President’s Report – Season 2015/16
It is with great pleasure that I present the following report regarding the 2015/16
season to the members, players and supporters of Rupertswood Cricket Club.
24th Annual General Meeting
The 24th Annual General Meeting was held on 15th July 2015 with the following members
being elected onto the committee thereafter.
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President: Peter Kavanagh
Vice-President: Jamie Rolfe
Treasurer: Trevor Harris
Secretary: Warren Hall
Junior Operations Coordinators: Andrew White & Peter Cooke
General Committee: Luke Reddan
Communications Manager: David Metheringham
Social Committee: Chris Ryan
I would personally like to thank each and every committee member for their commitment as
I do to anyone else that helped out in anyway throughout what was a very successful
2015/16 season for our club.
Following a very successful Melbourne cup Calcutta the club came together to celebrate 25
years and induct the first 12 members into our hall of fame.
John Jordan, Leighton Collins, David Fox, Michael Lane, Warren Hall, Kevin Barker,
Matthew O’Callaghan, Joshua Powell, Brendan Buckley, Terry Inglis, Chris Ryan & John Lane.
Congratulations to all members.
Thank you to Mark Brockhus & Salesian College for allowing RCC to hold the event in such a
magnificent venue, I would also like to thank Jason Keays & staff for the beautiful meal.
Our social events throughout the season would not have eventuated and been so successful
without the efforts of Chris Ryan. Congratulations Chris for yours and the efforts of the
many helpers you had throughout the season.
Pink Stumps day High tea was this year held in that same magnificent venue as our 25 year
dinner for the first time, we as a club are very proud to support the McGrath Foundation for
placement of breast cancer care Nurses around Australia.
Life member Wayne Withers and his wife Maree and Debbie & Peter Garner were yet again
the driving force in ensuring that the day was a great success, this is an annual event that all
involved are very proud of.
This year over $5000 was raised.
We sincerely thank the following people who supported and contributed to the running of
this year’s event.
Wayne and Maree Withers, Debbie and Peter Garner, Cara Cummings, Erin McMahon
(Carey), Michael Carey, Kate Shoesmith, Steve and Rachel Dale, Keith Dale, Doug Steele,
Jenny and Gerald Carland, Peter & Pauline Tabone, Mick & Vanessa Howell, Trevor Harris,
Luke Reddan, Warren Hall, Mick Riley, Brooke Batchelor, David Metheringham & Gary
Plummer.
My apologies to anyone that I have not mentioned.
A special thank you to Denise Robertson for being our guest speaker on the day.
A big thank you also to the 50 plus people and local business’s that donated items for this
special event.
It is also with regret to announce that Maree & Debbie have advised that they will no longer
be looking after the food preparation for the day, I can understand their reasons given the
hours they give in the days leading up to as well as the 12 or so hours on the day. Our loss is
their gain as they will now be able to enjoy the day without worrying about who is going to
be preparing the magnificent food that they have presented each year.
Sponsors and Supporters of RCC
Our Sponsor Coordinator Michael Riley again worked tirelessly throughout the season
communicating with sponsors ensuring that they were all kept up to date with club
activities. In the year of celebrating 25 years we were blessed to have yet again record
numbers of local businesses willing to support our great club.
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Special thanks to all sponsors:
• VICS Food and Wine-Vic Scerri
• Royal Hotel Sunbury
• Intersport Sunbury-(Peter and Pauline Tabone)
• Withers Civil (Wayne Withers)
• O’Shanassy Meats and Poultry (Matthew and Alison Ayers)
• McDonalds Sunbury, Watergardens & Gisborne.
• Telstra Sunbury
• The Chook Pen
• Core flex
Just like Maree & Debbie, Mick has also advised that due to work and personal
commitments he will not be able to continue as our sponsor coordinator, I’m sure I speak
for the whole club in thanking Mick for the extraordinary job he has done over many years
in various roles running and promoting our great club.
Thank you to Sean Morganti for yet again managing the Thursday evening meals supplied by
The Chook Pen and regularly assisting with bar serving.
Finally we can never forget the people that made sure that we were all kept refreshed with
a well-stocked bar. It’s not that we as a club promote alcohol but its reality that our biggest
financial gain each year is our ability to run a successful bar and for that we can thank
Brooke Batchelor & Pauline Peachey and the many others that assisted throughout the
season.
Senior Teams
2015/16 Season has by far been the most successful since the 08/09 season when we won 3
Premierships in C, F & G grades.
