Twenty - Weston Creek Cricket Club

Weston Creek Cricket Clubparticularly in the days when the Club was working towards fullmembership of the ACT Cricket Association. There were otherhurdles to follow. Inviting overseas professional players to coachand play with the Club and obtaining sufficient sponsorship tocover their expenses were not easy.I remember how I had rejoiced in the Club's successes andsuffered the anguish of failures. I remember those who joined theClub as 8 and 9 year olds now carrying the Club to bigger things.How could one forget the characters that helped pave the way towhere we are now?Normally 20 years is not n long time, but in the Canberra context,Weston Creek Cricket Club is one of the oldest in the ACT gradecricket competition. The decision to celebrate the event is an easyone.The response by some of the former members, particularly fromthose who played during the formative years, to write about theirearly memories was encouraging. The idea for this anthology wasborn from their enthusiasm. Their articles are published withoutany editing on my part.In compiling this book, I have relied on the support of DonBrooker and Chris Harris and material from the Club's longrunning magazine, "Cover Point". I have reproduced severalexcellent articles by our one-time President, John Ringwood.Many hours were spent wading through hundreds of photographsand the choice was not easy.The Club's philosophy has been to promote cricket amongst theyoungsters in the district and provide cricket to anyone whodesired to play irrespective of ability. On the way to achievingthis aim, the Club has produced many excellent cricketers andcharacters and introduced several ideas new to Canberra cricket.x