Ecscc Annual Report 2009

East Christchurch Shirley Cricket Club

1905 - 2009

2008 – 09 Annual Report and Financial Statements

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East Christchurch - Shirley Cricket Club Inc. Office Holders 2008/2009 Season

Patrons

President Vice Presidents

Mr Neil Ockwell Mr Martin Flint John Grocott Howard Morel

Secretary

Jeff Cope

Treasurer

Harry Burson

Hon. Auditor Assistant Secretary-Treasurer

Beck & Associates vacant

Club Captain

Stephen Daly

Deputy Club Captain

Ryan Burson

Women’s Club Captain

Anna Wilkins

Women’s Deputy Club Captain

Grace Grocott

Committee

Peter Dow (Chairperson), Nick Grice, Donn Leckie, Nev Lyons, Jason Pawson, Henk Stoffers

Life Members

Mrs. E.Flint, M.E.W.Flint, J.W.Grocott, B.A.Haworth, T.G.Hayes, D.V.Hearn, N.G.Ockwell, R.B.Parlane

ESCC nominated directors of Shirley Sports Club Ltd.

Peter Dow, Steve Barry, John Grocott

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the 104th Annual General Meeting of the East ChristchurchShirley Cricket Club Incorporated will be held at the Pavilion, Burwood Park, at 6.00 pm on Thursday 3 September 2009. The Annual report of the Management Committee will be submitted to the members for consideration, and the following ordinary business will be transacted: 1. Confirmation of the minutes of the 103rd Annual General Meeting held on the 24th day of September 2008. 2. Adoption of the Annual report, Statement of Income and Expenditure and Balance Sheet as at 31st May 2009. 3. Election of Officers, Management Committee and Honorary Auditor for the coming season. 4. To consider the following Notice of Motion: "That subscriptions for the 2009/10 season be increased as follows (current subscriptions given in brackets): Senior players Tertiary students U18 / Secondary students Junior players Junior family membership Year 8 pupil, pre-Xmas Social member

$240 ($220) $180 ($170) $110 ($100) $60 ($50) $90 ($80) $30 ($25) $30 ($30)”

To be proposed by Harry Burson and seconded by Jeff Cope. 5. General business. By Order of the Management Committee

J.Cope SECRETARY Please Note: Resignations must be in the hands of the secretary no later than the date of the Annual General Meeting.

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COMMITTEE OPERATIONS The club was once again fortunate to have a stable and experienced committee to guide the club through the season. At the 2008 AGM, Vaughan McEwen and Nicole Sullivan resigned and Nick Grice and Grace Grocott were elected for the first time. Our sincerest thanks to Vaughan and Nicole for their services over the last few years. Grace’s election continued the remarkable and long-standing association the Grocott family has had with the club – Grace is the fourth generation Grocott to be on the committee. Long may it continue! Anna Wilkins resigned from the committee at the end of March. At the first meeting of the season Peter Dow was elected Chairperson of the committee. Four subcommittees operated throughout the season. Their responsibilities are given below, with convenors as noted: Activities Subcommittee (social and cricket events, publicity and promotion; communications: convenor – Ryan Burson) Business Subcommittee (finance, sponsorship & fund raising, subscriptions, planning & club management, membership, club records, liaison with SSCL board: convenor - Peter Dow) Cricket Subcommittee (training & coaching, player recruitment, team entries, grounds & practice facilities, gear, school liaison, awards, disciplinary; convenor – Steve Daly) Junior Subcommittee (managing the operations of the Junior cricket section; convenor –Henk Stoffers) The number of committee meetings held this year was well down on past years. This possibly reflected either the experience of the committee members who, via their subcommittee membership and meetings simply got on with the tasks assigned, or maybe it was the lack of major issues arising this season, or maybe even the efficiencies of email and modern communications which meant that many discussions and decisions could be made via ‘virtual’ committee. (Or maybe – negatively – meeting fatigue?). Whatever the reason, the fewer formal meetings did not appear to hinder matters, and the management of the club went reasonably smoothly. One other contributing factor would certainly be that the committee can now largely focus on cricket matters, as the pavilion operating and maintenance issues – once a major call on committee time – are now in the capable hands of Shirley Sports Club Ltd.

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Committee Attendances During the year, until the printing deadline for this report, five meetings were held and attendance is recorded below (with apologies tendered recorded in parentheses). CJCA meetings, representative and club practices, travel and work commitments affected the attendance record of a number of committee members.

H. Burson R. Burson J. Cope S.Daly P. Dow N. Grice G. Grocott

4 (1) 2 (2) 5 1 (4) 5 2 2 (2)

J. Grocott N. Lyons D. Leckie H. Morel J. Pawson H. Stoffers A. Wilkins

4 (1) 2 (3) 4 (1) 4 (1) 2 (2) 4 (1) 2 (1)

Jeff Cope SECRETARY

proud to support the East Christchurch-Shirley Cricket Club Level Two, Harvey Norman Centre & Northwood Supa Centa Telephone : 366 2221 www.pro-fitness.co.nz

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PRESIDENTS REPORT The 2008-2009 season has been another good season for our Club. In many ways it was also a season of transition following the sudden passing of Bill Duncan before the season started. It is very pleasing to note that everyone stepped up to fill the gaps left by Bill. He was a wonderful coach, mentor and cricket enthusiast and it is important the passion and commitment he generated is maintained. I believe this is reflected in good club performances at all levels. Well done everyone. We have a great club spirit. My congratulations to you all. It is a new era and as a club we must continue to strive for the best and keep progressing. Bill would have wanted that. As usual, we have again won several trophies in the CCA competitions and these are listed elsewhere in the report. Congratulations to the teams and individuals who have received these awards. In particular, Women’s Premier had an outstanding season with only one loss and fully deserved their awards. First Grade women and 2A Men were other grade winners and these were also outstanding achievements. Sadly, Presidents Gold lost some form and were unable to retain the trophy they have held for the last six seasons. This made some of the other teams happier but hopefully they will be back on top again next season. Our other teams also competed well and many of you will have achieved personal milestones and targets. The significant ones are recorded elsewhere in the report and were acknowledged at our prize giving in April. Our Third Grade women’s team deserve a special mention. They were undermanned all season but kept trying and showed a wonderful spirit. These girls have talent but we need a few more players to achieve good results There have been several notable individual highlights. The selection of Kate Pulford and Sara McGlashan for the White Ferns and World Cup team is the main one. They got to the final of the World Cup at Lords but were beaten by England. Both performed well. I was lucky to see the highlights of the final during a recent trip to UK. I hope you had the same pleasure. Michael Papps also showed his class for Canterbury and now holds the record for the highest number of centuries scored for Canterbury. When you think of all the great players who have played for Canterbury, this is a remarkable achievement and I am sure there are more to come. Congratulations to these players, and also to all other club members who made representative teams this season, including those players in our Junior ranks. Our Junior program continued under the guidance of Henk Stoffers. It was difficult picking up the pieces after Bill’s departure but this was successfully achieved with the able support of a hastily arranged Junior Committee, coaches and team managers. Our thanks to Henk, the committee and all those who helped during the season. Also congratulations to all those who were selected for Canterbury Junior Rep teams. Our Junior award function at the end of the season was in a new format and was a great success. There was a good attendance on a warm day and a fine array of junior talent on display.

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Our senior award function was also a success and a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge Club performances for the season. Warm congratulations to all who received awards and trophies. It was a particular pleasure to award the President’s trophy to Anna Wilkins for her outstanding contribution to the club both on and off the field during the season. She had a major impact on the development of women’s cricket in our club and was also involved at Canterbury level. Her return to Northern Districts is a huge loss but we wish her well in the future. Finally, thanks to all who have helped in the success of our club during the season. Our management committee led by Peter Dow, Junior committee led by Henk Stoffers, our coaching team led by Neville Lyons, our team managers and our ground staff led by Dave Searle. On the social side, Steve and Jenny Saunders for catering, Dot Wright for the bar and others including Kathy Pawson and Heather Papps for their assistance and support at Burwood when necessary. Everyone has played a valuable part in the life of our club. Long may it continue. Once again we look forward to the coming season. It will be another opportunity to add to individual and club performances, establish new records, contribute to the life of our club and enjoy the wonderful game of cricket. I look forward to enjoying your company and wish you all the best for the season ahead.

John Grocott PRESIDENT ____________________________________________________________________

Sponsors The club would like to acknowledge and thank the following club sponsors O’Sheas Public House

Profitness

Canterbury Draught

Cricket Express

The Perry Foundation

The Trusts Charitable Foundation

NZ Community Trust

Youthtown Trust

Lion Foundation

Southern Trust

Eureka Trust

Canterbury Sports Foundation

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SENIOR CLUB : TEAM RESULTS IN THE CCA COMPETITIONS

Men’s Section

Place

Teams

Premier

Two - day Trophy Competition One - day Cup Competition

4 3=

8 9

2A Grade

Two - day Trophy Competition One - day Cup Competition

2 1

8 8

4

6

….

6

2 3

6 6

3A Grade

3

12

Presidents Gold

3

11

Presidents Blue

11

11

2B Grade Blue 2B Grade Gold

(withdrawn during season)

2C Grade Budgies

Two - day Trophy Competition One - day Cup Competition

Women’s Section Premier

Cup Competition Twenty20 Competition

1 1

4 4

First Grade

Cup Competition Super 8 Competition

3 1

4 4

Third Grade

Cup Competition Twenty20 Competition

6 6

6 6

Combined First & Third Grade : BlueTeam

1

9

Combined First & Third Grade : Gold Team

9

9

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Anna Wilkins

Player of the Season - Runner Up

Darren Broom

Pro-Fitness Team of the Year

Premier Women

Dr A.J. Orchard Memorial Trophy [outstanding administrative service]

Henk Stoffers

Presidents Award [greatest all round contribution]

Anna Wilkins

Dick Pannell Trophy [most improved player below seniors]

Nick Bates

Richard Hayes Memorial Trophy [most improved player under 21 years]

Tim Johnston

Hartley Trophy [most promising Junior player]

Casey Marsh

Paul Sullivan Memorial Trophy (outstanding Junior player)

Reuben Spicer

Howzat Trophy (most promising Junior, year 5/6)

William Grocott

Ray Anderson Memorial Trophy (Junior coach of the year)

Peter Costello

Women’s Most Improved Under 21

Hayley Jensen

Women’s Most Promising Junior

Jacinta Savage

Women’s Most Improved Below Seniors

Hannah Malloch

Batting Trophy – Men

Charlie Grey [619 runs]

Bowling Trophy – Men

Jared Roberts [42 wickets]

Fielding Trophy – Men [outstanding fielding]

Jason Pawson

Batting Trophy – Women

Anna Wilkins [793 runs]

Bowling Trophy – Women

Tracey O’Neill [29 wickets]

Fielding Trophy – Women [outstanding fielding]

Sara McGlashan

Afternoon Batting Trophy - Men

Murray Seaton [645 runs]

Afternoon Bowling Trophy - Men

Gareth Sanders [39 wickets]

Afternoon All Round Performance Trophy - Men Eddie Parsons Shield [ most notable performance at Burwood Park]

Gareth Sanders [39 wickets, 291 runs] DJ Lyons [202*]

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CANTERBURY CRICKET ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2008-09

Grade Awards: Walter Hadlee Trophy – awarded to the Premier Grade Men’s team which shows the most consistency in sportsmanship, punctuality and dress : East Christchurch-Shirley Eureka Trust Cup for Premier Women One day Competition: East Christchurch-Shirley Eureka Trust Trophy for Premier Women Twenty20 Competition: East Christchurch-Shirley Eureka Trust Cup for 2A Men One day Competition: East Christchurch-Shirley First Grade Women Super 8 Trophy: East Christchurch-Shirley

Individual Awards: Stead Rose Bowl - awarded to the player scoring the most runs in Women’s Premier Grade oneday and Twenty/20 competitions : Anna Wilkins Felton Trophy – awarded to the player taking most wickets runs in Women’s Premier Grade oneday and Twenty/20 competitions: Tracey O’Neill

Important Notice for all Senior Men and Women Players Before you play your first game of the 2009/10 season you must be registered with the Club. This applies whether you are a current or intending member of the Club. Compulsory registration is being introduced so that we can better maintain our player register which we need for both improved management of player subscriptions and better communication with you. Registration can be done either online or in person at the club – however, we are encouraging everyone to use the online option which is straightforward and efficient. Simply log on to our website www.eastchchshirleycricket.org.nz and go to the Joining tab. So, do it now! Payment is not required when you register. After registration is complete the Club will post you an invoice for your current subscription. Note that the Club offers alternative methods of payment of subscriptions for those who cannot meet the one-off payment at the start of the season, including Eftpos and instalments via automatic payments. A $60 minimum payment is required before the start of the season to ensure selection.

