WAIMATE CRICKET CLUB

On Saturday Waimate went to Timaru to take on Temuka.

After winning the toss Waimate chose to field first. On an artificial wicket it was always going to be a hard task to bowl out a good Temuka side.

Justin Thompson with 3 late wickets picked up 3-50 off 8 overs and getting the crucial wicket of Simon Davenport whom scored 89. Connor Farrell handing over the wicket-keeping duties to Ruha Davis and bowled well and was rather unlucky to only get 1-32 off 8 overs.

Pete Wallace came on after Connor and bowled and picked up no wickets with 0-25 off 5 overs. Greg Paul who replaced Justin bowled really well and some good tight bowling resulted in good figures of 1-25 off 7 overs.

After 20 overs and drinks break Temuka were cruising along at 103/2 so captain Greg Paul decided on a bowling change to bring on Tim Suddaby and Sam Newman. Tim who picked up a wicket in his first over bowled consistent and quick but bowling near the end of the innings resulted in him unfortunately getting hit for 1-33 off 7 overs. Sam Newman bowling from the other end bowled his medium pacers and wasn’t rewarded with a wicket and ended his spell with 0-20 off 5 overs.

Credit to Temuka they batted well and played to the field, hitting superbly. For their innings Temuka ended up with 205/6

Waimate going into bat and needing just over 5 runs an over should have been a score to chase down. But no strong partnerships and wickets falling regularly meant it was always going to be hard to keep the board ticking over. Thou noticeably Connor Farrell and Tim Suddaby did stick together for a time and gave some hope.

Opening up was Robbie Westland and Ruha Davis who both were out in the third and fourth over with Robbie getting 4 and Ruha 5. Todd Aikman comes to the crease and a good cameo of 14 before being caught going big. Ryan Manson being caught out for 11 looked good. Tim Suddaby coming in and Waimate were feeling the pressure of the run-rate going up. Tim batted well and scored at a good rate keeping the score ticking even at times surprising other that he can play attacking cricket. With Ryan gone Connor Farrell came in and batted well, scoring at a good rate with Tim but eventually being caught out for 17.

Adam Smart comes to the crease and didn’t last long, as he was bowled first ball for a Golden Duck 0 and a $5 fine to contribute to team funding. Waimate now at 110/6 and needing 95 runs off 9 overs to win was seeing the game slip away. However with Greg Paul coming in and well known for his aggressive play and good eye there still was slight hope that a win could be possible. Temuka were quick to learn this so they spread the field and Greg was caught near the boundry, out for 2.

Sam Newman didn’t contribute much with only 1 run and being caught from a leading edge witch is becoming his only shot it seems. Justin Thompson attacking cameo of big hitting did give some excitement and was good to watch. Meanwhile Tim Suddaby brings up a 50 with a cracking 4 to the boundary. Tim goes on to make a well committed 65 before some splendid quick fielding to be run-out from a direct hit.

With Tim gone it was just Justin and Pete Wallace left. Justin continued his good batting and will be secretly happy that his average will be going up with 29 runs and not out. Pete was last out LBW for 7 in the last over of the game. Waimate lost the game by 31 runs all out for 174 in the 39th over. Temuka’s bowling attack deserves credit too with tight bowling and a good spell from Shane Gilkson with 4-43 off 8 overs.

Next week Waimate take on MVHS/Star at Mountain View High School.

Reporter: Sam ‘Newsboy’ Newman

Timaru travelled to Waimate and batted first with openers Gerald Piddock (19) and a rejuvenated Chris Leonard (24) who was no longer the oldest senior cricketer on the field adding 41 for the first wicket in what was the best partnership to eventuate. The availability of Kris Howes probably dampened Waimate’s day as he top scored in the middle order with 33, and Hayden Leonard again thwarted the attack on his way to 21 not out as Timaru posted a competitive 157.

Alan Reid put in the hard yards as he bowled unchanged from one end for Waimate and was rewarded with 5-76, while Craig Booth took 3-11 and is wishing he had been brought into the attack earlier.

In reply Waimate were soon in trouble at 38-4 before Craig Booth (24) and skipper Jason Sew Hoy (35) added 54 runs to get things back on track at 92-5, but another mini collapse to be 116-8 at stumps has Timaru in the strongest position going into day two to not only gain first innings points, but also to try and push for the outright.

Waimate who were eight down overnight and still 40 runs short of a first innings lead put up a good rearguard action on Day 2 with young Finlay Keen making 21 not out but they ended up 13 runs short on 143 when the compulsory declaration was made after 50 overs.

Timaru made a good fist of their second bat with opener Gerald Piddock leading the way with 40 and handy contributions by Grant Brookland (33) and Hitesh Angrish (35 not out) to be able to declare at 177-7 leaving Waimate 190 to win from 43 overs.

