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1.7.2009
Notice of AGM's
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29.6.2009
Season Launch!
Here we go again, we gave you warning last week that things were about to stir in the back offices of SUCC.
The season launch is an important event to attend. Apart from a few rousing speeches from the club's officialdom, you also get your kit for the season (financial members only unless prearranged with management).
The other benefit of attending is you will have a portrait shot taken by Dave. Now is the time to stand in front of the bathroom mirror and practice your best pose, wry smiles and of course furrowed brow to give your eyes a dominating "We are going to be club champions" look!
Thursday 24th September - Venue to be confirmed.
Dave Stanton.
SUCC Pre-Season and Trials
Dates
Saturday Morning, No 2 Oval (unless told otherwise) 8am-9.30am
25th July
1st August
8th August
15th August
22nd August
29th August
5th September
SCG Nets, Tuesdays 8pm-9.30pm
11th August
18th August
25th August
1st September
8th September
15th September
22nd September
Turf Nets, No 2 Oval, Sundays 9am-11am
30th August
6th September
13th September
29.6.2009
Green Shield Season 09/10
Trials
Thursday 13th August - SCG NETS - 8-9.30pm
Thursday 27th August - SCG NETS - 8-9.30pm
Sunday 30th August - No 2 Oval and Nets - 11am-2pm
Sunday 6th September - No 2 Oval, 20/20 Game - 11am-2pm
Sunday 13th September - No 2 Oval, 20/20 Game - 11am-2pm
Sunday 20th September- No 2 Oval and Nets - 9am-12pm
David Jessep
DIRECTOR OF CRICKET
T: 02 9351 4965
M: 0415 075 411
F: 02 9036 5175
d.jessep@sport.usyd.edu.au
University Sports & Aquatic Centre
Building G09
University of Sydney NSW 2006
www.susf.com.au
27.6.2009
Time to think about the new season
Rugby is where most people's heads are at present. Cricketers should be averting their thoughts towards the 2009-10 cricket season, due to commence in September. There are usually a few friendly games and registration around the end of August. Now is the time to make the mental commitment to yourself and the club so that registration and fees aren't a last minute thought.
11.5.2009
Competition is strong in the Logan family
Look out Phil, your boy wants to topple your achievements!
Click here to view the media release about Alex.
27.4.2009
2nd Grade Final images
There are a few pics from the last 2 hours of play and a couple from the sheds and presentation following.
Click here to straight to the gallery.
19.4.2009 Sunday pm
PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS NIGHT A HUGE SUCCESS
Rather than go through the evening in words, following are the awards as they happened.
Dave Stanton
8.4.2009 Wednesday pm
2nd Grade Match Report
3 days, 4 innings, 28 marlins, 2 cases and 1 trophy later……. ‘we are the sydney boys, we are the good `ole uni boys…….’, how sweet it is, now to the beginning.
Day 1
A 430am wake up, 5 hours in peak hour traffic, a 930am warm up, no cases….and whoops, a delayed start. While we waited for the final preparations to the Bankstown wicket, some of the boys calmed their nerves with an early kick around, the Rig picked his chest for dollars, Stinky Dunners massaged play dough, while me and some of my local Lebanese brothers decided to tie up some loose ends. Word came fast that a kickoff was scheduled for 1.10pm, which still allowed Tommy `two plates’ Kierath to destroy his favourite part of the day….free lunch.