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COACHING AND SELECTION Men’s Grades Selectors: Seniors / Second Grade (S. Pawson, N. Grice and N. Lyons.) Budgies (N. Lyons and N. Bates) The selection panel started the new season with the sad loss of Bill Duncan. Bill had played a major role on the selection panel, covering the lower grades for many seasons. The players and members of the East Christchurch Shirley Cricket Club were his second family, and he was sadly missed by us all. Scott and I called on a well respected player/captain, Nick Bates, to take over the task of selecting the lower grade teams, with the brief that we wanted to develop the skill base of all players. The aim was to lift their performance and to prepare them for consideration for our senior squad, led by Scott Pawson and the club coach. At the start of the season, we decided to help out the CCA by entering two teams in the 2B competition, thereby eliminating a bye each week. However, this placed the selectors under a lot of pressure, as we struggled to fill full teams each week, and ultimately had to withdraw the 2B Gold side. We hope to avoid this issue this year. Some playing highlights this season were the excellent late performances by the senior team, and 2A Grade winning the one-day title and being runner up in the two-dayers, with that competition going down to the last day. The 2C budgies were in with a chance in both the competitions but weather played a big part in the required outcomes. We ended up using 37 players in the senior squad, with 19 having played in the senior team and 29 in the 2A Grade team, some of these appearing in both teams. This was not an ideal situation, but all players used made a good contribution. One major disappointment was the low number of high scores by these players - only six centuries and thirty-nine 50s - which showed up deficiencies in terms of mental application. The depth of the club was light this year in terms of player experience across the board, and this was exposed when our top players were selected for Canterbury teams and/or carrying injuries. However, the recruitment of some very good younger players from SBHS during late December should help to rectify this next season. Senior Squad The season started off in early July with fitness testing and training at Profitness, under the watchful eye of Steve Barry the club fitness trainer. However, with most of the experienced senior players either overseas developing their game - which is fantastic - or training with Canterbury/New Zealand outdoor and indoor squads, we could not get the senior team together until the week before we played the first game. This impacted on the dynamics of the side. The senior team struggled in some areas when our top players M Papps, B Hiini, R Burson and D Broom were away on representative duties or carrying injuries. The younger players

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coming through have taken a little longer to get to the next level but I firmly believe that this year we should achieve better outcomes with the experience gained from last season. The second grade team produced some great results, winning the one-day competition against an outstanding St Albans team, and just losing the two-dayers late in the last day of the season. Both the Senior and 2A teams played the last two-day game of the season against Lancaster Park at their home ground, with East’s absolutely dominating and winning outright both games by early afternoon. This was a fantastic performance by all players of our senior squad and it was great to be an East Shirley member. The Senior team made the semi-finals of the one-dayers and with very good wins later in the season, when all players were performing closer to their potential, we ended up finishing in the top four. This was satisfactory, and some reward for the months of hard work put in by all the players. However, Scott and I have set high standards for this squad and team, and expect to see a lift in performance in the coming season. The winning of the Hadlee Trophy (again!) reflects the high on and off-field standards set by this team and is a tribute to the captain and players - well done boys. I am looking forward to the challenge this year, to developing the huge potential of talent that we have and getting East Shirley back on top.

2A Grade The 2A Grade boys had another incredible season, winning the one-day trophy and being runner up in the two-dayers. I thought the one-day final was a highlight, with all players performing well, especially as they had to defend such a low total. The young players in this team will be our future senior players, but to get to that level they will still need to work hard and learn from the experienced players in the squad - which means you will need ears! A couple of the individual highlights included the development of Jared Robert’s bowling, winning the club trophy for most club wickets, and DJ’s 202* on Burwood oval. Also noteworthy was the retirement of Willie Dennett at season’s end – Willie has been a huge wicket taker for many years and will be missed. The team was again led by Nick Grice who is developing well as a leader, but better performances are still needed from the older players to help him achieve the team outcomes. To perform at the next level requires greater consistency, and I would have to say that this is still work in progress. It will be up to each individual to challenge himself and set more demanding personal goals if the next step is to be reached. 2C Budgies & 2B Grades A disappointing result by the Budgies team as I thought they had a lot of talent. In their defence, they again had to use many players to fill their team each week due to injuries and CCA representative duties in the higher grades, and this impacted on the team’s performances. Nevertheless, there were many highlights with C Grey scoring a total of 619 runs and centuries from K Smith and R Rhodes. I Evans, eight wickets for 60, was the bowling performance of the season for this grade.

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Nick Bates led this team and set the standards required. The squad was a pleasure to coach on Mondays and Wednesdays, with some players from the senior squad turning up as well to fine tune there skills, which gave the sessions an edge. The 2B Blue team (afternoon cricket), led by A Howison, were a talented group of players. They were all mates having played cricket at school and enjoyed training and playing the game. They trained with the Budgies and this gave us a good squad in which to develop their skills. Three or four of these players have the ability to play at a higher grade but it will need a greater commitment on their part if they are to reach that next level. Women’s Grades Premier The women’s squad has been developing well over the last few years under the coaching team of Garfield Charles and Tracey O’Neill, and the leadership of Anna Wilkins. There was fantastic depth and experience in this team, with the women’s senior squad producing two New Zealand players and four or five first class players. It was pleasing to see several promising younger players coming through the ranks. There was a vast improvement on last year’s performances, with some special highlights being: winning the one-day trophy and Twenty20 competition; Sara McGlashan and Kate Pulford being selected for the NZ White Ferns; Anna Wilkins CCA Premier Grade “batter of the year” with 672 runs; and Tracey O’Neill CCA Premier Grade “bowler of the year” with 23 wickets. Congratulations to Anna and her team who had an awesome season. I thought the dynamics of the team and culture were the keys to this year’s triumphs. Well done girlsies! First Grade & Third Grade First Grade was again well led by Megan Harkerss this season and was a very competitive unit. Unfortunately, they lost players to the Premier team when they were short, making it difficult at times to perform as a unit. The side was coached during the week as part of the premier squad by Garfield and Tracey. My thanks to Tracey for coaching these lower grade teams, with full player turn outs at practices, and for the extra coaching time for the girls who were selected for the CCA representative sides. We will all miss Tracey when she leaves for her OE later this year but wish her all the best. As I said last year, outstanding progress has been achieved by this group of young cricketers who keep developing at a great rate and I look forward to their future further development. One or two players were selected for the Premier women’s team this year and performed well. Coaching Coaches: During the season we held a number of Coaching Coaches courses but the view is we need to do more. For 2009 we have set up a number of coaching workshops to which all present or budding coaches are invited. We will be in touch but until then you can see the details on the new website and check the coaching program dates. This season I was delighted when some coaches asked me to work with their team on some nights, and to give them some ideas on coaching during the week. This year the website will have a

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Coaching Section showing basics skills etc for you to try and suggestions that might help develop your own ideas.

Last Word For many seasons, the Club, under the guidance of Bill Duncan, has been developing many young players, a number of whom have started their careers in Bill’s beloved Junior Section and moved through to the club senior squad, with some progressing further to Canterbury and New Zealand representative honours. In early 2008, Howard Morel presented to Bill and me the idea of ECSCC developing a cricket academy. After a couple of meetings we were asked to write up a structured program for it, as we thought it would be a fantastic opportunity for the club to develop young players whom we thought could play at a senior cricket level and beyond. Sadly, the idea was put on hold with the passing of Bill. In early April, Howard, Scott, Garfield and I had a meeting to resurrect the proposal and, over winter, have written-up a structure for the proposal. This will soon be presented to our committee to consider.(Watch this space.) The 2008/2009 season was another great year, led by the women’s Premier and men’s 2A Grade teams and with a number of individuals collecting trophies at the Canterbury Cricket Association 2008/09 awards. I thank the players, adults and children, coaching staff, club management and our loyal group of family supporters. We are all part of this awesome family, at the home of cricket. Special thanks on behalf of the club and senior team to Terry Papps who has decided to hang up his pencils and retire from many years of scoring; he will be missed as he was a big contributor and member of our successful senior team.

Neville Lyons CLUB COACH

Revamped Website The Club now has a new and improved website at the same address: www.eastchchshirleycricket.org.nz Find there the club history, player and team performances, player profiles, an update on club and cricket news and forthcoming events. The Club wants to use this site as its main form of communication with all members, senior and junior, so bookmark the site now. All members - Seniors and Juniors – are encouraged to complete your enrolments online. This will make future communication with you that much easier. Our thanks to Steve Simatos and Nev Lyons for all the work they’ve put into getting the new site up and running in time for the new season

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Men’s Representative Honours 2008 - 09 New Zealand Under 19 Squad

Tim Johnston

Canterbury A

Darren Broom Michael Vermeulen

Canterbury Wizards

Darren Broom Ryan Burson Brandon Hiini Michael Papps

Canterbury Under 19

Tim Johnston

Canterbury Kiwis

Nick Johnston Matthew Teale

Christchurch Metro Under 18

Jared Roberts

CLUB HONOURS BOARD 2008-09 SEASON BATTING D. J. Lyons S. McGlashan D. Broom K. Neilson N. Boyle K. Smith A.Wilkins J. Duncan S. McGlashan C.Grey S. McConnell J. Robson S. McConnell A. Howison T. Papps R. Rhodes

BOWLING 202 130 121 117 114 113 111 105 104 102 102 102 101 100 100 100

* *

*

* * *

W. Dennett I. Evans H. Morel J.Pawson T. Burbery M. Harkerss A. Howison B. Grice J. Davey K.Shevde J. Pawson R. Yalamanchali N. Phillips S. Daly J. Roberts A. Young J .Jennings W .Dennett A.Littlejohn B. Hiini K. Higginbottom A. Young

8/27 8/60 6/11 6/42 5/10 incl hat-trick 5/12 5/16 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/19 5/20 5/22 5/27 5/30 5/31 5/31 5/34 5/45 5/46 5/69 5/73

