Willow Talk. Marist Cricket Club Presentation Night

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1 Willow Talk Newsletter of the Marist College Canberra Cricket Club Issue March cricket@mcc.act.edu.au ; Website: Marist Cricket Club Presentation Night Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 6:30pm in the Senior Gym. Players are to wear school uniform. Families and supporters welcome. You can support the Cricket Club through the Southern Cross Club Community Rewards Program. It s very simple, all you need to do is click on the link below which will ask you to enter your name and membership number. See the Club website for more details Marist Matches Friday 2 March 2018 U10 Thunder Queanbeyan Blue Alan McGrath Oval, Silky Oak Cres Jerrabomberra U10 Sixers Grammar Heat Curtin 1-10, Dunstan Street U10 Strikers Grammar Renegades Deakin 1-05, in front of Mint U10 Scorchers Marist Heat Marist College synthetic U10 Heat Marist Scorchers Marist College synthetic U11 Royal St Edmunds Gold Hughes 1-03, Webster Street U11 Navy WCMCC Curtin 2-03, Carruthers Street U11 Blue Eastlake Hurricanes Deakin 2-05, Makin Street (closest to carpark) Saturday 3 March 2018 U11 Div 1 Queanbeyan Blue Hughes 1-03, Webster Street U12 Div 1 Blue Norths Blue Marist College synthetic Sunday 4 March 2018 First XI Grammar Grammar U12 Div 2 Blue WCMCC Chapman 1-02, Tauchert Street Please Note: Draws may change after they have been published here. If in doubt, always refer to the draw on MyCricket (under Upcoming Matches on the Club website. What if it is wet? If you haven t heard an announcement, the rule of thumb is: if in doubt, go to the ground. Cancellation and wet weather provisions are covered in the ACT Junior Cricket Rule Book. Announcements will be made on the Cricket ACT Facebook and Twitter feeds prior to commencement of play. Coaches and managers please note: If your team arrives at a ground that you believe is unplayable or if there is a double booking, please contact the on-call ACT Government Sport & Rec Ranger For grounds issues at Marist College, call the Facilities manager on Sponsor of Marist Cricket

2 Code of Conduct All players and supporters need to read and uphold the Club s Code of Conduct attached to this newsletter. You should also be familiar with the rules of ACT junior cricket (ACT Junior Cricket Rule Book). First XI Marist, no play due to rain Second XI-Colts Match Reports Marist, 81, defeated by Norths, 4/97 Batting: James Boland 41, Harrison Dick 20. Bowling: Daniel Long 2/18, Callan Bourke 1/9, Hugh Brocklehurst 1/13. Under 10 Marist Sixers, vs Tuggeranong. Marist Scorchers, vs Grammar Heat Marist Heat, bye. Marist Strikers, 7 for 118, defeated by Weston Creek Heat, 8 for 149. The big hits kept coming for the Marist Strikers with both Will H and Jake smashing some sixes for the first time this season and Jacob also hammering 3 fours as all three of these boys scored over twenty runs, congratulations! Will B - 6 runs, Johny - 5 runs and Josh - 4 also showed some flare and patience in what was at times a very good bowling attack. Josh again showed his continued improvement taking one wicket while Jacob took a spectacular running catch on the boundary off the bowling of Will B to finish the match. Marist Thunder, 9/123, defeated Eastlake Scorchers, 12/122. Batting: Tomas Jensen 23, Sam Pilloni 10*. Bowling: Tomas Jensen 2/4, Henry Pickering 2/5, Dominic Honan 2/11. Eastlake won the toss and elected to bat. Sevi opened up the bowling and things were underway. The bowling from all the Thunder players was good with 9 wickets being taken, all clean bowled. Our fielding was also improved with some more controlled returning back into the stumps. Will kept wicket for the first 10 overs and did a very good job, even to some quick deliveries from Thomas. Eastlake Heat finished their innings with 74 runs. James and Thomas opened the batting with Thomas leading the way once again, hitting 2 sixes and a few fours, all the guys managed to score some runs with Sam and Henry also finding the boundary. Batting wasn t made easy for us by the Eastlake team, a few of their bowlers were consistent with line and length and we lost a few wickets along the way.

