4 August 2008

The 2008/09 cricket seasoning is fast approaching with play in the Sydney Shires Competition to kick off on Saturday September 27.

All members should have by now completed their availability forms and returned them to Secretary Stephen Blomfield as well as completing similar paperwork for NSWCU&SA. Any member who has not yet done so is urged to complete this task ASAP.

Members who have not yet paid their annual subscription fees to this Association as well as NSWCU&SA need to complete this task by the end of August. After this date your membership subs will DOUBLE !

A very successful off season recruitment campaign for new umpires has been conducted by your management committee during the winter.

It is anticipated that we will have a large number of new umpires in our competition this coming summer which augers well for the Shires Competition. All experienced members will be called upon at various times of the season to partner, coach and mentor our new members and help them through their debut season.

The first full members meeting for the upcoming season will be on the Wednesday night before the season starts. That meeting will be on Wednesday September 24 at Redfern RSL (7pm Start).

An exciting new season is just around the corner !!!!!!!!!