Cricket
2010/11 GPS PREMIERS & 2009/10/11 STATE CUP CHAMPIONS
Review: GPS Season 2011-12
TSS Cricket had another great
season in 2011/2012 with an increase in winning percentage from previous years
in all teams, a large number of boys playing representative cricket and all of
the boys who participated having had fun with their mates. Once again, TSS
Cricket enjoyed a higher success rate in ‘A’ teams winning 70% of all games, as
well as increasing the overall winning results in all teams to over 65%, despite
rain affecting parts of the season. This has increased from 15% in 2007, which
shows the depth and strengths of this program and is promising for future years.
TSS fielded 17 teams this season; two more than last year and was superbly
coached by a high quality coaching team who all did a fantastic job with the
boys.
The ‘A’ teams all performed
strongly whilst the ‘B’ – ‘D’ teams maintained their participation focus but
also performed very well. The 8A’s, 8B’s, 10A’s, 11 B’s and 2nd XI
all had an outstanding season with the 8B’s winning all of their games and
received The Handyside Trophy for the most successful TSS Cricket team for 2012.
The 8A’s were also undefeated and but tied one game. The Festival of Cricket was
even more popular this year with the coaches’ team taking out the annual Super
8’s Tournament.
The 1st XI
unfortunately had 4 of their matches washed out which meant they could not
retain the Earl Williams GPS 1st XI Trophy. However, they did win 3
out of their 4 matches and trained, played and acted professionally throughout
the whole season. The 1st XI won the Australia Post State Cup
Tournament for the third year in a row in November as well as the Combined 1st
XI T20 Festival in January. The 1st XI went to Perth in January and
was lucky enough to stay at Scotch College and played two games against the host
school as well as versing a competitive Christchurch Grammar School. With 8 boys
of the 2012 1st XI eligible in 2013, the possibility of having
another successful season is promising.
Upcoming
Events 2012-13
TSS Cricket is busily planning towards cricket season
2012/13. Training for the high performance component of the program will start
in the first week of August for 1st XI and “A Team” cricketers and
Current year 6/ 7 Prep cricketers. The sessions include skills remediation,
strength and conditioning and many trial games/ camps to look forward to.
Additionally, there is a host of training conducted at the school by Gold Coast
Juniors, Gold Coast Dolphins and Qld Cricket this season as well as the U15
state carnival (QJC) conducted @ TSS.
Club Cricket
starting Oct 2012
We wish to bring to your attention that club cricket is
starting in October. Gold Coast Junior Cricket this year will be playing the
under 10 competition Friday evenings…under lights. Club under 11’s-under 14’s
will be played on Saturday mornings for the full season BUT…under15’s & 17’s
will likely be played on Saturday mornings up until Christmas and on Sunday
mornings after Christmas...allowing many TSS Cricketers to play a full club
season. TSS Cricket looks to compliment club cricket whereby we encourage TSS
boys to participate in club cricket. If you have a vision to play cricket for
Qld & Australia…playing club cricket makes you eligible to trial for Gold Coast
Rep. Teams (and higher) who play state titles from u12-u16 each year. If you
wish to be involved…clubs sign on in the last week of August. To join a cricket
club (7 years and up) contact your nearest club detailed below… For more
information please contact Queensland Cricket on 0419 725 867.
