Page 6 - West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Cricket Club Yearbook 2016-17

The quality of the people who did not win this award is testimony to the outstanding contribution that Julian has made – not just over the last year but throughout his leadership term.
Julian has been our Juniors Director since 2013 and is a great leader. To put this in context, last season we had 41 teams and 36 this season. The organisation required to run this number of teams is immense. Julian has done this very well while reinforcing our ‘Participation over Results’ policy. He has re-written this policy to make it relevant in the current environment. Julian is inclusive and has built a great team of volunteers who will be able to take us forward into the next generation.
Where to from here
Our Club is strong with outstanding volunteers spread across all Divisions. The relationship with our Schools has never been better and to see the continued growth of our Girls cricket under Graham Chivers is exciting.
Our challenges though are significant. Council amalgamations will create change and how we adapt to this and influence decisions that affect our ability to provide facilities and affordable organised sport for our community is an emerging issue.
The Norwest Metro rail initiative will also change our operating environment almost overnight. From now, we are focusing on what this means to us, identifying the risk, opportunities and risks and how we need to change to be part of the change and not be left playing catch-up.
Andrew Miedler President
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