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Vale Ron Cusack

It is with great regret that we announce the passing of club great Ron Cusack. Ron passed away in the early hours of this morning. Ron has been unwell for the past few weeks and as been fighting right to the end.

Steve Yeats was able to spend some time with Ron yesterday and he let him know that all of us were thinking of him and more would be in to visit him over the coming days.

We will keep in touch with Ron’s son Ross and the family about the arrangements and how best members can pay their respects.

This is a very sad day for the club.

This weekend we are back in full swing

Juniors:

Friday Afternoon

U-11 Colts vs Toorak Prahran @ Fawkner Park CS4

U-11 Gryphons vs Malvern Green @ Lord Reserve #1

U-13 Gryphons vs Toorak-Prahran Green @ CS5

U-15 Gryphons vs Toorak-Prahran Colts @ East Caulfield Reserve (outer)

Saturday Morning

U-12 vs Brighton @ Dendy Park (8.15am yes it’s true!)

Seniors:

The 1st XI is back in action after being promoted to South Division and has a tough first up assignment vs Clayton. The team welcomes English recruit Josh Crine and also welcomes back Coach Vinay Tripathi, Ash Chawla, “Psycho” Sid Kumar and Rahual Chauhan. The first’s will still have last years narrow GF loss burning in the stomach for sure. Captain Fenno still at the helm.

The 2nd XI has been promoted up 2 grades after their premiership win in South A2 and are now playing in the new super grade Senior South Seconds with 18 teams in the grade! Here the top eight sides will play off for 2 premierships. 5 of last years premiership players will take to the field. We welcome Vasu Srinivas, Hamish Bull and Tarun Grandhi for their first games in the seconds. They are taking on Clayton at Jack Meade reserve, Murf still at the helm.

The 3rd XI has newly appointed Dave the “Model” Goodey now in charge after being promoted from the 4th XI. Dave seems to be able to bring players along for the journey and has promised to feed plenty of quality players into the 2nd’s. The 3rd’s are playing Power House down at Lords and will be keen to follow up their strong first up win last week with another this week. Now that the “Model” is in the 3rd’s this also means the famous team manager Gemma will be there also!

The 4th XI also has a new/old skipper in Vernon Purdey, he was skipper of the first XI back in 94/95. He still has the fire burning and is looking to follow the recent tradition of the 4ths with many finals appearances. Young Tom Robinson has the gloves, I think he will be in the 3rds pretty soon.

The A grade also had a win last week and with Ash Chawla back in charge are looking for big things this season. This is the newly formed A-Sunday that is all one days matches so there will be plenty of attractive cricket. I also notice the Doctor Davor Stanic is in to bowl big outswingers! They are away to Malvern @ TH King Reserve

The B-Sunday grade are @ the home of cricket (Koornang Park) vs Melbourne Strikers. Ari Morton backing up from runs last week will be keen to make plenty more to continue his famous facebook posts. This match also is the return of long time past member of the club Hilton “Hilly Duncan”. This man has been seen at many clubs since he departed the Neg, we thought he was lost forever. But the deep connection he has with Elliot Cartledge knows no bounds and he is back. don’t blob up!

Good luck to all and help out your captains with setting up and packing up and lets get 11 wins this week. For Senior home games covers are in use at both grounds on both days this weekend so attend early.

Go Neggies!

First Girls Junior Match for Carnegie CC

History is Made

Last Wednesday history was made with Carnegie’s first all girls junior cricket match taking place. The practice match took place at Lord Reserve vs local rivals Murrumbeena. A great sized crowd turned up to see this momentous occasion. The girls had a great time and I’m sure they will now be ready to go for round 1.

See some of the action below:

Well Done Girls, Go Neggies!

Winning Weekend

It was a winning weekend for Carnegie CC to kick off the first round of cricket for the summer with all of the four teams that played recording victories. Well done to all who took the field and thanks to those who helped with off field duties to get everything ready, especially Hilton “Hilly” Duncan. Below are the match scores and best performers.

Our 1st and 2nd XI play their first match this weekend so we will have a big selection night this Thursday with a meal for $9 per person after training, catering for all diets. Now that daylight savings has kicked in and the weather is warmer it will be good to see some big numbers at all training sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Our junior boys teams kick off this weekend and the All Girls Team and Milo in2CRICKET start next week and T20 BLAST on Sat 24th October. Get along and support our young cricketers as they love having seniors at their games. All fixtures are on mycricket.cricket.com.au

We are always looking for volunteers to help with a range of activities at the club so don’t be shy and ask Vinay, Elliot, your captain or any of the committee members on how to get involved.

Weekend results:
3rd XI def Monash University
6/133 G Pant 37* D Goodey 28*
126 A Pandey 2/15 S Kumar 2/26

4th XI def Sacred Heart
3/141 T Grandih 61* S Wilson 32*
132 K Srikanth 4/29 H Singh 3/29

A Sunday def Endeavour Hills
4/231(cc) G Takkiar 70 J Crine 58* M Srivastava 57
8/188(cc) J Crine 2/13 V Tripathi 2/22

B Sunday Grade def Thornbury Turf Strokers
7/150 A Morton 53*
4/128(cc) J McMahon 3/11

Looking forward to a big weekend of cricket!

