Page 46 - West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Cricket Club Yearbook 2015-16

Under 13 Green
Our season was an overall success with an enjoyable year had by the players, parents and coaching staff, culminating in finishing 5th on the ladder out of 17 teams.
We had some glimpses of amazing individual and team performances, however a lack of consistency in executing the basics that we had been working on at training held us back from finishing even higher on the ladder.
Everyone in the team had contributed to our good performance at some stage of the season. It was a real team effort – highlights include:
• Hatrick by Xavier vs Thornleigh (eventual competition winners) – assisted by Liam in taking all three catches
• Match winning batting performance / partnership by Aaron and Liam to win our one day game vs Normanhurst to win by one run in the final over, with no wickets in hand
• Classic catches by Justin, Ben and Shashank
• Powerful hitting by Jack, Alex and Anthony including some big sixes during the season
• Excellent all round batting, bowling and fielding performances by Josh, Selwyn and Mokund
I hope the boys continue to work on the fundamentals, enjoy their cricket and take some confidence from this season into next year. Thank you to Paul (assistant coach) and Venkat (Manager) for your support and effort as well as the parents that assisted in various aspects throughout the season (scoring, umpiring, warm up etc). It was an enjoyable season.
Nik Hecimovic (Coach) Under 13 Red
This has been a fantastic season where all the boys improved so much in multiple areas of the game. I personally found the sportsmanship and camaraderie within the team was outstanding.
I was very proud of their achievements and development throughout the season. Some memorable moments from this year were, Eddie taking wickets, which always lifted the team and Jack and his ability to clean up the tail end. We can’t forget Parrin and his passion as well as the glare that his gives every batsman he gets out. Our fielding went from strength to strength with some stand out catches and run outs.
There were a number of the boys whose confidence grew throughout the year and understanding that they were part of a team who would support them regardless of the outcome of the game. Ajuna, Arnav, Vinuk, Adi, Samarth, Sarrujan and Richard’s bowling improved greatly and with Rachit behind the stumps who made the bowlers look good.
They say wickets win matches but I have to say runs on the board helps. Jack showed his teammates how to stay at the crease and dig deep to get us across the line. There were a couple of standout efforts that made the difference this season and Ajuna, Ben, Parin and even Eddie’s 14 runs which was the highest score that day.
All the hard work that they put in at training finally paid off on the Saturdays as this year we made it to the finals. I am extremely proud of all their achievements and I hope that the kids had fun this season, I have coached most of the boys over the last >3 years and as I will not be coaching next year I hope that they come back and see if they can get one of those Baggy cap.
I would like to thank those parents who volunteered their time to umpire and help with scoring. A special thanks goes out to Susie for the smooth management of the team.
Perry Waldron (Coach)
Aiden Jackson with Philip Hughes Medal
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