PINK STUMPS DAY 2nd MAR

Join us at our Pink Stumps Day Lunch on Saturday 2nd March  12–3pm for food, fun and inspiration, and help raise funds to support those affected by breast cancer.

For just $50 a ticket, you get lunch, first drink and entertainment, our First XI team will play in the final round of the season against Plenty Valley, and the opportunity to hear from our inspiring guest speaker Dr Anannya Chakrabarti and (MP) Melissa Horne

Get your tickets now! Places are limited, and already selling well, so don’t miss out. Get a group of friends together and book yourselves in.

We’re aiming to raise $2000 for the McGrath Foundation, with a big raffle and charity auction running during the lunch. There’ll also be door prizes, and the drinks available to buy from the bar.

JOIN US FOR CHATS, LAUGHTER & FUN.  WEAR A TOUCH OF PINK

Past Players Day SAT 18th FEB

Spotswood cricket club would like to extend an invitation for all past, present players, members and supporters to our Past Players day on Saturday FEB 18th from 2pm

70 Year Premiership – 1952/53 1XI
50 Year Premiership – 1972/73 1XI
50 Year Premiership – 1972/73 4XI
10 Year Premiership – 2012/13 VETS
10 Year Premiership – 2012/13 U13B Friday
10 Year Premiership – 2012/13 U13B Saturday

Come on down and catch up with your former team mates and let the memories live on.

 

Premiers 2020/21

Spotty 4th Premiers

Laverton Park all out 54
Spotswood 2/55

Fantastic effort to our Fourth XI, thank you to all that came down and supported the lads

Spotswood CC joins Subbies

Spotswood Cricket Club are thrilled to announce that we will be joining the Victorian Sub District Cricket Association (VSDCA) from the 2021-22 season.
4 clubs, Donvale CC, Port Melbourne CC, Strathmore CC and Spotswood CC were admitted in to the newly expanded VSDCA.
After an association with the VTCA from 1929, our club believes this move will enhance our future and create a pathway for our junior cricketers.
Our senior cricketers/teams will play under fantastic conditions in a well-structured competition. We will be tested, but I am sure the Spotty spirit will get us through.

If you are interesting in becoming part of this exciting journey please make contact with our friendly committee members.

president@spotswoodcc.com.au 

vicepresident@spotswoodcc.com.au 

secretary@spotswoodcc.com.au

More information to come.

Regards
John Wheeler
President

Donald McLean Reserve Masterplan Update

The Spotswood Cricket Club would like to provide all our members with an update on the Donald McLean Reserve Masterplan.

As some of you may recall the issue of redevelopment / upgrade of the Couch Pavilion and playing / recreational facilities has been on Hobson Bay City Council’s agenda for many years and the SCC have been active in pursuing improved facilities for our Club.

As background to the current development project, the proposal has partly come about as a result of the Westgate Tunnel project impacting on the Donald McLean Reserve, and as such the sporting club tenants of the Reserve have been invited to provide input into these proposed changes/upgrades. The issue is slightly complicated by the fact that some of the funding for the proposed upgrades are being provided by the Westgate Tunnel project via John Holland constructions.

In regards to current plans for the Donald McLean Reserve and the new pavilion, these were provided to all clubs released by the Council in October 2018. The plans broadly are for a refurbishment of Oval#1, new irrigation and lighting for Oval#2, transfer of cricket practice nets to a new location in the Reserve and a new Couch Pavilion. Other improvements such as sealed car parking along The Avenue, new tennis courts and a playground adjacent to Melbourne Road are included. Please refer to plans below for more details.

In terms of consultation and input to these plans, representatives of SCC have met with Council officers and architects on a regular basis since late last year to provide feedback on project scope, design and timelines.

All the meetings/workshops with the Council have been attended by representatives from both the cricket and football clubs plus two from the Westgate Golf Club. John Wheeler, Simon Barnes and Keith Brown attended on SCC’s behalf.

Local residents and club members were invited and encouraged to attend a briefing on 26 June in the Couch Pavilion by Council. Apart from individual responses direct on the night, a collective response to those publicly exhibited plans was provided to Council by all tenant clubs so that they are aware that we have common objectives/issues with the redevelopment.

At this point we’re still waiting on a confirmed schedule of activities as Council have not officially approved the project. At this stage we understand it will be considered at the September meeting of Council.

