SUTHERLANDSHIRE JUNIOR CRICKETASSOCIATION INC. 2002 - 2003 fl,K6 46thANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIALSTATEMENT SUTHERLANDSHIRE JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION. INC. NOTICEOF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that the FORTY SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGof the aboveAssociation will be held at the CricketAdministration Centre,Caringbah Oval on Tuesday17th June 2003 at 8.00pmsharp. BUSINESS 1. Readand confirm minutes of theAnnual General Meeting of 18June 2002. 2. Apologies. 3. WelcomeVisitors. 4. AnnualReport & FinancialStatement. 5. Electionof Executiveand OrdinaryMembers. a. President b. Vice President(Development) c. VicePresident (Planning & Marketing) d. Secretary& PublicOfficer e. FinanceManager f. CompetitionManager g. RepresentativeCricket Manager h. Registrar i. AssistantSecretary j. AssistantManager (Representative Cricket) k. PromotionsManager 6. Electionof Auditor 7. Such other businessas may be broughtforward within the rulesof the Association. MichaelMooney Secretary. 33 DolansRoad, Cronulla.NSW 2230 Phone:95272881 ANNUAL REPORT & YEAR BOOK SUTHERLANDSHIRE JUNIOR G MANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE 2OO2l03 PRESIDENT Mr.Peter Smith VICEPRESIDENT (Development) Mr.Greg Thomas VICEPRESIDENT (Planning and Marketing) Vacant SECRETARY/PUBLICOFFICER SPONSORSOF THE SSJCA. Mr. MichaelMooney The Associationexpresses its appreciationto the following organisationsand companieswho have contributedto the supportand advancementof junior cricket COMPETITIONMANAGER withinthe Sutherland Shire. Mr.Tom Croucher FINANCEMANAGER r MARINEPRODUCT MARKETING Mr.Ray Brennan Harry& CarolPeters (Co-directors) REPRESENTATIVECRICKET MANAGER Mr.John Dyson KINGSGROVESPORTS CENTRE HarrySolomons (Director) ASSISTANTREPRESENTATIVE CRICKET MANAGER . Mr.Rob Malonev GALTEX REGISTRAR . SPORTSGIFT(GYMEA) Mr.Terry Chalmers ASSISTANTSECRETARY The SSJCAalso acknowledges the supportand co-operationof: Mr.lan Connor . SUTHERLANDSHIRE COUNCILfor providingquality sporting PROMOTIONSMANAGER facilitiesfor ourjunior cricketers. Mr. PeterRisby . BP GARAGE,KIRRAWEE (Cnr Oak Rd and PrincesHighway) in OTHERMANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES providinga centralcollection point for matchresults throughout 2002- 03. DELEGATESTO AFFILIATEDBODIES Mr.Michael Mooney (SSCA & NSWDCA) Mr.Ray Brennan (SDCC & NSWDCA) The SSJCAinvites organisations and commercialenterprises interested in supporting juniorcricket in the Shirethrough sponsorship of SSJCAactivities to get in touchwith AUDITOR theAssociation Secretary in thefirst instance. Mr. MatthewDuff PART II- EXECUTIVE.FINANCIAL & CLUB REPORTS. PRESIDENTSREPORT We have now reachedthe end of the cricketseason - my first as Presidentand it is MARINE PRODUCTMARKETING timeto reflecton whathas beenachieved throughout the year. PTY.LTD Our main aim is to providea cricketcompetition for boys and girls of the Sutherland Shireand help them developtheir skills. This year we had around't 100 players registeredin the under 8 to under 16 competitions.As with a numberof other Associationsthis is a decreasefrom previousyears and somethingwe are lookingat ,, addressing.One way of doingthis is to lookat our competitionstructure. There is a SLIPPORTING COilIMUNITY committeeof clubvolunteers currently looking at a structurefor nextyear's competition, takinginto consideration input from the ACB, NSW Cricket, Educators and a jointstudy AWAREIVESSFOR YOUTH by NSWCricket and NewcastleUniversity. Their recommendations will form important ACTIVI TY IN SU THERL/IND inputinto the competitionoffered next season. We alsohad around300 childrenlearning basic cricket skills through the Have-a-go SHIRE" programmeand I would like to thank the volunteersat Gymea,Bosco-Engadine, Aquinasand lllawong who make these programmes possible. One of ourchallenges is to bringthese children into the SSJCA competition. PROTjDLYSTJPPORT In developingour players'skills we haverun joint gala days with the GradeClub and thankthem for theirsupport. The GradeClub has alsoprovided opportunities for some SUTHERLANDJUNIOR CRTCKETASSOCL\TION of our 164 cricketersto playa few gamesof gradecricket to helpthem progressto the nextstage of theircricketing careers and once again we thankthem for this initiative. STJTHERLANDCR.;E CRICKET CLUB Cricketersare also helpedin their developmentby havingopportunities to play at a higherlevel through representative cricket. We had teamsin each of the age groups this year and also providedother opportunitiesthrough the President'sCompetition. Nine of our playerswent beyondrepresentative cricket and joined EmergingBlues LOOK FOR OUR QUALITY SEAFOODPRODUCTS Squads.Three players were selected from our WatsonShield team in the CityU17 AT YOTIRLOCAL WOOLWORTHS & FRA.NKLINS squadfor