3 The final few overs had the scores very close. We had a 1 run advantage going into the last over, which meant we could not lose a wicket which would add 4 runs to the opposition s score and lose the game for us. Sevi faced this final over and did a fantastic job defending his stumps. We didn t lose a wicket and won the game by 1 run. A close one for the boys who were all ecstatic with the win. That s 2 wins in a row, let s see if we can make it 3 next week in the final game of the season. Under 11 Division 1 Marist, 8/199, defeated Norths Blue, 11/151. Batting: Alex Gunn 28*, Kelley Jack 27, Sam Smith 24, Ashvin H 22 Bowling: Alex Gunn 3-6, Lucas Louis 2-5, Bede Cuddihy 2-7, Kelley Jack 2-12, Sam Smith Semi Finals time after an undefeated year is always a tough game to play and this was no exception. Marist lost the toss and for only the second time this year Marist was asked to bat first. Coach Aruna made a slight change to the batting order with Alex Gunn (left) joining Lucas Louis (right) at the crease to face the Norths new ball bowlers. Alex absolutely smashed the bowling making an excellent 28 not out with three fours all through the off side. This innings was made even better as our normally reliable Lucas and then Sam were both out cheaply trying to force the ball in the air in the pressure of the semi-final and Marist had lost two cheap wickets. Subsequently we went to the drinks break with three wickets down for 76, a long way behind our normally frantic starts. Thankfully the rest of the boys really stood up taking our tally to a very good 8 for 155. Ashvin recovered his innings well hitting a huge six to finish, while an angry Sam got his mojo back hitting some long balls down the ground for four, although the Marist contingent thought a couple of them may have cleared the rope. The star of the day was however yet to come with our wicketkeeper Kelley Jack (right) striding to the crease in his customary finishing role. Kelly played an amazing innings of 27 including an incredible 8 consecutive twos. I know the scorer needed the heart paddles just watching Kelley and Bede hare down the wicket at breakneck speed. As a unit we achieved a near perfect result with Marist getting to 155 without major contributions from Sam who has scored 400 runs in the season or Lucas who has scored 300 runs in the season. This highlights just what a complete team we have become. In the field Marist absolutely lifted to another level. With matches often over before the first innings drinks break, this week Marist needed to really defend well to restrict a reasonably strong Norths side. After a good start from the openers, Alex bowled two superb overs before finally being rewarded when Sam took an excellent catch at mid-on. From there, every single boy bowled well with Alex being rewarded for a stunning bowling display with 3 for 6 from his four overs. Lucas, Bede, Kelley and Sam were also rewarded with two wickets each as Norths simply could not score, making 119 off the bat for the loss of 11 wickets, an excellent effort from Marist in a semi-final. The fielding was top shelf with Sam taking two very difficult catches and Kelley grabbing another from his own bowling. This week showed that we are a complete team. Whatever happens next week we have demonstrated that we can win in different ways something that is fantastic to see? There are some very tired boys at the moment with a number of them playing full representative seasons and others playing two / three games a weekend helping out some of the u12 teams. C mon boys only one more weekend to get up for. Great effort Marist and bring on our arch rivals Queanbeyan next week! Friday Marist Navy, Batting: Bede Fogarty 39*, Ben Henry 36*, Jonte Ryan 30*. Bowling: Hamish Ridd 2/8, Jonte Ryan 2/10, Ben Henry 2/15. Another match up against St Edmunds College saw Darcy Dickie win the toss and send the home team in to bat. Hamish opened the bowling and jagged a wicket from his first over, finishing with 2 all up. Darcy, Baillie and Max kept things tight conceding less than 10 each, with Jonte and Benny also picking up 2 wickets each. The standout though was the boys fielding, as Benny, Hamish, Riley and Max all assisted with run outs, keeper Baillie picked up a stumping and Bede, Baillie and Jonte took a catch. 3

