U16 Reds Vs Woodville - Grand Final Team

Congratulations to our U16 Reds side who defeated West Torrens in last weekends semi final to book a place in the GF against top placed Woodville (at Woodville Oval from 1:30pm this Saturday and Sunday). The boys last encounter with the Peckers ended in a narrow 1 wicket loss, so this game promises to be a good one. The club encourages all supporters to get along and support our flagship junior side, many of whom will transition into senior ranks next season.

SDCC U16 Reds vs Woodville @ Woodville Oval (12:30pm for a 1:30pm start): 

Austin Zrim; Ben Layton; Daniel Bruce; Alex Cornelius* (wk); Isaac Tierney; Andy Steele; Will Greenshields; Bryn Loots; Mitch Farquhar; Tom Hynes; Warren Schutt; Josiah Grzyb; Rory Hanson (13th)

The team welcomes back Tom Hynes who has recently played for his school side, and made his A grade debut in the final round. Rory Hanson is the unlucky player to miss out. 

We wish the boys the best of luck, and hope they enjoy the experience of playing in a district cricket grand final.

JB Wins CW Walker

Congrats to A grade Vice- Captain Josh Barrett who has won the CW Walker memorial trophy for this season. JB is the second Stingray to win the award following Shane Deitz in season 2004/05. JB also finished the year as our leading run scorer with 386 runs @ 27.57. 

The CW Walker Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding wicket-keeper was awarded to Josh Barrett from Southern District who polled 187 votes. Barrett polled ahead of Tea Tree Gully’s Tim Davey (185 votes) and East Torrens Mark Eichler, who polled 182 votes.

Congratulations 25 year service

The Annual Volunteers function at Adelaide Oval saw four long serving Stingrays recognised. (All received 25 year service medals.)

Grae MacKinnon was recognised for his service with the junior part of the club and his long term commitment to the "Southern Stumps."  Grae also makes sure the Stingrays efforts are publiced in the Southern Argus.

Kuang Tan has been involved with Southern as a player and admininstrator.  He is a member of the Executive Committee and is our representative with SACA committees.

Richard Ridley was a member of the original committee which set up the club over 25 years ago.  He has been a volunteer as a scorer, team manager and transporter of players.  He has rejoined the Executive Committee over recent seasons.

Mal Condon has been with us as A grade coach over the last two seasons.  Before joining us he worked with Sheidow Park Cricket Club.  He also served as a player and administator with District teams in New South Wales.

All will be recognised at functions over the next few weeks.

from saca website

Southern District crowned Women's Twenty20 Champions
Monday 4 March 2013
The Southern District Stingrays claimed a remarkable victory over Tea Tree Gully/Northern Districts at Adelaide Oval yesterday, to earn their first Women’s A Grade Twenty20 Cup. Heading in to the game as underdogs, the young Stingrays team showed experience beyond their years against a seasoned opponent in TTG/ND.
TTG/ND won the toss and sent Southern District in to bat in hope of bowling them out for a low total. It looked to be a good decision as they claimed some early wickets to have the Stingrays in trouble at 4/24. Opener Jessica O’Reilly made a solid 22 and started to build a decent partnership with Kylie Rattray, before their partnership ended at 39 as O’Reilly was dismissed by Chloe Scheer (1/20). Rattray looked in great touch at the crease as she blasted a match winning 43* runs from 41 balls to help take the Stingrays total to an impressive 107. Jess Fiebig, Cara Fiebig, Neisha Iles and Ainslee Knight each took one wicket for TTG/ND.
In reply, TTG/ND made a decent start thanks to openers Brittany Perry (16) and Stephanie Morrison (18). But the Stingrays looked dangerous in the field, and when Rattray stumped Perry which was followed soon after by an incredible run out from Tabatha Saville, the momentum was well and truly with Southern District. The TTG/ND middle order failed to put any runs on the board thanks to some great bowling from Georgia Weatherspoon (2/9) and Jessica O’Reilly (2/3). TTG/ND was eventually dismissed for 47 and Southern District was crowned the 2012/13 Women’s A Grade Twenty20 Champions.

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A GRADE T20 PREMIERSHIP

The A grade Women's team have won the T20 final played at Adelaide Oval on March 3.

We batted first making 107 with Kylie Rattray making 43 no (41 balls), Jess O'Reilly 22, Georgia Weatherspoon  and Kayla McGrath 9 each.

At one stage TTG / Northern were 0/36 (7.1 overs) to be dismissed for 47 seven overs later.  Kelly Armstrong took the figures with 2/3 combined with three run outs gave us a win with six overs to spare.

Full report in the Women's Section.