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The Weekly Times - TWT - 19th December 2018

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Wednesday 19 <strong>December</strong>, <strong>2018</strong> THE WEEKLY TIMES 31<br />

Back hot spots keep<br />

Tigers colts sidelined<br />

SYDNEY Cricket Club have been rocked by serious back injuries<br />

to key all rounders Harry Manenti and Alex Glendenning.<br />

<strong>The</strong> talented duo are<br />

idelined indefinitely afer<br />

being ruled out of the<br />

igers’ past two fixtures<br />

ith back burning sensaions<br />

which have dented<br />

he club’s finals aspiraions<br />

in the NSW Premier<br />

ricket first grade cometition.<br />

18 year old Manenti is<br />

egarded as one of the<br />

tate’s most promising<br />

oung cricketers and was<br />

orced to pull out of the<br />

SW Metro side at the reently<br />

completed National<br />

/19 Cricket Championhips<br />

in Adelaide.<br />

A sharp seam bowler<br />

nd capable batsman, the<br />

ookie cub has picked up<br />

aluable wickets since his<br />

levation to the top grade<br />

arlier this year.<br />

Glendenning is an enrgetic<br />

pace bowler and<br />

ashing batsman who pro-<br />

Hawks’ touch football talent<br />

impress at NSW State Cup<br />

vides versatility and skill<br />

down the order.<br />

Tigers’ officials hope Manenti<br />

and Glendenning will<br />

return to the fold early in<br />

the New Year as the team<br />

attempts to lock up a finals<br />

berth.<br />

MEANWHILE Gordon finished<br />

on 3-178 after their<br />

first grade clash with Sydney<br />

was abandoned due<br />

to inclement weather after<br />

57 overs last Saturday at<br />

Chatswood Oval.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Stags were 2-18<br />

before half centuries from<br />

skipper Steve Colley (84)<br />

and Harry Evans (80 not<br />

out) put the home side in a<br />

strong position.<br />

<strong>The</strong> pair added 148 runs<br />

for the third wicket before<br />

Ryde Eastwood Hawks Mens Open B team that reached the NSW State Cup semi finals.<br />

RYDE EASTWOOD Hawks’ representative touch football teams showed<br />

they are a force to be reckoned with after skilful performances at the<br />

recent NSW State Cup Touch Football Championships at Port Macquarie.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hawks sent three<br />

powerful squads with<br />

the Mens Open B teams<br />

reaching the finals and the<br />

Mens Open A and Mixed<br />

Open A sides turning in<br />

strong performances during<br />

the tough three day<br />

tournament that featured<br />

the best players from all<br />

over the State.<br />

Staged in hot sapping<br />

conditions, the Hawks<br />

competed well but were<br />

outgunned by some powerful<br />

opponents at the<br />

business end of the Carnival.<br />

Ryde Eastwood’s Open<br />

A side had the privilege of<br />

playing against the touring<br />

English representative<br />

team in round 4 of their<br />

draw.<br />

<strong>The</strong> English lived up to<br />

their reputation of being<br />

aggressive and strong in<br />

the rucks but the Hawks,<br />

who boast some of the<br />

best young talent in the<br />

country, showed their class<br />

witn the likes of Matthew<br />

Wilson and Tyrone Tadros<br />

leading the way.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hawks Open Bs recorded<br />

some strong victories<br />

to advance to the Cup<br />

Finals.<br />

Coach Liam Liston had<br />

built a team mixed with<br />

youthful exuberance and<br />

experienced hard heads to<br />

guide them around.<br />

For the Mixed Open team<br />

ir was their first step up into<br />

the NSW State titles and<br />

although they never gave<br />

up in any match, they’ll<br />

return much better for the<br />

experience next season.<br />

<strong>The</strong> traditional Club Dinner<br />

was held at the beautiful<br />

waterfront Panthers<br />

Leagues Club and all players<br />

and officials were able<br />

to enjoy a social gathering<br />

and reflect on the first two<br />

days of the tournament<br />

- thanks to the highly regarded<br />

Debbie Brewin for<br />

carrying on this tradition<br />

and to the Hawks’ Board.<br />

Ryde Eastwood squared<br />

off with Balmain in a local<br />

derby Mens Open B semi<br />

final that proved an absorbing<br />

tussle.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hawks led for most<br />

