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JUNIOR BLASTERS REPORT
2020/21 saw us conduct and conclude our 29th Junior Blaster (Kanga) season, a huge achievement for everyone involved – There have been many people over this time that have put a huge amount of effort in to make this a success, the fact we continue each season and go from strength to strength is directly related to all the hard work put in by these people.
We finished the season with over 94 boys and girls registered allowing us to have 8 Teams. Since starting in 1992/93 we have now registered 2,816 children, all who have been given exposure and the basics to play cricket for the rest of their lives.
With the uncertainty around Covid we were unable to run our preseason schools program on the scale that is has normally been run. We thank all the schools for their support and understanding and hope we can kick off next season with greater access.
For many of our children and Parents this was their first taste of cricket. It was great to see all games run like clockwork with lots of involvement from parents and supporters. The sessions each week were a lot of fun and it was great to see the children and family support right until the end.
Excitingly this season we were also able to offer 2 of the Blowfly Coaches Akanksha Swarup & Maddie Jones paid coaching positions (this was in partnership with Blowfly Cricket) on a Saturday morning, working with Dani and gaining more knowledge in the coaching ranks. We hope the girls enjoyed themselves? I know the kids enjoyed them being taught how to hit sixes!!
We look forward to offering this again next season
None of the amazing work that happens to facilitate Kanga would be at all possible without all the volunteers. This year we ended up having 8 coaches and Managers, a HUGE thank you to each and every one of you for giving up your time to help so many other kids out each and every Saturday, I know the kids all appreciate everything you have done for them.
The children enjoyed the season thoroughly and learnt everything they did because of you guys. It was very clear to see the skill levels from the start of the season to the final weeks had increased greatly. A big thank you too all the parents, your help and assistance made each week run much more smoothly
There are a few other people I must thank individually for all their help. Our Head Coach Dani Chivers who was always willing to help out and assist, watching you grow into the head coach role has been great to watch – The kids love having you around and hope we see you again next year. David Flook who looks after the entire clubs gear during the off season - The Club is very lucky to have such a place to store all our gear. To Craig Hutchinson our gear coordinator, thank you for all your help in ordering our gear and delivering to us (sometimes on pretty short notice!)
This year we also introduced a new inaugural trophy for a volunteer of the year. The winner this year was a very simple decision going to Luke Palmer. Luke has been a volunteer in the Kanga ranks for the previous 6 seasons either as a coach or manager. He has also been a great sounding board for me personally. I once again I would like to take this opportunity to thank Luke for all his time and effort, next season will be a little different without him there as his boys have all now moved on to the next levels within the club.
We hope to see all the boys and girls back out there playing cricket again this season. Once again thank you to everyone involved for all their help and support
Bill Peterkin
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