4 Our opening pair of Jonte and Bede started quickly with Jonte hitting a 6 off the first ball and Bede hitting his first 6 balls to the boundary to top score with 39. Darcy and Riley contributed to the middle order, getting the ball to the boundary on one occasion each, while Hamish and Max scored 8 runs each. Baillie and Benny closed off the innings with 18 and 36 respectively, with Benny finishing the innings the way we started a 6 off the last ball. The boys dominated with the bat and ball, but it was our fielding which really showed a big step up over previous weeks. A great effort and looking forward to the makeup game to wrap the season up. Marist Royal, vs Eastlake Hurricanes. Marist Blue, 6/130 defeated Grammar Storm 13/100 Batting: Bede Cuddihy 28*, Omkar Gilkam 28*, Tejas Nambissan 20* Bowling: Bede Cuddihy 2/7, Owen McKenna 2/13 On yet another hot Friday night, Marist Blue was up against Grammar Storm at Deakin. We lost the toss and were sent into bat. Our opening pair of Ross Lamb and Joseph Murray gave us a good start - with a boundary to Ross and some quick running between wickets. It was then that the middle order batsmen unleashed with a torrent of runs including Bede Cuddihy 28* (4 boundaries), Omkar Gilkam 28* (5 boundaries) and Tejas Nambissan 20* (2 boundaries). Our total runs of 130 placed Marist in a strong position at the innings break. Eli Coll opened the second innings in what was a very dominant bowling and fielding display, where the boys took a total of 13 wickets. In particular, the focus on backing up allowed the fieldsman to throw hard at the stumps resulting in some direct hits and several well executed runouts, with Jack Hatton wearing the gloves behind the stumps. Our standout bowlers were Bede (2/7) and Owen McKenna (2/13) with additional wickets from Tejas Nambissan and Jack. Marist s fine effort in the second innings restricted our opposition to 100 runs and secured our second victory against Grammar Storm. Under 12 Division 1 Marist Blue, Batting: Jacob Scholtens 44, Solomon Belcher 29*. Bowling: Solomon Belcher 2/9, Johnny Frilingos 2/11. Marist Navy, 6/119, defeated by Western Districts, 6/120. Batting: Jack Haley 45*, Declan Westcott 13*, George Denny 11. Bowling: Declan Westcott 2/19, Nick Kent 1/9. Division 2 Sunday Marist Navy, drew with Norths Gold rain. Marist Blue, drew with Queanbeyan Blue rain. 4

5 Friday Marist, 65, defeated by Ginninderra Bengals, 7/75. Batting: Bowling: A huge crowd gathered at the Marist oval to watch the under 12 semi-final. It was the biggest crowd the boys have played for in season. Ginninderra Bengals won the toss and opted to bat in 32-degree heat with Marist fielding. Tight early Marist bowling was rewarded with wickets that had Ginninderra 4/25 before the middle order mounted an excellent fightback to finish with figures of 7/75 by the end of the 20th over. The highlights of the Marist bowling efforts were Andrew Back 2/6 off 3 overs, a spectacular caught and bowled by Joey Henry and LBWs to Marcus and Angus. Ryan and Rhys shared the keeping duties and kept the byes to a minimum. Marist batted gamely against the fast bowling of Ginninderra with some excellent running between wickets and a number of 4 s scored to the boundary with top scores by Ryan Furner 19 and Joey Henry 16. However, despite the best efforts of the Marist team they were unable to accumulate enough runs to enable a successful run chase. Although the team may have felt disappointment with a loss in the semi-final, they have had a great season with the improvements in skills and cricket knowledge showing in all the games that have been played. The team should be proud of the season efforts and the experiences gained will add to their resilience for seasons to come. The boys and their families would like to thank the dedicated and focused development from Coach Pino Pezzella and our well organised Manager Jo Brennan. Under 13 Division 1 Marist Blue, 72, defeated by Queanbeyan Blue 4/133. Batting: Nick Honeyman 24, Hunter Fogarty 16*. Bowling: Hunter Fogarty 2/21, Hugh Strickland 1/6, Callum O Brien 1/9. Marist was well beaten by Queanbeyan in a consolation T20 game on an excellent ground at Googong where batsmen got full value for shots. Queanbeyan won the toss and batted, with their openers getting right on top from the start, scoring 30 runs in the first 4 overs without loss. In a man of the match performance Hunter turned the tide with 2 key wickets in his first spell. From there Marist were able to reduce the scoring rate with both Hugh and Callum following on from Hunter with tight spells of bowling, each claiming a wicket. It was only the last 3 overs where Queanbeyan managed a further 30 0vers to bring their total to 4/133. Hugh and Hunter were particularly strong in the field, with Hunter grabbing 2 good catches and cutting down runs through excellent fielding. Marist got off to a slow start in their innings, losing 3 quick wickets within the first 3 overs. Nick and Hunter then built a great partnership adding 40 runs at better than a run a ball. Nick was particularly aggressive hitting some good boundaries, but lost his wicket on 24. Hunter batted beautifully making a sound 16 not out and giving Marist some chance. In the end despite some good resistance from Jack (lasting 17 balls for his 4 runs), Queanbeyan were able to knock off the remainder of the Marist batsman leaving Hunter stranded. While an unfortunate end to the season, there are plenty of positives going into next year and most importantly the boys have had an enjoyable time and been competitive in most games. 5

