UWCC ReportUNSW <strong>Cricket</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Annual ReportUNIVERSITIES WOMEN’S CRICKET CLUBThe <strong>2008</strong>/<strong>09</strong> season was jam packed with cricket. UWCC held a free skills day for <strong>New</strong>castle Juniorsplayers, assisted by their coach Barry Elliot. Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day, KateOwen, Alex Blackwell, Kate Blackwell, Ros Kember, Alison Parkin, Fraser Wunsch, Sara Hungerfordand Barry Elliott. Thank you to the <strong>New</strong>castle Juniors team and their parents for travelling so far. Itwas a highly successful event and one that we are eager to continue for future seasons. All <strong>of</strong> theseplayers are valuable assests to the club, and we need to ensure they are utilized. It will be the role <strong>of</strong>the recruitment co‐ordinator to set up programs for junior development for the coming season, andrepeat the junior skills day in 20<strong>09</strong>.CricHit was run again in <strong>2008</strong>, by UWCC player and committee member Kate Owen, and was themost successful season so far for the UWCC program. Thank you to UNSW for the use <strong>of</strong> thegrounds, and to Kate Owen for her tireless efforts in keeping the girls on track. It is hoped that thesegirls will continue to move forward in their development and compete in the Sydney Rivers GirlsCompetition in the 20<strong>09</strong>/10 season.Twilight12s succeeded again in <strong>2008</strong>/<strong>09</strong>. Thank you to Erica Meyer for organising and co‐ordinatingthe competition. We are hopefull it will continue this year as it exposes women to the game <strong>of</strong> cricket,and provides a fun social activity for the players.As for inter‐club matters, the weekly newsletter proved very effective this year and is an initiative thatwill be continued next season. The responsibility for doing this will fall under the communication andpublicity committee members, Sarah Brennan and Susan Daniel. UWCC would like to apologise tothose who may have missed emails or messages during the season, and will ensure this does nothappen in the future.We would like to thank all UWCC players for continually turning up to training and matches eachweek. In particular our second grade side, with special mention Vic Rawlings, Kailey Bogan, CathyMurphy, Claire Hodgkinson, Bernice Ngo, Emma Vickers, and combined grade players TaylaSeymour, Fraser Wunsch, Ellie Bath and Alex Vaughan. Thank you all for your commitment anddedication. UWCC has recognised the need for improvement in our second grade side, and aredetermined to change the clubʹs focus to second grade and junior development. The 20<strong>09</strong>/10 seasonwill be one <strong>of</strong> immense change as the clubʹs committee structure is being rebuilt, and our secondgrade players get the attention and recognition they so much deserve.Special thanks to the parents <strong>of</strong> these players Peter Seymour, Patrick Wunsch and Steve Bogan foryour encouragement and support <strong>of</strong> the club. Thank you for all your help at trainings and matches, inparticular with the 2nd grade side, and your daughters aspirations in the game <strong>of</strong> cricket.The Womenʹs World Cup was held in NSW in March <strong>of</strong> 20<strong>09</strong>. This year UWCC had two Australianrepresentative players, Alex Blackwell and Lisa Sthalekar. Australia finished fourth overall, whileEngland pipped <strong>New</strong> Zealand in the final to hold the trophy once more. <strong>Cricket</strong> AustraliaAmbassadors Kate Blackwell and Alex Blackwell ensured the message got out to the public and theWorld Cup proved a success with the crowds. Hopefully womenʹs cricket in Australia, and inparticular Sydney, will continue to expand on the back <strong>of</strong> this success.The <strong>2008</strong>/<strong>09</strong> season saw a transition in the administration <strong>of</strong> the club. The club presidency role wasvacated and Lizzy Farrell took a well earned break from the role <strong>of</strong> Secretary. She was replaced in thisrole by Sara Hungerford for the season.Unfortunately the transition wasnʹt as smooth as anticipated. On several occassions, correspondencewith both the university sport organizations and the Sydney Womenʹs <strong>Cricket</strong> Association wasoverlooked or not adequately dealt with. This can be attributed to inexperience in the new role asPage 80 Season <strong>2008</strong>/20<strong>09</strong>
UNSW <strong>Cricket</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Annual ReportUWCC Reportwell as failure to hand over pre‐existing tasks.We would like to take this opportunity to apologise to Sydney <strong>University</strong> <strong>Cricket</strong> <strong>Club</strong>, UNSW<strong>Cricket</strong> <strong>Club</strong>, Sydney Womenʹs <strong>Cricket</strong> Association and both university sports associations, SUSF andUNSWSR, for the poor communication this season, and have instituted measures to ensure this wonʹthappen for the upcoming season. Sara Hungerford has been allocated as the committee memberresponsible for liaising with all affliated bodies, and will attend meetings with incoming secretaryLizzy Farrell.Issues likely to impact on our club in the following season is the introduction <strong>of</strong> the player pointssystem, as well as the likely entry <strong>of</strong> ACT into the Womenʹs National <strong>Cricket</strong> League andrequirements on club members to play cricket there.It is important that we stay abreast <strong>of</strong> all changesby attending SCA meetings regularly, and continue to recruit players from the universities, schoolsand community.Thank you to the UNSW and Sydney <strong>University</strong> groundsmen for providing quality grounds fortrainings and matches, we are proud to call the grounds <strong>of</strong> UNSW and Sydney <strong>University</strong> home.Thankyou also to both mens clubs, Michelle Nancarrow, and Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness, HelenBryson, and UNSW Sport and Recreation, Paul Taylor and the Sydney Womenʹs <strong>Cricket</strong> Association,for your continued support <strong>of</strong> UWCC, as well as your patience and assistance during a particularlydifficult transition period in our club.Finally thankyou to Erica Meyer, Alex Blackwell, Kate Blackwell and Lizzy Farrell for taking on ahuge administrative role at the back end <strong>of</strong> the season. The new commiittee structure for the yearahead looks more sustainable and effective. Hereʹs to 20<strong>09</strong> bringing Obama like ʺchange we canbelieve inʺ.SARA HUNGERFORDUWCC SECRETARY 08/<strong>09</strong>Season <strong>2008</strong>/20<strong>09</strong> Page 81