NSW. st.iPERt\tARt(Elts This year the ACB and The AustralianInstitute of Sportchose our Associationto providea numberof olderfast bowlersto be involvedin a "SPOT"study on spinal injuriescaused by an excessivebowling workload. Eachplayer was evaluatedfor actionand medicallyfor injury. They also had to maintainaccurate bowling records throughoutthe seasonso their actualworkloads could be determined.28 of our playerscompleted all the requirementsand will be givenindividual analyses of their bowlingto help them improveperformance and reduceinjury. A full reportwill be availableto the SSJCAlater in theyear. I wouldlike to thankSteve Mulally who did a marvelousjob co-ordinatingthis programmefor the SSJCA- withouthis persistance theprogramme would not have been as valuable. To run any cricketcompetition takes a lot of volunteers.I wouldlike to thankall those peoplewho assistedin clubadministration, coaching, managing, scoring, umpiring andsetting up groundseach week - manywill have put in lotsof hoursthroughout the season. I would also like to thankthe UmpiresAssociation who providedumpires each week andfor the representativematches - yourassistance is muchappreciated. SECRETARY'SREPORT Thank-youalso to our sponsors- Harry and Carol Peters and Marine Product Congratulationsto Caringbah Sports for winningtheir 14'n Club Championship and to Marketing,Harry Solomons and KingsgroveSports Centre and Caltex- pleasesupport Jay Davisfrom the EngadineDragons club who is the 2002/03SSJCA Cricketer of the the companieswho supportcricket in the Shire. Year. I would also like to thank my hard workingcommittee who have workedtirelessly to Player numbersfor season 2002103were down slightlyon last season but down makesure our competitionruns smoothly throughout the year. significantlyon the numbersachieved in the 1999/2000season. The committeehas attemptedto addressthis situationduring the seasonand to this end a numberof PeterSmith. reviewcommittees were established to examineany underlyingfactors for thisdecline. Theirfindings and recommendationshave been presentedto the committee.The AustralianCricket Board released their junior cricket pollcy in November2002 and this documenttogether with the recommendedcompetition guidelines prepared by Cricket NSW will needto be consideredin conjunctionwith the recommendationsof our own reviewsand the needsof cricketin the Shireinto the future. Somechanges have beenimplemented this season. Theremay well be somefurther changesadopted for the newseason. @@Oe fi ,'-?,Oe e 0,, OO€ t I can reportthat the actualrunning of cricketin the Shirehas beensuccessful. There XD 6 werefive new faces on the committeethis year & they broughtwith them a varietyof backgroundknowledge of cricketand their input to the successfuladministration of a.Zrl juniorcricket has been most innovative. Thank you gentlemen. *,ttd-\$\ tvl'?),-E\-R,EPogrseriae ?a'V 'o.'.Xll?rHro" (o2) e54o-1ooo S^ year arv A /f,t I madethe statementlast that the administrationof cricketby the SSJCAshould €t-44. € be andwas open and transparent. This ideal has, I am pleasedto say,been continued *: mlI9^^gHI$H*#,91ry:I9[**-,. ; by this seasonscommittee. I recallan old sayingalong the lines"the morethings OCCASIONS,"o'',*liprcrnLry.LOGO'S & CUSTOM WORX change,the morethey staythe same!"- the policiesof recentSSJCA committees were E years (and t3? W -ciunnnnsrAMPsNowINCtuDEDcoRpo*rt'i*oibJ succinctlystated by one of the Association'sclub coaches25 ago are still U o equallyvalid today). He wrote: q INouR ExrENsrvE RANGE, I pRrcES e "My long term aims lhls season were to get managers,parents and players 3,_, L QUAIITvAT REALrsrrc e to satisfymy personalcoaching ideals. QGr-E -a tO€Oi.1 tO€r0t.,€@i3)l@: gOod Theywere: (1) to provide ENJOYMENTfor everyoneinvolved (2) to create in everyone a greater interest in the sport while expandingeach individuals knowledge of the game, and (3) to keep the game in PERSPECTIVE,by emphasisingthe MORALITYof the game to both parentsand players" lf we can get to the end of eachseason and, by whateveryardstick, can say that we haveachieved these aims then we havebeen successful. During Decemberwe hosted a touring team from the South African club Old Parktonians.They playedour WeblinShield team and they were a very competitive team. lt was a very entertainingday with Old Parkswinning by the odd dozenruns. Thankyou to the Weblinteam - you were a creditto the SSJCAboth on and off the field.Thanks also to KerryRichards & TonyTrudgett, the parentswho billetedthe boys and assistedwith the successfulrunning of the day. Thanksalso to Harry & Carol Petersat MarineProduct Marketing for the burgers& chickenkebabs, the apparelfor theplayers and to LesDavison thank you for your contribution. Thankyou to the clubsecretaries for yourco-operation and assistancein gettingall the messagesto the rightpeople at the righttimes. "Whileon