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PREMIER GRADE I would just like to make a special mention about the passing of Bill Duncan. Bill will be sadly missed by all members of the club. He played a huge part in the cricket careers of all players in the senior squad and will never be forgotten. Rest in peace Bill. If you classed your year as a success by winning silverware, then the 2008/09 season would be classed as a disappointment. We didn’t start the season well and by the time Xmas came around we were sitting in sixth position, a long way back from the leaders St Albans. We had trouble scoring runs and, on top of that, we didn’t bowl a team out until March, which was a big worry. To win anything you have to take twenty wickets in a match and, at times, we didn’t look like it. I think the harder we tried, the worse it got. In the one day competition we made the semi-finals but got rolled in this match by a full strength HSOB attack – however, it was more our own undoing then the bowling of HSOB. When we realised that winning the two day comp. was out of our reach we started to play some very good cricket. Our last two games against Riccarton and LPW were won very easily. A big highlight for the troops was having Indian one-day and Twenty20 star Pragyan Ojha play the first day against Riccarton. It was great for the guys to be alongside a player of Ojha’s talent in the East Shirley colours. Well done to the players who represented Canterbury Wizards (Mike Papps, Brandon Hiini, Ryan Burson and Darren Broom) and also Canterbury A (Darren Broom, Mike Vermuelen). A big thank you to Terry Papps who, at the end of the season, decided to finally hang up the pen and retire. You have done an outstanding job and all the team appreciates the job that you do. I look forward to seeing you down watching the troops in the seasons to follow. To Steve Cooke our Manager, thank you once again for the job that you do. And Nev, thanks for the season. Not only for all the time you spend coaching the Premier team and all the other grades as well, but also the endless phone calls you have to make to get teams on the park. Also thanks to our wife’s, partners and families for the support you give us to play the game. Lastly, ten of the troops had an end of year trip to the Gold Coast which was a great way to end the season. The boys really did enjoy themselves. We really had to “ Ping it back so it Grizzals a few times but we managed to get through it all. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the winter and I’ll see you all back at the home of cricket next summer. Kia Kaha Scott Pawson CAPTAIN

Premier Grade Player of the Season : DARREN BROOM

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AVERAGES – PREMIER TWO-DAY COMPETITION 100s 1 1 -

CATCHES/ STUMPINGS 6/2 4 1 10/9 3 3/2 2 1 3

-

1 1

BATTING: T. J. T. Papps B. C. Hiini D. J. Broom S. D. McConnell N. M. Johnston S. J. Pawson R. D. Burson C. B. Stevens M. H. W. Papps M. J. Vermuelen J. D. Pawson M. R. Gilray M. D. Teale M.D. Peacock

INN 12 8 10 7 4 10 5 5 4 4 6 4 3 5

NO 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0

HS 100* 66 121 72* 60 79 39* 69 56 7* 22 7* 15 8

AGG 418 233 312 168 129 231 99 165 70 17 54 11 15 18

ALSO BATTED: A. K. Young T. Johnston P. Ojha P. Dibb

2 1 1 1

1 0 0 0

14 8 5 2

14 8 5 2

AVE 50s 46.4 3 38.8 3 34.7 1 33.6 2 32.4 1 25.7 2 24.8 23.6 2 23.3 1 17.0 10.8 5.6 5.0 3.6 -

14.0 8.0 5.0 2.0

-

Century partnerships 102: T. J. T. Papps (97) & D. J. Broom (121) v. Marist - Harewood 18.10.08 104: B. C. Hiini (53) & S. D. McConnell (73*) v. Sydenham 8.11.08 124: S. J. Pawson (79) & T. J. T. Papps (100*) v. Burnside West University 14.2.09 110: T. J. T. Papps (52) & C. B. Stevens (69) v. Lancaster Park Woolston 21.03.09 BOWLING: J. D. Pawson B. C. Hiini A. K. Young R. D. Burson P. Ojha M. D. Teale M. J. Vermuelen M. R. Gilray M. D. Peacock T. Johnston

OVERS MDNS 98.0 22 114.5 35 12.5 0 79.5 19 14.0 1 18.0 1 123.2 31 79.0 14 57.0 8 15.0 0

RUNS 233 261 73 209 38 64 317 297 188 84

WKTS 21 23 5 12 2 3 14 11 6 0

ALSO BOWLED: S. D. McConnell 3.0 0 20 Note: The team recorded 1 run out in two-day matches.

0

AVE R/OVER 11.1 2.38 11.4 2.27 14.6 5.69 17.4 2.62 19.0 2.71 21.3 3.56 22.6 2.38 27.0 3.76 31.3 3.30 … 5.60

…

6.67

BEST 6/42 5/46 5/73 3/37 2/38 2/21 4/14 3/39 2/23 0/39

0/20

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AVERAGES – PREMIER ONE-DAY COMPETITION BATTING:

D. J. Broom P. Dibb A. K. Young C. B. Stevens T. J. T. Papps R. D. Burson S. J. Pawson M. D. Peacock N. M. Johnston B. C. Hiini J. D. Pawson S. D. McConnell M. D. Teale M. J. Vermuelen ALSO BATTED: M. H. W. Papps M. R. Gilray J. Riach T. Johnston

INNS

NO

HS

AGG

AVE 50s

100s

8 3 3 7 7 3 8 4 6 3 6 6 4 3

0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2

68 54 16* 55 53 34 32 22* 41 22 21* 16 8 1*

286 105 24 149 148 39 153 53 76 41 40 51 15 1

35.8 35.0 24.0 21.3 21.1 19.5 19.1 17.7 15.2 13.7 13.3 10.2 3.8 1.0

3 1 1 1 -

-

CATCHES/ STUMPINGS 5 1 1 4/1 3 3 2/1 1 -

2 2 1 2

0 0 0 2

66 1 0 9*

120 1 0 16

60.0 0.5 0.0 …

2 -

-

4/1 1

Century partnerships 111: M.H. W. Papps (66) and D. J. Broom (55) v. Marist-Harewood 4.10.08 103: D. J. Broom (68) and P. Dibb (54) v. Sydenham 10.1.09 BOWLING: R. D. Burson S. D. McConnell A. K. Young M. D. Teale M. R. Gilray M. J. Vermuelen D. J. Broom J. D. Pawson M. D. Peacock B. C. Hiini T. Johnston ALSO BOWLED: C. B. Stevens

OVERS 27.2 39.0 17.2 24.0 43.0 41.0 15.0 52.5 36.3 20.0 16.0

MDNS 6 0 1 1 1 5 1 6 3 1 1

RUNS 60 171 78 86 204 143 72 186 168 72 90

WKTS 4 9 4 4 9 6 3 7 4 1 1

1.0

0

10

0

Note: The team recorded 8 run outs in one-day matches.

AVE R/OVER BEST 15.0 2.20 2/15 19.0 4.38 3/15 19.5 4.50 3/19 21.5 3.58 2/12 22.7 4.74 3/44 23.8 3.49 2/29 24.0 4.80 3/27 26.6 3.52 2/19 42.0 4.60 2/27 72.0 3.60 1/34 90.0 5.62 1/49 … 10.00

0/10

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AVERAGES – PREMIER COMBINED COMPETITIONS BATTING:

M. H. W. Papps T. J. T. Papps D. J. Broom B. C. Hiini P. Dibb C. B. Stevens T. Johnston R. D. Burson N. M. Johnston S. J. Pawson S. D. McConnell A. K. Young J. D. Pawson M. J. Vermuelen M.D. Peacock M. D. Teale M. R. Gilray

INN 6 19 18 11 4 12 3 8 10 18 13 5 12 7 9 7 6

NO 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 5 1 0 2

HS 66 100* 121 66 54 69 9* 39* 60 79 72* 16* 22 7* 22* 15 7*

AGG 190 566 598 274 107 314 24 138 205 384 219 38 94 18 71 30 12

AVE 38.0 35.4 35.2 30.4 26.8 26.2 24.0 23.0 22.8 22.6 21.9 19.0 11.8 9.0 8.9 4.3 3.0

ALSO BATTED: P. Ojha J. Riach

1 1

0 0

5 0

5 0

5.0 0.0

50s 3 4 4 3 1 3 1 2 2 -

CATCHES / 100s STUMPINGS 7/1 10/1 9 2 1 4 1 1 12/12 1 2 3 2 6 2 1

-

-

-

R/OVER 2.43 2.78 5.01 2.51 2.71 4.55 3.57 2.80 4.11 3.81 5.61

BEST 5/46 6/42 5/73 3/37 2/38 3/15 2/12 4/14 3/39 2/23 1/49

10.00

0/10

BOWLING: B. C. Hiini J. D. Pawson A. K. Young R. D. Burson P. Ojha S. D. McConnell M. D. Teale M. J. Vermuelen M. R. Gilray M. D. Peacock T. Johnston ALSO BOWLED: C. B. Stevens

OVERS 136.5 150.5 30.1 107.1 14.0 42.0 42.0 164.2 122.0 93.3 31.0

MDNS 36 28 1 25 1 0 2 36 15 11 1

1.0

0

RUNS WKTS 333 24 419 28 151 9 269 16 38 2 191 9 150 7 460 20 501 20 356 10 174 1

10

Note: The team recorded 9 run outs in all matches.

0

AVE 13.9 15.0 16.8 16.8 19.0 21.2 21.4 23.0 25.1 35.6 174.0

…

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2A GRADE This year it was going to need a big effort from the lads to repeat last season’s effort. We didn’t get off to a good start. It was a repeat of last season’s one-day final against St Albans, as they chased down our 247, getting there on the second to last ball. The second game was a walk over. A tidy victory over Sydenham, beating them by 206 runs, thanks to a century from Shane McConnell and Peter Dibb with 77. Willie knocked 5 of them over and they rolled for 98. The next game was against Marist-Harewood. They lived up to their usual standards and we beat them outright. Youngy bowled very well taking 8 wickets for the match. Sydenham were next and, while they put up more of a fight than Marist, we still went into the second innings needing only 11 to win. Youngy again dominated all innings, taking 9 wickets for the match and a 51 not out. This season, Twenty20’s were introduced and our first game was against our arch-rivals St Albans. They set us a reasonable total of 153 but we made it four down with two overs to spare. As Nick Johnston said, on his way to 92 not out, “This is piss.” He used the sweepshot to his full advantage. The game against St Albans would become the deciding factor in who won the two-day trophy. It was a pretty evenly fought contest on a flat deck at Burwood 1. They took first innings by 33 runs, and those four points would, in the end, be crucial for St Albans. We battled hard on the second day for a draw. The game against Burnside on Burwood 2 was a game we should have won comfortably. We didn’t bat well, only making 187 on the shortest boundaries in Christchurch. A brilliant turn around with the ball showed our true character as we fought back to win the game. We bowled them out at the death when they only needed five to win. Another game that went down to the last over was against LPW in the Twenty20 comp. We set them 136. They needed four to win off the last ball and they got there. I thought it was a good effort trying to defend such a small total and we almost did it. This loss had us finishing second in the Twenty20 comp. The other game that day was a walk-over against Marist-Harewood. We beat them by 8 wickets. J-bone made it look all too easy with a 66 not out. After the Christmas break we were down on numbers with players required for rep cricket, but an influx of school leavers from Shirley Boys bolstered the ranks. The four one-dayers after Christmas were a chance for the young players to step up and earn their spot in Second Grade. Jared Cookson did so, scoring 68 and 45 not out. Tim Johnston bowled very well and it earned him a spot in Seniors. Jimmy Grice proved to be very handy down the order and an opening bowler with a bit of fire in the belly. Other promising players are Blake Grice and Dylan Goldstone. They will prove to be valuable players in the future. At the end of January we had qualified top of the one-day and two-day tables, so things were looking good for the double. Burnside made easy-beats in the next two-day game. We then welcomed back D.J. Lyons and he slotted in nicely to the keeping/ opening bat role.

