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BLOWFLY CRICKET REPORT
I know I say it every year but once again our Blowfly Cricket has had another amazing year. We have been able to continue the growth of our established centres and as well as extend our blowfly sessions both in Sydney & Melbourne.
The friendships that develop from this program are just exceptional and what we are all about. Players have become close friends, as well as players & the volunteers and this then organically grows into volunteers forming great relationships as well!!!
Again the senior players have continued to take on more and more ownership of Blowfly Cricket and this couldn’t be more evident than via the Coaching opportunities offered to our Level 1 Coaches!! Once again we ran a very successful Level 1 coaching course this season. A huge congratulation to the participants who are now qualified coaches.
We must thank Craig Stubbs for his outstanding work as our long term coaching consultant who works amazingly with the players to help them obtain their certificate
This time next year I am very confident we will have our first candidates starting their level 2 coaching certificate!!
In partnership with the Junior Blasters & Blowfly Cricket we were able to offer Akanksha & Maddie the opportunity for some more coaching on a Saturday morning assisting our head coach Dani. We hope the girls enjoyed it and look forward to offering this again next season
Our newsletter has continued to grow this year and we must offer huge thanks to our Director of Operations & in this case Editor Kate Guild for preparing and sending this out to everyone each week. I have really enjoyed receiving this and is also a nice way for us to recognise our sponsors for all that they do to help Blowfly. Kate’s joke section is something that can’t be missed!
I cannot thank ALL our sponsors enough for their contribution – it is all your generous support that allows this association to continue to grow and just get bigger and better every year!
To our volunteers, a thank you never seems enough but without you guys Blowfly Cricket would not be what it is today. Every single one of you has made a huge contribution to the ongoing success of this amazing Cricket Association. It is amazing to think of just how many people help out in some way to make this what it is.
This year we had some challenges with firstly fires & smoke and then the season finishing earlier than anticipated with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
We thank our special visitors this year who came down and took part in our sessions. I would like to make specific mention of Julian Lessor (Federal Member for Berowra) who took time out to spend the entire session with us – We hope he and his son James can make this an annual event as the players love nothing more than smashing a pollie for six or getting him out!!!! To Gavin Taylor and the team at Veri Shades – Your ongoing sponsorship is fantastic.
To George’s Fine Meats at Cherrybrook Village – Thank you for the wonderful meat you provide every Friday for our barbeques.
I would also especially like to single out Mike Kinchington, your help, support and guidance to all the players every single week is amazing. We are very lucky to have you and can’t thank you enough for your ongoing support. We hope that you may be back next season!!!!
Like every year I marvel at what Mark Rushton does for Blowfly Cricket. He never lets his own daily hurdles get in the way of making sure everyone is being looked after and having a great time..... Thanks Marky Boy for everything you do
I hope to see everyone out there again next year playing cricket and having fun with their friends Bill Peterkin
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