2019/20 produced many Highlights. Some of those highlights were:
- The season saw us expand from 3 teams the previous season to 6 this year
- we had 32 new participants register from Junior Blaster through to U/13s
- we fielded our first ever 13&U girls team
- we introduced 11 new girls to cricket
- the major Xmas raffle at the annual Xmas break up
- the reintroduced the Pink Stumps Day which we intend to hold again next season & will expand into a ladies day for mums next year
- we held School Holiday Clinic at Cricket HQ in which had first-class South African spinner & now Melbourne CC player Kyle Williamson attend in addition to the Mackie senior players
- our U/13B made the grand final
- we had one player make the ISEC U/13s representative side
Sincere thanks to our sponsors
– Dave Douglas from Australian Panel Cleaning & Solar Maintenance
– Grill’d Southland & Carnegie
– Bakers Delight in Prahran
– Everyone who donated prizes for the major Xmas raffle
Special thanks to our coaches, senior players, and Sri Lankan first-class cricketer & development coach Nipun Haggalla.
Next year will see us using a newly resurfaced Coatesville P.S. oval as a secondary venue as we look to expand our teams.
We will be working hard over winter to expand the juniors again & field:
16&U girls
13&U girls
2 x U/14 sides
1 x U/13
1 x U/12s
2-3 rookies teams
Master blaster & junior blaster
Thanks,
Ryan Fishlock
Mackie CC Junior Coordinator