However, we are fairly confident that the Oval 1 refurbishment will commence prior to / at start of season 2019/20. We will utilise Altona Green turf pitch as a decant oval during the period that Oval 1 is out of action (which will hopefully only be for season 2019/20). Therefore 1XI and 2XI will play on Oval 2 and 3XI and 4XI will use Altona Green for 2019/20.

Timelines for development of the Couch Pavilion are still not confirmed, however there is a possibility that this will commence in early 2020. This timeline for the pavilion creates significant issues for the SCC which the Committee are actively investigating and planning for.

We should all be very excited about the proposed plans and in particular the prospect of that the Club’s upgraded facilities (both clubrooms, playing fields and ancillary upgrades) enabling us to grow and achieve greater things into the future.

However, given the disruptions to ‘normal business’ over the next few seasons we will need to be organised, plan well and be ready as a collective to take on these challenges!

We will continue to provide updates to members throughout the life of this project.

If you would like to discuss this further please feel free to contact Simon Barnes (Senior Vice President – SCC) on 0407 302 522 or vicepresident@spotswoodcc.com.au.

Thank you
SCC Management Committee

Couch Pavilion plan

8a Donald McLean_Pavilion_REV F

Reserve plan

8b Donald_Masterplan_Rev E

Our Junior Academy is here!

Some exciting news from the Spotswood Cricket Club! We’re very pleased to announce the launch of the new Spotswood Junior Cricket Academy.

The academy will be an intensive training program to help grow junior players’ skills.  We will have specialty coaches for one-on-one training and group coaches to be there every step of the way.

Session dates and times. All sessions will be Mondays 6.00pm – 7.30pm.

  • May 27
  • June 3, 10, 17, 24
  • July 1
Western Sports Centre
2/310 Foleys Rd
Derrimut
  • July 8, 22
  • August 5, 19
Westgate Sports Centre
corner Dohertys Rd / Grieve Pde
Altona North

The program will include video analysis, sports psychology, and continual feedback and progress measurements to help players achieve efficient techniques. It is aimed at U/15, U/13 and U/11 players. We will cap the participants at 20 to ensure everybody receives the necessary coaching and support to grow and improve.

The cost per participant is just $120 for Spotswood CC players and $140 for all other participants – this covers all 10 sessions. Please email juniors@spotswoodcc.com.au to register.

** Only 2 places are left as at 4 May, so get in quick! **

Photo source: Western Sports Centre

It’s a wrap! The season that was at SCC

So season 2018/19 is well and truly at a close. How did it end? With 1 premiership team – our under 11s – and 2 teams into finals. We had a great run in the T20s, getting to the semi final. We had our first Spotswood representatives playing in an all girls competition, through a combined team with Gellibrand. Sadly, we had no women’s team this year but we’re determined to get back into the women’s comp soon

We said at the start of the season that we wanted to try harder to bring the whole club together, and our “One Club” presentation event was a perfect example of that, bringing together our life members, Coterie members, sponsors, all players, families and guests to celebrate the end of season.

All our award winners for season 2018/19 are below. Congratulations to everyone who contributed to the club this year. We look forward to seeing you in a few months time as we start winding up for 2019/20.

CLUB AWARDS AND THANKS

Trevor Davies – Alfredo Luizzi Memorial Plaque (club person of the year)
For commitment to Thursday evening meals the past two seasons. Thanks also to the rest of the team who are there most weeks to help things run smoothly: Simon O’Brien, Chris Fitzharris, David Gould

Volunteer thank yous – We can’t run this club without the effort of a lot of special people who give their time, energy and talents. Our committee, as always, have put in a mountain of effort. Beyond the committee though, we’re lucky to have a number of volunteers who do heaps around the club, with no fanfare and a lot of modesty. We’d like to thank them for all their work. Special thanks to:

