THE TIGER ROAR MENTONE CRICKET CLUB NEWSLETTER Vol 8 Edition 6: Final Edition, May 2015 Editor : Lachlan Quinn Official Website: http://mentonecc.vic.cricket.com.au/ Contact: mentonecricketclub@yahoo.com.au President: Michael Young (M) 0417 319 529 (W) 9676 5447 (F) 9676 5424 (M) 0400 904 206 Welcome to the 2014/15 end of season edition of players. The club cannot field these junior sides the Tiger Roar newsletter. In this edition you’ll without managers/ coaches. They give their time find everything to cover the season just past. and expertise freely and without any fuss. The club greatly appreciates all the work they do. Included here is a President’s Report, Secretary’s Thank you to Stephen Oliver ( U12’s), Jordan Report and Treasurer’s Report, thankyou to Youn g (U14’s) and Justin Cuthill (U16’s). Michael Young and Cam Gumbleton for compiling these. Peter Duffy has completed a Coaches It would be remiss of me if we did not report and 1st XI Captains Report, and Jeremy acknowledge the contribution of Peter Duffy. As Oliver has provided a Captains Report. We have well as the many things he does off the field , some fun with the Fantasy League final results, Peter took on the responsibility of coaching the and the winner of the Bignell Cup and the Hole in club and captaining the 1st eleven. Good job the Bat. Duff. Peter has stood down as captain of the first eleven this year and we thank him for his efforts. All season statistics are compiled into a couple of You can now relax and enjoy your cricket even pages, with the top 10s, Team of the Year and more. updated Career Stats for all players. There is a juniors report and as always plenty of photos Off field has had its challenges. These challenges people have provided, mostly courtesy of Justin were capably handled by the by the committee. Cuthill – many thanks for your support as always. Lachlan and Brian Quinn are the backbone of the club and as secretary and vice president have There are a lot of people who put a lot of done a mountain of work to ensure the club fields personal time and effort into our club so without its eight sides and milo cricket on a weekly basis. naming names I would like to thank you all for Cam Gumbleton, as treasurer has really stepped your contributions to the season. There is plenty up and is a very important part of the team. It to be excited about and I look forward to seeing was good to see some new faces get involved in you all next season for what promises to again be the running of the club. Dan Young, is one that another stepping stone in the growth of our club. springs to mind. Lachlan Quinn - Editor I would also like to acknowledge Chris O’Connor who won our best clubman this year. Chris has Presidents Report – Michael Young done a lot of work behind the scenes for a The 2014/2015 season had loads of highlights. number of years and is a deserved winner of this The main one being all five senior sides making prestigious award. the finals. The seconds went on to play in a grand final, unfortunately going down to From a personal perspective I did not spend as Carnegie after having a great season. Although much time at the club as I would have liked due making finals is an achievement going on to the to illness and other commitments. It is because ultimate success of winning a grand final is what of this that I am resigning as President. I’d like to we should all strive for. Now that all our seniors thank all the people who have helped me over and a large number of our juniors have tasted the last few years especially the executive finals action they should all want to go to the committee of Brian Quinn, Lachlan Quinn and next level. Cam Gumbleton. These three are tireless workers for the club and are its heart and soul. Although our junior teams did not make finals many of them had an opportunity to play senior It has been an honour to be president of this finals and games throughout the year. This puts great club for a second time. I know it will be in the club in a strong position going forward. It good hands going forward and will continue to was great to see the improvement in many of the have success in years to come. _________________________________________________________________________________________
- 2 - _________________________________________________________________________________________ Secretary’s Report – Lachlan Quinn The Fifth XI won their Qualifying final but lost in Season 2014/15 was a challenging year as most a Prelim after a scheduling conflict saw us play are, with continuing costs associated with putting with 8 players. Well done to Mick McGettigan and cricket teams on the park each week combined his cast of footballers and mates for again with shortages of grounds, player recruitment, playing some entertaining cricket destined for the gradings and sponsorship. highlight reel. Mick himself probably had a lesser year but hopefully they are back again next On Field we had a most successful year, minus season. The Firsts, Thirds and Fourths all lost any Premierships. To field 5 sides for the first their respective Semi Finals and will look to time since 2005, including minimal forfeits, is attain next year. exceptional. Our winning % across all senior sides was 63% led by great seasons to the Our biggest challenge at the start of the season Seconds (11 wins, 3 losses) and the Fifths (14 was to resurrect the finances after a difficult wins, 4 losses). All 5 sides making finals was a 2013 season with high one-off costs of clothing highlight, and although none achieved the and mandatory full pitch covers for the VTCA. ultimate, we are well placed to continue to build You’ll read in the Treasurer’s report we have momentum as a club towards sustained success returned a profit this season and enter next year across all teams. in a much healthier position. Peter Duffy again led the selection committee Big thankyou to Dan Young who put his hand up through the difficult task of selecting teams each to help organise clothing this year. I think week, and does an enormous amount of work everyone will agree we looked amazing in our full that is rarely seen outside of training and game colour one day clothes in the Firsts, Seconds and day hours. A highlight this season was again the T20s. Our off field gear continues to be a number of younger players across the grades, highlight and we will look to place additional proof our junior program is working, with 9 Under orders next year with Dan leading all clothing 16s and 14s playing in senior teams. and merchandise discussions across suppliers. If you have any feedback on what you’d like to see Amongst the highlights were Campbell Tedde please get in contact with him. taking a 5 for in the must win game for the Thirds against Murrumbeena in the final round, Chris O’Connor won the Best Clubman award for Cam Duffy finishing 2nd in the Hogben medal in his continued assistance to anything that was his first full Senior season, Harry Skadiang and asked – Chris does a lot of tasks that aren’t seen James Banfield, both under 14s, playing regular by many and was a deserving winner. A highlight Senior cricket another highlight. of the Presentation Night was Chris’ speech which spoke of the ‘fight of the Tiger’ and that we We welcomed some new players to our club who should continue to believe we can win from any we hope will be with us long into the future – position. Matt Tonkin, Maddy Mudiraj, Dan Fyfe, Al Jones and welcomed back Adrian Jones to his home We fielded 3 junior sides this season, whilst we club after a stint elsewhere. The club was again don’t have the biggest junior program we do playing host to 4 overseas players in Chris have one of the highest rates of kids continuing Hughes, Will Hale, James Boon and Jack Unwin. on to senior cricket and I believe it’s a credit to Thankyou to all 4 for choosing Mentone and I the senior players who welcome the kids at hope you enjoyed your stay at our club. It’s not training and on game day. Our coaches in Justin just an on field position when coming across as Cuthill, Jordan Young and Stephen Oliver are to an Overseas player and I hope you enjoyed the be commended for their work here. With no kids off field part as well. of their own in the team, it’s an outstanding gesture to give back to the club. I’m sure all 3 We celebrated Peter Duffy’s 300th game, look at the high ratio of juniors playing seniors, milestones to Andrew Peake (4,000 runs), Dylan and are proud of their impact. Junior Gillespie (100 games and 2,000 runs), Leigh Presentation Night was a great success and a Jones (2,000 runs), Lewis Oliver and AJ Jones terrific reflection on all of our kids and parents (100 games). and coaches that they were so well behaved on the night. Congrats and commiserations to the Second XI and Dylan for making the Grand Final, I’m sure We again fielded a Milo in2cricket program on the hurt from not winning will drive a number of Friday at Mentone, our thanks to Stuart Mills and you to continue to improve and have big pre Dane Heverin for running these sessions. This seasons in preparation for the coming season. season we entered our first Milo T20 Blast team on Saturday mornings. _________________________________________________________________________________________
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