Febluary

Once again this year the Southern District Cricket Club along with the South Australian Cricket Association and the Beyond Blue organisation brings a focus to the issues of mental health within the community through the FeBLUary initiative.

Fern Nizzola and his sub-committee including joint initiators of this wonderful program Vanessa Kasbergen and Russell Vincent have again put the wheels in motion to raise the communities awareness of mental health.

Events include the annual Police versus a Southern District Foundation Eleven being played on Thursday FeBLUary 10 at Bice Oval, game commences at 5:00 pm, BBQ, canteen and clubroom facilities will be open. Everyone is invited to take part in this great community event.

This is followed on Saturday the 12 of FeBLUary with the Comedy Night, this is a chance to laugh at life and enjoy the company of fellow club members and community supporters of this event. $20 entry to this event that is targeting the over 18 members of our community and again lifting community awareness.

SACA have organised the launch for the state wide FeBLUary program on Sunday the 6th at Adelaide Oval, Russell Vincent will assist with this launch. Visit the SACA website for more information. http://www.cricketsa.com.au/content.aspx?p=284

Russell has gained significant support from a wide range of business's in the Southern area who have agreed to carry Beyond Blue information in their business's. This support helps spread the message and is much appreciated. We would especially like to thank Travel World for their commitment to this event.

All our players will be issued with a blue Stingrays hat for the match on FeBLUary 19 to continue the clubs commitment to the program.

Lend your support and get behind all the initiatives and raise awareness for the issues of mental health and depression.

Febluary gets of to a great start with the annual comedy night on Saturday Febluary 12th at the Bice Oval Club.

Tickets are $20.00 which gives you three of the funniest stand up comedians in Adelaide.

Ben Darsow, Kehau Jackson and Rich Neighbourhood will provide a barrel of laughs for all in attendance.

To book a table give Harvey Jolly a call on 0438 928 369.

Come and enjoy a night of fun!

Stingray Quiz Night

The club will be holding a quiz night on Saturday January 22nd at Bice oval from 7:30pm. The cost is $5 per person and kids under 10 are free.

If you would like to book a table please contact Marg on : 8270 1382 (h) or 0405 299 569 (Mob) or Email – carefreeloans@internode.on.net

Other upcoming events in coming weeks include the FeBLUary launch for 2011 including comedy night, and a one-day match at Encounter bay featuring Stingray A grade Men and Glenelg.

Port Noarlunga Chase Down T20 Smash Title

Port Noarlunga took out the inaugural T20 Smash title by defeating Kangarilla in the final match of the elimination tournament on Sunday. The match featured Stingrays captain Simon Roberts (Kangarilla) and T20 skipper Shaun Tanner (Port) and saw Port Noarlunga chase the very competitive 131 required for victory with an over to spare. Port collected the $500 winners cheque after also beating Seaford and Flagstaff Hill during the opening rounds. Kangarilla made the final by easily accounting for Noarlunga and the Stingrays combined C/D grade side. Games were played in good spirit and SDCC hopes to make the event an annual event on the Southern Cricket calendar.

Other Stingray players returning to their club of origin to bolster those sides included Sean McIvor (Seaford), Brenton Maiolo (Reynella), Pat Jolly (Morphett vale), Josh Barrett (Flagstaff Hill).

Southern District thanks President Harvey Jolly who planned the event, well supported by his army of volunteer Stingrays.

Coaching Tips from CA fielding coach Wade Seccombe

Coaching tips for throwing, catching, keeping and other fielding disciplines can be found online at the StingraysTV YouTube channel. Wade Seccombe is currently the fielding and keeping coach at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. Follow the links from www.stingrays.com.au

Internationally renowned model Lewis Hatchett and a puppy faced Josh Barrett also feature in photos of CA's latest coaching manual 2010 edition. A spokes-person for CA said the book needed to reflect "real" cricket talent, but, when they couldn't find any, settled on JB and Hatch.

Southern T20 Smash

The Southern District Cricket Club in association with the Southern Cricket Association, its A Grade clubs and the Reynella Cricket Club will hold the inaugural Southern Twenty-20 Smash on Sunday January 9, 2011. In a knock out competition starting at 8:45 all eight teams will play Round 1 where only the winners will progress to the Semi-Finals.

Southern District has named a supplementary squad of C & D grade players for the match.