After a quick lunch session and 6 TK lunch plates later, the boys started preparations for the all important nashball. The following could be described as disappointing, as the batsmen were schooled in every facet of the game. As they cheated, punched, cried and generally played like a team of blind mice, the bowlers kicked off the best of 3 series with an impressive first up win. As Mark `Afridi’ Faraday paraded his team in the match report last week like a team of heroes, I believe I will do the same this week. Our dominant 6 included:
- Ash ‘beer mat’ Cowan
- Josh ‘the monk’ Toyer
- Tim ‘McLovin’ Ley
- Nick ‘Play dough’ Dunford
- Daniel ‘the black prince of Dural’ Ward
- Tom ‘two plates’ Kierath
As I lost the toss, the Sydney boys were sent into bat on what could be described as a slightly soft wicket….I’m sure Dunners can relate to something here. The early intentions and plans were to be positive, show intent and look to grind out the first few sessions. Josh ‘the boar’ Ryan and Suda ‘Captain Jack’ Sivapalan started off patiently, but soon were both dismissed with the score sitting at 2-30. Enter Adam ‘Queen Mary’ Theobald who definitely loves a big game, and Dave ‘oldest man in grade cricket, and angriest’ Butchart. Both these batsmen used all their experience to shut down the Penrith bowlers, while entertaining the crowd with some exciting stroke play. With the score progressing along nicely to 2-80, the screws soon fell off with the Uni boys slumping to be 6-96. Adam ‘the big ship’ Theobald still managed to maintain excellent concentration through these tough periods, and with the added help of the lower order, scrambled our total score to 161. Both Dunners and Lazy contributed nicely with the bat, allowing the Uni boys to post a defendable target.
With the game sitting in the balance and 4 overs to play tonight, their was belief in the sheds that if we could execute our skills, stick to our plans and maintain our intensity and intent in the field, then we could definitely come away with the first innings points. Little did we know.
Day 2
With a game of nashball about to proceed on my Lebanese heartland, a pasty freckled boy from the country was seen gazing towards the heavens…or so we thought, ‘its 9.30am, yeeaaahhhh, wahhh wahhh….a case of premiums’…that is how Captain Jack Sivapalan entered the arena.
Once again, no surprises here as the batsmen were toweled up for a second time in a row. It would be embarrassing for me to elaborate on the game, so I will skip to the interesting part of the day. With the Penrith boys resuming at 0-5, the Uni boys produced a session of amazing cricket which saw the boys from the west slump to be all out for 58. This was the second time in a few weeks that we managed to bowl out a side in a session. All the quick’s bowled with extra vigor, which was backed up nicely by all the boys in the field. Both the openers Dunners and Lazy collected 2 wickets a piece, with Josh ‘milkers’ Toyer (seriously ask for your money back with that haircut) producing an excellent spell of swing bowling. An interesting note to all, JT is slowly replicating the feats of my Lebanese brother Ian Moran, and from now on will be referred to as freebies. Josh ‘3rd biggest man in the club’ Ryan also bowled the house down, with an excellent spell of leg cutters, outswing and general dribble. Rig continued his form from the previous weeks, and managed to collect himself 3 wickets and a thumb to the eye socket…cheers Kevin ‘butter chicken is my staple’ Desai. To set the scene, the Rig bowled an excellent inswinging yorker, trapped Dale Turner in front, he ran down the wicket like a pork chop and then dropped to the floor like a big girl. Enter Ash ‘beer mat’ Cowan and a packet of Kleenex…toughen up Rig. This delicious bowling performance was backed up by some excellent fielding and amazing catches, notably Dave “I will be the angriest man on the golf course as well’ Butchart’s catch to dismiss Penrith’s captain.
With the first innings completed, the game still had another 178 overs to go. With this in mind, the boys knuckled down in the hope of making a better fist of the second dig. With 72 overs to play in the day, the boys once again started off patiently, but we found ourselves in a similar position to the previous day, at 2-40 with both openers out. This soon progressed to 4-78, which was definitely not enough to hold back the Penrith boys. From this moment on, the show then belonged to the butter chicken brothers, Adam ‘Queen Mary’ Theobald and Kevin ‘why not?’ Desai. The boys batted patiently, and saw out the evening without further loss. As the sun set over the wonderful Bankstown oval, there was an air of expectation in the Uni change rooms, as we knew if we could maintain our positive intent and intensity we had showed all game, then we were a good chance of making it two from two.
Day 3
With daylight savings ending, and an earlier start time….there was an expectation of who would be the goose to make the fatal mistake of arriving late….enter the monk. Once again to the jubilant screams of the Rig, the monk was forced to dip into his pocket to produce a case of premiums…oh well, looks like he wont be using that saved up money to fix that haircut of his.
