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After last week’s announcement that Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket had been named NZ Cricket’s 2017/18 Club of the Year, our Chairman David Robertson was interviewed on Newstalk ZB’s All Sport Breakfast show.

Listen to the recording of the interview (listen-time: 4 mins) below.

 

November arrives tomorrow and that means it’s time to grow a mane in support of Movember. Movember is a charity to raise awareness around men’s health. Many of you will have been affected either directly or indirectly by this issue. BWC has taken the initiative to get in behind the foundation and we need you to help!

What you need to do:

1. Set up a profile by clicking here.
2. After you have set up a profile, search for and join the Burnside Manes group here.
3. Shave on Thursday 1st November.
4. Don’t shave your grill again until Club Night.
5. Convince your girlfriend and your mum to sponsor you with cold hard cash or credit card donations on the Movember website.

Why:

• Support men’s health. Most of you are guys, or know at least one guy, and healthy guys are better than unhealthy ones.

When:

• Movember starts tomorrow (Thursday 1st November).
• Shave Off by the 1st.
• All participants must submit a pre and post mugshot.

 Extras:

• The club will be going up against St Albans who have been personally affected by this issue in a competition to raise the most funds.
• There will be a competition for best/worst Mo’s of the club.
• December 1st: Club night with prizes drawn for various categories (more details to come).

Get a proper shave to get started:

• If you need help with the shave: On Friday you can get shaved at 12:30pm 7 Ash street by a Barkers groomer. Bacon Brothers will be providing burgers and there will free Karma Cola’s (limited supply). More details here.

If you have any questions get in touch with Angus Harman.

Friday Night cricket starts this Friday for all of our younger club members. The coaches are all ready and pumped to be getting into again this summer!

For those new to the Friday Night crowd, and as a reminder for returning families, here is the park layout and best places to park:

What do you need to do?

If you have registered already, just turn up! The sessions start at 6pm sharp, and on the first night we’ll split the groups in to the Super Star Academy and the Kiwi Cricketers as below.

If you haven’t registered yet?

No problem – jsut show up and let one of the coaches know you are a new member. They’ll help get you in the right place, and introduce you to our Junior Convenor. If you want to register now, you still can by filling out this registration form, and making an online payment as per the details on the form, and returning the completed form to cricket@burnsidecricket.org.nz.

Superstar Academy – (formerly Have a Go)

For our youngest players (School years 1 & 2), there is a focus on participation, skill development, and confidence building through cricket-focussed ball play in the Superstar Academy program. This was previously known as ‘Have-a-go’. Boys & Girls play together with trained junior coaches in a fun and friendly environment.

Kiwi Cricket

For advanced Year 2s, Year 3’s & Year 4’s. This is still mostly skill and play based and gradually works up to short gameplay towards the end of each sessions. Boys and Girls play together. Some of our more advanced Year 4 players will then have the option to play after the Christmas Holiday’s in CJCA’s T20 Year 4 North Zone cricket, on Saturday mornings.

What happens after Friday Night Cricket?

As players head into Year 5, they move into more traditional cricket through junior T20 style matches and will play for Burnside in one of our Saturday morning sides.

The new BWCUCC flag was hoisted for the first time at the weekend by Mike Fisher from CMCA. Peter Isle was on hand to supervise and will take on official flag-bearer and commissionaire duties now that he has been re-kitted in new BWC 2018 edition cap an pullover.

 

In this weeks update a lot of readers will be disappointed to learn that Gibbo is away and not able to bring you the usual high standard of reporting…..

• Saturday Junior Cricket is on over the long weekend
• Friday Night Cricket is NOT on this weekend, starts 26th October 2018
• Draws and Fixtures
• Plus more

All current and former members are warmly invited to enjoy watching a day of cricket on Saturday 3rd November, at Hagley Park for the second annual Boock Sharp Trophy.

The Boock-Sharp Trophy (introduced in 2017/2018) is an interclub challenge between BWCUCC and St Albans, where sides from the two clubs come together for the weekend’s  matches to celebrate a friendly rivalry between the clubs.

The match between the Premier teams of both clubs is the centre-piece of the weekend, with the outcome of that match determining the winner of the Boock-Sharp Trophy, which is held by the winner until the next season. BWCUCC are the current holders after winning inaugural bragging rights last year.

This year’s matches:

• BWU vs St. Albans Premiership XI teams will meet on the Hagley Main Oval
• BWU vs St. Albans Championship XI teams will meet on the Hagley Nursery Ground
• BWU vs St. Albans Presidents  XI teams will meet on Hagley 3

After the day’s cricket, players, former players, and supporters of both clubs are invited to retire to St Albans pavilion for refreshments, a presentation, and some short speeches.