of the game before allowing<br />

the Tigers to score a<br />

late try to salvage a 4-all<br />

draw.<br />

In the drop off, Hawks’<br />

star Jean - Louis Jones<br />

had a chance to snatch<br />

victory but was denied by<br />

tenacious Tigers defence.<br />

Another player dropped off<br />

and it was fast becoming a<br />

classic.<br />

Balmain sealed victory<br />

when they scored in the<br />

corner and went on to<br />

thump Western Suburbs in<br />

the final<br />

Players Player Awards<br />

were presented to: Mens<br />

Open A: Tyrone Tadros;<br />

Mens Open B: Jason<br />

Smyth and Mixed Open A:<br />

Georgia Elliott (Women),<br />

Mark Hayden and Lachlan<br />

Knight (Men – joint award).<br />

Special thanks to the<br />

Hawks’ Board of Directors<br />

- Paul Wines, Andrew<br />

Goggin, Mark Lindsay, Ron<br />

Ryan, Doug Vail and Bill<br />

Calleja for their guidance,<br />

support and funding for the<br />

teams;<br />

Hawks’ Rep Commit-<br />

Colley was bowled by Sydney<br />

quick Nic Bills, who<br />

finished with the figures of<br />

2-46 off his 13 over spell.<br />

He was ably supported<br />

by 18 year old rookie paceman<br />

Hugh Sherriff (1-32 off<br />

eleven overs).<br />

SECONDS: Sydney<br />

2-229 (Liam Gibson<br />

122no, Justin Mosca 72,<br />

Ben Mitchell 32no) v Gordon.<br />

THIRDS: Gordon 4-148<br />

(Liam McElduff 65, Jamie<br />

Bekis 32, Arvin Niranjan<br />

25no, Nick Andreou 19,<br />

Craig Di Blasio 2-19, Alex<br />

Rashleigh 1-18) v Sydney.<br />

No play Sydney v Gordon<br />

in fourth and fifth<br />

grades.<br />

tee – Andrew Goggin, David<br />

Kelly, Mary Thomas,<br />

Alisse Sheerin, Sheree<br />

Donkin and Chris Hopper;<br />

Coaching Director and<br />

Head Coach Barry Gibson;<br />

Coaching Staff and Team<br />

Officials – Pat Batiste, Liam<br />

Liston, Debbie Brewin, Andrew<br />

Goggin, David Kelly,<br />

Kerrie Besgrove and Bridie<br />

Hill; Senior State Cup<br />

Affiliate Co-ordinatorMel<br />

Cooper; Gear suppliers<br />

Fi-Ta and Ryde Eastwood<br />

Hawks Football Club; Bill<br />

Calleja and Doug Vail for<br />

the recruitment of referees<br />

plus the Hawks’ valuable<br />

and loyal sponsors.<br />

Ryde Eastwood Hawks’<br />

NSW State Cup squads for<br />

<strong>2018</strong> were:<br />

MENS OPEN A: Lachlan<br />

Bell, Matthew Wilson, Brad<br />

Cincotta, Cameron Dow,<br />

Sam Edgley, Luke Eisenhuth,<br />

Billy Eltachi, Brendan<br />

Robinson, Ben Stevanovic,<br />

Ricky Tachi, Tyrone Tadros,<br />

Nathan Cooper, Brad Gibson<br />

and Sam Watkins.<br />

MENS OPEN B: Josh<br />

Fraser, Zac Murray, Matt<br />

McSweeney, Liam Jones,<br />

Tyrone Smith, Jean-Louis<br />

Jones, Nick Henson, Jacob<br />

Tauia, Max Guanta,<br />

Jason Smyth, Cooper<br />

Henwood, Chris Scuglia,<br />

Jacob Parnell, Liam Liston.<br />

MIXED OPENS: Bridie<br />

Hill, Darcie Hill, Ryan<br />

Daveron-Whereat, Mark<br />

Hayden, Sarah Knight,<br />

Natasha Wood, Lachlan<br />

Knight, Tom O’Connell,<br />

Olivia Grivas, Georgia Elliott,<br />

Dan Besgrove, Ryan<br />

Moore, Dan Mulcahy, Malcolm<br />

Cheney (injured).<br />

Inner West Harbour’s U/12 Arch Cawsey Shield-winning team Josh Malone (captain), Will Allen (vice captain),<br />

Matthew Plunkett, Charlie Gray, Cooper Brown, Tom Bermingham, Jasen Begetis, Julian Rutkis,<br />

Lachlan Richmond, Nick Champion; coach John Allen and manager Lyn Plunkett.<br />

History-making junior cricketers<br />

bring home U/12 Arch Cawsey Shield<br />

IT was a case of third time lucky for the mighty Inner West Harbour (Gladesville) U/12 junior<br />

representative cricket team after they were recently crowned NSW Junior Cricket Arch Cawsey<br />

