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Cricket Regardless of its international reputation, the Hong Kong Cricket Club did not, and could not, exist on Interports and Friendly matches alone. Competitive league cricket is the backbone of the Club's day-to-day existence. HKCC currently runs three teams in the domestic Saturday League competition and two teams in the Sunday League. Additionally, the Club provides teams in all junior league competitions (Under 13 to Under 19) and the HKCA Women's League. The Cricket season runs from late September through to early May and Club team net practices are held under lights every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening starting from 6:30 p.m.. Ladies' team practices are held on Friday evenings. HKCC also organises junior coaching programmes in association with Hong Kong Cricket Assocation throughout the year. For more details please click on The Gappers.
ICC honours two Club cricketers As part of its Centenary Year celebrations, the ICC has awarded 100 Centenary Medals to the most worthy volunteers around the world.
The Medals were presented to the five Hong Kong recipients by David Morgan, President of the International Cricket Council (middle) in a special ceremony held at Hong Kong Cricket Club's Cricket Centre on Monday 11th January. HKCC recipients were : Anita Miles - "a main driving force behind the creation of the Ladies League in Hong Kong. She has been the Convenor of HKCC Women's Cricket since 2001 and organised the two HKCC Teams who have been playing in the Ladies League since its commencement." George Lamplough - "a major organizer behind improvements to the Hong Kong Cricket Club's Gappers Junior Cricket Programme which oversees the coaching of 200 cricketers under 13 years of age, on Saturday mornings."
Natasha, Rodney and Anita Miles; George and Giovanna Lamplough
THE NEWS As we move towards the pointy end of the season, all of the teams are focusing on reaching the finals and giving themselves an opportunity to win the silverware. The next month will decide who makes the final stages and who falls away. If we play to our potential, I feel that, with the exception of the Optimists who cannot qualify, all our teams have a great chance of reaching the final stage and once there, anything can happen. The new indoor facilities are amazing and allow us to have much greater intensity in training and increases our capabilities significantly. The Hawk-Eye installation has been going through the final testing phase and this will enable players to analyse their game to a far greater degree than anything available before. It will also allow umpires to have specialized training in line with the international standards of the ICC. On a side note, please be aware that there is a dress code for the nets. Players should wear either the Club training kit or whites. I do not normally discuss individual performances in the Pinkun, but there was an incredible innings in the recent game between the Optimists and the Scorpions that I feel should be mentioned. This game is always keenly contested and this was no different until Toby Brown came to the wicket and scored 166 not out off 65 balls. Having witnessed Toby play similar innings in the past, it was no surprise that it would be him who produced this performance, but I think this betters his other performances. Toby is one of the hardest trainers in the Club and it shows that this input does pay off.
Congratulations to Max Tucker, Mark Chapman and Alex Smith who represented Hong Kong in the recent U19 World Cup. Hong Kong finished two places above their ranking, which was a great achievement and all three played a significant part in Hong Kong gaining this result. Alex has submitted a short piece about playing in the World Cup. Finally, Shandy is organizing a tour to India in March. If you are interested in going and playing at the first test ground in India (Bombay Gymkhana) then please step forward and let Shandy know. Tours are extremely important in promoting both the game and our Club's reputation around the world and I would encourage all Members to get involved.
James Callow
MARK KRATZMANN 706 runs at 117.7 on Saturday and 533 runs at 66.6 on Sunday. Please refer to Hong Kong Cricket Association -
www.hkca.cricket.org |
Hong Kong Cricket Club
State-of-the-art facilities
for Cricket are now available indoors in the all new Cricket Centre for
Excellence at the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Pleas
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