C. Franceschini, A. Moore, T. Phillips, K. Tan, J. Robshaw, R. Barrett, D. Laubscher (+), D. Miller, S. Kerr, R. Button, V. Nizzola, T. Cotter-Gillies, S. Williams,

The program for the day is;

8:45 am,
Game 1 Reynella v Southern @ Reynella Oval
Game 2 Morphett Vale v Flagstaff Hill @ Bice Oval
Game 3 Port Noarlunga v Seaford @ Christies HS Oval
Game 4 Noarlunga v Kangarilla @ Woodcroft College Oval

12:30 pm
1st Semi Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 4 @ Reynella Oval;
2nd Semi Winner Game 2 v Winner Game 3 @ Bice Oval

4:30 pm
Final Winner 1st Semi v Winner of 2nd Semi @ Bice Oval

The day looks like being a cracker with all the Southern cricket fraternity involved, catering will be available at Reynella and Bice Oval along with bar facilities.

A small entry fee will be charged at Bice Oval to support the event. Prize Money of $500 is up for grabs which will be presented at the completion of the final at Bice Oval. all players and officials have been invited back to Bice Oval for a complimentary BBQ.

COME ALONG AND SUPPORT WHAT LOOKS TO BE A GREAT CELEBRATION OF CRICKET

Southern Name BankSA Shield Squad

An initial squad of 12 players have been anounced to represent Southern District in this seasons BankSA shield. Southern has traditionally used this competition as a pathway to help prepare junior players for senior cricket, using a mix of form players already representing the club at senior level and those deemed to have potential to debut in the coming years.

Rhys Barrett (Capt); Sam Overall; Sean Williams; Thomas Cotter-Gilles; Huw Stone; Jack Gwatking; Tom Phillips; Sam Phillips; Jack Clark; Daniel McNicol; Lachlan Garrett; Mitchell Millen

Several places remain up for grabs in the squad, with local club cricketers and eligible Stingray players jostling to fill the final positions that will see the side play 7 matches across 10 days.

The team will train from 3pm Tuesday 4th of January, coached by Lewis Hill and managed by Joel Garrett. Any enquiries can be made to Rose Miller (Junior Coordinator).

Stingrays Sweep Port to End 2010 on a High

Southern District recorded an unusual sweep in round 7 winning all seven senior mens games against Port Adelaide, followed by a Heroes and Villans Christmas party back at the club. The round featured an A grade one-day match (dual points in two and one-day comps) as well as back to back T20 games for B,C & D grades.

In the A grade the Stringrays bounced back from a loss against Sturt to outpoint Port at Bice oval. Southern Captain Simon Roberts returned to form with a well compiled 46* after Joel Garrett also contributed a patient 37 at the top of the innings as Southern closed at 6/169. Port were strangled early by miserly bowling from Sean McIvor (2/6 off 10) with skipper Roberts chipping in with 3 for 14. Shaun Tanner and Paul Roberts completed the slow bowling onslaught with 2/19 and 2/14 respectively. Port were all out for 121 leaving Southern sitting 2nd at the break. With 6 games still in hand (including a rescheduled match against ET) the Rays will need at least 3 wins to feature in finals for the first time in several years.

The B grade snuck over the line in game two thanks to super over heroics from Jack Taylor and Robbie McCard. Finishing on 112 a piece, the match went to a super over which saw southern 0/8 def Port 1/5. Brenton Maiolo scoring 39 and Jack Taylor taking 2/14. Game one saw Taylor unleash with 72 well supported by Matt Sugg with 26 to finish 5/135 from their 20 overs. Port responded to be all out 101 thanks to Blake Trigg (2/15) and Jibber McCormack (2/37).

Southern Smacked Port in both C grade encounters, easily chasing down Ports 75 in game 1, and resticting Port to just 45 in game 2 chasing 113. The Standout was Brendan McCormack's unbeaten 51 and 2/2 with the ball and a team effort to round off the result.

D grade surprised with strong wins, with "The Chad" Franceschini scoring a brutal 135no in game two as Southern pounded 1/209. Tom Cotter-Gillies took 4 wickets to complete the route. Game one was a more even encounter as Tom Philips continued his good early season form with 43no and Huw Stone and Jack Gwatking scored two wickets a piece.

Southern go into the break on top of the club championship, just ahead of Sturt and no doubt a fast finishing Woodville who have a friendly draw to finish the season.

Barrett Makes Futures Cup Debut

Stingrays Keeper Joshua Barrett made his U23 Futures Cup debut in the recent T20 tournament held in Melbourne. With Graham Manou's understudy Tim Ludermann on Redbacks duty, opportunity knocked for JB who recently returned from representing SA in the U19 national carnival. His selection was recognition of his solid start to the A grade season which saw him collect the rising star award in round 1. The club congratulates Josh on this achievement.