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He cemented our spot in the one-day semi-final at Burwood Park against Riccarton. He took no prisoners, smashing his way to 80 not out and winning us the game. But he couldn’t have done it without the help of Des and troy (Jed Roberts), taking five wickets off his 10 overs. The next game was the one-day final against St Albans. It wasn’t a good start when I had a memory lapse and forgot if we were batting or bowling. We were put in to bat and Saints took a couple of early wickets and they continued falling regularly after that. We made 168 all out, thanks to a 56 from Youngy. They went into bat thinking that they had it in the bag but never right off East Shirley. They were cruising at 50 without loss but an inspired, relentless fight back saw us win the game by 22 runs. We never gave up and it was an awesome feeling to come through victorious. It was great that the girls won too and we celebrated hard into Monday morning. Just quietly, I contemplated ringing the boss in the morning, because I was rough. To do the double we had to win both of the remaining two-dayers outright. It was going to be a huge task to try and bowl out Riccarton twice on a very flat Burwood 1. The bowlers hated it but the batters loved it. In one of the highlights of the season, DJ scored a superb 202 not out with 25 fours and 4 sixes. A fantastic knock that he will be telling his grand kids about one day. It was a game with plenty of runs that ended in a draw. In the last game of the season, we beat LPW by an innings. Shane McConnell made it two centuries from two innings, scoring 101. It was also Willie Dennett’s last game for the club as he was retiring. It was really good to send Willie off on a win because he has been the go-to bowler for me for the last two seasons. He will be missed. In the end, we finished second on the two-day table, 3.5 points behind Saints. Well, it was another top season from my team and I'm looking forward to another one next year. The 2A Grade double is very hard to win, but I’m hoping our hunger for it will get us there next season. Nick Grice CAPTAIN

2A Grade Player of the Season : WILLIAM DENNETT _________________________________________________________________________

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AVERAGES – 2A GRADE BATTING: INN D.J. Lyons M.D.Peacock J. Grice C.J. Stevens J. Cookson A.K. Young M. Smit P. Dibb J. Riach N. Johnston D. Goldstone N. Grice K. Shevde T. Johnston S. McKey K. Smith W. Dennett M.D. Teale J. Roberts ALSO BATTED: S. McConnell C. McEwen C. Dunell R. Rhodes M. Baird C. McDonald M.R. Gilray C. Hayden B. Grice

NO

5 3 5 6 9 10 6 13 12 4 3 15 6 3 8 6 6 4 6

2 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 3

2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

-

-

HS 202* 57* 52* 73 68 56 43 77 80 44 51 61* 63 27 26 25* 6* 13 22

AGG 358 94 117 222 220 271 112 330 296 98 70 266 101 45 75 70 19 25 24

AVE 119.3 47.0 39.0 37.0 36.7 33.9 28.0 27.5 26.9 24.5 23.3 22.2 16.8 15.0 15.0 14.0 9.5 8.3 8.0

50s 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 -

102 56 26 12 11 18 0 0* -

203 56 26 12 20 19 0 0

101.5 56.0 26.0 12.0 10.0 9.5 … … -

1 -

-

CATCHES/ 100s STUMPINGS 1 10/3 2 1 7 7/1 4 1 6 8 9/4 1 17 1 2 4 3 1 4

2 -

1 2 3 2

BOWLING:

R. Rhodes A.K. Young C.J. Stevens J. Roberts W. Dennett M.D. Peacock S. McKey

OVERS 19.0 110.3 12.0 189.3 186.2 60.0 100.4

MDNS 6 29 1 33 31 12 19

RUNS WKTS 55 8 280 22 40 3 567 42 577 41 133 9 290 16

AVE R/OVER 6.9 2.89 12.7 2.54 13.3 3.33 13.5 3.00 14.1 3.10 14.8 2.22 18.1 2.89

BEST 4/19 5/31 3/25 5/30 8/27 3/41 3/9

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BOWLING ctd T. Johnston M. Smit B. Grice J. Grice M.D. Teale C. Dunell N. Grice

OVERS 62.3 57.0 20.5 84.0 45.0 11.0 24.0

MDNS 15 5 4 13 9 0 5

RUNS WKTS 220 12 212 10 66 3 266 11 132 5 59 2 76 2

AVE R/OVER 18.3 3.53 21.2 3.72 22.0 3.22 24.2 3.17 26.4 2.93 29.5 5.36 38.0 3.17

BEST 3/0 4/60 2/36 4/31 2/26 2/33 1/9

ALSO BOWLED: M.P. Vermuelen 8.3 1 13 1 13.0 1.57 1/13 P. Dibb 6.0 2 19 1 19.0 3.17 1/19 C. Hayden 3.0 0 11 0 … 3.67 0/11 0 S. McConnell 3.0 1 11 … 3.67 0/11 0 C. McDonald 7.0 0 26 … 3.71 0/26 0 J. Riach 7.0 0 55 … 7.86 0/21 0 K. Smith 3.0 0 23 … 7.67 0/23 _________________________________________________________________________

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2B GRADE BLUE With a fairly young team, we didn’t have very high expectations going into the season. With that said, we nevertheless got off to a good start with three wins in our first four games. After those early successes, however, some of the lads were rewarded for their good performances with selection in higher teams. This meant we had to rebuild a bit and we often struggled to get the full XI on Saturdays. During the season, a few of the lads stood up with some big contributions, namely an unlucky Michael ‘Van’ Vanner (98) and Andrew ‘Howie’ Howison (100* and 5/16). Others new to the game also punched above their weight. In their first seasons, Mike ‘Mikey’ Brown in a remarkable spell achieved figures of 4/12 and Robbie ‘Robbo’ Williamson’s efforts in the field and down the order were also key to some big wins. Work Horses Matthew ‘Goodey’ Goode (best figures of 4/21) and Chris ‘Betch’ Batchelor (three half centuries) always brought their best. Inclusion half way through the season of Chris ‘Morel’ Morel provided an extra option with the new ball. He also performed extremely consistently with the bat down the order and even proved successful when asked to open as well. Our overseas import, Josh ‘J.D.’ Davey, was consistent as ever at the top of the order, acting as a rock on many occasions, achieving a best score of 88. He also provided a handy option with his off spin, illustrating this in the last game with amazing figures of 5/16. Overall our young team punched well above their weight this season and hopefully we can develop this confidence and experience into more successes next season. Andrew Howison CAPTAIN

2B Blue Player of Season : ANDREW HOWISON BATTING:

A. Howison J. Davey M. Vanner C. Batchelor R. Williamson C. Morel T. Carmicheal M. Goode S. Lowen Y. Yalamanchali B. Yalamanchali S. Joy

INN

NO

HS

AGG

15 16 13 16 5 8 8 19 12 4 2 4

5 2 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

100* 88 98 53 8 22* 25 38 25 9 4 9

385 436 312 389 18 88 87 257 79 23 7 10

AVE 50s 38.5 31.1 26.0 25.9 18.0 14.7 14.5 13.5 6.6 5.8 3.5 2.5

100s

CATCHES/ STUMPINGS

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BOWLING: B. Yalamanchali A. Howison M. Goode C. Morel J. Davey C. Batchelor Y. Yalamanchali T. Carmicheal R. Williamson

OVERS 14.2 115.2 115.0 72.4 62.0 77.0 35.0 17.0 1.0

MDNS -

RUNS 79 428 492 274 328 341 151 96 7

WKTS 8 26 27 15 11 10 4 2 0

AVE R/OVER 9.9 5.56 16.5 3.72 18.2 4.28 18.3 3.78 29.8 5.29 34.1 4.43 37.8 4.31 48.0 5.65 … 7.00

BEST

Notable Milestone In early March 2009, when Michael Papps scored 127 for Canterbury against Central Districts, he wrote his name in the record book as the player with the most first class centuries for Canterbury. His thirteen centuries passed the record he previously shared with Chris Harris. March was a good month for Michael, as, by the end of the month, he had extended his record to fifteen, with further centuries against N.D (128) and CD (127). When you consider some of the great players who have appeared for Canterbury over the years, this is a tremendous record. Well done Mike!

TRUST

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2C GRADE BUDGIES This season the Budgies were again playing in the 2C grade but with a couple of changes from the previous season. The two suburban teams that played in the grade had moved up to Senior suburban and there was also the introduction of a Twenty20 competition. The Budgies were one of the better teams in the grade but unfortunately not the best. We had a side that got into some difficult situations but would always put up a fight. And we had a lot of laughs off the field as well. In the two-day competition we finished second, with the highlight being a 10 wicket win over Saint Albans who went on to win the competition. We got ourselves into a couple of tough situations during the season and had to fight hard for the draw – but, as a result, we were never beaten outright and this was a major positive to take away for the season. We were the defending one-day champions and were looking to retain the cup but this did not eventuate. A couple of losses straight after Christmas when a few players were missing put us on the back foot and, although we fought hard to get back into contention, we lost a couple of games through bad weather which meant we missed out on a place in the final. We were left rueing those loses after Christmas. The highlight was beating the eventual winners, Burnside-West, during the round-robin. The Twenty20 competition was a bit of a farce with no one quite sure what was going on. There was no final and we played some teams twice and some teams not at all. We only lost one game and this was to the eventual winners Burnside-West. This form of the game did not suit our side and we gained little enjoyment or benefit from it. While it may be great for bringing in new fans, the traditional cricket players who play week–in, week-out prefer the tried and tested. There were some great performances throughout the season, the most notable from Charlie Grey who scored 619 runs and topped our batting averages. In fact, this was the most runs scored by any player at the club this season - a wonderful effort - and saw Charlie being voted our players’ player-of-the-year. Karl Smith and Russell Rhodes both scored hundreds and it was great to have Russell back at the club after a few seasons away. Most of the batsman contributed runs at some stage of the season to support those bigger scores. The bowling highlight had to be Iain Evans 8 for 60 in the final game of the season. Kenny Higgenbottom, Blake Grice, Andrew Littlejohn and Karan Shevde also took five-wicket bags. As with last year, we went through a large number of players – but, with the large number of representative players and the spate of injuries the club had this season, it can’t be helped. Nevertheless, it was disappointing to lose players throughout the season for other reasons and this meant that down the grades we quite often struggled for numbers. However, all in all, it was another enjoyable season. Thanks to Nev for his help with all the coaching he does and I hope to see everyone back next season. Nick Bates CAPTAIN

2C Grade Budgies Player of the Season : CHARLIE GREY

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AVERAGES – 2C GRADE BUDGIES

BATTING: R.Rhodes K.Smith C.Grey M.Baird C.McDonald K.Higgenbottom G.Beatson H.Clarke N.Bates D.Goldstone M.Ashby M.Friedwald S.Willman D.Mabey C.Dunell I.Evans C.McEwen B.Grice

INN 3 3 20 10 13 15 6 14 16 18 8 10 12 4 3 7 4 5

NO 1 0 2 0 0 7 0 6 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 2

HS 100* 113 102 74 94 37* 65 70 67 69 58 86 79* 29 8* 27 16 7

AGG 161 144 619 342 402 246 182 214 396 419 183 216 199 44 10 47 23 13

AVE 80.5 48.0 34.4 34.2 30.9 30.8 30.3 26.8 26.4 26.2 26.1 21.6 19.9 14.7 10.0 9.4 5.8 4.3

50s 2 3 4 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 -

100s 1 1 1 -

ALSO BATTED: H.Teale A.Wells M.Teale M.Seaton N.Wilson J.Riach K.Shevde J.Duncan A.Littlejohn B.Truscott D.Lyons Max J.Jennings M.Smit J.Grice

