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Remembrance Day 2023
Round 5 was the 105th anniversary of Remembrance Day – the end of World War 1. Being a weekend it is easy to lose track of the significance of the 11 November but not our U13 Red Mixed Team.
The Reds were playing Oakhill College at Annangrove and the adjoining RFS were having their own Remembrance Day ceremony with a flag and anthem ceremony and 2 minutes silence.
So how good was it to see the players stop the game to allow both Teams to link arms and show their respect.
Well done to the players, Team Managers, Coaches, parents & families of both Teams for being involved.
Dream come true
How would you feel being 13 years old Harry Whitehouse (D1 Red). Rocking up to play against Glenorie Harry played against the original Yellow Wiggle (Greg Paige). To kick-off this anecdote what better than a Wiggles Classic – fruit salad – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYYGD56CxTw
So how did the match go? Harry go a rare duck with the bat and bowled brilliantly, creating many chances in his 1/31.
Photo: Harry with Greg Page- Northholm Grammar – 8th December 2023
You are never too old
The D1 Blue (Agniva) Team played Glenorie in the Round 14 game and Greg Page (The Yellow Wiggle) is the opening bowler. One thing about Greg is that he is so generous with his time and never says no to a fan. After finishing the rain affected day at 3/150 the boys asked Greg if he could share a photo with them and of course he obliged. It just proves that you are never to old enjoy the original Wiggles.
Extra’s outscoring runs
How about the D1 Blue game against ARL at Foxglove Oval in Round 7. The Blue’s had an exciting win over ARL by 1 wicket late in the day – we scored 9/170 chasing 165 for the win.
Of the 170 runs we scored, there was only 98 runs scored off the bat.
The remaining 72 runs came from Extras: 8 wides; 49 no balls; 1 leg bye & 14 Byes. We don’t have records on this one but to have 42% of our total runs being Extras this would be up there.