SUMMER HILL CRICKET CLUB Junior & Senior Presentation Day April 8th 2018

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1 SUMMER HILL CRICKET CLUB Junior & Senior Presentation Day April 8th 2018 The autumnal burst of summer bathed our presentation day in sunshine and warmth as this year we held our junior and senior presentation on the same afternoon. Summer Hill CC had a good year on the park. We fielded 19 teams in juniors and 4 in seniors We had 5 premiership teams: Seniors Div 2 Thunder League Girls U17s Thunder League Girls U15s Thunder League Girls U13s U11s Div 1 Gold We had 9 teams playing in grand finals and 11 teams playing in semi finals. Our numbers were down in Milo In2cricket and we will have to try to boost that next season as it is from there that most of our Saturday park cricketers start from. Though the In2Cricketers had a great time on Friday afternoons on the lawn carpet of Pratten Park, learning to play cricket where many of the Australian greats honed their skills. This year saw some major changes to the way junior cricket is run across Australia. For a few years Cricket Australia has been looking at ways of getting more kids interested in cricket and staying with it in this age of greater mobility and increased options of things to do. The successful rise of the Big Bash League and its attraction to young kids has guided their decisions on changes too. After trialing proposed changes with a number of Associations across Australia, the new stages of junior cricket started rolling out this season. They will be slowly implemented year by year so that the kids who started playing Saturday cricket this season willl be the ones who first take on all the changes as they get older, starting in Stage 1, then moving onto U11s, U13s and then finishing junior cricket with U15s. We also implemented some of the proposed changes in the older groups, mainly around using different age groupings than we had been using in the past. The idea is to streamline the structure of cricket across Australia so no matter where your kids play, there will be the same structure of age groups and playing formats.

There is a link on the home page of our website that takes you to videos and explanations of the changes that have been rolled out already and will be further rolled out in the years to come.

Junior awards Samarth Shrivastava 125no U17s v Beverley Hills Mahsen Narvel 102no U15 Div 1 v Sth Hurstville/Carss Park Ellis Sherriff 116 U15 Div 1 v Penshurst West Peter Halliday Trophy Peter

2 There is a link on the home page of our website that takes you to videos and explanations of the changes that have been rolled out already and will be further rolled out in the years to come. The feedback we have had from parents and coaches and players in the new Stage 1 has been very positive. Junior awards Samarth Shrivastava 125no U17s v Beverley Hills Mahsen Narvel 102no U15 Div 1 v Sth Hurstville/Carss Park Ellis Sherriff 116 U15 Div 1 v Penshurst West Peter Halliday Trophy Peter Halliday was a student at Summer Hill Public School and he was the first player to sign up with our Club, in August He was the captain and leader of our first team, an U12s. He was a great sport, always seeking to give every player a fair go with the bat and ball and encouraging to his team mates. He was an outstanding all rounder, and the Club's first representative to the District. Peter tragically died in a traffic accident in 2006, aged 24 years. The Peter Halliday Perpetual Trophy for the club's Best All-rounder in the Under 13's, is a special award that seeks to link current players with our Club's beginnings and its foundation; Sporting qualities, and love of the game and respect for its traditions. The Peter Halliday Trophy this year was awarded to Addison Sherriff Addison Sherriff 5 for 29 U15s Div 1 v Illawarra Catholic Club Ben Hayes 5 for 13 U15s Div 1 v Kingsgrove Blue Samarth Shrivastava Hat trick U17s v Morty Kings Daniel Lee Hat trick U15s Div 2 v Ramsgate Finn Williams Hat trick U13s Div 2 Gold v SHCC Green Samira Dimeglio Hat trick U17s Thunder League v Bankstown (Grand Final)