1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

96 45 22 28 16* 11 7 4 5 2 2 2 0 0 32*

96 45 22 40 16 17 7 4 7 2 2 2 0 0 32

96.0 45.0 22.0 20.0 16.0 8.5 7.0 4.0 3.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 …

1 -

-

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BOWLING: A.Littlejohn S.Willman C.McDonald D.Mabey H.Clarke M.Friedwald C.Dunell B.Grice I.Evans K.Higgenbottom R.Rhodes C.Grey N.Wilson B.Truscott A.Howison ALSO BOWLED: K.Shevde M.Teale Max G.Beatson J.Duncan H.Teale J.Grice M.Ashby M.Baird M.Smit J.Jennings J.Riach

OVERS 14.1 18.4 78.1 25.0 90.4 23.0 53.4 28.3 107.0 141.0 32.0 29.3 10.0 10.0 10.0

MDNS 0 1 5 2 8 0 4 2 9 14 4 3 0 0 2

RUNS 61 95 333 103 398 111 186 170 447 664 133 235 68 45 26

WKTS 6 9 18 5 19 5 8 7 18 22 4 7 1 0 0

5.4 6.0 8.0 6.2 3.0 7.0 8.0 4.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 2.0

2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1

17 13 37 38 22 45 38 21 39 25 13 5

5 2 4 4 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 0

AVE R/OVER 10.2 4.33 10.6 5.16 18.5 4.26 20.6 4.12 20.9 4.40 22.2 4.83 23.3 3.48 24.3 6.01 24.8 4.18 30.2 4.71 33.3 4.16 33.6 8.02 68.0 6.80 … 4.50 … 2.60

3.4 6.5 9.3 9.5 11.0 11.3 12.7 21.0 39.0 … … …

3.15 2.17 4.63 6.13 7.33 6.43 4.75 5.25 4.88 3.13 1.86 2.50

BEST 5/45 2/4 2/30 2/20 3/20 2/14 4/31 5/15 8/60 5/69 2/8 2/25 1/27 0/45 0/26

5/17 2/13 3/15 4/24 2/22 4/45 3/38 1/21 1/18 0/25 0/13 0/5

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3A GRADE (HOOTERS) Much as we did last season, we started the 08/09 season by saying goodbye to another long term part of the team – our uniform. Our much loved uniform had soaked up more than its fair share of beer, blood, beer, sweat, tears, beer and other bodily fluids over the years, and it will be truly missed. Our season started with a game against Sumner at Helipad 1. We easily won the game by 113 runs despite only having a handful of full time players. The game will mostly be remembered for the sideline performance of “drunken Russian guy”, unfortunately overshadowing a fine 70 from Muz Seaton. The next few games were played in pretty atrocious conditions that left many of us wishing that Canterbury Cricket had just called the games off. Howling southerlies and single digit temperatures left bowlers staring at their shoes when I asked who wanted to bowl into the wind. Despite the weather we had good wins against Halswell, mostly thanks to another fine knock of 89 not out from Muz, and Sydenham Suddenly, thanks to 95 not out from man-of-the-moment Muz. In between we lost to Harewood, but we won’t dwell on that. Gangor was heavily fined for his performance against Sydenham: not only did he pull up lame after bowling two balls, but he also left his girlfriend at Sydenham Park after the game. As the weather began to resemble something close to warm, we notched up our fourth, fifth and sixth wins of the season. Against OBC, Dip scored 66 and Chook picked up the first four wicket bag of the season. Against Hornby, Chook picked up another four wickets, and against Sydenham Predators, Dip scored 71. The first seven balls Shane bowled against the Predators cost 12 runs, but he had his revenge with the eighth ball. The batsmen played an awful shot and was clean bowled - maybe he was put off by the girlish scream of pain emitted by Shane as he released the ball, before crumpling into the ground in agony. Who knows? Side strains are funny things… except when they happen to you. I should know, I had one at the time too…. Maybe our lack of warming-up had something to do with it. Anyway, the wins extended our season record to 6-1, probably our best start to a season ever. Then we lost our mojo. We lost four of our next five games. Despite good individual performances from Chook, Daz, Shane, Dip, Timmy and Muz we never put in a good team performance and our season record dropped to 7-5. Boat (five wickets) and Chook (four wickets) bowled us to an easy win against Sydenham Suddenly, and this was followed by a good all round batting and bowling effort that secured the double against a strong OBC side. But then we lost close games against Sydenhan Predators and Merivale Pap, before finishing the season strongly with good wins against Heathcote (Muz 93, Chook four wickets), Park (Muz 65, Chook and Gangor four wickets each) and Sumner (Phil 32 not out). The win against Park was especially satisfying as the loss cost them the season and wiped the smug look off their captain’s face.

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All in all, it was a good season. We finished with a 12-7 record, Muz won the afternoon grade batting trophy and Chook won both the afternoon grade bowling and all-rounders trophies. In so doing, they set new Hooters’ records for most runs and most wickets in a season. Well done Muz and Chook and well done to the whole team who, despite the odds and a mid-season form slump, finished comfortably in the top half of the table, picked up a few prize scalps and had a lot of good times along the way. Finally, congratulations to Dipper and VJ on the birth of young Wyatt. I hope you winter well and I’ll see you next season. Jeremy Jennings CAPTAIN

3A Grade Player of the Season : MURRAY SEATON _________________________________________________________________________ AVERAGES – 3A GRADE BATTING: INN

NO

HS

AGG

AVE

50s

100s

J Griffen M Seaton J Jennings M Ford S Forster R Leys G Sanders D Green S Walsh P Roberts M McKinnel M Bebe R Yalamanchali T Williams N Wilson

3 18 13 4 11 18 18 9 3 9 6 3 8 15 3

1 2 5 0 1 1 3 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0

55* 95* 67 31 48 71* 46* 41* 22* 32* 26* 26 19 38 15

92 645 249 93 229 367 291 86 30 84 49 34 84 146 18

46.0 40.3 31.1 23.3 22.9 21.6 19.4 17.2 15.0 14.0 12.3 11.3 10.5 10.4 6.0

1 6 1 3 -

-

CATCHES/ STUMPINGS 0 20/1 3 1 2 7 2 1 2 9 2 1 6 12 1

ALSO BATTED: D Goldstone C Grey Angus P Rooster L McEwen B Harkerss

1 1 1 1 1 2

0 0 0 0 0 0

72 49 32 30 26 39

72 49 32 30 26 46

72.0 49.0 32.0 30.0 26.0 23.0

1 -

-

1 1 1 1

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BATTING ctd:

C McDonald H Morrow S Ashdowne R O'Gorman S Willman M Friedwald H Clarke M Ward M Freeman C Price D Maynard KV Smith N Yalamanchali A Seaton

INN

NO

HS

AGG

AVE

50s

100s

1 1 2 2 1 1 1 7 3 1 1 2 1 1

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1

23 16 9 14 9 5 4 4* 10 0 0 0 0 35*

23 16 12 20 9 5 4 15 10 0 0 0 0 35

23.0 16.0 12.0 10.0 9.0 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 …

-

-

CATCHES/ STUMPINGS 1 3 1 1 -

BOWLING: G Sanders D Green S Walsh M Ford J Jennings M Ward R Leys S Willman P Roberts S Ashdowne R Yalamanchali S Forster B Harkerss ALSO BOWLED: H Phillips C McDonald N Wilson R O'Gorman N Yalamanchali M Friedwald

OVERS 126.4 28.0 31.0 21.2 86.0 112.2 94.0 10.0 26.0 16.2 48.5 19.2 15.0

MDNS 23 1 1 6 9 22 17 1 0 0 1 1 0

RUNS 465 111 143 50 313 328 361 41 136 116 306 105 75

WKTS 39 7 9 3 17 17 18 2 6 5 12 4 2

1.3 8.0 5.0 2.0 4.0 2.0

0 3 2 0 0 1

1 18 12 29 18 5

1 2 1 2 1 0

AVE R/OVER 11.9 3.68 15.9 3.96 15.9 4.61 16.7 2.36 18.4 3.64 19.3 2.92 20.1 3.84 20.5 4.10 22.7 5.23 23.2 7.16 25.5 6.31 26.3 5.47 37.5 5.00

1.0 9.0 12.0 14.5 18.0 …

0.77 2.25 2.40 14.50 4.50 2.50

BEST 4/17 3/24 4/15 1/9 5/31 4/21 2/0 1/31 2/28 3/50 5/20 2/27 1/30

1/1 2/18 1/12 2/28 1/18 0/5

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BOWLING ctd: H Morrow C Grey C Price D Maynard H Clarke KV Smith

OVERS 2.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0

MDNS 0 0 1 0 0 0

RUNS 8 20 19 17 17 26

WKTS 0 0 0 0 0 0

AVE R/OVER … 4.00 … 5.00 … 6.33 … 8.50 … 8.50 … 8.67

BEST 0/8 0/20 0/19 0/17 0/17 0/26

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PRESIDENTS BLUE We did something in 2008/09 that we’ve never done before - being joint competition leaders! It lasted for one game, the first one, but nevertheless we did lead the competition! Now that the performance issues are out of the way, the team records that were set can be noted. These included fielding the most players (48, up eleven from last season), and fielding the most father-son pairings (five, although no more than two pairings ever appeared in one game). Plus, a father-daughter pairing in the form of the Nicholsons at one stage when we were one short. Our team revolved around a few players turning out regularly, supplemented by a large and varied supporting cast. Some of the extras in the cast made fleeting appearances – half of those turning out for us played just one game – and didn’t trouble the scorers too much, while others made their presence felt, e.g. Andy Hearn’s two games netting two fifties. With the loss of a couple of regular players from last season (including a pretty disappointing defection), and many others not playing so regularly or even less often, our season was a modest one in terms of on-the-field results. What we did manage to do on occasions was to give some younger players in the club games to hopefully assist their progress. David Hearn again captained the team, and is threatening to develop into the elder statesman of the side. Although just winning the one game – despite being close in a couple of other run chases – there were some performances of note. Several players scored their first fifties for the team (Colin Viegas, Rajeev Varma, Chris Lyons, and Nicky Cottam – all fine knocks). Others picked up their first wickets when given the opportunity to bowl (such as Raymond McLean), and John Kerrison had the pleasure of taking a rare hat-trick (along with the only four wicket bag). Tony Gray was the outstanding bowler with an economy rate of a mere 2.2 runs per over, including just three runs off one eight over spell. Tony also recorded the only batting average over twenty, and his presence coincided with the team being more competitive. Skipper David Hearn continued to bowl well, taking twelve wickets for less than twenty apiece. Chris Lyons and Tony Blackler again gave their all at the bowling crease. Tony also made a late charge for the all-rounders award, tragically being run out in the last game and falling three short of a season aggregate of one hundred. Roger Parlane played one game, memorably bowling Peter Kennedy with his first ball. Allan Rowland took several wickets, including dismissing Warren Wisneski cheaply by most standards (i.e. for less than one hundred). Our solitary win was an important one, regaining the Holland Cup from Marist. Records show that skipper David Hearn won the toss and chose to field first, with the team sporting their new team strip for the first time. Nicky Cottam and Tony Gray opened the bowling, getting some nice movement on a pitch that had acceptable carry. Bowling with reasonable control and not trying to do too much started to pay off with the Marist batsmen making starts but then making errors of judgement. Nicky nicked the first opener out in the fifth over, and then produced a direct hit to send first drop back soon after. Bowling very tightly, Tony had an early wicket to leave Marist 26/3 after ten overs. Nicky and Tony bowled through, with Tony picking up another wicket to have Marist 44/4 after sixteen overs.

