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Issue No. 3 – 2018/19

As we wobble our way into the new year,

there is much to report both on and off the

field. Senior cricket has re commenced while

the junior teams begin this weekend.

Firstly, congratulations to a number of our

underage players who have been participating

in Victorian Cricket pathways competitions in

recent weeks.

Lucas Argall, Ben Evans, Tristan Maple, Kento

Dobell, Daniel Cassidy & Harry Carlyon have

each represented themselves, their families,

and our club exceptionally well. These lads,

together with their parents have committed

considerable time to being involved at this

level of competition and the club

acknowledges your efforts.

CURRENT LADDER POSITIONS – With 3

matches remaining, each of our senior teams

have the opportunity to play in the finals.

Despite defeating the top side last week, the

1st XI are in fifth position and need to keep

winning.

Our 2nd XI is well placed in 4th position [top six

teams play finals].This very young team is

playing exceptionally well under the guidance

of Justin Howlett. Our three 3rd XI teams are

well poised to make the top six. At present the

‘Red’ and ‘White’ teams are inside the ‘six’

while the ‘Redcaps’ are just a game outside.

Practice sessions continue to be well attended

and as we push towards the finals, we look

forward to every player striving to do his best.

Prior to Christmas we welcomed new players

to our Senior ranks. To Rob Crowther, Matt

McKerrow, Brett Cleary, Daryl Jarred, Mitch

Colbert and Sarath Sreedharan we trust that

you enjoy your time playing with Wendouree

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REDCAFS

RoundFollowing on from the success of our Children and Family

Services (CAFS) Christmas Appeal last year, Natarsha and

her elves hosted another special REDCAFS evening on

Friday 14th December at CE Brown Reserve.

Despite the weather turning nasty and a huge downpour

hitting Ballarat that resulted in all junior games being

cancelled that night, we still had about 70 brave and

charitable souls come along to the club rooms for the event.

The event raised thousands of dollars for CAFS in the form

of donated toys and presents, cash donations and other

items donated to CAFS.

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CenturionsMatt Begbie 104 – First Grade -v- East Ballarat

Ryan Simmonds 101 – 2nd Grade -v- Ballarat-Redan

Haydn Knight 163* – 3rd Grade -v- Naps-Sebas

5faLiam Haydon – 3rd XI Red 5/85 -v- Naps Sebas

Stephen Segrave – 1st XI 5/37 -v- East Ballarat

Thursday Night MealsOur Thursday evening meals will continue under the

guidance of Chef Goddddddo.

We thank ‘The Hound’ for his tireless efforts in feeding the

masses - some mornings he starts work at 2am to make

sure he's finished in time to get to the rooms to cook up a

storm for the boys after training!

U17Tristan Maple 65, Sid Rajesh 78 n.o. Brock Reid 43 n.o.

Jackson Sleep 4/13, Tom Cleary 56 , Cooper Andrews 62

U15Under 15 – N. Reddy 31 n.o. Dan Cassidy 52 n.o. Fraser

Dix 53 n.o. F Gregory 52 n.o. M.Brown 3/13

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Notable Achievements1st XIMatt Begbie 46, Jack Peeters 3/56, Ryan Simmonds

3/24, John Butler 3/40 and3/29,Tom Godson 3/18,

Gavin Webb 80 n.o. Heath Pyke 51, and 47Stephen

Segrave 5/37

2nd XIRyan Simmonds 101, Loris Bayly 85 n.o. Liam Wood

59, Tom Hannett 48, Stephen Segrave 58, Ben Evans

3/44 and 4/17, Jayden White- Powell 65

3rd XIHaydn Knight 163*, Liam Haydon 5/82, Tristan Maple

84 n.o. and 4/23, Hayden Knight 53, Jonte Jarrad 67

n.o. Matt Ridley 48, Riley Cartledge 51 n.o. Jeff

Haydon 60 n.o. Tyler Reid 3/28, Lachie Cassidy 72,

Tom Perkins 3/43 and 47n.o. Zack Maple 60. Jayden

White-Powell 59.

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U18 Female National ChampionshipsBallarat recently hosted the Australian Female Under

18 Championships and our club made a significant

contribution to this event. Our home ground hosted 3

‘pool’ games and a final.

Special thanks must go to Tim Argall, Darren Woodyatt

& Tex Perkins and the group of volunteers who catered

and assisted with the day to day running of the

matches.

A big thank you also to the following players & juniors -

Stephen Segrave, Tom Hannett, Lucas Argall,

Brock Reid, Cam Jenkins & Oscar Wooton for your

efforts across a number of days. Hosting these

championships provides a source of revenue for our

club and allows us to showcase our great facilities to

state level teams and administrators from Cricket

Australia, so the contribution of our volunteers is very

much appreciated.

A huge ‘Thank-you’ to the volunteers who also helped

out with the catering were:

• Williams Family (too many to mention individually!)

• Tony & Lilly Davis

• Matt Smith

• Megan Bourke

• Tania Bentin & Gabby Dwane

• Ellen Jackson

• David Knight

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Prior to the Christmas break the club conducted a Goods &

Services Action fundraising event that involved the

auctioning of a considerable variety of donated goods and

services. This event proved very successful and special

thanks is extended to Ivan Pyke & Darren Woodyatt for their

coordination of the event and the many people and

businesses that donated items … together with the club

members, supporters and friends who attended the function.

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Goods &

Services AuctionLadies Social Match

A big thanks to the mums and daughters who came along

and took part in our ladies social match last Saturday

evening.

It was a great night and everyone enjoyed themselves

immensely.

Thanks to those who helps out on the BBQ and assisted in

setting up and running the game.

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Stay in Touch

This year the Senior Players and Coaches are using the

Team App to communicate.

Any player who hasn’t downloaded the Team App should

do it NOW.

Past players and supporters can keep up to date with

what’s happening around the club by following us on

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/red.caps.3/

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Also anyone can download the MyCricket App from the

App Store and follow the live scores each weekend.

Well worth doing if you are interested in seeing the ball-

by-ball scores when the teams are live scoring on their

iPad

Until next time… Keep Wobbling,

Red Cap Ronnie.

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