Illawarra Junior Cricket representative development squads
In order to prepare players for possible future representative selection, Illawarra Junior Cricket has named the following squads for training during winter. For the first time there will be an under 11 development squad. Also two female players Stefanie Daffara and Jemma Lieschke will train with under 13s squad.
The Under 11 Development Squad will be coached by Mr Mark Waldock and is: Alexander Brbevski, Noah Butler, Toby Dodds, Mustapha Elmir, Kaine Flynn-Duncombe, Toby Flynn-Duncombe, Aidan Kampers, Sameer Murthy, Jye Phillips, Mitchell Phillips, Anthony Purdevski, Ben Rada, Jason Ralston, Daine Richards, Raman Wadhwa, Callum Waldock, Stephen Wallace, Joel Willis
The Under 12 Development Squad will be coached by Mr Scott Smith and is: Nicholas Bagaric; Shay Brady; Brandon Brown; Ben Cheetham; Owen Christie; Daniel Constable; Bailey Edwards; Harry Freebairn; Matthew Grey; Paddy Johnson; Ryan Lappin; Blake Lawrie; Hayden Loveday; Joel Moore; Ethan Noonan; David Saul; Daniel Silcox; Matthew Sink; Jarryd Sweeney
The Under 13 Development Squad will be coached by Paul Brockley and is: Nicholas Armstrong; Daniel Baldwin; Thomas Bartley; Sam Benson; Kyle Brockley; Benjamin Chapman; Tylar Edwards; Jaydn Falkiner; Liam Fleming; Haydn Hunt; Mitchell Jones; Thomas McDevitt; Thomas O'Brien; Jake Ramirez; John Spasich; Jordan Stylianou; Nikhil Verma; Chad Wilson.In addition, the following two players will train with this squad: Stefanie Daffara; Jemma Lieschke
The Under 14 Development Squad will be coached by Curtis Wilson and is: Alec Adams; Shannon Bonnie; Corbin Brown; Jacob Cann; Adam Coughlan-Ryan; Paul Counsell; Kendrick Hatton; Nicholas Hennessy; Cameron Magennis; Christopher Moore; Rhys Noronha; Blake Redman; Nathan Smith; James Wellins; Jorey Wilson
The Under 15 Development Squad will be coached by Aaron Hickson
and Tommi Bozinovski. The squad is: Harrison Duggen; Sam Flanagan; Jacob Hand; Liam Hutcheon; Antony Jones; Hayden McCrae; Lachlan McPherson; Alexander Peetz; Jackson Stewart; Joshua Trebel; Rahil Verma; Jordan Yates
The Under 16 Development Squad will be coached by Brad Haines and Brent Dawson and is: Jed Austin; Mitchell Calder; James Chappell; Geordie Crawford; Jack Daskey; Eric Denhartog; Toby English; Rohit Ghosh; Jake Gomboso; Aidan Green; Benjamin Maris; Rhys Marsh; Matthew McKenzie; Saxon Wright; John Zwolak Wolves shock Blacktown City
In soccer’s Premier Youth League the 5th placed Wolves under 18s inflicted the first defeat on previously undefeated competition leader Blacktown City by a convincing 5 goals to 1. In the 16s the lowly placed Wolves were again shock winners over 3rd placed Blacktown with a hard fought 1 nil victory.
The Blacktown City under 14 and 15 sides, however, turned the tables on the Wolves. In a closely contested match, top team Blacktown 15s won 2 – 1 over the 3rd placed Wolves. In the 14s second placed Blacktown won convincingly over the cellar dweller Wolves 4 nil.
However, the 13s match turned out to be a tough nil all draw even though Blacktown (4th) was well above the Wolves (8th) on the table
Wests Cardinals remain hot in Baseball
Wests Cardinals extended their hot start to the 2008 IBL season, racking up their fourth consecutive win with a gritty 6-1 effort over the Berkeley Eagles at Cringila Park.
Cards pitcher Jamie Simon anchored his team with a complete eight inning performance, allowing just one run and five hits against the premiers, while Wests’ three runs in the opening inning proved enough for victory. Trent D'Antonio got the Cards on the board with a two-run double in the first dig, knocking in Chase Richardson and Paul Trembearth.
Cards added another run in the third on Nathan Grogan's RBI single to left field, scoring D'Antonio and the home side later capitalised on five walks in the sixth to tack on two more runs.
Simon, known for overpowering hitters, had six strikeouts, but did most of his damage inducing ground ball outs from the Berkeley batters.
Kaine Abbott scored the Eagles’ only run in the eighth; he finished 2 from 4 to lead his team, while the Cards six hits came off six different bats.
Despite registering just one more hit (6-5) and committing three errors to two, Wests made the most of their scoring opportunities to squeeze out the win and remain undefeated.
At Dalton Park, The Bulli Pirates secured their first win of the season behind strong pitching by Joe Duldig and Brendan Lower to knock off the Dapto Chiefs 5-1.
Brain Drain’s single drove in two runs for Bulli in first dig and the Bucs added another run in the second from Mark Pearson's sacrifice fly. The Chiefs responded with run in the bottom of the dig when Troy Green scored on a bases loaded walk.
The Pirates escaped the inning and went on to hold the Chiefs scoreless for the next six innings behind fine pitching from starter Joe Duldig and Brendan Lower. Duldig went four innings for three hits and one run and Lower closed with five strikeouts and two hits in four innings.
Tim Inglis started for Dapto and threw six digs for seven hits and four runs, his team committed three errors to Bulli's one and the Pirates collected nine hits to the Chiefs’ five. Luke Rich's hustling infield hit helped spark the Pirates in the fifth dig, setting up a sacrifice fly by Nick Kennedy, before Bulli added an extra run in the eighth on Steven Degabriele's RBI single.
Next round Wests Cardinals host the Dapto Chiefs at Cringilla Park and the Kiama Braves face the Berkeley Eagles at Gainsborough Reserve. Bulli Pirates have the bye but play lower grade games against Shoalhaven Mariners at Thomas Dalton Park. Report from Asa Schuster. Workshops for child protection and dealing with difficult people at sport
NSW Sport and Recreation is delivering the following workshops to help sporting officials ensure a safe and enjoyable club for their members.
Free child protection seminar: This seminar will help you understand the importance of keeping children safe during their involvement in sport and your responsibilities under the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998.
The seminar will cover: Why the legislation is needed; How the legislation affects your sport; Your responsibilities as an individual or a representative of a sport and recreation organization; How NSW Sport and Recreation can assist you. Wednesday 28 May, 2008 from 6.30pm – 8.30pm at Level 0, State Government Office Block, 84 Crown Street,Wollongong. Free
Diffusing conflict and anger for ground officials: This workshop provides participants with strategies to deal with difficult people at sporting events. You will learn techniques to redirect hostile people and defuse confrontational situations to help ensure the safety of participants and spectators. Wednesday 14 May, 2008 from 6.30pm – 8.30pm at Level 0, State Government Office Block, 84 Crown Street, Wollongong. $30
For more information and to enroll call 131302 or visit www.dsr.nsw.gov.au
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