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Alan Needs and David took over the reins, and after settling in also started to find some success. With most catches being taken (Stu White claiming a hat-trick of them), Marist regularly lost wickets to find themselves 66/7 after 23 overs. Batting a fair way down the order, Marist threatened the odd recovery until Alan had a catch taken in the slips. John Kerrison, and Tony Blackler in particular, kept things under control during their spells, before Alan returned at the end to see Marist dismissed with one ball to spare. A solid start was required for the Easts reply, and that’s exactly what happened with openers Alan and Stu putting on 36 in the first ten overs. Their quick dismissals saw Easts slip to 41/3, until David and Nicky put on 30 for the fourth wicket. Nicky’s dismissal (caught at first slip, like two other teammates) resulted in several more wickets with a partnership to take us through not forthcoming. Chris Stenton helped Tony Gray move the score on from 92/7, but when Chris went just as Easts were starting to get on top sixteen more were needed from six overs. John Kerrison came in and resolutely blocked up one end while Tony added runs as they became available, helped by a dropped catch in the deep. With the game tightening up more as the last overs wound down, seven were needed from the last over with Tony Gray on strike, and Tony Blackler as the last man insurance policy. A sharp two was taken early in the over, and then Tony hit the third ball over mid-wicket to seal the game. During 2008/2009 we did our best to put players and teams on the field to participate in and enjoy a game of cricket. And the beer always tasted good at the clubrooms. Thanks to all those who turned out for us this season, and special thanks to Nick Bates for assisting with providing players from the other grades to help us field teams. Thanks also to Trevor Hayes for supporting the team and giving the guys a break from umpiring. See you all again soon. Paul Cottam TEAM ORGANISER

Presidents Blue Player of the Season: COLIN VEIGAS ________________________________________________________________________

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AVERAGES – PRESIDENTS BLUE BATTING: T Gray R Varma C Lyons N Carey C Viegas D Hearn P Cottam S White N Cottam T Blackler A Needs A Martin R McLean C Stenton J O'Keefe D Roberts J Kerrison A Rowland ALSO BATTED: S Carmichael A Hearn D Marsh K MacLure B Nicholson J Duncan M Vanner D O'Keefe C Rowland M Goode N Viegas P Costello D Knowles P Fouche A McLean R de Forges K Harland M Kearns Kastaub L Carter A White

AVE 50s

CATCHES/ STUMPING

INN

NO

HS

AGG

7 4 8 6 14 13 14 5 12 13 5 3 4 12 3 3 6 10

1 0 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1

34 50 59* 34 60* 36 32* 46 56 27* 17 13 19 13 16 9 4* 9

125 71 97 90 179 166 137 68 162 97 51 28 36 54 17 15 10 30

20.8 17.8 16.2 15.0 13.8 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.5 10.8 10.2 9.3 9.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 5.0 3.3

1 1 1 1 -

2 1 2 1/1 2 5 7/6 4 3 6 2 2 2 1 1 3

1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

79 66 31 27 26 21 17 13 23 10 10 12 9 8 7 6 5 4 2* 2 2

79 121 31 27 26 21 17 13 23 10 10 19 9 14 13 6 5 4 2 2 2

79.0 60.5 31.0 27.0 26.0 21.0 17.0 13.0 11.5 10.0 10.0 9.5 9.0 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

1 2 -

2 1 -

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BATTING ctd: W Hawkes R Parker M Coppins A Devlin Mandar R Parlane

INN

NO

HS

AGG

2 1 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 0

AVE 50s 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

CATCHES/ STUMPING

-

1 -

BOWLING: D Hearn A Needs C Viegas A Rowland T Gray P Costello C Lyons J Kerrison T Blackler N Cottam S White R McLean Kastaub A McLean ALSO BOWLED: K Harland P Fouche J Duncan S Carmichael D O'Keefe R Parker R Varma S Stenton M Goode M Coppins N Viegas A Hearn D Marsh R Parlane L Carter J O'Keefe R de Forges Mandar L Nicholson A White W Hawkes

OVERS 45.0 25.0 15.0 23.5 60.0 14.0 64.0 33.0 108.0 66.0 13.0 11.0 15.4 13.0

MDNS 2 1 0 1 13 1 5 1 15 5 0 1 1 2

RUNS 235 128 111 156 132 84 271 244 446 368 59 97 99 77

WKTS 12 6 5 7 5 3 8 7 12 9 1 1 1 0

5.0 6.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 4.0 2.3 8.0 1.0 1.1 5.0 8.0 4.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 8.0 4.0 5.0 1.0

0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

15 38 29 35 37 49 7 6 26 4 5 24 43 24 49 38 27 58 30 39 16

2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

AVE R/OVER 19.6 5.20 21.3 5.10 22.2 7.40 22.3 6.50 26.4 2.20 28.0 6.00 33.9 4.20 34.9 7.40 37.2 4.10 40.9 5.60 59.0 4.50 97.0 8.80 99.0 6.30 … 5.90 7.5 12.7 14.5 17.5 37.0 49.0 … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …

3.00 6.30 3.60 4.40 4.60 6.10 1.80 2.40 3.30 4.00 4.30 4.80 5.40 6.00 6.10 6.30 6.80 7.30 7.50 7.80 16.00

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PRESIDENTS GOLD Sadly folks, no competition win to report this year. In fact, we were doomed from the start. We went on our end-of-season trip to Aus and on our team-shirt was Presidents Gold Champs 2003 - 2008. Well done shirt designers! I’m thinking that one of our own had a bet with the Indian bookies. To be fair, sooner or later some teams would be out to take the title from us, and OBCC and LPW were those teams. Things were going well at the start, and we entered November at the top - but then we got the batting wobbles. Three losses in a row by 12 runs or less meant that we were chasing the above two clubs for the rest of the season. We were then struck by injuries with Laurent and Bertson succumbing to broken fingernails (ok, breaks ….. but if you could catch ?) and Morel a problem back. (Who said he didn't have a spine?) Another loss against Sydenham - again when chasing a total – probably settled our fate. There was still a slim chance late in the season that we might win through, but key games against the above top teams were washed out, and so our reign came to an end, finishing third overall. Well done to OBCC for winning the competition - we did have the last win though, beating them in a enjoyable golf day…. thanks to the Boyle Lewis Duckworth system. Well done too the players who held the team together with their consistent performances. Donn will go to more detail in his report. As this is my third year as captain, it is my last due to the team’s rotation policy. Thanks to the squad and of course to the DONN. To the new captain, you will not be lacking in advice! HA HA! Arfur Daly CAPTAIN _____________________________________________________________ Further observations from Manager Donn Leckie. As Arfur has so correctly stated, maybe we did tempt fate by adding the six years of our competition wins onto the team shirts. However, as we all know, you can’t keep winning forever, and we had only made it on the last day in one of those earlier seasons. Nonetheless, even though it wasn’t a stellar season for us, we did play well in most games, and, of the four games lost, only one was by a reasonable margin, the others being definitely winnable. We blew the game against LPW after having skittled them for 124, with only John Quinn getting any runs for them. He then proceeded to do the same to us, some less than average batting decisions leading to our demise. A chance blown! Similar results in the next two weeks against OBC and Sydenham Hospital effectively put a dent in our season’s chances before Christmas. Rained-off games in the second round against LPW and OBCC ruined any chances of overhauling them.

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We had a total of 26 players go through the roster this year, including some former players and a couple of new faces. Craig Gibb turned out a few times after many years away from Christchurch and a former club player, Marc Wells, made a return and proved to be a useful bowler in a couple of games. He may be back next season. 46 dropped catches and 10 ducks didn’t help our cause either, but that’s the way it is. We lacked consistency in batting this year, with the exception of Niven Boyle who struggled through, largely on his own, to rack up 502 runs for the season. Arfur, batting down the order, came next with 336 and, of the rest, only Robbo, Duncan, Alby and Butch got past 200. We missed the steadying influence from the previous year of BA Murray, who has now moved to Oamaru. Bowling-wise, Arfur was the standout with 31 and a best of 5-27. Duncan, with his wellflighted offies, taunted the batsmen for 25 wickets, and H was most economical, his 21 costing 13.24 each at 3.07 runs per over, with a best of 6-11 off 7.4 against Riccarton. Our opening bowlers were combinations of Dave, Tim and Justin but they struggled to make the early breakthrough at times. Despite that, they contained well in most innings. Robbo was the surprise package, snaring 13 at 12.92. In summary, a season of lost opportunities but, nevertheless, with some good cricket played. The fine book did very well also, which reminds me there are some outstanding debts to be collected. Another season beckons in a few months. Donn Leckie MANAGER

Presidents Gold Player of the Season: DONN LECKIE

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AVERAGES - PRESIDENTS GOLD

BATTING:

N. Boyle S. Daly J. Robson A. Albertson S. Barry H. Morel D. O'Keefe G. Fletcher B.Neilson B. Nicholson A. Laurent C. Gibb D. Neill T. Grocott J.M. Cope S. Sharman ALSO BATTED: P. Crichton J. Read M. Wells J. Salkeld S. Anngow C. Brandon

INN 15 11 9 8 9 8 11 6 12 11 8 5 6 7 6 7

NO 4 3 3 1 2 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 4

HS 114* 66 102 86 70 21* 64 54 40* 30 34 20* 47 25 12 3*

AGG 502 336 243 235 210 77 241 125 147 142 103 50 58 74 26 7

2 1 2 2 1 2

0 0 0 1 0 0

17 15 17 8* 7 7

32 15 17 8 7 12

AVE 50s 45.6 3 42.0 1 40.5 33.6 2 30.0 2 25.7 21.9 1 20.8 1 14.7 14.2 12.9 12.5 11.6 10.6 6.5 2.3 -

16.0 15.0 8.5 8.0 7.0 6.0

-

CATCHES/ 100s STUMPINGS 1 2 12 1 3 3 5 2 5 3 2 2 1 2 3 4 10 / 1

-

1 2 1 1

BOWLING M. Wells J. Robson D. O'Keefe H. Morel S. Daly J.M. Cope D. Neill T. Grocott N. Boyle A. Laurent G. Fletcher J. Salkeld

OVERS 12.0 43.0 80.0 90.3 109.5 85.5 84.0 93.0 14.0 17.0 33.0 12.0

MDNS RUNS 5 15 5 168 9 328 18 278 10 423 12 298 20 260 18 279 1 70 0 94 3 195 1 57

WKTS 3 13 25 21 31 18 13 11 2 2 0 0

AVE R/OVER 5.0 1.25 12.9 3.91 13.1 4.10 13.2 3.07 13.7 3.85 16.6 3.47 20.0 3.10 25.4 3.00 35.0 5.00 47.0 5.53 0.0 5.91 0.0 4.75

BEST 3/8 3/20 4/51 6/11 5/27 4/24 3/18 2/16 1/18 1/15 0/6 0/17

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BOWLING ctd: OVERS ALSO BOWLED: C. Gibb S. Barry B. Neilson B. Nicholson J. O'Keefe J. Read