6 Marist Navy, 5/90, defeated by Grammar, 4/ Feb. Batting: Lachlan Ashe 35*, Cameron Bushell 12. Bowling: Jaskaran Singh 2/22, Lachlan Ashe 1/11. Marist Navy came up against Grammar for the final game of the season. With some key players being unavailable, Navy were only able to field 6 players, but Grammar were very sporting, providing 3 of their players to field and allowing some Navy players to bat twice up to the 8 wickets of a normal innings (the score was actually 7/90 in this context). Navy were sent into bat and were immediately in trouble losing the two openers in quick succession. Lachlan Ashe managed to keep his wicket intact as batsmen continued to tumble until his retirement, having faced his quotient of deliveries. It wasn t long before he returned to the crease and knowing he did not have to go back to the shed again unless he got out, managed to dig in with Oscar David. Oscar s strong defence was impenetrable and in the context of the game his 9 runs was invaluable. More importantly he provided great support to Lachlan until he had to retire. Cameron Bushell returned to the crease for the second time to continue the partnership with Lachlan until he was run out in the last over. Cam played some great shots including a pull and drive to the boundary in his 12 runs and with Lachlan and Oscar, rescued the innings to a defendable 90 runs. Lachlan s innings was outstanding and showed great poise and thoughtful game sense. Early on when the team was in trouble he was solid in defence and as the game progressed played shots all around the ground in a chanceless innings. Some of his driving and cutting was exquisite, finding the boundary and picking up 2 s and singles regularly. He never looked in trouble at any time against the strong Grammar bowling attack to remain not out. It s important to note that whilst Lachlan scored the bulk of the runs, he could not do it without the support of Cam and Oscar at the other end. It was Grammar s turn at the batting crease and they were in trouble early on with Jazzy trapping their opener plum in front LBW in the first over to be one down for not many. From there Grammar was able to score relatively freely with some both sides of the wicket bowling from the boys, although the batting line up was pretty strong and pounced on anything wasn t in the corridor of uncertainty. Lachlan Ashe came to the bowling crease and managed to pick up a wicket and Will Seselja another one in the last over before the break to have Grammar at 3/60. Navy were still in with a sniff. After the break Grammar consolidated and whilst they provided 3 fielders all day, the workload of the 6 Marist boys started to take its toll and they simply were not able to sustain the additional bowling and fielding endeavour. Henry York looked for wickets (as the only chance to win was to bowl Grammar out) and so his bowling figures was not reflective his efforts. Given the Navy team were missing two of its key bowlers and its leading run scorer for the season, I thought the effort was exceptional from all of them. They never game up the contest and whilst they went down, they went down swinging. As the coach for the day, I was so proud to be associated with them and they held up the Marist ethos very admirably well done boys! Division 2 Marist, vs Grammar Navy. Under 14 Division 1 Marist, did not play. 6

7 Division 2 Marist/Tuggeranong, 4/104, defeated Marist Blue, 4/103 Marist/Tuggeranong Batting: Angus Wheadon 30*, Paul Smith 28. Marist/Tuggeranong Bowling: Paul Smith 1/8, Antonio Pezzella 1/9 Marist Blue Batting: Noah Bouquiax 31*, Darcy Fogarty 26*, Angus Campbell 19. Marist Blue Bowling: Angus Campbell 2/16, Will Hill 1/11, Noah Bouquiax 1/18. Under 15 Division 1 Marist, did not play. Division 2 Marist, did not play. Under 16 Division 2 Marist, 8/67, drew with Grammar Navy, 1/120, due to rain. Batting: Tyler Green 21. Bowling: Richard Caines 1/17. 7

8 Marist Cricket Club Committee The Committee usually meets each month. If you have an issue you wish to raise with the Committee you can contact the President, Dom Di Campli, in the first instance through the Club mailbox The Committee for is: NAME COMMITTEE POSITION Dom Di Campli President Vice President Junior Council Delegate Sean Andrews Secretary Nick Smith Treasurer Sponsorship and Fundraising Wayne Cassidy Information Officer Matt O Brien Registrar Sean McElhinney Grounds Coordinator Dom Di Campli Equipment Officer Gary Goodman Master in Charge Senior Cricket Pino Pezzella Junior School Cricket Master Peter O Callaghan First XI Coach Dom Di Campli Under 10 Coordinator Nick Smith Under 11 Coordinator Under 12 Coordinator Matt Wheadon Under 13 Coordinator Dom Di Campli Under 14 Coordinator Under 15 Coordinator Under 16/18 coordinator Cameron Tarrant Committee Member Anne Kent Committee Member Nick Myburgh Committee Member Alan Caines Committee Member For queries about Willow Talk or the Club, contact: Wayne Cassidy, Information Officer - cricket@mcc.act.edu.au 8

