight and here in our Yearbook we acknowledge and reward the team premiership and individual successes that have been achieved this season. Congratulations to all our award winners. This season, the PJCA again witnessed growth in our player numbers, with 77 (Saturday) teams and 10 Thunder Girls Cricket League (TGCL) teams registering from U8-U16, across 9 junior clubs. This equated to just under 1000 junior cricketers turning out each week for their club to play some form of junior cricket. Last season, I called on clubs to think creatively and collectively to identify opportunities for growth. To their credit, they responded with some innovative approaches bringing new players to the game. Some clubs have greatly reduced registration fees, introduced coloured playing uniforms and engaged in the Cricket Australia Milo In2Cricket and T20 Blast programs. The PJCA have also worked hard to engage and attract more players through some game format modifications and the implementation of a PJCA Milo T20 Blast program during Term 1, 2017. This 4 hub model provided activations throughout the PJCA region including, Cranebrook, St Clair, Glenbrook and Springwood, with each junior club linked to one of the hubs, providing clubs with new player signings. I would like to thank all the club volunteers that supported each hub and especially Jake Balnave, our Cricket NSW Development Manager for his support and work with our Association on this and other initiatives to grow the game in Penrith. A significant PJCA moment and a shining light in the eyes of Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW was (following our taster in 2015-16) the establishment of our Thunder Girls Cricket League competition. The Spring season of 4 teams grew into 6 Summer season teams with a huge carnival atmosphere experienced each Friday evening at Jamison Park. This provided a new ‘girls only’ pathway into cricket and brought many new girls to the traditional game. Some of these girls also played our Saturday morning competitions as well. To the many volunteers that assisted, my deepest thanks. To David Williams, Girls Cricket Coordinator, the region can not thank you enough for your drive, passion and energy to transform opportunities for girl’s cricket in our district. You are doing an amazing job. For the record, Season 2016-17 witnessed: • 750 games of junior cricket being played • 114,257 runs scored • 5724 wickets taken • 36 scores of 100 or more • 13 bowlers took 5 wickets or more in an innings • 4 bowlers took a hat trick 2016/17 District Yearbook 6 Thank you to the work of our PJCA Vice President and Comp Sec, Alex Fenn for his astute and effective match administration. Thank you also to our Umpires Coordinator, Andrew Kennedy for his appointment and organisation of umpires to our games throughout the season. Again, the PJCA remains financially stable, thanks to the efforts of our Treasurer, John Jennings and Sponsorship Coordinator, Joanne Agius. Thank you also to all our valued PJCA sponsors for their financial support. Many thanks to our PJCA Secretary, Megan White for all her administrative work that keeps the association ticking along. We acknowledge the relationships built with our affiliates, the NDCA and Penrith Cricket Club and thank them for their support of junior cricket in Penrith. Thank you also to Penrith City Council for their work in preparing grounds each week as well as support off the field to support our wonderful game. Volunteers are the heart and soul of our association, I acknowledge every single Club coach, manager, scorer, every Club President, Secretary and committee member and thank them for their time, their effort and their input to ensuring the great game of cricket is accessible to all in our district. Our PJCA Volunteer of the Year Award will again acknowledge the special contribution made by one of our hardest working volunteers. Congratulations once again to our team and individual winners on your performances and success this season. Enjoy the accolades and keep loving the game we all love! Geoff Sullivan PJCA President 2016/17 District Yearbook 7 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Ray Jordan Club Championship Trophy Glenmore Park 96 Springwood 89 St Clair Hawks 88 Emu Plains 87 Penrith RSL 81 Glenbrook Blaxland 80 Colyton St Clair 60 Cranebrook 52 Brothers 46 2016/17 District Yearbook 8 PREMIERS UNDER 10 – PENRITH LEAGUES CLUB SHIELD EMU PLAINS WKTS RUNS WKTS RUNS RANK TEAM P W2 W1 D L1 L2 POINTS LOST FOR TAKEN AGST 1 Emu Plains 18 0 15 1 2 0 70 1638 93 1126 94 2 Glenmore Park 18 0 13 1 4 0 54 1466 116 1100 84 3 St Clair Hawks White 18 0 12 1 5 0 80 1431 91 1284 79 4 Glenbrook Blaxland 18 0 9 2 7 0 88 1605 76 1408 65 Brothers Penrith Junior 5 18 0 8 2 8 0 70 1093 73 1225 60 Cricket Club 6 Penrith RSL 18 0 3 2 13 0 75 1148 56 1415 35 7 St Clair Hawks Green 18 0 4 1 13 0 60 829 38 853 32 8 Springwood 18 0 2 2 14 0 94 896 48 1695 30 Another great season of junior cricket has come & gone. We faced some great opposition teams this year, congratulations to all of those teams and coaches. Our local cricket future certainly looks promising. Our team, we started and finished the season strong and are very grateful & lucky enough to walk away with a premiership win. A great group of boys and girls that worked as a unit together and also brought their individual flair & skills to make an amazing team. This made coaching and managing these kids a pleasure. 2016/17 District Yearbook 9 There were a few outstanding individual performances throughout the season but overall a great team effort. I would like to thank all the parents, grandparents, partners & friends of all the players who supported & helped throughout the season, I could not have done it without you. Special mention goes to Peter Bulluss and Ray Hudswell, for their help with the team and knowledge they passed on. Looking forward to another great season. David Williams Coach Peter Bullus Manager 2016/17 District Yearbook 10 UNDER 11 – N RANCE TROPHY GLENBROOK BLAXLAND STARC WKTS RUNS WKTS RUNS RANK TEAM P W2 W1 D L1 L2 POINTS LOST FOR TAKEN AGST 1 Glenmore Park Red 18 0 16 1 1 0 85 2097 148 1230 99 2 Glenbrook Blaxland Starc 18 0 15 1 2 0 81 2114 150 1484 94 3 Emu Plains 18 0 11 1 6 0 99 1660 133 1675 74 4 Penrith RSL 18 0 8 1 9 0 105 1946 125 1881 59 5 Glenbrook Blaxland Smith 18 0 8 1 9 0 113 1864 124 2018 59 6 Springwood 18 0 5 1 12 0 136 1559 83 1916 44 7 Colyton St Clair 18 0 3 1 14 0 145 1567 85 2229 34 8 St Clair Hawks White 18 0 2 1 15 0 150 1550 66 1924 29 Glenmore Park Red defeated Penrith RSL Semi Finals Glenbrook Blaxland defeated Emu Plains Final Glenbrook Blaxland defeated Glenmore Park Under 11 Starc had a cracking season – winning 15 of the 17 rounds played, losing only to Glenmore Park Red.