MDNS RUNS

2.0 1.0 1.0 5.0 4.0 4.0

0 0 0 0 0 1

WKTS

10 9 5 37 22 25

AVE

1 0 0 0 0 0

10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

R/OVER

BEST

5.00 9.00 5.00 7.40 5.50 6.25

1/10 0/9 0/5 0/6 0/22 0/25

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CCA ADVISORY GROUPS The club is well represented on the four CCA advisory groups that have been set up to provide advice and guidance on matters affecting Christchurch club cricket. If any club member has questions or concerns about club cricket, the relevant advisory group member will be keen to hear from you. Congratulations to the following on their appointments. Club Cricket Advisory Group

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Howard Morel

Women’s Cricket Advisory Group

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Tracy O’Neill / Stephen Graham

Youth Cricket Advisory Group

-

Dave Teale

Grounds Advisory Group

-

Dave Searle

CANTERBURY DRAUGHT SUPPORTING A WINNING CLUB

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WOMEN’S SECTION REPORT

Women’s Representative Honours 2008-09 White Ferns

Sara McGlashan Kate Pulford

Central Hinds

Sara McGlashan

Canterbury Magicians

Krista Neilson

Northern Spirit

Kate Pulford Anna Wilkins Morna Nielson

Christchurch Metro U17

Kayla Murray

Leigh Martin Canterbury Development Team Hayley Jensen

Canterbury U15 Elite Team

Hannah Malloch Jacinta Savage

Christchurch Metro U15

Lucy Nicholson Jacinta Savage

CCA U14 team

Rosie Tulisi Olivia McGoverne

Canterbury Country U17

Grace Grocott Sandy Clark

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PREMIER GRADE After the disappointment of losing the one-day final of 2007/08, I was determined that 2008/09 would be our season. We made some good acquisitions during the winter and got into the enviable position of having twelve experienced senior players, plus a group of soon-to-be senior players in our reserve grade squad. For the first time ever, we actually had to make selections. If there was one reason we had a successful season, it was our depth. With the one-day competition continuing while the State League was on, plus the usual distractions that take the girlies out of cricket on any given Saturday, good depth is essential. We had a strong team spirit and, with the team changing so much week to week, it was needed. With the rep players coming and going, we were lucky to retain a core of players who held things together. It was a great example of everybody putting the needs of the team first, even if it meant their own role was limited. In the one-dayers we lost our first game of the season on October 4 - but didn’t lose again until January. After qualifying top for the final on March 1st we did our utmost to lose it with our worst bowling and fielding effort of the year. The batting of Sara and Kate P was outstanding on a difficult pitch and gave us a competitive 139 from our reduced 25 overs. After 18 overs, St Albans were cruising but some last minute heroics with the ball from Kate L and Hayley, then Kim and Kate P, gave us a chance. With 10 required from the last over, Jess showed great composure and we won by a single run. It was a nerve wracking near-disaster, but the trophy was ours in the end, and I feel it signifies the best and most consistent effort from an East Shirley women’s team in quite some time. The one-day competition statistics make good reading, with three batsman averaging over 60: Sara McGlashan (464 runs at 77), Kate Pulford (447 runs at 74) and myself (608 runs at 67). With the ball, Tracy and Hayley stood out with 22 and 20 wickets respectively. Kim and Kate P were outstanding with the new ball whilst Amy, Ema, Jess and Kate L also bowled match-winning spells.

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There were two Twenty20 competitions played during the season, the first being the Twenty20 Cup at Show Weekend. The only good thing to come out of this for us was that it was really nice weather. The second was the Twenty20 Trophy which was a double round-robin played in March. We played some good cricket, qualified top of the table, and comprehensively won the final on March 28th. Batting might have won us the one-day competition but it was bowling that won the Twenty20. Performances of note include the introduction of Morna Nielson, another Northern Spirit representative who has joined the club while she studies at Canterbury University. Opening the bowling with her left-arm spin, she quickly collected 12 wickets in five matches at a strike rate of 7 with a best bowling of 4 for 24. Hayley was outstanding opening the bowling and had an economy rate of 4.6 with a best bowling of 3 for 5. Jess, Kim, Amy, Ema, Kate L and Tracy also bowled well and consequently we never had to chase too many runs. Tori Burberry (nee Little) came out of retirement for one Saturday and casually collected 5 for 10 from two overs, including a hat trick, then went back into retirement. The team had an injection of culture this year, with 24-year-old Japanese women’s captain, Ema Kurabyiashi, joining us for the season. Her cricket came on immensely during her time with the club. She was joined for a month by compatriot Shizuka Miyaji who also contributed well with the ball. Thanks to everyone at the club who assisted these players with accommodation and coaching and thanks to Steve Barry for sponsoring their ProFitness memberships. On the representative front, Sara and Kate P both showed outstanding form in the State League and both earned selection in the White Ferns for the Women’s World Cup in Australia in March. The White Ferns training program in a World Cup year is onerous and both Kate and Sara should be congratulated for the dedication and commitment they showed to the club. Many White Ferns made limited club appearances but we got great value from ours. Both were available whenever possible and contributed big scores with the bat, as well as being a huge help to me on the field. Krista again earned selection in the Canterbury Magicians, while Morna and I also turned out for the Northern Spirit. Hayley and Leigh were selected in the Canterbury Development Team. At the start of the season we wanted to win a title for the legendary Bill Duncan. We managed to pick up two and we hope he’d be immensely proud of his dolly birds. I would like to thank and congratulate everyone who played for the senior team this year for their dedication and attitude. Most importantly, however, I want to acknowledge that any title won by the senior team is an achievement for the whole women’s section. We, as a Senior team, would like to acknowledge and thank our Third Grade and First Grade teams who always moved players up when required, despite the challenges it posed for their own teams and the impact it had on their own results.

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As a Senior team we don’t ever have to play with less than eleven players but the lower grades often do. This isn’t ideal but we thank all the players and coaches for putting up with it and sticking at it. Finally, thanks to everyone at the club for their support. We enjoy great support from the coaches, management, the other teams, and club family and friends. We wouldn’t be able to achieve anything without you and it’s great to bring some success back to the club.

Anna Wilkins CAPTAIN

Premier Grade Women Player of the Season : SARA MCGLASHAN _____________________________________________________________ AVERAGES - PREMIER WOMEN ONE DAY COMPETITION

BATTING:

S.Clark S.McGlashan K.Pulford A.Wilkins K.Neilson K.Minogue J.Little K.Legg H.Jensen L.Martin H.Malloch E.Kuribyashi A.Rendel T,O'Neill ALSO BATTED: C.Wilson K.Murray M.Harkerss L.Gunn J.Savage G.Grocott S.Miyali O.Taylor

INN 4 9 9 12 11 9 10 8 12 4 3 9 8 4

NO 3 3 3 3 1 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 1

HS 31* 130* 89 111 117 59* 73* 54 50 37 22* 39 38 7*

AGG 82 464 447 608 284 133 149 119 169 62 26 115 76 14

1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0

0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

17 14 1 4* 5* 0 … …

17 20 1 4 5 0 0 0

AVE 50'S 82.0 77.3 2 74.5 4 67.6 4 28.4 26.6 1 24.8 1 19.8 1 16.9 15.5 13.0 12.8 12.7 4.7 -

17.0 10.0 1.0 … … … … …

-

CATCHES/ 100'S STUMPINGS 1 2 6 2 1 6 1 6/3 6 4 4 5 1 1 4 5

-

1 2 2 1

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BOWLING: OVERS MDNS 41.0 117.0 72.1 51.2 129.3 15.0 69.0 28.0 97.0 29.0 35.0

K.Legg T,O'Neill J.Little A.Rendel H.Jensen S.Miyali E.Kuribyashi A.Wilkins K.Minogue H.Malloch K.Pulford ALSO BOWLED: L.Gunn J.Savage O.Taylor

RUNS WKTS 161 10 458 22 317 14 251 11 494 20 52 2 267 10 112 4 364 10 183 5 145 3

7.0 2.0 3.0

31 6 37

AVE R/OVER BEST 16.1 3.93 3/20 20.8 3.91 4/31 22.6 4.39 3/23 22.8 4.89 4/45 24.7 3.81 3/30 26.0 3.47 2/31 26.7 3.87 3/32 28.0 4.00 4/47 36.4 3.75 2/36 36.6 6.31 3/23 48.3 4.14 2/36

1 0 0

31.0 … …

4.43 3.00 12.33

AVERAGES - PREMIER WOMEN TWENTY 20 COMPETITION

BATTING:

L.Martin A.Wilkins J.Little K.Neilson K.Minogue A.Rendel E.Kuribyashi M.Nielson H.Jensen T.O'Neill ALSO BATTED: T.Burberry K.Legg G.Grocott H.Malloch M.Harkerss C.Wilson S.McGlashan

INN 3 6 8 7 5 6 4 5 4 3

NO 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 1

HS 35 42* 32* 65 24* 36 9 12 16 0*

AGG 78 185 159 169 59 63 21 22 21 0

2 2 1 1

1 1 0 1

9 1 0 6*

10 2 0 6

-

-

-

-

CATCHES/ AVE 50'S STUMPINGS 39.0 37.0 1 31.8 28.2 1 4/5 14.8 2 10.5 3 10.5 5.5 5.3 5 0.0 -

10.0 2.0 … … … … …

-

1 1 1

1/12 -

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BOWLING: OVERS MDNS 17 17 16 24 24 20 14

M.Nielson A.Rendel E.Kuribyashi T.O'Neill H.Jensen J.Little K.Minogue ALSO BOWLED: T.Burberry K.Legg A.Wilkins H.Malloch

2 5 2 3

RUNS WKTS 85 12 115 7 78 4 148 7 111 5 108 3 73 1

10 29 14 12

5 3 1 0

AVE R/OVER BEST 7.1 5.00 4-25 16.4 6.76 2-20 19.5 4.88 2-13 21.1 6.17 2-24 22.2 4.63 3-5 36.0 5.40 1-15 73.0 5.21 1-8

2.0 9.7 14.0 …

5.00 5.80 7.00 4.00

5-10 2-15 1-14 0-12

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FIRST GRADE The start of the season was an exciting one for the First Grade team with a number of talented players moving up from Third Grade. Unfortunately, we lost some players along the way in Leigh Martin, Sophie Laurent and Lara Thompson to travelling and injury. We didn’t go so well in our one-day competition but seemed to do a lot better in the Super 8’s winning the competition unbeaten! There were a number of outstanding performances this season, with Sandy Clark (highest score 74), Christine Wilson (highest score 48) and Lucy Gunn (highest score 45) leading the way with the bat. Top bowlers were Gina Aldersley (best figures 3-8), Megan Harkerss (best figures 5-12) and Jacinta Savage (best figures 3-4). Special congratulations to all of the girls who played up in the Premiers this season, especially to Hannah Malloch whom we didn’t see much of towards the end of the season. A big thank-you to all the Third Grade team, especially Heather Webb, for agreeing to come up and play for us when needed. Finally, a huge thank-you to all the First Grade girls for an enjoyable season and to our dedicated coaches, Tracey, Garfield and Nev – we couldn’t have done it without you! I hope to see you all back next season!! Megan Harkerrs CAPTAIN

First Grade Women Player of the Season : SANDY CLARK _________________________________________________________________________

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AVERAGES – FIRST GRADE BATTING: S.Clark J.Savage H.Malloch C.Wilson O.Taylor L.Gunn W.Fuller K.Murray M.Harkerss N.Sullivan H.Webb G.Aldersley G.Grocott L.Harkerss S.Laurent ALSO BATTED: L.Martin L.Thompson C.Faulkner J. Little