The last game of nashball for the year went the same way as the previous 2 days, shock me! The batsmen definitely need to do something about their roster…maybe a pre-season draft will need to be introduced to help out these battlers. This lack of enthusiasm by that batsmen definitely didn’t carry onto the field for the resumption of play, as both Adam ‘Queen Mary’ Theobald and Kevin ‘Sambucca’ Desai proved to be a thorn in Penrith’s side. Both batsmen batted with exceptional class, as they saw out the first hour without further loss. Both batsmen’s concentration was immaculate, as they grafted their way to personal milestones. Theo fell an agonizing 1 run short of his 100, but it must be said this was once again an amazing innings. Theo thrives on the big games, and once again proved to be the man as he compiled a match winning 99 off 243 balls. Kevin ‘Butter Chicken’ Desai also proved his class with an excellent 55 off 161 balls, which also demonstrated their excellent concentration in tough conditions. From here the Uni boys compiled an excellent 259 off 120 overs, which left the Penrith boys a total of 363 to chase off 52 overs if they were to win the game….good luck.
With a premiership in sight, the students went about their business in a calculated manner, which saw the Penrith boys pull the pin after slumping to 6-123 after 28.4 overs. Lazy was excellent in the second innings, walking away with figures of 4/64 off 11 overs. The sustained pressure in the field and the excellent lines of the bowlers in the second innings contributed to Penrith’s demise, as well as handing us a second premiership in as many years. Our sustained intensity, belief and execution of our skills over the last 3 days is what won us the game, with everyone contributing over the finals series, I believe this was always going to be the outcome. Well done to everyone involved in this excellent win, and to all the efforts of the players over the past season, and especially over the last 3 weeks…..’how did we win, eeeeaassssyyyyyy!’.
Dward
5.4.2009 Sunday pm
2nd premiership for 2nd grade
A jubilant SUCC 2nd grade team.
Second grade captain Danny Ward accepts the cup on behalf of his team.
Penrith, 58, and 6 for 123. Loss on first innings
Sydney University, 161 and 259. Win on first innings
Outstanding Performances:
Penrith (1st inn) J Blake 31, J Ryan 3/13, N Dunford 2/11, T Ley 2/12, J Toyer 3/19
Penrith (2nd inn) J Blake 65, B Russell 21, T Ley 4/46
Sydney University (1st inn) D Butchart 28, A Theobald 42, N Dunford 21, P Goldsmith 2/29, J Lee 2/34, T McKay 5/43
Sydney University (2nd inn) K Desai 55, A Theobald 99, P Goldsmith 2/28, W Buttigieg 2/32, J Lee 2/63, T McKay 2/49
5.4.2009 Sunday pm
1st grade submit to the Dragons.
Day 3 of the final was always going to be an uphill battle for our 1st grade team. There was little added to St.George's lead of 274 at the first innings close.
Stumps were pulled at the first drinks break after lunch.
St George, 360. Win on first innings
Sydney University, 80 and 4 for 110. Loss on first innings
Outstanding Performances:
St George (1st inn) L Zammit 75, P Wooden 42, T Copeland 38, P Wells 71, G Rummans 54, S Cazzulino 20, M Paskal 7/68, S Clark 2/40
Sydney University (1st inn) D Miller 29, S Green 6/24, T Copeland 3/36
Sydney University (2nd inn) G Mail 48, B Larkin 31, S Green 2/22, T Copeland 2/33
Match Notes: Day 1: Benaud Medal: Steven Green
6.4.2009 Monday am
3rd grade lose winning streak
Our most succesful team for the season stumbled against Gordon when it counted most.
