With junior registration numbers rising again, this resulted In the Club registering 30 teams in total, an additional 4 sides from the previous year.

Including have-a-go, the Club members and affiliates numbered 370 which is an amazing effort.

Have-a-go was run with 5 sessions on a Friday night at Brookside Park and this season was split running separate girls and boy clinics to encourage more female participation. Ross Clarke was heavily involved with this, as well as some of the Clubs Junior members and parent help. Thank you to all those involved. Following on from this, the emphasis was on getting the appropriate children progressing through to the Section 4 grade after Christmas which really worked well with an all-girls team assembled who competed against the boys. An opportune photo of the girls’ team, along with an article on their success, made its way around Canterbury Cricket and up to the top of New Zealand Cricket providing great recognition for our Junior Club as well as all Involved.

The Junior Club was again brilliantly organised by Ross Clarke and Martin Welford along with all the coaches, parent helpers and of course the kids. It is great to see the kids enjoying cricket on a Saturday morning and also to see so many progressing to a higher level. A massive thank you to all involved.

A move from Canterbury Cricket has resulted in all Junior sides now playing on different length wicket depending on the grade. This has resulted in some Interesting discussions at the Club due to the lack of consultation and we are now faced with marking out multiple lines on each of our artificial wickets. Since this was passed we are trying to employ a grounds person to undertake this Job and also work on the grass wicket.

The Senior Team, playing in an 8 team countrywide competition, struggled through the one day round but managed to find form In the first two day game before Christmas beating Leeston/Southbridge and reclaiming the Steve Ryan trophy. The team went through unbeaten to the final but lost to Sefton in a rain-affected game. Player numbers improved after Christmas and there are some good signs moving forward. Once again a 2.5-ton roller loaned to the club for the season by Frew’s Contracting meant that the grass wicket played more consistently and the artificial was not used at all by the Senior A side.

Grass practice nets were used consistently by the Senior Team and played well considering the base we started with. A massive thank you to Senior Club captains Josh Watson and Frazer Austin for the hours spent on the roller, marking out pitches and organising the Senior Team, with at times very limited numbers. The fact the pitch played so well ls a credit to the time that you have both put in.

Thank you to Frew’s Contracting, Danny McBreen at Contract Construction Solutions Contracting for lending us the use of rollers during the season, and McLenaghan’s Contracting for the team bus.

Life Members

Congratulations to Bruce Agnew who was inducted in as a Life Member of Weedons Cricket Club at the AGM this year. Bruce has been a major contributor of the success of the club and has put countless hours into his voluntary position.

Bruce is Life Member number 7 for the club and joins the following:

John Meyer
Graeme Hutchison
Graeme Hulston
John Dunnett
Dave Tilson
John Calder

Photo: Bruce Agnew 2015