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Dear all,

On behalf of Gold Coast Cricket Board, I would like to personally congratulate all clubs for the support they have shown to both our Senior and Junior Representative programs. This year has been the most successful season in the history of Cricket Gold Coast with our performances on the field which have been exceptional.

In the seniors we have won the Webb Shield for the first time since 2005 with Gold Coast defeating Toowoomba in the Grand Final on 14/2/10 at Salk Oval dismissing them for 243 (Jeff Spalding 3 / 20 & Craig Mitchell 2 / 15) & then scoring the required runs in 30 overs. A strong batting performance from Captain Sean Fitzsimmons 83 off 41 balls was well supported by Jack OKeeffe /Beau Veivers and Craig Mitchell. The batting performance was described by a Queensland Country selector as the best he has seen in the past decade.

In the other Senior Rep game at the weekend Gold Coast successfully defended the Plunkett Cup they won last year by defeating Beaudesert in the Final at Mudgeeraba. With an under 20 side captained by Wade MacDougall (not under 20) & coached by Shane Davis. Gold Coast made 6 for 280 led by strong batting performances by Mitchell Daly (64 runs) Lydon Gibbons (46 runs) and Bryce Stimpson (45 runs). A good bowling performance tightened Beaudesert chase with Zac Gowland taking 6 for 30 from 10 overs as Beaudesert were bowled out for 164.

Well done to the coaching staff of both teams being Reece MacDonald for the Webb Shield and Shane Davis for the Plunkett Cup. I would also like to thank Matt Gill for assisting with the selection of the sides with the coaching staff and team managers Paul Baker and Paul Butler. It was most pleasing to hear from the selectors that in every game the decision on which players were to be selected was very difficult as the quality of players available for selection was high.

In the Juniors Representative games Cricket Gold Coast won both the Shane Watson Cup (Under 16) and Ray Weir Cup (under 15) played before Christmas against sides from Brisbane and South East Queensland. We also won the annual challenge for the Commonwealth Bank Cup which involves all age groups for State Carnival teams and the Development squads against South East Queensland by 6 games to 3.

The Juniors Reps also completed strongly at relative State and Development Carnivals.

Our 5 under age teams at played at the State Carnivals won 21 of their 26 games (81% win ratio) in the 5 age groups and this makes Cricket Gold Coast the best performed zone throughout all age groups. The Under 16s won their division with a great team performance to successfully repeat their effort of the previous year by going through undefeated, whilst the under 15s also went through undefeated they finished second on a count back. The under 14s finished second, the Under 13s sixth and the under 12 third.

Congratulations to all players / coaches and support staff. A big THANK YOU must go to all the Coachs / Managers and Scorers who take off valuable time from work and their week ends away from their family in looking after the teams and their contribution cannot be measured. I would also like to thank all the parents for supporting their sons at these carnivals.

There were some great individual performances by players and I would like to name a few such as Sam Hain Under 15 (491 runs @ 245.5), Kendall Fleming Under 14 (396 runs @ 96.25), Luke Elliott Under 13 (15 wickets @7.40), Ben Colley Under 16 (14 wickets @4.93) and Sam Bristow Under 12 with a great all round performance of (11 wickets @ 9.18 and 152 runs @30.40).

I would especially like to thank Roy Solomon for his continual drive of the Junior representative program (making Cricket Gold Coast Juniors the envy of all other zones in Queensland) and the continued support he has received from Bob Menzies and Gary Stimpson and I cannot forget Bonnie Graham for her organizational skills and making sure all the players have the right clothing when traveling and playing.

John Fitzgerald has done a great job helping coordinate the programs and providing invaluable support.

We have had great support over the last few years from our major sponsors in Gabba Sporting Products (Mark Gaskell) in providing all the playing and traveling clothing & Rob Chase from the Commonwealth Bank who have provided us with much needed ongoing support to continue to improve the standard of our Representative programs both Senior & Juniors

Lastly I would like to thank all of the clubs committees and ground staff for their support of the program and in providing their grounds for trial games and representative games for both seniors and juniors during the season. Without the support of clubs and their players we would not have had the success we had this season and I hope this will continue next year.

Yours in Cricket

Neville Taylor

President

Cricket Gold Coast

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Heritages club offer for the Hawks.

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Efforts by the  Helensvale Cricket Club to tackle the difficult issue of alcohol management in community sport has resulted in the club receiving Level 1 accreditation as part of the Australian Drug Foundation’s Good Sports program.

