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Hello cricketers! The exciting news this week was the confirmation of ChrisTremain in the NSW All Schools NSW Cricket Team to play OLD later thismonth at the SCG and at Bradman Oval in Bowral. This follows his selection inthis team in 2008-2009. This is a fantastic achievement and is well deserved.This is the third year in arrow that the School has had a player represent NSWSchoolboys Team. The otherhighlight was the selection of AngusPolhill in the Southern Country team after representing Western in theCountry carnival last week. Jason Date also had a good carnival posting astrong 55 on Day 2 of the carnival. Angus's economical spin bowling wasinstrumental in Western's strong performance.
ICCINTERNATIONAL SCHOOLBOYS DUBAI TOUR
The other bignews is an invitation for Kinross Wolaroi School to send one of two Australianschoolboy teams to play in an ICC International Schoolboys Cricket Carnival tobe played in Dubai in the April School Holidays In 2010. At this stage theschool is seeking expressions of interest from boys playing in our senior teamswho want to tour. Boys have been issued with flyers advertising the tour andproviding general details of the tour. If there is enough support there will bean information meeting held on Friday 5th November at 7 pm in Room81. CricketHighlights from last week
KWS 1ST XI - ODCA MENS COMPETITION
The First XIhave recorded two strong wins in the 40 over day night competition played underlights at Wade Park. The boys had a great win over Orange City chasing downOrange City's score of 181 with an over to spare. James Conn and Pat Davis puton 93 runs to get the boys home in a fine effort. Then last Wednesday nightKWS1ST XI dismissed Waratahsfor 58 after scoring 150 off the 4o overs . James Conn 4-10 Mark Gardner 2-20and Angus Polhill 3 -6 spun the game away from Waratahs after Jayden Gardnerscored a fine 62. The team is near the top of the competition at this point andthe games are providing the a good build up to the finalseries of the NSW Schoolboys Macquarie BankCup which will be played in Sydney in two weeks at the Shore school. The winnerof this competition is regarded as the leading NSW school cricket team and theboys in the KWS1ST XI arelooking forward to the finals.
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Kinross Wolaroi School's reputation as the leading NSW country cricket school has been reinforced by recent performances at a team and individual representative level. Kinross Wolaroi School won the Douglas Shield in 2008 and in 2009 and the Victor Trumper Shield in 2008. The 1ST XI play in the ODCA Men's First Grade Men's Competition and the 2nd XI play in the 2nd grade competition. The schools also fields ten teams in the ODJCA competition. Some 130 boys are currently playing cricket and this is a reflection of the interest and enthusiasm of the boys. Two boys Chris Tremain and Sandy Rogers have been selected in the NSW Open Schoolboys Team in 2008-2009 season and many of our boys play representative cricket for Orange and Mitchell Associations. Chris Tremain was also named as the Orange District Senior Cricketer of the Year for 2008/2009.The school facilities are outstanding with two turf wickets, 7 turf practice wickets, indoor nets and three synthetic pitches which allow the boys to reach their full potential. The boys are well supported by a quality coaching staff and the emerging talent of the school's junior cricketers will ensure a bright future for Kinross Wolaroi School Cricket.
Recent Highlights and Results
September 2009 : Ready to take on the best in NSW ... The Kinross Wolaroi 1ST XI cricket team played Knox Grammarfrom Sydney in the Quarterfinal of the statewide Macquarie Bank Cup at KWS. The Game started at 10am. KWS lost the toss, were sent into bat and were in trouble early on a slow and wet wicket. Jayden Gardner steadied the batting with a solid 31. KWS were looking down the barrel of avery low score at 6 -79 , when a solid partnership of 53 from Cameron Kerslake and Pat Davis saw the home side reach a respectable score of 140 from their 50 overs. As the visiting team fromset about making the total, they were at Knox 2 for 82 and looking good,when spin twins Angus Polhill and Captain James Conn bowled in tandem,sending down 20 overs for 40 runs to tie the batsmen down. Paceman John Somers bowled a great spell 0-24 off 8 to put the opposition into panic mode. This saw 4 runouts occur with spectacular fielding by all players. ODCA cricketer of the year for 2009 Chris Tremain then bowled agreat comeback spell to take the vital 6th wicket, and then Jackson Coote finished the lower order off with a destructive spell of 4-12 from 4 overs, clean bowling the last 3 Knox batsmen. Coach Mark Gardner was full of praise for his team, "What a great team effort", he said, "There was no standout player today, everyone gave their all and pulled together when we looked down and out. I am very proud of them as a group." The win sees the Kinross Wolaroi team qualify for the Finals Series of the NSW All Schools Macquarie Bank Cup to be played at Shore Sydney on 17th and 18th November, 2009.
KWS wins the Douglas Shield again in 2009, plus 2 junior grand finals
Inwhat has already been described as the best season ever for KWScricket, the icing was put on the cake over the weekend as the seasondrew to a close. The KWS 1st XI dominated from start to finish in theDouglas Shield final again. The KWS batting lineup scored a mammothtotal of 280 from their 50 overs, with jason Date top scoring with awell constructed 65, Pat davis was again in top batting form scoring53, and Nathan Kerslake chipped in with the third half-ton of the day.The tearaway quicks again produced lightning spells to soften up thetop order bats from William Clarke College and then the spinners wereunleashed to turn the screws. John Somers took 3 wickets with theopposition falling well short of the total, being all out for only 113.This means they will travel to Sydney later in the year for theMacquarie Bank cup, a 'champion of champions' competition between thetop 8 teams around NSW.In the junior cricket end of season matches, KWShad FIVE teams competitng in grand finals over the weekend chasingglory. With all teams acquitting themselves well, it was the Under12's, Under 13's and Thirds who finished with premierships. The 12'swaited until there were only 8 balls left in the game to securevictory, and the thirds continued the dominance they have had in theircompetition all year, but the 13's did things in style wrapping up thegame with almost 3 hours to spare. The 14's and 15's were in the huntin their quests for victory, but as often happens in cricket thingsjust didn't go their way in the crucial moments.In breaking news, KWS First XI player Chris Tremain was named as Orange Cricketer of the Year for 2009,beating out a host of big named players from the Central West for thehonour. Chris' proud grandparents (grandad is an ex-student) were onhand to see the great Douglas Shield victory and share in the greatmoment as this announcement was made.
Special thanks goes to all those parents who have assisted the coacheswith scoring and umpiring this season. The coaches and boys appreciate yoursupport. To all the 130 boys and coaches playing cricket in our 12 teams thanksfor your efforts this year and we hope to see you back in 2009-2010. Specialthanks to the ground-staff who work hard to look after the wickets and maintainthe magnificent grounds the boys get to play on.
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James Conn, Captain of Cricket scores 100 - Douglas Shield 2008-9
Kinross Wolaroi secured a great win over All Saints Bathurst in Round 2 of the Douglas Shield on 26th November 2008.Kinross Wolaroi scored 9-227 from 50 overs with Jason Date 42 and Pat Davis 37 not out. All Saints were then dismissed for 79 with Angus Polhill taking 3-8 from 5 overs, Jackson Coote 3-27,Chris Tremain 2-19 from 7overs,John Somers 1-5. Highlight of the day was the well crafted century scored by James Conn. All Saints were wonderful hosts and their young team put us under some pressure early in the innings but Jame's innings provided the foundation for a great win.