3 Monty Panesar Trophy The Monty Panesar Trophy is only open to full time spin bowlers, not part timers having a few overs off from normally bowling pace. It s designed to encourage the craft and art of spin bowling and named after the English spinner who came and did some spin coaching classes for SHCC and signed the ball at the centre of the trophy. the game fair, supporting your team mates, treating opponents and umpires fairly, and being gracious in victory and defeat. The winners of the President s Cup this year are the U17s Thunder League girls. This year s Monty Panesar winner is Laura Metry from U13s Div 2 and U15s Thunder League Ross Martin Bowling Award The President s Cup The Presidents Cup is a trophy for an entire team, who have performed well as a team, but are not necessarily Premiers though they may be, but who show the sporting qualities and values of the spirit of cricket that SHCC promotes, playing Named in honour of one of the founding members of the Summer Hill Cricket Club who also started the Sydney Rivers Girls Cricket Association over 10 years ago to create an all-girls competition in our area, now absorbed into the Thunder Girls League. Ross s dedication to girls cricket continues even though his daughters have all graduated from the Club. Ross has been one of the greatest advocates for girls cricket and this award is to honour his outstanding contribution to the game and its female participants in this area.

The Ross Martin Trophy for bowling this year was won by Ananaya Sharma Senior awards Daniel Wright Award Every year in the seniors we recognize the best player across all divisions in memory of

Daniel played with Summer Hill CC through his junior years, and then played in our highest seniors teams and went on to play Grade for Wests.

4 The Ross Martin Trophy for bowling this year was won by Ananaya Sharma Senior awards Daniel Wright Award Every year in the seniors we recognize the best player across all divisions in memory of Daniel Wright, who sadly passed away some seven years ago now. Daniel played with Summer Hill CC through his junior years, and then played in our highest seniors teams and went on to play Grade for Wests. Russell Cott Batting Award Russell was a firm supporter of girls cricket. He was already ready to score and support the team in any way he could. Russell s catch cry was straight bat whenever the girls were training, making sure that they were hitting the ball correctly. Russell died suddenly after a short bout with cancer, a much loved member of the Summer Hill family. This award is named to honour his memory and contribution to girls cricket in the Inner West. This year, The Russell Cott Trophy for batting this year was won by Nell Bryson- Smith and was presented by Ellie & Leanne Cott. In the season prior to his passing, Daniel came back to Summer Hill after injury from playing in Grade and it was great to have him back and enjoying his cricket with us. His passing was a tragic loss to us all, as he was a promising cricketer that played with amazing passion, zeal and tremendous ability. The Daniel Wright winner this season is Rehaan Nawaz from the 2nd division. Rehaan not only had the best batting results across the seniors in Summer Hill, but was also the top batsman in the whole CWSCA 2nd division competition. Rehaan also bowled well this season taking eleven wickets, and was the best slips fielder in the 2nd division taking the most number of catches across all the SHCC seniors divisions. Bowling Award 2017/18 Andrew Endicott Wickets-38, BBI-5/22, Ave-9.89 Economy-2.61, 3 x 5WIs Andrew was also the top bowler for the CWSCA 2nd division competition Batting Award 2017/18 Rehaan Nawaz Agg-761, Ave-63.42, HS x 100s, 7 x 50s

Fielding Award 2017/18 Rehaan Nawaz 12 Catches Wicketkeeping 2017/18 Daniel Sindoni 22 Catches 1 Stumping Presentation Day address by President Alan Arthur When people ask me why I put effort into

5 Fielding Award 2017/18 Rehaan Nawaz 12 Catches Wicketkeeping 2017/18 Daniel Sindoni 22 Catches 1 Stumping Presentation Day address by President Alan Arthur When people ask me why I put effort into running this club I tell them one of the reasons is because someone did it for me when I was a kid and without them I wouldn't have been able to play sport on the weekend. Now it s been my turn to do it along with a team of other people. For ten years I've been coaching & managing teams and doing committee work and now my son has finished his junior cricket career and is ready to move onto the next phase of his cricketing life, having been well prepared for it by Summer Hill CC. I have no idea how many games of junior cricket I have watched. Another reason I have spent this amount of time with the club is that I have enjoyed all those games and enjoyed being able to have that time with my son. I know from talking to other coaches and parents who turn up week in week out that this the way all they also feel about what we do. We feel fortunate to have been able to spend this time with our kids and with your kids and being allowed to mentor them, which we take as a serious responsibility, as we are not just about giving kids fun playing sport and acquiring cricket skills, we are also about giving them social skills and leadership skills and team work skills that they can take with them into the adult world. Cricket is not just a great game, it is a philosophy of life and even when cricketers let us and themselves down, there is space in the game for them to redeem themselves and grow by first owning and then learning from their mistakes. We all make mistakes but the real measure of a person is not found in the mistake but how they respond to that mistake in correcting it. I think the attention on the ball tampering saga has nearly all been on the tampering and there has not been the necessary attention put on how these players responded to their mistake and bad judgement. Steve Smith was a bad role model in allowing the ball tampering, but he is also a good role model in that he took ownership of his mistake, apologized numerous times to us all and accepted the punishment for his mistake. Despite being disappointed in him, I have a lot of respect for him for taking responsibility for his actions and I think that many of the public figures who have been bagging him out are hypocrites, as we all know they never take ownership of their mistakes nor improve themselves, unlike what Steve is doing. There are two major lessons in this ball tampering saga for you young cricketers. The first is that you don't need to cheat. You do have to accept that there are times when you will lose games as the other side will play better that day just as you will play better than other teams on other days. It s a fact of life that you will lose games of cricket and it s not the end