  • Lenny Robbins Snr – for practice wicket curation, line marking, grounds management, emptying bins
  • Wayne Schwarz – for maintaining the ground at Edwards in fantastic condition, including ground marking and cutting around pitch, cleaning the rooms, and helping with bbqs
  • Stephen Jamieson – for scoring mens firsts and managing MyCricket match stats for VTCA teams
  • Ann Maree Butterfield – for scoring mens seconds and T20s
  • Mark Cranwell and Nick Bartol – for running Junior Blasters
  • Stuart Redpath and Chris Mounas – for coaching junior teams
  • Mark Grouios and Jason Dunham – for managing junior teams
  • Rosemary Wray and Josie Cranwell – for putting on a great spread every weekend for men’s afternoon teas
  • Melissa Ramsbottom – for her graphic design work, donating art works for Pink Stumps Day and event photography
  • Mary O’Brien – for regular contributions in the kitchen Saturday nights alongside Simon
  • Lindsay Gordon – for mixing the drinks to keep our men’s matches well hydrated
  • Noel Kennedy – for scoring under 15 boys matches
  • Jennifer Robbins – for co-ordinating the juniors canteen for season and Westgate Shield, and for scoring for U13 girls
  • Sharon Schwarz – for running canteen for the U17 girls Youth Premier League competition and helping with Westgate Shield canteen
  • Chair of selectors John Ross and selection committee
  • Junior committee: Leonard Robbins, Jason Dunham, Stuart Redpath, Mark Grouios, Jennifer Robbins, Alison Francis.

JUNIOR AWARDS

Boys under 11s – Premiers: WRJCA Under 11 A Saturday

Congratulations to our under 11s for an outstanding season – they lost only 1 match for the season, were minor premiers and took out their competition premiership with a good win over Yarraville a week ago.

  • Batting: William Scothern
  • Bowling: Robbie Virk
  • Fielding: Harvey Redpath
  • Encouragement: Jett Cook
  • Coach’s award: Zac Francis

Girls under 13s – WRJCA Molly Strano Under 13 – Girls League

For the first time, we had Spotswood players in an all-girls cricket competition. Congrats to Lizzie Robbins and Zali and Gemma Ferguson for representing the club in a joint team with Gellibrand CC. Spread the word – we want to grow cricket for girls, and plan to field a full Spotswood team next year.

Boys under 13s – WRJCA Under 13B Friday South

Our under 13s had a solid season, finishing 6th of 11 teams and with promising improvement along the way. We look forward to seeing what they can do next season.

  • Batting: Harvey Redpath
  • Bowling: Jayvier Virk
  • All rounder: Jayvier Virk
  • Most improved: Mitchell Jones
  • Coach’s award: Blake Gleeson

Boys under 15s – WRJCA Under 15 C Sth competition

Our under 15s gave us one of the highlights of the season, with the video of their wonderful, long-awaited win on social media a few weeks back getting lots of attention.

  • Champion player: Nathan Kennedy
  • Batting: John Robbins
  • Bowling: Mitchell Schibeci
  • All rounder: Sidney Dunham
  • Most improved: Max Schwarz

SENIOR AWARDS

Men’s First XI – VTCA Kookaburra Sports / Turner Shield Senior Division

Our Firsts had a fabulous start to the season, but couldn’t go on with it, in what became a very evenly balanced competition. They finished 7th, with 5 wins for the season.

  • Batting average: Thilina Masmulla
  • Bowling average: Allan Wise
  • Achievement awards: Gene Maurice 108 vs Seddon Round 1; Dan Schuppan 5/24 vs Yarraville Club Round 3 and 5/31 vs Sunshine United Round 4

Mens’ Second XI – Semi Finalists, VTCA Patrick Quinn Shield Senior Seconds

Our Seconds fought hard, and very nearly got there. Finishing second on the ladder, with 9 wins from 14 matches, they came up against a stronger team in the semi.

  • Batting average: Gagan Sokhey
  • Bowling average: Gagandeep Singh
  • Achievement awards: Gagan Sokhey 103 vs Sunshine United Round 12; Gagandeep Singh 5/43 vs Sunshine United, in the semi final

Men’s Third XI – VTCA Frank Keon Shield C1

Our Thirds were extremely unlucky to miss out on finals, finishing fifth, and only 3 points outside the four. It was a season of some great performances though.

  • Batting average: Michael McCarthy
  • Bowling average: Chris Beckett
  • Achievement awards: Michael McCarthy 102 vs Point Cook Round 4 and 106 vs Craigieburn Round 5; Richard McCarthy 112* vs Aberfeldie Round 13

Men’s Fourth XI – VTCA Ken Eastwood Shield C3

Our Fourths team gave a valuable opportunity for juniors to get a taste of senior cricket, with 4 under 15s stepping up this season. It also gave our older players a chance to have a run, and with nearly 40 players taking part over the season, the team’s reach was broad. One match we had four father-son combos in action – something we love to see. The team finished 6th of 10 teams.

  • Batting average: Greg Musarra
  • Bowling average: Stuart Stanford
  • Achievement award: Charlie Barnes 5/13 vs St Andrews Pascoe Vale Round 14