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Our 2015/16 B grade winning this year’s final so convincingly is the ultimate way of finishing
off the season which now sees our club return to play McIntyre Cup for the first time since
the 2012/13 season.
Congratulations to all players that played in that side throughout the season, each and every
one of you deserves to feel party of that winning side.
Going on the past few years B grade winners we as a club will be very competitive with our
current list of players next season playing McIntyre cup.
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Our 5th with a great bunch of both young and old players also won in convincing style.
It was so pleasing to see all members of our club celebrated the wins including our 2nds
Boys despite their disappointment in their loss earlier that day.
Our 2nd side mostly consists of young players that hopefully will be playing with
Rupertswood for many years, I’m sure they would have learnt so much from their loss?
The 4th semi-final loss was disappointing but yet again there would have been some lessons
learnt.
Unfortunately you can’t expect everything to go perfectly so we had to have one side that
missed out but throughout the season our 3rd had some outstanding individual
performances.
With teams being so successful it also brings individual success.
Batting we had 14 centuries,
Kyahl Anderson 3 centuries with a highest score of 172 no.
Paul Joyce 2 centuries & Daniel Giouzelis making his maiden century just to name a few.
Bowling: 6 bowlers with 5 or more wickets in an inning
Brandon Webber the best with 6/26
At association levels our F grade was very successful, John O’Brien won the bowling award
with 21 wickets @ 9.38 and Darryne Lynch champion player.
Congratulations to all players.
Team & individual success could not be achieved without strong leadership.
I would like to thank our Captains Mick Howell, Darryne Lynch, Aaron Batchelor & Justin
Batchelor for the way they managed their sides this season.
To Brett Hudd I cannot thank enough for his support to me and his personal one on one
communication with our coach, captains and all players.
I’m sure that everyone now appreciates Brett’s ability to make correct and at time
challenging decisions which in the end were all correct.
Our captain/ Coach John Lane, I’m sure that I am not the only one that would be wanting to
thank in a similar way as there is no way that we as a club could be where we are today
without the great leadership he has given over many years.
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Unfortunately for now John’s job is done as our senior coach so he can now enjoy playing
wherever selected and hopefully directing his efforts at developing our junior sides for many
years.
Congratulations John, you are now a winning Captain Coach, a position that not many
people achieve in life.
I’m sure I speak for all players in sincerely thanking our regular helpers with scoring,
afternoon tea set up etc. our afternoon teas have yet again been superb which is a credit to
our players and those that assisted, in particular, David Metheringham, Christine Hall, Brett
Hudd, Brooke Batchelor & Pauline Peachey.
My apologies to the many others that I have not mentioned.
Junior Teams
Our juniors this season have for the first time in many years been managed with perfection
under the guidance of 2 very capable people. Andrew White & Peter Cooke, their ability to
work together and ensuring that coaches and players enjoyed their cricket was outstanding.
Andrew also coached one of the U14’s sides and was able to direct them to the final which
was a reflection on how he & Peter managed all junior sides.
I cannot thank both Andrew & Peter enough for their efforts this season and hope that both
will be back again next season in some form of management.
To Andrew, Sunbury Bus lines and the parents that assisted in taking around 50 boys to
watch Australia V India in a one dayer well done on such a successful day.
We have got some very talented juniors playing at our club, some of whom also played
seniors this season. Two outstanding individual performances were the Hat Tricks bowled by
Sonny Phelan U12’s & James Fox U14’s.
Rupertswood were again well represented in the junior ranks of the GDCA with six teams in
total, 2x U/16’s, 2x U/14 1xU/12 and 1xU/11.
The support from parents and family members of a Saturday morning and at training was
sensational, this support is comforting knowing that our junior coaches were being assisted
by those that are embracing our ethos and values in participation, sportsmanship and
improvement.
The importance of this for our long term future cannot be underestimated.
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Thank you to Mick & Vanessa Howell for their outstanding efforts yet again in bringing new
players and families together during the Friday nights U/11 games.
To see so many families socializing on the boundary on a Friday night while their sons played
cricket was very encouraging.
Thank you to Brendan Dennis for his terrific work with our U/12 group.
This was Brendan’s first time coaching but was instructional and allowing maximum
participation and enjoyment with his young players whilst also encouraging parental
involvement which resulted in a very enjoyable season by everyone involved.
Terry Crotty yet again coached this season looking after the U 14 Gold side, well done Terry
yet again another great year with the boys.