For Waimate Craig Booth was again amongst the wickets taking 3-11 for the second time in the match.

Waimate were never in the hunt with only Adam Polson (12) and top scorer Andrew Davidson (14) making double figures and in the end Alan Reid who faced 51 balls for his 6 runs and had to face the last over with the whole Timaru team crowding around the bat as they strived to get the last wicket and outright victory, held on to see Waimate finish at 69-9 and save a draw.

Scoresheet

At Knottingley Park a depleted Waimate team batted first against Star, but with only Sam Devlin (34), Murray Prattley (20) and Extras (12) making double figures the score of 101 was always going to be difficult to defend. Medium pacers Mark Evans (3-16) and Hamish Dickson (2-24) were the most successful of the Star bowlers.

In reply Waimate started well with both Star openers out lbw quickly but then Todd Elliotte with 32 supported by Chris Anders (10) saw Star consolidate, and Tim Butler (14 not out) and Hamish Dickson with 28 not out saw Star home with 9 overs to spare and 6 wickets in hand.

Waimate
A Polson c Moodie b Butler 6
S Devlin c Moodie b Evans 34
T Suddaby b Butler 0
M Prattley c Elliotte b Evans 20
H Matthews b Dickson 0
C Booth c McGregor b Moodie 8
T Bailey b Dickson 0
N Sheppard lbw b Evans 0
A Reid stp Anders b Elliotte 9
M Sew Hoy b Hinton 7
S Horsnell not out 4
Extras (2b, 3lb, 6w, 1nb) 12
Total (for 10 wkts) 101
Bowling: C Hinton 7.2-2-9-1, T Butler 9-0-31-2, H Dickson 9-5-24-2, M Evans 9-5-16-3, T Elliotte 6-4-11-1, M Moodie 1-0-6-1.

Star
P McGregor lbw b Reid 4
A McRae lbw M Sew Hoy 0
T Elliotte run out (Matthews) 32
C Anders c M Sew Hoy b Booth 10
T Butler not out 14
H Dickson not out 28
Extras (3lb, 15w) 18
Total (for 4 wkts) 104
Bowling: A Reid 9-1-21-1, M Sew Hoy 9-1-24-1, M Prattley 7-0-16-0, C Booth 7.2-1-20-1, T Suddaby 4-0-18-0.

In Geraldine, Waimate’s new skipper, Jason Sew Hoy, won the toss and elected to field, a quickly vindicated decision after both openers were out without scoring. At 19-3 Matt Barnes and Guy Metcalf (43) settled in to a good partnership adding 78 with Barnes eventually scoring 51 before both became victims of schoolboy Glenn Drake who ended up with 3 wickets for 28 on his senior debut. Geraldine eventually posted 155-7.  Matt ‘Chucky’ Sew Hoy had a great spell only conceding 13 runs from his 9 overs and taking a wicket while Alan Reid was quickly into stride with 2-20 from his nine over spell. Murray Prattley and Craig Booth both picked up a scalp each too.

Waimate’s reply started slowly too as both openers were gone with 28 on the board before Nathan Sew Hoy with 54 was joined by Murray Prattley who celebrated the recent birth of another son with 44 in a 96 run partnership in good time that saw the Waimate move very close to victory. Phil Chapman (3-12) who was bowling particularly well for Geraldine tried to slow proceedings, but with the other bowlers unable to match him the pairing of Jason Sew Hoy and Nathan Sheppard, both 14 not out, easily saw Waimate through to victory by six wickets and get the season off to the best possible start.

Scoreboard:

Geraldine

B Miller c N Sew Hoy b Reid 0

G Muff c Sheppard b M Sew Hoy 0

P Lill c N Sew Hoy b Booth 13

M Barnes c N Sew Hoy b Drake 51

G Metcalf b Drake 43

H Miller c M Sew Hoy b Reid 4

B Guthrie not out 13

D Lensley b Drake 0

D Hammond not out 10

Extras (2b, 4lb, 14w) 20

Total (for 7 wkts) 155

Fall: 0, 6, 19, 97, 121, 134, 138.

Bowling: A Reid 9-2-20-2, M Sew Hoy 9-3-13-1, C Booth 9-0-26-1, M Prattley 6-0-37-1, G Drake 9-0-28-3, N Sheppard 3-0-26-0.

Waimate

A Polson b Chapman 13

T Bailey c H Millar b Chapman 6

N Sew Hoy c Barnes b Chapman 54

M Prattley b Lill 44

J Sew Hoy not out 14

N Sheppard not out 14

Extras (4b, 2lb, 9w, 1nb) 16

Total (for 4 wkts) 161

Fall: 11, 28, 124, 133.

