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B Sunday Grand Final at Koornang Park this Sunday

It’s grand final week, and the big dance is coming to Koornang Park this Sunday with our Sunday 1-day team hosting the Melbourne Cobras in the MCA B Sunday grand final. Elliot’s team have had a fantastic season finishing top of the ladder and are determined to go all the way after some near misses in recent years.

The final kicks off at 11am, and is sure to be an entertaining game of cricket. Your support at any time during the day will be greatly appreciated, so come down and cheer the boys on as they fight to bring home a flag.

Carn the Negie!!

It’s Finals Time!

It’s finals time at the Negie, and this season we have no less than 4 teams in contention, all playing their semi-finals this weekend.

The 1sts claimed 4th spot in VTCA South A1 and will face top side Clayton District at Haughton Rd Reserve, Haughton Rd, Clayton starting at 1pm both Saturday and Sunday. The boys have been in good form lately and are a massive chance of causing an upset here.

The 2nds have claimed a home final, finishing a clear 2nd in VTCA South A2 and will face Hampton at Koornang Park, starting at 1pm both Saturday and Sunday.

The Sunday 1sts were just pipped for top spot in the hotly-contested MCA A Reserve grade and come up against Parkville District at Cordner Oval, Fawkner Park, South Yarra starting at 11am both Saturday and Sunday.

The Sunday 2nds finish top of MCA B Sunday and will be hoping to carry that form into their semi-final against South Yarra at Como Park East, corner Alexandra Avenue and Williams Road, South Yarra. This is a one-day game starting at 11am on Sunday.

The weather will be perfect for cricket-watching this weekend and your support at any one of these games any time across the weekend would be greatly appreciated! If you can’t make it, we’ll be endeavouring to provide updates on our Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Good luck to the 44 players heading out to do battle for CCC this weekend. Carn the Negie!

Reverse Raffle

Our Reverse Raffle is back again, bigger and better than ever with a first prize of $1500! Your $50 ticket not only puts you in the running for the grand prize, you’ll also receive 3 hours’ worth of food, beer, wine and soft drink while the raffle is being drawn, as well as a shot at spot prizes during the day.

The draw kicks off at 12pm on Sunday the 3rd of March at Koornang Park. Out on the ground we’ll have our ladder-leading B Sunday team taking on TTS in a re-match of last season’s grand final.

If you haven’t already grabbed yourself a ticket or two for this great day, see Rohan Storey or Stu Easton and get yourself a chance at $1500!

Trivia Night

Our Annual Trivia Night will be held at Koornang Park on Saturday the 9th of February, kicking off at 7.30PM. Hosted by club president and resident quizmaster Pat O’Shannessy, this is always a great night filled with thought-provoking questions and sensational prizes. All are welcome, so come along and bring some friends or join a table on the night.

Tickets are $30 per adult or $50 per couple/family, and kids under 16 free. Tasty finger food provided and drinks at bar prices.

See you there!

This Coming Round & Merry Xmas

Well it looks like we will be on the park for the final round for the year. Unfortunately due to lack of the numbers the C3 will have to forfeit their match against Parkdale. A quick run down of the teams thus far.

South A1 – A fired up A1 team took on our arch enemies Aspendale last week and dispatched them in style. The win puts the A1 team in 4th heading into tomorrow’s match against Bonbeach. A win could see them move to 3rd if a few other games go our way.

South A2 – Currently sitting second on the ladder and a win tomorrow against Bonbeach will set up a fantastic match straight after Christmas against ladder leaders Clayton.

South C1 – Steve Gange and the boys have found it a bit tough trying to get some quality numbers on the park but they managed to get their first win on the board last round for the season. Lets hope with some soldi numbers after Christmas , The C1 will rack up a few more wins and hopefully make a late charge for the finals.

South C3 – In a similar position to the C1 with playing numbers being the major obstacle. Ash Pandey has done a fantastic job in some difficult circumstances and hopefully we can keep this side going for the rest of the year.

A Res – Ash Chawla never lets the club down and he has once again taking his A Res side to 3rd on the ladder prior to XMAS. With a few more players expected back for Ash’s side after Xmas, We would hope they will figure greatly come finals.

B Sun – A great win last week now sees the B Sunday 8 points clear on top of the ladder . A fine effort by Elliot and the boys who have helped him out all year.

On behalf of the Carnegie Cricket Club General Committee, we would like to take this opportunity to send Christmas Wishes and New Year greetings to all our members and families and hope to see you on the other side of the break ready for the second half of the year.

4,3,2

Round 5 Results

A tough day out for the Saturday sides, the 1sts posted a solid 5/169 and had Bonbeach 8 down with 10 to get off the final over – which they got, finishing 8/172. The 2nds were sent in at Koornang and set 9/135, which Bonbeach reeled in with a few overs to spare, hitting 7/151.

The 3rds were washed out yet again, this time thanks to some localised showers courtesy of the Lords Reserve sprinkler system. The 4ths got on on a slow deck at Princes Park, captain Ash Pandey hitting 38 to take us to 9/123, but we struggled to break through Cheltenham’s top order as they hit 6/138.