The final score being:
Sydney University, 139. Loss on first innings
Gordon, 5 for 224. Win on first innings
Outstanding Performances:
Sydney University (1st inn) S McLean 29, J Crowley 37, L Robertson 25, N Medcalf 3/42, W Sweeney 3/36, N Cheadle 2/6
Gordon (1st inn) J Liddle 25, H Angus 22, J Ledgerwood 72, B Rosen 32, D Livermore 43, B Smith 2/58
| Honour Roll for Centuries, 5 for's and Hat-tricks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player's name | Grade | Achievement: |
Match |
| Greg Mail | 1st | 125 runs | Northern District |
| Josh Lawrence | 6th | 5/35 | Penrith |
| Tim Ley | 1st | 6/40 | St. George |
| Mark Hackett | 3rd | Hat-trick | Mosman |
| Michael Culkoff | 2nd | 6/13 | Mosman |
| Stuart Maclean | 4th | 5/12 | Mosman |
| Paul Bertelle | 6th | 5/8 | Sydney black |
| Ben Joy | 6th | 5/15 including Hat-trick | RP Gold |
| Sanjiv Khalko | 3rd | 5/16 | Gordon |
| Michael Culkoff | 2nd | 5/17 | Gordon |
| Ben Joy | 6th | 5/27 |
RP Gold |
| Charles Cull | 4th | 5/67 | Wests |
| Nick Larkin | PG's | 108 | Manly |
| Dave Butchart | 2nd | 115 | Bankstown |
| Nick Dunford | 1st | 6/23 | Campbelltown |
| Chris Dan | 5th | 6/60 | Campbelltown |
| Nigel Cowell | 3rd | 5/57 | Campbelltown |
| Mark Cameron | 1st | 5/14 | Norths |
| Adam Theobald | 2nd | 102 | Parramatta |
| Josh Ryan | 2nd | 109 | Parramatta |
| Jono Brayshaw | 6th | 5/37 | Norths |
| Mat Morgan | PG's | 105 | Sydney |
| Mark Cameron | 1st | 5 /59 | UNSW |
| Marty Paskal | 2nd | 5/64 | UNSW |
| Chris Dan | 3rd | 5/8 | UNSW |
| Mark Hackett | 4th | 138 | UNSW |
| Will Hay | 1st | 144 | UNSW |
| Troy Stanley | 4th | 8/22 | UNSW |
| Jimmy Kazagalis | 4th | 5/29 | UNSW |
| Dave Miller | 1st | 117 | Sutherland |
| Josh Toyer | 3rd | 5/56 | Sutherland |
| Shashi Keshar | 2nd | 7/106 | Blacktown |
| Brendan Smith | 4th | 5/65 | Blacktown |
| Greg Mail | 1st | 181 | Blacktown |
| Greg Mail | 1st | 102 | Penrith |
| Jack Hammond | 5th | 125 | Penrith |
| Jono Brayshaw | 6th | 5/21 | Norths |
| Adam Theobald | 2nd | 105 | Easts |
| Tim Ley | 2nd | 5/102 | Easts |
| Aaron Hickey | 5th | 5/54 | Easts |
| Aaron Hickey | 5th | 104 | Easts |
| Ben Joy | 6th | 5/12 | Souths |
| Greg Mail | 1st | 5/15 | QF Sydney |
| Dave Jessep | 3rd | 100 | QF Easts |
| Nigel Cowell | 3rd | 5/48 | QF Easts |
| Josh Ryan | 2nd | 133 | SF Manly |
| Nick Larkin | 2nd | 162 | SF Manly |
| Josh Toyer | 2nd | 5/15 | SF Manly |
| Michael Culkoff | 3rd | 5/46 | SF Manly |
| Marty Pascal | 1st | 7/68 | F St.George |
Foundation news letter.
Click here for the newsletter in PDF and here for the donation form in PDF.
Results from the AGM
Office bearers
Alan Crompton-Patron
Bruce Collins- President
Michael O’Sullivan-Chairman
Piyush Bhatt- Senior Vice President-Finance
David Butchart-Senior Vice President-Operations
Tom Kierath-Senior Vice President-Honorary Treasurer
Will Hay-Club Captain
Nick Dunford-Honorary Asst Secretary
Geoff de Mesquita-Executive Officer
SUCC Foundation
Phil Logan Chairman
Les Carrington Treasurer
Geoff de Mesquita-Secretary
Also at the AGM
Greg Harris was elected a life member of the Sydney University Cricket Club for his outstanding contribution to the survival and growth of the Club while Director of SU Sport.
Tim Croft was elected as a vice-president of the SUCC