 | Dear Member,
Greetings for the last time in 2008! We hope that you have all enjoyed the first term of cricket and that you will be coming back refreshed for more cricket action in the new year.
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Up and Coming Events!
13 December 2008: Last game for 2008
19 - 22 January 2009: MWCCS School Holiday Camps
7 February 2009: Season re-commences
14 February 2009: Team Photographs and Club BBQ
28 March 2009: Last game of the season
26 April 2009: Presentation Day, RSL Club
Your Team Photographs will take part from 12 - 3 p.m. on Saturday, 14 February and will be accompanied by a Club BBQ. Your managers will send you more details when you return to school in January.
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Cricket Fielding Positions
For those of us still uninitiated into cricket terminology. Here is a diagram showing the "standard" cricket fielding positions for a right handed batsman. They are a mirror image for left handers.
However, the positions can be varied almost infinitely, depending on
tactics.If a position is described as "deep" or "long", then the
fielder is usually placed on the boundary, eg deep mid off. A position
labelled as "short" is usually closer to the batsman than normal, eg
short cover. And a position prefixed by "silly" is very close to the
batsman, eg silly mid off.
Other variations use the terms
"square" and "fine". The line of sight from a square fielder is at
right angles to the wicket, eg square leg, or square cover. Conversely,
the line of sight from a "fine" fielder is more parallel to the wicket,
eg fine third man.
Many players are expert in particular cricket
fielding positions. Specialist slip fielders have the fast reactions
and acrobatic agility to take catches that can come quickly and at all
angles. Expert cover fielders have the speed and agility to cut off
potential boundary shots, and to throw the ball fast and accurately
over the stumps to the wicketkeeper. Deep fielders have good judgement
for high catches, and a strong throwing arm to return the ball quickly
and prevent runs.
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 Kid's Exercise - a new Forest Cricket sponsor
Forest Cricket welcomes Kid's Exercise as a new sponsor. Kid's Exercise will be sponsoring our next Forest Cricket BBQ to be held on February together with our team photos.
Kid's Exercise run fun, active programs for
children from 2½ - 13 years. Kids' Exercise run a very popular school holiday program in the grounds of Forestville Public School.
The next school holiday program will run from 12th
-16th January 2009.
For preschool children, their HIPPITY HOP gross motor program is
designed for children between 2½ - 5+. They also run active
birthday party entertainment. Packed with fun and activity, our program ensures
that everyone has lots of fun and you are left free to socialise or take
photos.
If
you would like further details about any of their programs, please call Sue 0433151795 or 94514744/ email: sue@kidsexercise.com.au.
Would you like to sponsor Forest Cricket? Forest Cricket spends an enormous amount of money every year buying gear and equipment for our kids. If you'd like to help and get your business name out there, please drop us a line on info@forestcricket.com.
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We would like to wish you all a safe and enjoyable holiday with lots of beach cricket action! We are looking forward to seeing you again at the start of the new year.
Frank, Scott, Mark, Sean, Kim, Tim, Sharon and the rest of the Forest Cricket Team
Forest District Cricket Club
www.forestcricket.com
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Thank you to our sponsors:
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School Holiday Cricket Clinics:
The Manly Warringah Cricket Coaching School
headed by Shawn Bradstreet are running cricket school holiday camps for
players aged between 6 and 15.
They are running for the week of 19th
January - 22nd January at 2 locations
LM Graham Reserve, Manly (Mon- Wed);
and Nolans Reserve, North Manly (Thursday).
For more information, download a form from our website.
Elite Cricket are also running School holiday clinics from 4 locations:
Lindfield Oval,
Tryon Road - 12th, 13th & 14th January 2009
Morrison Bay Oval,
Gladesville - 14th & 15th January 2009
St. Ignatius College,
Riverview - 19th & 20th January 2009
Shore Sports Fields,
Northbridge - 22nd & 23rd January 2009
They are also running an "on the Ball" program for 5 - 7 year olds at Lindfield Oval, Tryon Road - 12th, 13th & 14th January
2009
and
Shore Sports Fields, Northbridge - 22nd & 23rd January
2009
For more details have a look at their website.
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