Walkerville Cats Newsletter

Walkerville Cats Newsletter
Issue 85
www.walkervillecc.com.au
08/01/2015
Presidents Report
Centurion Club Members
Thank you to all below for your continued
support.
Giles Garden Maintenance - Daniel Giles
(2 memberships)
David Fox Carpentry & Construction – David
Fox
(2 memberships)
Graham-King Lawyers - Margaret Graham-King
Walkerville Chiropractic - Dr Goran Mladenovic
Happy New Year!
2015 looks to be the year of the Cat as Walkerville have
3 senior teams vying for a finals berth. The A’s are sitting
top and even though they are undefeated, there is still a
very long way to go. The B and C grades are both less
than one win outside of the top four. So with a strong run
home finals destiny is in our own hands.
The A grade have continued their strong T20 form and
have made it through to the final 8. Next game is versus
Grange on Tuesday 13th January at 5:20pm. The club
will be open and we will run a BBQ for a quick feed. It
would be fantastic to see a strong Walkerville supporter
base as Grange will bring a few of their supporter’s I’m
sure. No Strikers game next Tuesday means no excuses.
Come down to the club and show your support.
Lastly we really need your subs paid urgently. It costs a
lot of money to run the seniors and junior grades. So see
Andrew Malone urgently if you haven’t paid yet.
Good luck all and see you on the track (when the rain
clears).
Craig Burford
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Jack Kourani – Att.com
The Bra Lady - Michelle Turner
Grill’d Norwood – Tom McClure
Bridgewater Inn and Perks – Pat Hodby
Michael Sarson
Jim McDowell
Mark Nance
Social Calendar
Don’t forget the upcoming Poker night, invite
your friends and male a great night of it!! See
Carlo for more details!
 17th January poker night
 9th February a night at the dogs
Monday night.
 14th March cocktail night.
Hawaii theme end of year show.
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Tim’s Coaching Tips
Continued.
Watching the ball
One of the facts of modern cricket life is that skills and
tactics are continually evolving. No-one would have
thought when I played that some of the shots
batsmen play regularly in 20/20, one day and even in
Test cricket (such as the reverse sweep) were
possible, let alone highly valuable. Techniques need
to evolve to cope with changing demands and tactics.
Likewise, bowlers now use a variety of slower balls
and off speed short balls to disrupt the batsman’s
rhythm and use field placings with everyone on the
boundary on one side of the wicket and other ploys to
concede singles but restrict boundaries.
Some key coaching principles, of course, remain.
One of these is – watch the ball!
Ed Smith, a former English Test batsman, writes
many fascinating articles about sport and about
cricket. In a recent article, he challenges some
commonly accepted coaching advice.(My use of bold
text)
“…We talk too much about "watching the ball", as
though straining to identify the target is always
the answer. In fact, a batsman can watch the ball
too anxiously, to the point that the process
inhibits his response to the ball. Instead, we have
to be alert to the ball, to get in sync with it, to
match the rhythm of the shot with the arrival of
the ball. And these things happen best intuitively,
when we aren't consciously pursuing them.
…I've never liked the cliché that cricket is "a simple
game". All taken together, the art of batsmanship is
very complex - the tension between attack and
defence; the balance between protecting against
lbws and yet not opening up the edge to the slips; the
ability to transfer weight decisively forward and back;
sustaining concentration, switching on and off.
And yet most batsmen would agree that when
they're doing it well, batting feels simple and
natural, sometimes even easy. Bowling is the
same. Every fast bowler I've known, when asked
why he was able to bowl so fast and well on a
particular day, tends to answer, "Because I had
good rhythm." I've not heard one bowler yet reply,
"Because I tried harder and thought more
intently."
The best coach I worked with would sometimes stand
behind the nets with his eyes closed. He'd listen to
the bowler's steps arriving at the crease, the noise of
the batsman's footwork, the thud of the ball
on the turf, and finally the crack of leather on
willow. "That was good," he'd say, "you had
rhythm." Or sometimes, "No, you had no touch, no
finesse." All with his eyes closed, or with his body
turned away from the net. And he'd be right, every
time. The coach was able to distinguish between
the right process (an open and uninhibited
mindset, a lack of predetermination, a natural
swing of the bat) and the outcome of the shot in
narrow terms. He knew that if you play a high
enough proportion of good shots, the runs will
inevitably follow.
In elite sport we overstate the importance of trying
hard. After all, players are highly incentivised to do
well (money, glory, fame - need we go on?).