INN 12 12 6 10 6 10 5 7 6 3 3 6 5 3 3

NO 3 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0

HS 74 27 30 48 44 45 28 27 5 3 1 1 1 0 0

AGG 293 109 86 186 98 116 57 42 19 5 2 2 1 0 0

AVE 32.5 21.8 21.5 20.6 16.3 12.8 11.4 7.0 3.8 1.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0

50s 2 -

1 1 1 1

0 0 1 1

52 2 25 48

52 2 25 48

52.0 2.0 … …

1 -

RUNS 161 230 240 76 117 84 181 63 325 74

WKTS 18 20 17 5 7 4 7 2 6 1

12 49 7 18 15

1 0 0 0 0

BOWLING: M.Harkerss G.Aldersley J.Savage W.Fuller C.Wilson O.Taylor L.Gunn S.Laurent H.Malloch G.Grocott ALSO BOWLED: L.Thompson S.Clark K.Murray L.Harkerss J.Little

OVERS 49.0 51.1 62.2 27.0 24.0 26.0 46.1 20.0 50.0 11.0

3.0 8.0 3.0 2.0 8.0

MDNS

AVE R/OVER 8.9 3.29 11.5 4.50 14.1 3.86 15.2 2.81 16.7 4.88 21.0 3.23 25.9 3.93 31.5 3.15 54.2 6.50 74.0 6.73

12.0 … … … …

4.00 6.10 2.33 9.00 1.87

BEST 5/12 3/8 3/4 3/12 3/5 2/16 2/14 1/11 2/13 1/19

1/12 0/24 0/7 0/18 0/15

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THIRD GRADE The Third Grade girls’ team nearly didn’t happen this season due to a lack of numbers. However, the girls found some friends to help out and a team was entered but, even so, we struggled every week with six to ten players. We won just the one game, with a little help from First Graders Jacinta Savage and Sandy Clark that day. But the win lifted the team, and we focused on batting out our overs for the rest of the season. Lucy Nicholson represented Christchurch Metro U15 Black at the Ashburton tournament, and Rosie Tulisi and Olivia McGoverne played for CJCA rep teams. Olivia was her team’s player of the tournament, the highlights being her 50 retired, and her diving catches. Congratulations to these three representatives. Heather Webb captained the side well, especially as we were usually short on numbers and under-strength against the other clubs’ Third Grade sides, which all included U17 reps. Heather had a good season with the bat, usually batting long innings, which included many text-book drives. She was the leading run-scorer with 174 and the leading wicket-taker (12), with the best economy rate (2.8). One bowling spell worthy of mention was in the first game when she had the figures of 6-6-0-0. When Heather was away, usually due to playing for First Grade, Venetia Stoffers and Lucy shared the captaincy, and acquited themselves very well in that joint role. Venetia’s 38 was the highest score of the team during the season. Lucy’s bowling seemed to add pace after Ashburton and she deserved more wickets. Players’ player of the season, Ashleigh Clark, showed vast improvement through the season - she is developing a good cricket-brain. She was involved in many last over “runon-everything” situations and we’re looking forward to her batting and ‘keeping taking off next season. Ana Avia-O’Conner showed in the last game she can bat for runs (9). Rhiannon Campbell’s highlight would be two catches in one game, and Grace Cox shows promise. Then there’s the young Singaporean immigrant, Shu Fen Tan. In October she didn’t even know cricket existed, but showed up to enjoy the team game. We are grateful to the First Graders who played for us, including Gina Aldersley. Thanks also to Daisy Treddinick (2-0-8-1) from the Junior club for helping us one day. We also thank those who coached the team: Tracy O’Neill, Garfield Charles, Neville Lyons for the odd session, and Vicki Burtt from the CCA. Special thanks to Evan Webb for scoring and transporting the team gear, even when his daughter Heather was away. His scoreboard/gear bag trolley should be patented. And thanks to the other parents for pitching in when asked to, especially Henk Stoffers. The team will be back next year, but we will need a couple of new players, so please keep us in mind if you have a daughter (aged 11 to 17 years old) or know of a girl who might be interested in giving it a go. Stephen Graham MANAGER

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AVERAGES – THIRD GRADE WOMEN BATTING: H.Webb V.Stoffers L.Nicholson R.Tulisi O.McGoverne A.Clark A.Avia-O'Conner R.Campbell S.Tan G.Cox

INN 13 14 16 11 11 13 10 10 3 4

NO 5 0 1 2 5 4 2 4 2 2

HS 30 38 31 23 13 8 9 2 1 1

AGG 174 145 152 71 44 44 16 8 1 1

AVE 21.8 10.4 10.1 7.9 7.3 4.9 2.0 1.3 1.0 0.5

ALSO BATTED: S.Clark G.Aldersley J.Savage R.Avai-O'Conner

1 1 1 2

1 0 0 1

50 7 6 0

50 7 6 0

… 7.0 6.0 0.0

H.Webb O.McGoverne V.Stoffers R.Campbell R.Tulisi L.Nicholson A.Avia-O'Conner

OVERS 51 34 49 31 37 61 13

MDNS 9 2 2 0 0 6 0

RUNS 145 145 233 204 178 232 89

WKTS 12 6 7 6 5 4 1

ALSO BOWLED: J.Savage D.Treddinick G.Aldersley A.Clark S.Tan

2 2 8 4 1

1 0 0 0 0

2 8 22 30 6

3 1 0 0 0

BOWLING: AVE R/OVER 12.1 2.84 24.2 4.26 33.3 4.76 34.0 6.58 35.6 4.81 58.0 3.80 89.0 6.85

0.7 8.0 … … …

1.00 4.00 2.75 7.50 6.00

BEST 3/9 3/10 2/37 1/9 1/10 1/8 1/6

3/2 1/8 0/7 0/9 0/6

Third Grade Women Player of the Season: ASHLEIGH CLARK _______________________________________________________________________

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JUNIOR REPORT First off all, my special thanks to Dave Teale for all his support during the season. Dave put in many hours on the computer to help with the membership list and in putting teams together. We had a rocky start with the passing away of Bill Duncan but luckily he had many things in place. Coaches Thanks to all the volunteers: your contributions are vital and without them the Junior Club could not survive. We are fortunate to have a number of keen parents and caregivers who are prepared to put up their hand to manage a team and to run teams on Saturdays. We could not provide a junior cricket programme without you. Special thanks to Peter Costello as he had two teams to coach. We have a great coaching structure - we can thank Neville Lyons for that - and we can provide “coaching for coaches” at all levels, whether you’re new to coaching or an “old hand” wanting to advance your skills. We had a few junior coaches who passed the level 1 coaching course this year, and this should benefit some of our junior sides next season. I hope that many of you reading this report will be volunteering again to help out in the coming season, whether as a coach or as a team manager. Teams We had fourteen teams this season, and, overall, the results were good, with player skills improving. A number of talented players came to our notice, and we’ll be looking to see them further advance. Many teams went close to winning their grades, so well done. The East Shirley 8 side won the Walter Hadlee Memorial Shield in Junior one-day cricket, so next season the team in that grade will be in the position of having to defend that shield. This year, there was again a bit off confusion at the Christmas changeover with the year 8 teams, with the end result that we had two teams less after Christmas. We hope that next season there will be a better solution in place. My thanks to John Crocott and his helpers who run the “Have a Go” teams on a Saturday. This is where it all starts and seeing the kids having fun and learning good cricket basics is very important to the club. Also, on Wednesdays we had extra training for them and the Kiwi players, and once again, thanks to the parents who helped out with those sessions.

Representative Players My congratulations to all players who made development teams. We had many boys making teams from year 6 to year 8, so the future looks good for the club. We now need to increase the number of girls playing the game - of those we do have, a number made the trials and some made the Under 14 and Under 15 squads. To you all, well done. Many of those players have been selected for winter training.

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Selected players Year 6 Green team: Year 6 Blue team : Year 7 White team : Year 7 Gold team : Year 8 team : Under 14 team Boys :

Jacob Keilar Conner Arnold, Logan Knowles Reuben Spicer, Jamie Costello Rhys Shannon, Cullen Sheaman, Matthew Clarke Scott Heads, Casey Marsh, Venetia Stoffers, Jacinta Savage Ben Mann, Ken McClure

Fund raising We again ran a Christmas raffle - my special thanks to Harry Burson for the many hours he put in and for organising the great prizes. Because of the success of this raffle, our costs in running the Junior Section are kept down. This money also goes towards offsetting the cost of our “player of the day” functions at the club. A big thankyou to our sponsors, and also to Carol Stoffers for the assistance in producing end of season certificates and their presentation. Prize Giving This year we changed the format and, as luck would have it, the weather was perfect which helped contribute to a very successful end to the season function. Well done to Henk for all the time and effort he put in, to make sure it was success that it was. A special thanks to the Senior men and women players and their coach who came and spent some time playing cricket with our juniors. Premier awards went to: Howzat Trophy (most promising Year 5/6 ) - William Grocott Hartley Trophy (most promising Junior) - Casey Marsh Paul Sullivan Memorial Trophy (outstanding Junior) - Reuben Spicer Ray Anderson Memorial Trophy (Junior coach of the year) - Peter Costello Many thanks to the Powers family for cooking the BBQ in the hot sun and Venetia Stoffers, for selling the raffle. Next Season This last season was a bit off a learning curve for me, and many of the decisions I made were based on what I had picked up from my mentor, the late Bill Duncan - so I was learning from the best. So to next season. What I wish for is that a few more people would put up their hands to manage, coach or come onto the Junior committee and help out. The more volunteers we have, we can spread the tasks out and not be dependent on a few key individuals. Playing wise, a key point for next season is to get more girls involved playing cricket. If we do get an increase in numbers, then we may then be in a position to enter all girl sides into competitions. I am also hoping to encourage as many volunteers as possible to complete coaches courses at Canterbury Cricket or through our own club programme.

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Finally, and not least, many thanks go to Andy Innes from CRICKET EXPRESS for their generous support and sponsorship Henk Stoffers JUNIOR CONVENOR _________________________________________________________________________

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JUNIOR ENROLMENT FOR THE 2009-10 SEASON All Junior Players& Coaches! You can now enrol by one of three ways: Online

Visit www.eastchchshirleycricket.org.nz and complete the enrolment form

Mail

Post your completed enrolment form to East Christchurch Shirley Cricket Club, PO Box 990, Christchurch

Sign on

Sign on at : Cricket Express, 210 St Asaph Street, Saturday 5 September, noon – 3.00pm the Clubrooms, Burwood Park at the following times: Saturdays September 12, 19 & 26, 9.30 pm – noon Saturdays October 3, 10, 9.30 am – noon

Junior Pre – Season Get Up and Go Activity Days Saturdays October 3 & 10, 9.30am - noon Get up and Go Activities. Come and try batting, bowling and target throwing. Make this a social occasion – all players, parents and guardians welcome. Team selection Training

All Junior Teams announced Saturday October 10

Pre season training at CCA indoor nets September 20 & 27, 1.30 – 3.00pm. Club training and practices open to all Juniors begin Monday October 12 at 4.30 pm.

First Game

Season starts on Saturday October 17

Coaches

More Junior coaches needed – ring or email Henk . You don’t have to be a qualified coach, as training and support will be provided. Junior coaches – present and future - are invited to coaching sessions at the CCA indoor nets on Sundays August 30, September 6 & 13 between 1.30 – 3.00pm. Ring: Henk Stoffers 3831888 or email him at [email protected]

Enquiries?

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