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GOLD COAST
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Gold Coast Junior Cricket Association
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Bonnie Graham
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0427 071 689
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Broadbeach-Robina CC
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Jason Kahn
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0447 497453
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Burleigh Heads CC
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Sheamus Braniff
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0418 766 248
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Coomera Hope Island CC
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Graham Foxe
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0401 032248
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Helensvale Pacific Pines CC
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Jo Burn
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0421 026875
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Mudgeeraba Nerang & Districts CC
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Simon Alker
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0423 043 757
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Palm Beach Currumbin CC
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Les Ferguson
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0428 761 387
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Queens CC
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Steve Day
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0437 010 200
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Runaway Bay CC
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John Harrison
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0413 122252
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Southport Labrador CC
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Dean Johnson
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0418 312647
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Surfers Paradise-Benowa CC
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Paul Eggleton
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0401 364 971
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Tamborine Mountain CC
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John Latta
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0428 452 737
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TSS Cricket Awards 2012
Qld /Australian Representative Players Season 2011/12:
Qld Under 17/ 19/ GPS & Australian Under 19 Representative:
“Sam Hain”
Qld & Australian U17 & GPS Representative:
“Michael Graham”
Qld Under 17 & GPS Representative:
“Sam Rasmussen”
The Handyside Trophy - Most Successful
Team :
“Yr8B’s” (Won every
Game)
Note: 10A’s and 8A’s also were GPS Premiers, TSS 1st XI won State Cup
and GPS T20
Sam Loxton Trophy - Best
Supporter of TSS Cricket :
“John Gayton”
The John Glenn Trophy -
Best Junior Cricketer :
“Xavier Bartlett”
The Westcott Family Trophy - 1st XI
Bowling Award:
“Michael Graham”
The Westcott Family Trophy - 1st XI Batting Award:
”Sam Hain”
The Dirk Wellham Trophy - 1st XI Best Fieldsman:
“Oscar Richardson”
The Paul Norris Memorial Trophy - 1st XI Best All
Rounder:
“Jason Bear”
Best and Fairest Trophies:
8A: Xavier Bartlett
8B: Jack McDonald
8C: Mac Cavanough
8D: Ben Oxley
9A: Dylan Riley
9B: Mark Johnson
9C: Greg Gook
10A: Josh Taylor
10B: Mathew Loiaconi
10C: Braedan van der Vegt
11A: Andrew McMahon
11B: Harry Begg
11C: Karl Schroder
3rd XI: Liam Marsh
2nd XI: Samuel Greenup
TSS 1st XI GPS Players 2012:
Sam Hain(c), Sam Rasmussen(vc), Edward Gibson, Ben Shields, Oscar Richardson,
Jason Bear, Samuel Greenup, Jock Campbell, Ryan Menzies, Andrew McMahon, Michael
Graham, Nathan Lyons & Matthew Kuhnemann
Queensland and Australian Youth Selections
Congratulations
to Sam Hain who has been named along with recent Old Boy Nick Stevens to play
for Australia Under 19’s against India, England and New Zealand in a Quad series
of one-day games between April 5and 15 in Townsville, leading into the Youth
World Cup later in the year. They have been named in the preliminary 30-man
squad along with another recent Old Boy Billy Stanlake. The squad will be
reduced and finalised closer to the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup. Sam Hain, Nick
Stevens and Billy Stanlake were members of the Qld U19’s who won the National
u19’s Carnival in Adelaide.
Congratulations
to Michael Graham, Sam Rasmussen and Sam Hain who have played for Qld U17’s
finishing second in the National Carnival just completed in Hobart. All players
contributed to a strong Qld performance with Sam Hain captaining and dominating
the carnival batting at no3. Michael Graham successfully opened the bowling and
took the most wickets for Qld and Sam Rasmussen contributing important runs in
the middle order. Sam Rasmussen is eligible to play u17’s again next season. Sam
Hain and Michael Graham were named in the Australian u17 merit side…a terrific
achievement by both boys and reward for the work they have done.
Congratulations
to Blair Tickner and Alex MacInnes who represented Qld U19 Schoolboys vs NSW u19
Schoolboys Don Bradman Oval (Bowral) in a 3 day fixture in early December. Blair
and Alex opened the bowling together to have NSW in trouble in a see sawing 3
day game which had NSW struck back on the last day to win outright.
Unfortunately rain prevented the 1 day fixture from being played on the SCG.
TSS Old Boys vs TSS 1st XI 2012
On Sunday the 1982 Premiership Captain Tony Jackson lead a formidable Old Boys
line up to test the 2012 1st XI for the “Bill King” Trophy. Many past
Old Boys and huge contributors such as Bill King, Bill Greinke and Ray Fowler
attended a great day. Old Boys Team: Tom Hanrahan,
Mitch Gahan, Nick Stevens, Simon Anderson, Howard Biddle, Ben Solomon, Adrian
Tyler, Cameron Brimblecombe, Dom Buckland, Jack Hargreaves (WK), Tony Jackson
(c), Blair Tickner, Tim Smith, Bennet Dunne, Alex MacInnes.
