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Welcome the the Mid Canterbury Cricket Website
On behalf of the Board of Control I would like to welcome you to the 2009/10 season.
The Mid Canterbury Winter training programme has been particularly successful at all levels, with good attendances despite commitments to winter sports. The attendance at training has surpassed last year and will prove to be good preparation for the forthcoming season.
The season will get underway in October with the Open Grade competing in two 45 over competitions on either side of Christmas. The 20/20 competition which was initiated last year will continue over 4 weekends with an additional team - StarCricket Club Old boys entering the fray.
An exciting development over the winter has been the funding by New Zealand Cricket of a Secondary School Cricket Co-ordinator at Ashburton College. Gary Ashworth has taken up this part time position, who together with the successful club committee will see cricket continue to develop and flourish at the College.
There are some exciting new developments for our Senior Rep cricketers and emerging players with the change in Hawke Cup zones where we will now be competing against South Canterbury, North Otago, Otago Country and Southland in what appears to be a very competitive zone. Our Mid Canterbury "A" team will play six matches and also compete for the W.L Richard's Trophy against North Otago and South Canterbury.
The Junior Representative calendar is full with many matches leading up to the various tournaments in December and January. There are plenty of opportunities for these players to continue their development as cricketers.
Thank you to all the players, coaches and managers for their efforts during the forthcoming season and a special thank you to all the parents and volunteers who make a crucial contribution in sustaining cricket at the amateur level.
I would also like to thank all our sponsors for the forthcoming season, in particular the Ashburton Charitable Trust and Ashburton Licensing Trust for your support, which is very much appreciated.
I would like to wish everyone the best for the forthcoming season, may it be a successful and enjoyable one.
Richard Pithey
CEO
News
Thanks to funding from the New Zealand Community Trust we have purchased a video camera and silicon coach software which will significantly enhance our coaching of players throughout the district at all levels. The camera and laptop will enable players and coaches to identify technical areas of strength and weakness and develop programmes to address the areas in need of improvement.
The end of season Awards Function will be held at the Walnut Ave Pavilion at 5.30pm on Friday 26th March. There is a cash bar available, with a sausage sizzle and finger foods. Everyone is welcome, entry is free.
Congratulations to Collegiate on winning the Muirhead Rosebowl final on saturday 13th March by beating Tech by 6 wickets. This caps off a very good open grade competition in 2009/2010 where three different clubs have won the three different competitions. The winners this season are:
Pritchard Shield - Allenton
Twenty/20 Cup - Tech
Muirhead Rosebowl - Collegiate
Studholm Sheild for the most combined points from the round robin stages of the Pritchard Shield and Muirhead Rosebowl - Allenton
Congratulations to the following winners of the post Christmas competitions:
3rd Grade - Ashburton College Green
4th Grade - Allenton 1
5th Grade - Methven 2
Well done also to the following teams who won their respective grades in the Pre Christmas competitions: Methven 2 on winning the 5th Grade; Technical on winning the 4th Grade and Ashburton College Green on winning the 3rd Grade.
Congratulations are also due to the U17 team who won the Canterbury Regional Tournament with Canterbury Country in Timaru after a week of tough cricket. Mid Canterbury did well to beat both Christchurch Metro teams for the first time. Ben Ward was selected for the Canterbury U17 Team to play in the National Tournament for the second year. Jack McDonald was announced as a non-travelling reserve.
Well done to the U15's, Primary, Year 7 and Year 6 teams on their tournaments. All teams were competitive and showed good progress during their tournaments. Well done to Ryan Bell who captained the Southern Districts U14 team and to James Southby who was also selected as an opening batsman in this team folllowing his prolific Primary Tournament. James Mangin was the 13th man.
For junior grade draws and results look under fixtures and results menus.
Notice
All junior and senior clubs are to check the website regularly for fixtures and results. All results are to sent to the CEO by Monday 12.00pm following your match. There is valuable information for your club posted under the clubs menu on pitch preparation, running a club and recruitment and retaining players.
Milo Cricket
Details for the 2010/2011 season will be published in due course
If you would like any more information contact Richard (03) 307 2829 or 021 532 393 |