Thank you to Andrew White for his commitment and devotion not only in the coordinators
role but also in coaching the U/14 Blue side which had great success in playing off in the
final.
Whilst most of the teams may not have gained the results in terms of wins they desired, the
enthusiasm and great sportsmanship of the players is a credit to their coaching.
Thank you to Peter Travers and Lachlan McLean for their efforts with our U16 sides.
Lachlan’s side finished fourth and unfortunately lost the semifinal.
It was a very pleasing being able to watch the older boys play of a Saturday morning
knowing that most of them would be out there again in the afternoon playing seniors.
A special thank you to the parents of those players that will be leaving, your support is as
much appreciated by our club as it is by your sons. Like your sons you are always welcome
to call in and so hello whenever in the area.
Milo In2 Cricket
Thank you to Jayden Beever for the excellent co-ordination of Milo Cricket and closely
supported by Brooke Batchelor
Thank you again to the parents and players who gave their time assisting Jayden to ensure
the young participants enjoyed playing cricket.
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Rector’s XI v President’s XI
The eight successive Rector’s v President’s social match was held at Rupertswood and yet
again greatly supported with some new faces combined with the presence of some past
stalwarts of the club involved.
Fr Peter Monaghan made the trip across town again in his endeavor to gain the upper hand
on the trophy after last year’s tie and the 3 wins each before. Congratulations to Fr Pete and
his side on winning this season’s match.
It’s now 4-3 Rectors favor.
Thank you to Fr Pete and those that assisted in what was another successful day.
Presentation Events
Our Senior and Junior Presentation events were held on the 18rd March and 1st April
respectively and rightfully acknowledged the efforts of players, coaches, volunteers and
supporters of the RCC both at club and GDCA representative level.
Congratulations to all award winners on your achievements.
A special acknowledgement to our Best Club Person Darryne Lynch
The Best Club Person award is given annually to a person/s who has provided outstanding
volunteer services to the club during the season.
Other than the President, any member of the club is eligible to win the award being either a
player or non-player, associated with juniors or seniors, committee member or supporter,
etc.
The award is voted on by committee members and club captains.
Congratulations also to Justin Batchelor for being the 13th player to be inducted into the
Rupertswood Cricket Club Hall of Fame. Well deserved.
Salesian College Rupertswood
The Rupertswood Cricket Club expresses its gratitude to Principal, Mark Brockhus and
Salesian College Rupertswood for the privileged use of the facilities at the historic
“Birthplace of the Ashes”.
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Conclusion
I am very proud of the efforts of all players and members throughout what was a very
successful season, On behalf of all I would again like to thank John Lane for his ability to get
the best out of all players when needed.
I want again to thank my fellow committee members for their support and efforts during
the past season. We are one of the largest clubs in the association and for us to stay
successful and keep up with the times we will require the assistance of more members both
on and off field.
I’m sure there are many people that have assisted me personally and the club as a whole
that I haven’t thanked, I do apologies but do appreciate your efforts.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Kavanagh
President
Rupertswood Cricket Club
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Senior award winners
Grade
"B"
Batting
Bowling
Lachlan Mclean
313runs 6outs 5no Ave:
52.17
Lachlan Mclean
Fielding
Club Champion
Player of The Finals
Mark Ryan
Lachlan Mclean
Mark Ryan
80.1-15-16-271 Ave:16.94
503 pts
Grade
Champion
"D"