Luke Meyer

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To All CCC Seniors,

The season is about to kick off so it’s time to register and get ready. Please get to training at the club this Tuesday or Thursday from 5:15pm and complete your registration form and pay your club fees. The best value is to pay full fees upfront today. Our Captains were also announced on Sunday – congratulations to those who have accepted these roles. Fixtures are now online mycricket.cricket.com.au

This week we have our MCA teams getting started and the 1st and 2nd XIs starting the following Saturday. This Friday, the 4th XI are at Lords and Sunday sees the 3rds at Koornang Park the B Sunday at Lords and A-Sunday are away.

It’s been a strong preseason with good numbers and many good performances in the practice matches. We will have pizzas after training on Thursday night as we have only just moved into the rooms today but we will have a main meal Thursday next week when all XIs take the park.

We have merchandise about to arrive with new white playing shirts and pants and new training shirts available along with our other gear such as baggy caps, baseball style caps, shorts, stubbie holders, keyrings etc. Check the merchandise page on the app or website.

In order to be a successful organisation we need your help so please volunteer to help at the club with the following:

– Assisting captains by offering your services as a team manager
– General help at the club with cleaning etc
– Helping with setting up on match days
– Assisting with applying covers or pitch preparation on Thursday and Friday
– Cooking BBQ’s and running raffles
– Helping with juniors training on Monday or Wednesday nights and matches on Friday nights, Saturday and Sunday mornings

Captains for 2015/16 – Congratulations to the successful applicants
1st XI Aaron Fenton
2nd XI Glenn Murphy
3rd XI Dave Goodey
4th XI Vernon Purdey
Sunday A Grade Ash Chawla
Sunday B Grade Shieng Tu

We are also currently seeking a net captain for this season – the position involves organising the bowlers and batsmen in the order the coach instructs and generally controlling the nets. We understand that more than one may be required due to work commitments. If you can help in the role please email cricket@carnegiecc.com

All the best for this season. From Luke Meyer on behalf of the Carnegie CC Committee

Senior Captains Announced

Captains for 2015/16

1st XI Aaron Fenton

2nd XI Glenn Murphy

3rd XI Dave Goodey

4th XI Vernon Purdey

Sunday A Grade Ash Chawla

Sunday B Grade Shieng Tu

Good luck to all the captains for the coming season. Can all members do whatever you can do to support your captains during the season. There are many things you can assist with like setting up on match days, assisting with covers and packing up at the end of the days play. We would also like to thank the unsuccessful candidates for applying this season and we hope that you will apply again in the future.

Season Launch this Sunday the 27th of Sept

With the season now just only a week away. This Sunday the 27th is our season launch for 2015/16. This is an important day for the club. It is also our last Sunday training session prior to the start of the season.

It will gives us the chance to announce the Skippers and coaching staff for the coming season. We will also announce all the exciting sponsors we have on-board this year. The new committee will also be assembled and ready to have a chat.

We will also be able to bring all members up to date with plenty of things happening off the field with Juniors and our first all girls team.

The senior coaches will detail their direction for the season and what is required of the playing group to achieve our goals for the season.

Plucka and Murf will also be set up with registration forms and the eftpos machine to collect fees for the coming season, it is required that all players are financial to take to the field or have entered into a payment arrangement with the above gentlemen.

Some members have asked what is included in the senior fees at Carnegie, here below is a description:

Included in the fees are, Grounds Hire, Pavillion Hire, Umpires, Sports Insurance, Lunches, Match Balls, Turf Wicket Preparation, Coaching and Training Equipment.

Along with the membership form this season is the order form for merchandise, you will also be able to order and pay for your merchandise on this day. The first delivery of merchandise will be late next week and a following delivery ant the end of the following week, place and pay for your order not to miss out on the limited first deliveries. This season we will have both white playing shirts and pants available along with the usual training shirts and hoodies.

The schedule for the day is senior training starts from 11am and concludes at 1pm. The Season launch begins at 1pm and concludes at 3.00pm. We are preparing food for the day at a cost of $15 per person (vegetarian option available). The Bar will be open with plenty of cold drinks.

The weather looks great for Sunday, Go Neggies!

Outdoor Training Starts Today @ 5.15pm

Senior Training Update

Training shifts outdoors @ Koornang Park from today (Thursday the 24/09) starting from 5.15pm.

All training sessions will be outdoors from today, with our next session happening along with the season launch on Sunday the 27th of Sept from 11AM. Normal Tuesday/Thursday training will resume from next Tuesday at 5.15pm.

Tonight’s training will involve a nets session while still daylight and then fielding under lights to finish.

Go Neggies!

Update for This Weekend 19/20th of Sept

A big weekend of cricket activities planned for this weekend

We start on Saturday the 19th of Sept with the seniors Practice Match #3 vs Middle Park be @ Duncan McKinnon Reserve Nth Oval, be at the ground 10.30am. White Shirts and pants and rubber sole shoes.

Then Junior training for the U-13’s is on Saturday the 19th from 3pm till 5pm @ Koornang Park.

On Sunday the 20th Senior Practice Match #4 vs Moorabbin CC 2nd XI gets underway @ Tatterson Park Keysborough, just behind Springers. Be at the ground at 10.30am. White Shirts and pants and rubber sole shoes.

Sunday 11.00am until 1pm a combined U-15 and Senior training will take place @ Koornang Park run by Uncle El.

Go Neggies!