Page 57 - West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Cricket Club Yearbook 2016-17

Under 15 Armidale Report
On Monday the 2nd Jan a team of 12 players and support crew left Sydney to travel to Armidale. It was a fantastic scenic drive over the Barrington Tops for anyone that hasn’t travelled that route before.
The Competition consisted of Representative teams from Armidale, Lismore, Tamworth, Hunter, Ballina, Camden, Manly President’s XI and Penrith presidents X1 (winners).
Over the course of the next 4 days the boys would play 5 games of cricket in the 50ov, 20ov and 40ov format on a combination of Turf and Synthetic pitches.
The Team recorded wins against Armidale on Day 2 and Lismore on Day 3. We finished 5th after the Round Robins and went down on the final day against Tamworth to finish 6th
The Armidale Tour of 2017 was a great success on many levels. There were some fantastic team and individual performances "both on and off" the field.
Through the efforts of players, support staff and parents we have shown the participants and organisers of the Armidale Carnival what a wonderful club WPHCCC is and cement our reputation in this regard.
An exceptional effort to take pink stumps one step further. Who would have thought the support would have been so great across all the carnival teams. A big thank you goes out to Ray and Wendy for their hard work and contribution.
As the coach I would like to thank all the players for giving their all during the tournament. Well done to the certificate winners on your exceptional performances, but also to each of you that gave your all, and had those small personal wins along the way. Be it the highest score of the team, a great catch, a run out, getting the team off to a solid start, a wicket that turned the game, a great shot or ball that deserved a wicket.
Congratulations to the captains for the manner, in which they conducted themselves on the field, swung the fielding and bowling changes and giving everyone a go.
I hope that each of the kids take something away from their own, or team, or opposition performances that allow them to reflect on what it takes to be a better cricketer, but not forget to enjoy the team environment and the game...
After all that is what it is, a game. Until Taree 2018...
Regards Andrew (aka C3PO) Coach
Player Comments
Connor Hindmarch
A Splendid Cover Drive by Alec Silins
For Connor, best part was hanging out with his team mates during and after the games.
Xander and Paul Vink
For Xander it was definitely the friendly banter with his team mates that started when the sun came up to when the lights turned off.
For Paul it was the opportunity to actually forget what day of the week it was and recharge the batteries.
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