Congratulations to William Reiner who was selected for the East Zone Year 6 team and Billy Georgieff and Sam Bird who were selected for the East Zone Year 7 and 8 A side to compete in the inter zone tournament during November.

18th February

Heathcote Blues vs St Andrews - Heathcote all out for 78 in the 23rd over - Sam Bird 16 retired, Aaron Clyne 15 - St Andrews all out for 60

Heathcote Hornets vs New Brighton 142 - Heathcote 143/5 - Aaron Craw 39, Billy Georgieff 31 no and Trevor Swainson 21. A win off the last ball of the match!!!

Congratulations to William Reiner, pace bowler and James Russell, batsman-wk, for being picked in the East Zone year 7 team and Sam Bird and Daniel Chan, both leg spinners who were picked for the year 8 team that is playing in the February-March Zone tournament at Burnside park.

Commiserations to the Blues two opening bowlers Jak Dunlay and Jake Vincent who both have arms in plaster after breaking bones in different incidents - one in indoor soccer and one at cricket practice.

Coaches - Nigel Georgieff and Phil Harris for senior traditional grades. Dave Stanley and Rob and Anita Armstrong for Junior Modified. Tony McKenzie for Junior Average. Mike Shrimpton and Nigel Georgieff for Kiwi Cricket.

The year saw an influx of young juniors wishing to play their season with Heathcote. Around 42 new junior players were attracted to the club throughout the junior grades, (excluding Nigel and Phil’s traditional teams) and through the help of parent volunteers the new kids played for either

Two teams were entered in Senior Sections 2 and 3 of the Canterbury Junior Cricket Association Saturday morning competitions. The sides acquitted themselves well with the players being moved around depending on the venue, rides and friends. They had a 70% success rate of wins over losses and all the players made good progress as the season progressed. Rory Ellis, Sam Bird and Kyle Clark all made good improvement with their bowling, while Aaron Craw and new boys Trevor Swainson and Simon Burgess did so with the bat. The supportive nature of parents was greatly appreciated with 100% turnouts at games and practices outside sickness and other commitments being really appreciated.

During the conversation evening of the 75th Jubilee I was fascinated by the photographs and stories told by various past and present club cricketers and social members. Throughout the evening images of complicated gymnastic manoeuvres, servery somersaults and the 400m dash were recaptured and undoubtedly exaggerated upon. A few wines down and I was handed the task of resurrecting the proud tradition of women’s cricket at the club. It would be fair to say however that this team would take form in a very different mould to that of the successful, skilled and coordinated women’s squad of the previous decade.

More News and stories (and the pictures to prove it) will be added very soon...

In the meantime here's a couple of snapshots...

The season was always going to be a tough season with the introduction of a second grade team. This necessitated that 2-3 regular 3A members from last year would be promoted along with the need though-out the season to help them out when unavailability’s struck. Rest assured all of the team understood the need to support the club despite it severely weakening our team.

President: Ken Lomax

Club Captain: Alf Smit