The Old Boys elected to bat first with Simon Anderson (49) launching sixes onto
the Centenary Centre roof. The 1st XI fought back to have the Old
Boys 8/143 but Howard Biddle (107) dug deep to score an outstanding century with
the support of Bennet Dunne (14) to get the Old Boys to a total of 212 off 50
overs. 1st XI saw Sam Hain (43) and Ben Shields (67) within reach of
victory but the tight bowling of Cameron Brimblecombe and Nick Stevens just kept
1st XI short of the total finishing 7/209 after the allotted overs.
*Score Card: TSS Old Boys vs TSS 1st
XI 2012
TSS Old Boys 212 all out (50)(Howard Biddle
107no, Simon Anderson 49, Jock Campbell 5/32 (8), Matthew Kuhnemann 3/28 (8))
defeated TSS 1st XI 7/209 (50)(Ben Shields 67, Sam Hain 43, Sam
Rasmussen 23, Oscar Richardson 22, Blair Tickner 2/21 (8))
Super 8’s Carnival
The TSS playing fields were abuzz on Sunday with the Super 8’s carnival running
concurrently. The TSS Cricket family came together for a ‘big bash’ including
favourites “Team Team’, Barbarians, School Captains 8, Rogers Pirates, Delpratt
House and many others. It was a terrific response with TSS Prep/ Senior Players,
Parents and Old Boys taking part. The “TSS Coaches Team” was formed to even up
the draw and this team of “Smoky’s” including students Henry Adams, Jackson
Williams and Liam Markey got past “Team Team” to then defeat “Brokebat Mountain”
in the final on the Village Green. The day was enjoyed by all and will be looked
forward to with anticipation in 2013.
*Score card: Super 8’s Final: Coaches Team vs
Brokebat Mountain
Coaches Team 5/69 off 7 overs defeated Brokebat
Mountain 6/60 off 7 overs
Cricket Communication
Please note that the Practise Week is available
on the website and on boards throughout the school. Each team is locked in for 1
net session per week and all teams have an allocated morning specialist skills
session each week. If wet weather occurs please meet at the Centenary Centre
undercover nets. We aim for Training to always be on! If you have any queries or
wish to play/coach/officiate with TSS Cricket in 2012 please contact Steven
Baker (Director of Cricket) at
steven.baker@tss.qld.edu.au
1st XI Tour to Perth
Congratulations to the following TSS 1st XI players selected to Tour to Perth in
January. The touring team played elite Perth Schools incl. Scotch College and
Christchurch Grammar in a terrific Summer destination. The touring team was as
follows: Ben Shields, Ed Gibson, Sam Rasmussen, Sam Greenup, Jock Campbell,
Oscar Richardson, Jason Bear, Kristian Buckland, Ryan Menzies, Michael Graham,
Nathan Lyons, Matthew Kuhnemann, Andrew McMahon, Ross Wallace (Coach), Steven
Baker (Coach), Remwell Melia (Manager) & Cameron Herbert (Dean of Senior School
& Manager) The boys enjoyed six days of beautiful weather and visited sites such
as Cottesloe Beach, Scarborough, Hillary’s Boat Harbour, City Beach and 54 hole
golf courses well guided by Perth "Old Boy" Mr Cameron Herbert. The boys played
three tough games of cricket and learnt a lot about themselves as a group and
individually and were also put to the test in the tour Master chef
competition.The boys managed two wins out of the three games and the results are
shown below.