6 of the world when you do. It is after all a game. Second and more important is that people do make mistakes, we all make mistakes, and when we do, it is important that we take responsibilities for our actions when they hurt others. If you have a brain explosion and make the mistake of swearing at an umpire, apologize to them and serve out any punishment you get as part of redeeming yourself, and you will get our respect and you will become a better person. If you have a brain explosion and make the mistake of giving a batter a sledging send off that the umpire gives you a stern lecture about, seek the batter out afterwards and apologise to them. You will get our respect and you will be a better person. If you don t seek them out and don t apologise, you will not get our respect. So give Steve Smith the space and support to redeem himself. Same with Warner and Bancroft. They will do it. And next summer take advantage of Smith and Warner having to play Grade cricket in Sydney and go and see them play when they are at a ground near you or playing here at Pratten Park against Wests. You should get to see some amazing cricket. We are used to seeing cricket played at a very high level on the TV but don t think for a moment that there isn't amazing cricket played at all levels. Over the years, from U9s to U15s I have watched a lot of amazing cricket; great batting, superb bowling and dynamic fielding. I've seen the bonding these kids do through playing together over the years and the bonds they also form with kids they play against over just as many years. So do yourselves a favour - don't just drop your kids off and run off to do the shopping on Saturday - there will always be time for that later make the time to spend a morning watching the whole game your kids are playing. So stop, and hear the leather on willow down at the park with your kids. You will get a unique satisfaction from it and so will they. A small handful of people make up the committee which run our cricket club. A huge thanks to those on the committee, in particular Vice President Khurram Mahmood, treasurer Deborah Smith, secretary Sally ann Fieldhouse, registrar Renee Geelen, girls coordinator Ross Martin and committee members John Bowdler, Nihil Rawal and Will Sandwell. We keep this club on the field due to the work of these volunteers. The only way your kids get to play cricket is through parents and grandparents volunteering to run the club and the teams. We will need some new committee members next year as old hands move on and the more committee members we have the more we can spread the tasks around to keep our club going. Please consider joining your club committee and help get these games onto the park each week. We also offer big thanks to Cynthia Davies, the hard working Junior Secretary at Canterbury & Western Suburbs Cricket Association, who has a large work load getting all the clubs on the field and does a fantastic job for us. Thanks also to our coaches and managers and scorers, as the Saturday morning games and training sessions do not happen without their efforts week in week out.

7 Thanks to Gordon & Pratten Park Bowlo for giving us a home to hold our functions and meetings. Our cricket club is financially healthy and partly that is due to our sponsors who assist us financially. Thanks to Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club, the Commonwealth Bank, Canterbury Bankstown Council, the Sydney Thunder Big Bash team and Greg Chappell Cricket Centre whom we buy our equipment from. With this season coming to an end, planning will soon start for season 18/19 and to that end your committee will be holding a planning meeting on 20 th May. Returning coaches and parents who are thinking of coaching next year are invited to join us at Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL on that Sunday from 1-4pm to plan our needs for next season. Suggestions and input from coaches is very valuable in this planning process. Please let secretary Sally ann know of your intention to attend. Thank you And that s stumps

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