Justin Batchelor
Arran Kenna
234runs 9 outs 1no Ave: 26
91.1-15-20-302 Ave: 15.10
Jordan Curran
Arran Kenna
James Ryan
328pts
Grade
Champion
"E"
Aaron Batchelor
Peter Kavanagh
251runs 9outs 1no Ave: 27.89
116-20-10-432
Craig Russell
Kyahl Anderson
501pts
Grade
Champion
"F"
"H"
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Darryne Lynch
John O'Brien
601runs 12outs Ave 50.08
66-12-27-197 Ave: 9.38
GDCA Award
Paul Joyce
385runs 6outs 2no Ave:
64.17
Glen Barfoot
GDCA Qualified
GDCA Qualified
92-23-19-353 Ave: 18.58
Sean
Morganti
Darryne Lynch
John O'Brien
671pts
GDCA Award
Grade
Champion
Max Howell
Alan Holter
496pts
Andrew White
GDCA Player of GF
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100's
Grade
NAME
Round
"B"
Mark Ryan
"B"
"B"
Runs
Verus
6
102no
Macedon
Karl Sutherland
9
101no
Bacchus Marsh
Chris Ryan
12
109no
St Anthonys
"D"
Paul McGarry
4
122no
Riddell
"E"
Jack Hudd
4
123
Tylden
"E"
Nathan Powell
4
115
Tylden
"E"
Kyahl Anderson
8
129
Gisborne
"E"
Kyahl Anderson
10
172no
Lancefield
"E"
Kyahl Anderson
11
121
Ashfield
"F"
Daniel Giouzelis
13
136
East Sunbury
"H"
Alan Holter
2
146ret
Gisborne
"H"
Paul Joyce
4
119no
Ashfield
"H"
Michael Howell
12
104no
Gisborne
"H"
Paul Joyce
13
100no
East Sunbury
Rd
Grade
Round
Verus
Wickets
Brandon Webber
10
"B"
10
East Sunbury
23-10-6/26
Arran Kenna
5
"D"
5
Riddell
26-4-5/118
Aaron Batchelor
2
"E"
2
Ashfield
8-1-5/31
John O'Brien
10
"F"
10
Sunbury
7-2-5/27
Kieran Cardillo
5
"H"
5
Sunbury
9.5-4-5/26
Glenn Barfoot
6
"H"
6
St Anthonys
17-5-5/30
5's wicket or better
Name
Rising Star award
Aaron Forward
RUNS
Bowling
"B" Grade
11 innings -- 4 outs55 runs
"D" Grade
1 inns -- 0 runs
104.4-29-15/264
Best 3/36
17-7-1/33
Best 1/33
Total
12 inns 4 outs 55
121.4-36-16/297
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Catches
10
1
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New Wicket Partnerships
Wicket
1st Wicket
Names
Tony Smith- Alan
Holter
5th Wicket
Jack Hudd- Nathan
Powell
Runs
Rd
Verus
Date
259
2
Gisborne
17/10/2015
206
4
Tylden
7/11/2015
Luke Reddan Encouragement Award
John O'Brien
Clubman Award
Darryne Lynch
Hall of Fame
Justin Batchelor
Junior award winners
Under 12's 2015/2016
Under 12's Batting Award 2015/2016
Logan G Johnson
Under 12's Bowling Award 2015/2016
Samuel L Dennis
Under 12's Best Team Player Award 2015/2016
Isaac B Wells
Under 12's Coaches Award 2015/2016
Thomas K Cardillo
Under 12's Fielding Award 2015/2016
Lachlan Fish
Under 14 Gold
Under 14 Gold Batting Award 2015/2016
Lachlan W Campbell
Under 14 Gold Bowling Award 2015/2016
Ned P Crotty
Under 14 Gold Best Team Player 2015/2016
Joseph R Honner
Under 14 Gold Coaches Award 2015/2016
Jamie L Daniels
Under 14 Gold Fielding Award 2015/2016
James Fox
Under 14 Blue
Under 14 Blue Batting Award 2015/2016
Emerson E White
Under 14 Blue Bowling Award 2015/2016
Nicholas Bond
Under 14 Blue Best Team Player 2015/2016
Brandon Abdilla
Under 14 Blue Coaches Award 2015/2016
Ricky E Polzella
Under 14 Blue Fielding Award 2015/2016
Under 14Blue Player of The Finals 2015/2016
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Jackson Cardillo
Jackson K Cardillo
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Under 16 Gold -2015/2016
Under 16 Gold Batting Award 2015/2016
Jay L Travers
Under 16 Gold Bowling Award 2015/2016
Zac P Giouzelis
Under 16 Gold Best Team Player 2015/2016
Lachlan Feain
Under 16 Gold Coaches Award 2015/2016
Sean F Dillon
Under 16 Gold Fielding Award 2015/2016
Lachlan J Wilkes
Under 16 Blue
Under 16 Blue Batting Award 2015/2016
Alexander Bond
Under 16 Blue Bowling Award 2015/2016
Max Howell
Under 16 Blue Best Team Player 2015/2016
Callum Cooke
Under 16 Blue Coaches Award 2015/2016
Deacon Hutchinson
Under 16 Blue Fielding Award 2015/2016
Jason Hutchinson
Under 16 Blue Player of The Finals 2015/2016
Emerson White
Rising Star Awards
Junior Rising Star Award 2015/2016
Matthew A Castle
"STEPHEN BUCKMAN" Award
" STEPHEN BUCKMAN" Award 2015/2016
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Sean F Dillon
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