Twenty - Weston Creek Cricket Club

Twenty Seasons Onthen I became involved with someone who had quite a bit oftalent and I did a much better job of scoring and preparingmorning and afternoon teas. Thus started a love/haterelationship with this fascinating game. Many hours on my ownwith three young children, the not so good part, far outweighedby the wonderful and exciting times which we have all had overthe years and the fantastic people we've met along the way.After moving to Canberra in 1974, we started a relationshipwith the Weston Creek Cricket Club. To my delight, Paul andScot are still playing 1st grade and 2nd grade with the Club.Neil, our eldest son, moved to Bathurst and then to Sydney dueto work commitments after coming through the junior ranks ofWCCC and two seasons with the inaugural 1st grade team in1979.I have experienced with my family the winning of 12 grandfinals in juniors and seniors in the Weston Creek Cricket Club,one 2nd grade in Sydney grade competition and one Under 21Poidevin Grey competition in Sydney, several in Bathurst, aswell as many defeats. Of course, the most disappointing defeatwas when Paul as captain of the WCCC 1st grade team almostled the Creek to its first grand final win ever in 1990-91. Nevermind, I'm sure it will come soon, maybe 1992-93 season.Ten years helping to run junior cricket was a very busy time forme. It is a great game for boys and girls. I believe it is a greatcharacter building sport; be loyal to your fellow players, yourteam, your club; great mateship after the game (frustrating forothers) and a great point of discussion for many days, weeks andsometimes years to come.As we all know, it is very time consuming and so many hoursare filled in for the children at the weekend and in holiday timeat home playing backyard cricket, which is the best practice ofall. And most important, it teaches patience, eg. to be losing a89