Game 1:
TSS
7/221 (50 overs) Ben Shields 69 not out Jason Bear 37
Oscar Richardson 20
Defeated
Scotch College 9/115 (50 Overs) Michael Graham 3/25 (9)
Jason Bear 2/12 (5) Jock Campbell 2/15 (6)
Game 2:
Scotch College 7/222 (60 Overs) Jason Bear 4/49 (10) Matt
Kuhnemann 2/28 (12)
Defeated TSS
10/199 (57.3 overs) Sam Rasmussen 81 Jason Bear 32
Andrew McMahon 20 not out
Game 3:
TSS
5/237 (50 Overs) Jock Campbell 109 not out Sam Rasmussen 57 not
out
Defeated Christ Church Grammar School
10/166 (49.2 overs) Sam Greenup 3/42 (8) Ryan Menzies 2/25
(10)
Queensland and Australian Youth
Selections
Congratulations to
Michael
Graham, Sam Rasmussen and Sam Hain who have played for
Qld U17’s
finishing second in the National Carnival just completed in Hobart. All players
contributed to a strong Qld performance with Sam Hain captaining and dominating
the carnival batting at no3. Michael Graham successfully opened the bowling and
took the most wickets for Qld and Sam Rasmussen contributing important runs in
the middle order. Sam Rasmussen is eligible to play u17’s again next season. Sam
Hain and Michael Graham were named in the Australian u17 merit side…a terrific
achievement by both boys and reward for the work they have done.
Congratulations to Blair Tickner
and Alex MacInnes who represented
Qld U19
Schoolboys vs NSW u19 Schoolboys Don Bradman Oval (Bowral) in a
3 day fixture in early December. Blair and Alex opened the bowling together to
have NSW in trouble in a see sawing 3 day game which had NSW struck back on the
last day to win outright. Unfortunately rain prevented the 1 day fixture from
being played on the SCG.
Sam
Hain has also been named along with
Nick Stevens
and Billy Stanlake in the
Qld U19’s
who won the National u19’s Carnival in Adelaide. Nick and Billy have previously
represented Australian u19’s and
each of the boys will be vying for selection to
the Youth World Cup later in 2012 in Qld.
TSS State Cricket Champions 2011
The state wide competition saw TSS play Matthew Flinders Anglican College (MTAC)
(Buderim) in the final of this knock out comp. at IGS.
The following boys did their school proud in a hard fought final:
Ben Shields,
Jack Hargreaves (Yr12), Howard Biddle (Yr12), Sam Hain, Jason Bear, Oscar
Richardson, Ryan Menzies, Jock Campbell, Kristian Buckland, Blair Tickner
(Yr12), Alex MacInnes (Yr12) & Billy Stanlake (Yr12)
TSS bowled first having MTAC 8/100 with 5 overs to bat, MTAC rallied to score
8/147 off 50 overs with Stanlake, Tickner, MacInnes and Menzies all taking 2
wickets in hot conditions. In reply, MTAC bowled and caught well to put TSS
under pressure at 4/40. Howard Biddle (70no) showed great concentration and
patience to bat through the innings with debutant Oscar Richardson (40no) also
playing a key role to get TSS to the total in the 46th over. A huge 6 by Howard
Biddle to reach the total was followed by a hearty “Tokio” to achieve the never
achieved before State Champion Team 3 wins in 3 years. A great way for the
Yr12’s to finish…with all missing ‘Schoolies’ to play key roles…and a great
chance for future 1st XI players to be immersed in the culture that the
departing Yr12’s have created.
TSS Cricket Premiers 2011
TSS have gone back to back winning the 1st XI GPS Premiership again in 2011. In
front of their home crowd on the Village Green, TSS 1st XI reduced BBC to 9/177
off their allotted 60 overs. In reply, BBC had TSS in trouble at 2/6 but a 140
run partnership between captain Nick Stevens (87no) and the in form Howard
Biddle (60) got TSS to 3/182 off 40 overs. TSS won by a bonus point to retain
the "Earle Williams Trophy" which had eluded TSS for 28 years before success in
the last two seasons. TSS was also vying for top of the table finishes in Yr8A,
Yr9A, Yr10A and Yr11A Teams. A fantastic effort. Yr10A's had an outstanding
season...undefeated through all of their games.
Please contact
steven.baker@tss.qld.edu.au if you have any queries! Steven Baker Director
of Cricket TSS