Shield champions for <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Pictured are the historymaking<br />

local cricketers<br />

that brought home the<br />

prestigious Under 12s trophy<br />

for the first time since<br />

the competition’s inception<br />

back in 1959<br />

This talented crop are the<br />

toast of the district after<br />

registering a deserved 27<br />

run victory over Hornsby<br />

Kuring-gai & Hills in the<br />

recent Shield final at Morrison<br />

Park Putney.<br />

Under the guidance of respected<br />

coach John Allen<br />

and manager Lyn Plunkett,<br />

the Inner West Harbour<br />

boys produced another<br />

outstanding team effort to<br />

capture the coveted silverware.<br />

<strong>The</strong> budding colts finished<br />

minor premiers with<br />

six victories in the preliminary<br />

rounds over Greater<br />

Illawarra, Canterbury &<br />

Western Suburbs, Newcastle,<br />

Sutherland, Hornsby<br />

Kuring-gai & Hills and<br />

St George before toppling<br />

Camden by 20 runs in a<br />

semi final at Monash Park.<br />

Led by promising all<br />

rounder Josh Malone and<br />

talented batsman Will Allen,<br />

the side etched their<br />

names in the record books<br />

with a memorable championship<br />

victory.<br />

After heart breaking<br />

losses in the U/10 Foster<br />

Shield and U/11 Creak<br />

Shield Grand Finals over<br />

the past two seasons, the<br />

Inner West Harbour youngsters<br />

were rewarded with a<br />

title in their third campaign<br />

together as a unit.<br />

In the Shield decider,<br />

opening bat Nick Champion<br />

top scored with 44 runs<br />

with handy contributions<br />

from Charlie Gray (19), Jasen<br />

Begetis (13) and young<br />

Allen (11) as Inner West<br />

Harbour posted 9-126 off<br />

their allotted 40 overs.<br />

Fine bowling performances<br />

from pacemen<br />

Cooper Brown (3-20<br />

off eight overs), skipper<br />

Malone (2-12 off eight),<br />

Gregor Aitchison (2-7 off<br />

four), Julian Rutkis (1-9 off<br />

four) and Jasper Scott (1-<br />

21 off eight) ensured the<br />

Inner West Harbour side<br />

tasted success as they<br />

dismissed their opponents<br />

for 99.<br />

<strong>The</strong> talented Allen finished<br />

third in the U/12<br />

Shield run scorers list with<br />

307 runs @ 43.86 that included<br />

a top score of 53<br />

in the semi final win over<br />

Camden.<br />

Emerging all rounder<br />

Matthew Plunkett chalked<br />

up 196 runs @ 24.50 with<br />

a top score of 53 not out<br />

while Charlie Gray compiled<br />

178 runs @ 29.67 that<br />

included an unbeaten 70.<br />

In the bowling stakes,<br />

spearhead Malone finished<br />

the competition’s second<br />

highest wicket taker with<br />

14 scalps at an average of<br />

11.43 and best haul of 3-9.<br />

Other bowlers to impress<br />

were pace ace Brown (9<br />

wickets @ 16.11) and the<br />

economical Rutkis (8 wickets<br />

@ 6.50) with best figures<br />

of 4-13.<br />

Representative rookies<br />

Aitchison and Scott were<br />

Hawks’ Mens Open A side in action at the <strong>2018</strong> State Cup.<br />

newcomers to the squad<br />

this season and also performed<br />

strongly.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Inner West Harbour<br />

outfit have struck up an imposing<br />

record since forming<br />

back in 2016 - chalking<br />

up 21 victories from their<br />

25 matches to date and<br />

appearing in three consecutive<br />

Grand Finals.<br />

This year’s squad comprised<br />

of local products<br />

from the Concord Briars,<br />

Leichhardt Wanderers,<br />

Ryde-Hunters Hill Pirates<br />

and Gladesville RSL Junior<br />

Cricket Clubs.<br />

MEANWHILE the triumphant<br />

colts will represent<br />

Inner West Harbour Junior<br />

Association at the upcoming<br />

U/13 Western NSW<br />

Cricket Carnival in Orange<br />

from January 7-10 in 2019.<br />

<strong>The</strong> boys will play against<br />

older cricketers on the development<br />

tour and have<br />

brought in 13th man Ben<br />

Hannah and IWH Gee<br />

Shield representative Ben<br />

Champion to bolster the<br />

squad.

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