In the Sunday games, the Sunday 1sts started their 2-dayer against Malvern in the field, bowling the visitors out for 206, and made a promising start to our reply, 0/36 at stumps. The Sunday 2nds pulled off a cracking win out at Fawkner, in massive trouble at 8/44, James Wilcock pulled us out of the fire with 47 to take us to 112. The Melbourne Cobras were looking untroubled at 4/80 in reply, before Dave Watson got amongst it with 5/15 to knock them over for 88.

On Friday night, the U/13s posted a strong win over Toorak-Prahran at Lords, chasing 2/108, Josh Meyer led the way with 25* as we racked up 3/123. The U/11s faced a tough ask to chase down Malvern’s 3/129, falling short with 6/54.

Round 4 Results

The 1sts got on the winners list for the first time this season, picking up the points comfortably over Parkdale United at Koornang. Chasing 7/154, Matt Hawley led us home with 77 as we compiled 5/182. The 2nds played out another nail-biter, this time falling an agonising 1 run short, bowled out for 127 chasing Parkdale United’s 128.

The 3rds missed out on a game again due to the unavailability of Lords, but the 4ths continued their good start to the season out at Princes Park. Batting first we ran up 8/153, and Middle Park were never in the hunt as we knocked them over for 106.

The Sunday 1sts had a strong win in their 2-day game against Coles Sharks, who were 3/28 at the start of the day chasing our 128. We had them trouble at 8/60 before seeing off a late rally to knock them over for 93. Not such a great day for the Sunday 2nds at Koornang, a good team bowling effort saw us restrict East Malvern Tooronga to 115, but we failed with the bat and were rolled for 66.

A wet Friday night for the juniors, the U/11s game against Mt Waverley called off less than 8 overs in with our boys 3/28. The U/13s pick up their clash with Toorak-Prahran next Friday.

Past Players’ Day

The 2013 “Stockdale & Leggo Glen Huntly” Past Players’ Day will be held on Saturday 1st December at Koornang Park. The day kicks off at 3:30pm (or 7pm if solely attending for the dinner and guest speaker), and will wrap up around 11pm.

We are delighted to announce Simon Helmot as our guest speaker. Simon has played Premier Cricket and became coach of Hawthorn-Monash at age 25. Simon is currently the assistant coach of The Victorian Sheffield shield side, head coach of the Bushrangers, Victoria’s one day side and head coach of the 20/20 Melbourne Renegades. Simon is 40 years old and has achieved a lot in those years from a coaching point of view.

He will be interviewed by former ‘Negie captain and coach, Elliot Cartledge.

That day is the first week of a 1st XI match against Middle Park, so please show your support.

Don’t miss this great chance to reconnect with your cricket club and past team mates and take a journey down memory lane, courtesy of scorebooks, photos and memorabilia.

Tickets
(price includes Guest Speaker, entry, 3 course meal and drinks at bar prices)
Adults: $30
Juniors/Students: $10
Family (2 adults, 2 children): $60

Round 3 Results

A big weekend of cricket as the rain held off for a change and the Saturday comps finally got underway. The 1sts were looking for a big showing first up but couldn’t quite get the choccies, falling just short with 8/131 in response to Hampton’s 9/140. The 2nds pulled off a stunning win at Koornang, chasing Hampton’s 6/174 we were gone for all money before John Young (42*) and Ash Chawla (34*) steered us home with an unbroken 9th-wicket stand. The 4ths jumped out of the blocks well, thumping 5/211 at nearly 6 runs per over, and Bonbeach were never in the hunt replying with 6/111.

The Sunday 1sts struggled to 128 batting first in their 2-day game, but hit back late to have Coles 2/35 at stumps, and a couple of early wickets next week should see them well in the hunt. The Sunday 2nds continued their good start to the season with a big win over Gunbower, chasing 8/142 the result was never in doubt as Dave Bennett cracked 102 on our way to 5/206. Congratulations Dave and well done boys, now 3 from 3 and setting the pace in MCA B Sunday.

In junior cricket, our U/13s made a good fist of a big run chase, hitting 5/125 in response to Oakleigh District Footballer’s 5/165. An encouraging result despite not getting the points.

Results and Round 3

Only the one senior game and two junior games got underway last weekend, with the Sunday 2nds making it two on the trot with a thumping win over Emmanuel, and the U/11s opening their campaign with a thrilling tie against Malvern. The U/13s will be chasing a challenging 165 tonight in the conclusion to their 2-dayer against Oakleigh District Footballers.

It looks like our Saturday sides will finally be getting on the park this weekend, all 1-day games with the 1sts facing Hampton at Boss James Reserve, the 2nds hosting Hampton at Koornang and the 4ths taking on Bonbeach Tangy at Princes Park #4. The Sunday 1sts kick off a 2-day game against Coles at Treyvaud Park, while the Sunday 2nds get their first run on Koornang for the year against Gunbower. Unfortunately the 3rds are missing out again this weekend, and the U/11s have a bye but both should be back in business next weekend.

And for the little ones, our Milo in2CRICKET program starts this Sunday morning at Koornang Park.

Enjoy your cricket everyone.. and carn the Negie!

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