9 MARIST COLLEGE CANBERRA CRICKET CLUB CODE OF CONDUCT The Club is committed to promoting cricket and the personal development of our players in accordance with the College ethos, the highest standards of sportsmanship and the Laws and Spirit of Cricket. Codes of Behaviour and Courtesy The Marist Sports Policy covers a code of behaviour for: players; coaches; parents; and spectators. In particular, the Code stresses: For Players: For Coaches: Be a good sport Set a good example for your Play for enjoyment Work hard for your team as well as yourself Treat all team mates and opponents as you enjoy being treated yourself Play by the rules Co-operate with team and game officials Control your behaviour on and off the field Learn to value honest effort, skilled performances and improvement. players Encourage and create opportunities to develop individual skills Teach a wide range of team skills Teach your players to be friendly towards officials and opponents Give all interested students a chance to participate in training and games Remove from the field of play any of your players whose behaviour is not acceptable Keep your own knowledge of coaching and the developments of the game up to date. For parents & spectators: Encourage participation by your children Provide a model of appropriate behaviour for the players Be courteous in your communication with players, team officials, game officials, and sport administrators Encourage honest effort, skilled performance, and team loyalty Make any new parents feel welcome on all occasions Do not interfere with the conduct of events Remember children play for enjoyment. Don't let your behaviour detract from their enjoyment Support skilled performances and team play with generous applause Demonstrate respect for opposing players and their supporters

10 Additionally the game of cricket has certain traditions which have been developed over the years. The Preamble to the Laws of Cricket stresses that the game should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game. Participants, players and officials alike, must conduct themselves, at all times, in accordance with the Laws of Cricket and the ACTCA Junior Council Competition Rules. In the words of Donald Bradman: it is the responsibility of all those that play the game (the custodians) to leave the game in a better state than when they first became involved. Coaches and managers of the younger age teams should reinforce this aspect of the game. No smoking or drinking Coaches and managers should not smoke or drink alcohol at games or during training. Parents are requested not to drink while a match is in progress. Undertaking by Committee and coaches/managers All Club office bearers will abide by the Club s Code of Conduct and work to promote the best interests of the Club and College. Committee Members will sign an undertaking to this effect at the beginning of each season. Coaches and Managers will also sign this undertaking. Parents and supporters All parents and Club supporters are expected to abide by the Club s Code of Conduct and promote the best interests of the Club and College. Parents are entitled to raise with the coach or manager any concerns or issues they may have with the approach or conduct of the team management. This must not be done in front of players. Parents may also raise such concerns with the Committee. Parents must ensure boys are picked up on time, taking into account possible early finishes and wet weather, so that players and coaches/managers are not left waiting for long periods for parents to arrive. Breach of Code of Conduct Any breach of the Code of Conduct by a player, team official, parent or Club supporter should be referred to the Committee through the age group coordinator for consideration and appropriate action. Serious and/or repeated breaches by players may result in offenders being stood down from part or all of a match. While suspended, a player may not play in any match for the Club during the period of the suspension. Serious or repeated breaches by a team official may result in the official being removed from their position with the team. The Club may ask a parent or supporter who breaches the Code to absent themselves from future games. Any person reported to the Committee shall be invited to present their case to the Committee prior to the Committee coming to a decision on the matter. The Committee may appoint a sub-committee to investigate reported breaches of the Code of Conduct. Any findings of the sub-committee shall be provided to the full Committee for appropriate action. If necessary, a special Committee meeting may be called to consider the matter. Any breach of the Code reported to the Committee shall be passed on to the College through the appropriate Junior or Senior Cricket Coordinator. Any sanction applied by the Committee shall be referred to the College through the Cricket Coordinator. As a nominated official of the Marist Cricket Club Canberra, I agree to abide by the Club s Code of Conduct and at all times to promote the interests of the Club and Marist College. Name Signature Position at Club: Date :. / /.