Conversely we hugely underestimate the value of
achieving that sense of lightness and freedom the feeling I had swinging the axe, and,
sometimes, when I was swinging a cricket bat.
There is truth in the cliché: "You learn about
batting when you've already scored a hundred."
What you learn is how good you could be if you
learned always to trust yourself, to play free from
restraints and anxiety, without the suffocating
influence of what Arsene Wenger calls
"handbrake-age".
The question follows, obvious but very rarely
addressed: how can we make batting and bowling
feel easy more often, given that is the feeling we
get when we are doing them well?
First, we misunderstand technique. Technique is
not a thing, an object that can be owned. It is a
means. The goal is not technique but to hit the
ball sweetly. Technique allows us to do it
better, to achieve that goal more often and
completely. For that reason, the perfect
technique is the technique that disappears: it
is no longer in the way. We are not conscious
of it at all. We track the ball, swing the bat in
rhythm, and everything else organises itself
intuitively.
Secondly, we overstate the value of rational
intelligence and analysis. I am not sure that the
subject of this article can be "coached" in the
conventional sense of the word. Coaches can help
you to understand the process, perhaps even help
you get there more quickly. But, at best, the coach
can only support and enable a journey that the
player must undertake on his own.
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Tim’s Coaching Tips Cont.
Because the important things are hard to coach, it is
tempting to take refuge in the small, irrelevant things
because they are easy. Too much bottom hand,
getting squared up, playing too early, closing the face
of the bat? All symptoms, but unlikely to be the ultimate
cause. That is probably much simpler and yet
harder to put right: the bat isn't working as part of
your body but in opposition to it.”
There is no doubt that it is possible to try too hard when
batting, bowling and fielding. There is also no doubt
that many players tighten up under pressure. All
players need to find the balance between
concentration and determined effort and allowing their
play to flow.
When you play well you’re not worried about where
your feet are or your action. Some players don’t think
enough about what’s happening and continually throw
their wicket away or repeatedly bowl bad balls. Others,
in contrast, have a tendency to think too much and
overanalyse. Finding what works best for you is crucial
to consistent success.
Tim Hart
Wickets kept falling from the other end with Giles,
Mike 'Claude' Hill and Knowlesy all surrendering
to average spin. When Cox brought up his 50 the
game was pretty much won and chief finished
Chopper Reid saw the boys home.
The opposition didn’t seem to take losing to well
as it brought about some interesting antics. The
substitute fielder, who was that old I've nicknamed
him fossil, decided to have a go at Coxy who didn’t
take too kindly to the barrage of bang average
chat. Then after getting out the scorer decided to
get in on the act. Some absolute outrageous
things were said from a team who had just been
hammered.
With the Christmas function being held at the cub
the lower order were more bothered about sitting
on Santa's knee than batting as Walkerville fell
away to 156 all out.
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.
The Jeweller.
A Grade Wrap Up
Rostrevor (Away)
With the Christmas break fast approaching there was
just one more challenge for the Walkerville A Grade to
overcome. Losing the toss once again the boys were
made to field on a hot day. Carrying on from recent
weeks the opening partnership of 'the myth' and 'the
muff' got off to a great start with both taking 2 wickets
as Rostrevor were reduced to 86/4 despite once
batsman slogging his way to a half century.
From 86/4 Rostrevor were restricted to 122 as the
Woolshed and young Hutchy claimed 3 and 2 wickets
respectively. The Woolshed with a new streamlined
haircut put on a yard of pace and 'sent those bails to
New South Wales' as he stormed through the lower
order as Walkerville did what they needed to and
produced a professional bowling and fielding
performance.
Going into bat Gilo and Skinner looked confident and
eased the score along to 38 when Skinner decided to
get run out. That brought the Jeweller to the crease
who got off to a flyer by hitting a 4 and 6 from his first
5 balls.
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Quiz Question
True or False-Does Slopes take this catch to
give the Walkerville spearhead his 4th wicket?
Answer in following pages
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B Grade Report
B Grade v Brighton
Walkerville 7/192 defeated Brighton 7/186
This match was an import one for the B team as
both sides were level pegging on the ladder.
The Cats lost the toss (another fine for the captain)
and bowled first on a good batting pitch. The team
welcomed a few new faces to the team with Perter
Sarson returning from his life threatening injury and
Carlos Mannos joining the team.
The beat and vibe of the team was very positive with
TT (Tom Ahern) and Norts Brother (Stuart Norton)
kicking off the team with the new ball.