Bowling: P Chapman 9-3-12-3, B Millar 9-0-52-0, B Guthrie 4-0-17-0, T Metcalf 9-2-28-0, D Lensley 2-0-18-0, P Lill 5.2-0-22-1, D Hammond 2-0-7-0.

Result: Win to Waimate by 6 wickets.

Congratulations to Muzza (Murray Prattley) and Sharon on the birth of Joshua who will join Cody and Issac as future cricketers for Waimate.

Only 8 more boys and you will be able to field your own team!

The Waimate Cricket Club has decided to run and administer its own JAB cricket competition during the 2009-2010 cricket season. This should help the transport problems of other seasons, and we are hoping to have good numbers of players.

More details coming soon..

Scholarship Awarded

Glenn Drake’s cricket career is hitting new heights after the Waimate High School, student received the Peter Hooten Memorial Scholarship for cricket.

“I was pretty stoked” said the Year 10 student.

Glenn’s teacher Justin Thompson suggested he apply after receiving an email fron the NZ Sports Council outlining the availability of a scholarship for a deserving student at a decile four or below school.

My Thompson provided  the relevant information about Glenn, the school’s achievements in cricket, and the need for better training and equipment.

“Mr Thompson was pretty positive I was going to get it. It was quite a shock for it being the whole of New Zealand,” Glenn said.

Mr Thompson said Glenn’s successful application means the school gets $1500 for cricket training and to improve practice nets.

Glenn also gets $1500 which is to go to training and/or equipment.

“I’m looking at maybe (getting) coaching in Christchurch and a couple of bits of gear that I’m going to need as well.”

Glenn has played cricket for about seven years.

He has represented South Canterbury in the Year 5 and 6 development teams and Primary A, and also played in the Southern Districts representative team.

Glenn will captain the U15 team for the second time this year. He has also captained the High School A Grade and Fourth Grade teams and for the past two years has been in the 1st XI.

The Waimate Cricket Club prize giving was held on the sunny Sunday afternoon of March 29th, starting with a fun Twenty/20 match for players and supporters, followed by a BBQ tea and then a casual family friendly award ceremony.

Cups and Trophies

Senior

Batting: McKenzie Challenge Cup – J Sew Hoy

Bowling: Melva & Alister Brown Cup – B King Senior
Batting: Sew Hoy & Reid Trophy – J Sew Hoy
Bowling: Waimate CC Senior Bowling Trophy – A Reid

2nd Grade
Batting: R Manson Trophy Most Runs 2nd Grade – T Bailey
Bowling: N Sheppard Trophy Most Wickets 2nd Grade – J Thompson

4th Grade 

Batting: Wiremu Tangiora Memorial Batting Trophy – G Drake
Bowling: Wiremu Tangiora Memorial Bowling Trophy – B King

Women 

Batting: Booth Ladies Batting Trophy – C Halkett
Bowling: Booth Ladies Bowling Trophy – J Bailey

Club
CE Peagram Esq Trophy for services to the club: – Not presented
Empire Tavern Mr & Mrs R.A. Allnutt Fielding Cup: – B van Royen

Royal Tavern Trophy Cricketer of the Year:  J Sew Hoy

Most Outstanding Junior (under 18): The Wilson Trophy – B King
Most Improved Senior: J Sew Hoy
Most Valuable Senior: J Sew Hoy
Most Improved 2nd Grade: C Farrell
Most Valuable 2nd Grade: P Wallace
Most Improved 4th Grade: D Dooley
Most Valuable 4th Grade: B King/G Drake
Most Improved Women: W Landon-Lane
Most Valuable Women: C Halkett

Highlights of the season were;  the Second Grade side winning their final for the 3rd year, the Fourth Grade team winning their grade very strongly, Club President A Reid taking 10 wickets in a two day match against Timaru and 100′s for B King, G Drake and M Prattley.

With J.A.B and school boy grades coming back under the clubs umbrella this season, it was great to see the senior members coaching and supporting the future of the club.

A big thank you to the Club’s sponsor Empire Tavern Waimate, and also to all the other businesses, supporters and committee members involved in the 2008/09 season.

Waimate had a home final playing against Ashburton College to decide the winners of the 4th Grade this season, and finished strongly in the end to prove why they have been the competition front runners all season.

The best way to enjoy sport is when you are winning (not a PC statement), and hopefully we will be reading the names of the players in this team for many seasons to come.

Note: All this capped off a big weekend for Justin Thompson who coaches, organises and runs around after these boys as well as fronting up for his own successful Second Grade team, so give him a pat on the back when you see him (he won’t mind).