Good Sports has been designed to assist clubs with the responsible management of alcohol through an accreditation process requiring the clubs to implement a variety of practices and policies at each level. It is the first nationwide alcohol accreditation program of its kind.

The program helps to break the so called link between alcohol and club profits and in the process guides clubs to a healthier and safer future. It also makes the club a more attractive place to be for a wider range of people in the local community.

Club President Ian Wade-Parker who implemented the program said “that the club offered friendly and safe club facilities that complied with Liquor Licensing’s legal requirements. An important part of that program was to have all our bar staff attend and complete a training course in the responsible service of alcohol. We want people to know that the Helensvale Cricket Club’s focus is sport, not alcohol. We serve alcohol in a safe, responsible manner and drinking is certainly not our reason for our existence. I can assure all members of our community that this is a welcoming and safe place to play and watch cricket”.

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Please see the attached brouchure from Heritage Building Soceity.

For those looking at the club looking at buying a house or getting new finance please contact the Heritage for more information.

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Our congratulations go to Jack Baird for his selection to represent the Gold Coast in the U/12 age group in the summer development carnival The Ian Healy Cup.  More info has been posted under the Representative page.

Well done Jack!

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TO READ MORE FROM THIS MONTHS CRICKET AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER CLICK HERE

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Unfortunately due to lower than expected numbers registering to play for us this year we have had to make the decision to withdraw our 5th grade team from competition.  We now have the appropriate number of registered players to fill four competitive Senior teams on a regular basis.  If you are a Senior player but have not registered and would like to play for us this season you must call Ian Wade-Parker on 0414 730 480 to discuss first.

We are still looking for players in Masters (over 40's), U/17's, U/15's and U/13's.

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Please find attached Information regarding this seasons Fundraising Golf Day.

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New Groundsman appointed.

 The Helensvale Pacific Pines Cricket Club announce today the appointment of Barry Turner as Head Curator and Groundsman for season 09/10. Barry comes to the Hawks with many attributes and is looking forward to continuing the fine work done by last years curator Rick Shenton.

Barry has a major passion and desire to make the centre wicket area and oval the best on the Gold Coast. His previous experience was as curator and groundsman for the Runaway Bay Cricket Club, a position he held for 6 seasons.

We welcome Barry to the Hawks family and we look forward to his active contribution to the success of the Club.

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QUEENSLAND CRICKET
LEVEL 1
COACHING COURSE

All coaches throughout the Brisbane Region are welcome.

Date: 9th & 16th February 2009
(Monday Evenings)

Time: 5.30pm – 9.30pm

Venue: Queensland Cricket
1 Bogan St, Breakfast Creek
(Lindwall Oval)

Registrations to: Jeff Thomas

jefft@qldcricket.com.au

or

Po Box 575, Albion, Qld, 4010

For further information contact your local Regional Cricket Manager.

You are encouraged to complete the theory component
(Introduction to cricket course)
before the practical sessions

online at:
www.cricket.com.au/gettinginvolved/coaching

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Hawk would like everyone involved in the MyCricket Stat entry of the following club Requirements:

MyCricket - Home Team

1. Team Selections by 9.30 P.M. Thursday Night

2. Match Results put in Soon as possible after game end Saturday Night (No Exceptions)

3. Player scores (Ours Only) preferably after game but no later than 9.00 AM Sunday Morning.

4. Players Scores (opposition Dismissals) preferably after the game but no later than 9.00 AM Sunday morning.

PENALTIES are 1 Match Point   for EACH ERROR or BREACH

MyCricket - Away Team

1. DO NOT go anywhere near match results until end of Match see #5

2. Team Selections by 9.30 P.M. Thursday Night

3. Player scores (Ours Only) preferably after game but no later than 10.00 AM Sunday Morning.

4. Players Scores (opposition Dismissals) preferably after the game but no later than 10.00 AM Sunday morning.

Please Note :-  until Opposition enters the match result then no scores can be entered — In this case, Admin will contact the Association and report the reason as to why we can not enter the Scores. Admin will advise when scores can be entered in this case.

5. Confirm Results by 5.00 PM Tuesday.

End of Match ONLY.    DO NOT confirm  results if ALL data is not entered.

PENALTIES are 1 Match Point   for EACH ERROR or BREACH

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Get more involved with the Hawks on facebook.

Keep in touch and have fun with current and past players using Facebook.

The facebook group name is "Helensvale Pacific Pines Cricket Club".

See you on Facebook.

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