The bowlers were on the money with both applying
pressure and bowling in dangerous areas. Norts
brother was at his season best bowling a tight line
that continued to trouble the Brighton opening
batsmen. Norts Brother found the batsmen edge
early but the thunder cracking sound followed by the
booming echo was missed by the umpire much to
everyone’s amazement, including the batsmen!
But Norts brother stuck to the task and bowled with
amazing control taking 1/15 off his 9 straight overs.
His figures don’t do justice to his bowling efforts.
TT was very tight early and came back well to finish
the job at the death.
Brodie Pearce was the other bowler to hold his own
with the ball with good movement through the air
and taking a smart caught and bowled catch.
TT was the first to strike with Captain Panzarino
taking a sharp catch at gully. This was the start of a
very good tight bowling session with the fielding
equally up to the mark. The first 20 overs had the
Cats well and truly in control keeping the Brighton
batsmen in check 3/41 after 20.
The next 20 overs was not to the same level with
the Brighton batman hitting out and rattling the cat’s
team; the fielding and bowling fell away which was
disappointing.
First 20 overs Brighton had scored 41 runs, the next
20 overs they had scored 145.
The Cats then had the task of chasing the total of
186 for victory. The regular batting combination of
Morgan and Nance got the team off to its usual solid
start until Nance departed with the score at 34.
Unfortunately the team wobbled after the solid start
with Morgan departing without adding to the score
2/34 and followed by Sarson getting a good ball, this
had the Cats 3/60 with Mannos on 22 and showing
good form.
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John Hutchinson came and went for a duck while
Mannos 41 continued on his way. This had Panzarino
join Manno at the crease, the two batsmen wrestle
back control of the game with a 46 run partnership
until Manno hit to a fielder and call yes! Panzarino run
out! (No third umpire required as it was already in
slow motion)
Dupree didn’t last long getting a rough decision
having him not add to the score. Then Norton’s
brother came out but he departed soon after having
the Cats 7/131 and fighting hard to win the game. In
between, Carlo continued to hit boundaries with some
big lusty shots clearing the fence around all parts of
the ground.
The Partnership of Mannos and Mareolas proved
crucial, with both batsmen backing themselves to get
the Cats over the line with a win before Xmas.
This has left the team sitting 6th on the ladder (3
wins/1 draw/2 loses) with only a few points separating
5 teams.
After Xmas the Team play top of the table Reynella it
what will prove to be a tough challenge but one the
Cats can rise to.
The Positives from the Game
Even though we did not play well, we won.
The batting of Carlos, it was good to see him get a big
score
The experience of Iggy to get the team over the line
with the bat
The bowling of Norton, rewards for his hard work at
training
Negatives from the Game
The second half of our bowling innings in the field and
with the ball was poor – we looked like a team who
has not been training, which is true!
Our top order batting didn’t get going
The number of 4 balls bowled
T.Ahern 2/39, B.Pearce 2/42
C.Mannos 107*, I.Mareolas 26*
Man of the Match – Carlo Manno
Kohli Award – John Hutchinson
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Milestones
In Round 6 Malcolm Ayliffe played his 200th game
for Walkerville. He has played 45 1st XI, 89 2nd XI,
63 3rd XI and 3 LO XI games in his 20 seasons at
the club.
Top Score- 134 in 1996/97 in Premier Grade
Best Bowling- 7 for 89 in B2 2002/03
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Around the Grounds
Stumps smashed by another Wooly fireball
Bruce drinks from his Man of the Match mug
Partington struggles with his mug, he finished it on
the fourth attempt
Hilly lets a ball fly
An enthusiastic crowd looks on
Mal enjoys a beer after his 200th game for the club
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Gilsey completes the run out
Pearcy in 20/20 action
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Around the grounds
Gilsey hits and runs
Mussels on the spot with another delivery
Mussels on the spot with another delivery
Mark dominates on the BBQ
20/20 Captain Gareth Cox in fine form
Morgs not sure how he will eat a snag with no mouth?
Mark Callins from City Holden presents Paul
“Wooley” Reid his Man of the Match Award
Mussells Carb loading after the game, Tim does not
look impressed! Founded 1915
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Santa Comes to Walkerville
Quiz Question Answer
Father Xmas visits Walkerville
If you answered TRUE you were so so wrong!
He never even touched it…
Booney on Holidays in the US
B grade’s beloved Booney doll has been jet
setting around the world over Christmas. Some of
his favorite shots are below.
Ellen has a 15 minute chat with father Xmas – lots of
presents requested!
Two happy kids on Father Xmas’s lap
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