Injury Strikes Young Stingray

Up and coming stingrays wicketkeeper Josh Barrett has reportedly broken his femur (big bone in the leg) after a football accident over the weekend. We wish Josh a speedy recovery.

Senior Pre-Season Program

Dear Stingray,

Welcome to season 2008/2009. This season’s pre-season training commences in the first week of August with a strong focus on intense personal skill development and team/club cohesion. We start training this season with Sunday morning sessions and Monday evening sessions. Initially, skills sessions are held at the Adelaide Oval Indoor Nets. Other sessions will be held at Hallett Cove School. Please meet in the Gymnasium Car Park ready to start on time. An eight-week block of training is outlined below.


AUGUST/ SEPTEMBER PROGRAM

Sun 03/08/2008
10:00am -12:00pm All Players Hallett Cove School

Mon 04/08/2008
6:45pm - 9:00pm All Bowlers & Keepers Adel Oval Indoor Nets
7:45pm - 9:00pm All Batsmen (non-bowlers) Adel Oval Indoor Nets

Wed 06/08/2008
6:00pm onwards ‘Winter’ Gym Group Noarlunga Aquatic Centre

Sun 10/08/2008
10:00am -12:00pm All Players Hallett Cove School

Mon 11/08/2008
6:45pm - 9:00pm All Bowlers & Keepers Adel Oval Indoor Nets
7:45pm - 9:00pm All Batsmen Adel Oval Indoor Nets

Wed 13/08/2008
6:00 pm onwards ‘Winter’ Gym Group Noarlunga Aquatic Centre

Sun 17/08/2008
8:45am - 12:00pm All Players Wirreanda High School

Wed 20/08/2008
6:00pm onwards ‘Winter’ Gym Group Noarlunga Aquatic Centre

Fri 22/08/2008
6:30pm - 8:00pm All Players Adel Oval Indoor Nets

Sun 24/08/2008
10:00am – 12:00pm All Players Brighton Jetty

Wed 27/08/2008
6:00pm onwards ‘Winter’ Gym Group Noarlunga Aquatic Centre

Fri 29/08/2008
6:30pm - 8:00pm All Players Adel Oval Indoor Nets

Sun 31/08/2008
10:00am – 12:00pm All Players Hallett Cove School

Thur 04/09/2008
7:15pm – 8:30pm All Players Noarlunga Aquatic Centre

Fri 05/09/2008
6:30pm 8:00pm All Players Adel Oval Indoor Nets

Sun 07/09/2008
10:00am - 12:00pm All Players Wirreanda High School

Thur 11/09/2008
7:15pm - 8:30pm All Players Noarlunga Aquatic Centre

Fri 12/09/2008
6:30pm - 8:00pm All Players Adel Oval Indoor Nets

Sun 14/09/2008
10:00am - 12:00pm All Players Wirreanda High School

Tues 16/09/2008
4:00pm - 6:30pm All Players Bice Oval &/or CBH East

Thur 18/09/2008
4:00pm - dark All Players Wirreanda High School

Sun 21/09/2008
10:00am - 12:00pm All Players CBH East – Trial Match

Tues 23/09/2008
4:00pm - 6:30pm All Players Bice Oval &/or CBH East

Thur 25/09/2008
4:00pm - 6:30pm All Players Bice Oval &/or CBH East

SDCC is spending considerable time and money improving practice wickets, oval maintenance and irrigation throughout September. Times and venues may need to be altered once we have a clearer picture as to the suitability of turf practice wickets. Most training sessions will be coordinated by Abe Moore (High Performance Coach) and Scott Heywood (Senior Coach). We advise players to commence the endurance phase of your fitness program upon receipt of this letter by undertaking two x 45-60 minute individual fitness sessions per week. While many trainings will commence with net sessions focussing on technique development, please come prepared for alternative activities. Bring both spiked and rubber soled trainers.

Please confirm receipt of this letter by contacting Scott Heywood to communicate your interest or availability for season 2008/09. (When are you first coming to practice?) Alternatively, notify me of circumstances that impact on your commitment to the coming season. (Tell me if you’re not playing.) Should you be unable to attend any preseason training, direct your apologies to Scott Heywood on 0402 049 203 to discuss your circumstances.

PLEASE arrive in time to allow yourself time to prepare so sessions can start on time! Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

Scott Heywood (Senior Coach)
On behalf of the Stingrays Coaching Team

“If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you’ve always got” - Pat Riley

Stingrays TV

The clubs Stingray TV channel on YouTube recently ticked over its 10,000th view around 12 months after the first video was posted. Videos featuring the club and its players have been watched on almost every continent on the planet (no confirmation about Antartica yet).

Traditional cricket playing nations feature as prominent downloaders (United Kingdom, South Africa, India etc) but there has also been a raft of other intersting hotspots where videos are popular including Oman, Turkey, Iran, Brazil, Chile and Japan. Strangest of all is why the people of California U.S.A find videos featuring our own Josh Barrett so interesting??? Hundreds of Californian's have logged on in the past year to catch up on JB's cover-drive...

In Australia the demographics suggest that the audience is 89% male, between the ages of 25 and 55. World wide the ladies are far more interested than at home, accounting for almost 30% of the audience. All video's can be seen at our online sports channel at:

http://youtube.com/user/arbay38