Information 2008/2009 Season

History
Membership
Club Training (Pre Season)
Board of Management
 

Tea Tree Gully District Cricket Club in Brief

Our Mission is to become a leading Australian Cricket Club and a force within the South Australian Cricket Association by setting new levels of professionalism in all aspects of the game on and off the field.

The Tea Tree Gully District Cricket Club is located approximately 10km North East of Adelaide  The main oval, Pertaringa Oval, is at Steventon Rd, Banksia Park, South Australia and approximately 16 km North East of Adelaide.

Tea Tree Gully is affiliated with the South Australian Cricket Association and is one of  thirteen Grade clubs in the SACA competition. Our main ground is at "Pertaringa" oval and we use three other turf grounds.   Practice facilities include three turf and five hardwicket pitches and a bowling machine is available. We field four senior teams and five junior teams in the Saturday competition .  Matches are usually two day games.

We also field one-day teams in the XXX Gold Cup (A Grade), BankSA Shield (Under 17) and the Ray Sutton Shield (Under 13/Primary School) competitions. These matches are played on  Sundays as is the U13 North Eastern Junior competition.

We have a membership of approximately 290 (players, members, life members, etc.).

Players:

Peter McIntyre has played Test cricket for Australia.

The following Test players have also played at TTG:

B.S.Chandrasekhar (India), Gus Logie (West Indies), S.G.Law and D.R.Martyn (Australia)

First Class players from TTG

M.Faull, B.Wigney, A.Hammond, D.Reeves, D.Berry, M.Kelton, G.Chillingworth,   K.Pickering, R.Zadow, C.Auty, G Wright , B.Cameron

Junior Development:

The Club runs the Primary School competition in the TTG district (18 participating schools with 31 teams).
The Club runs a "In2CRICKET" centre at Pertaringa Oval on Friday evenings (over 140 players, boys & girls aged 6 to 10 yrs, registered).
The Club runs a Kanga Cricket competition at Pertaringa Oval on Saturday Mornings (approx 120 participants - boys & girls aged 6 to 10 yrs)

Other games:

Hosts approx 5 games per year for the South Australian Country Carnival competitions.
 

History

With acknowledgment to Geoff Sando - "Grass Roots  100 Years of Adelaide District Cricket - 1897 -1997"

An early cricket match was recorded between Tea Tree Gully and Houghton in 1854. Although it is unlikely that either of the clubs had a continuous existence, matches occurred among teams representing nearby settlements in later years.  At the turn of the century the town boasted a team of substance and visiting city clubs found Tea Tree Gully a popular resort for holiday matches.  Teams from the area were fielded in the Prospect District Cricket Association after the Second World War but proposals to join the SACA competition did not emerge until around 1970.  Tea Tree Gully served a lengthy apprenticeship in the Adelaide Turf Cricket Association, but within a day of the club winning the ATCA grand final the SACA cricket committee agreed to teams being fielded in B, C, and D grades, as well as Under 23, Under 16 and Under 14 teams.  In 1983-84 Tea Tree Gully replaced Student Teachers in the A grade competition.  Though the going was tough in early years the club has developed into a strong competitor in recent seasons as a result of strong junior teams.  Fittingly the first A grade premiership was won in 1995-96 under captain/coach Martin Faull who had grown up with the club.

Pertaringa Oval:  A former sheep farm which was bought by Tea Tree Gully Council in 1960 to meet the future needs of a developing residential area.  Three arenas were planned to cater for cricket, football, soccer, athletics and other sports.  The entire area slopes significantly from east to west and the creation of level playing areas was a major exercise.  Pertaringa Oval, the main oval, is Tea Tree Gully's home ground for A grade matches, the first of which was against Sturt in October in October 1983.  The adjoining ground, Bulkana Oval, has hosted matches up to B grade level.

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Playing Membership 2008/2009

Players interested in joining the Club can fill in the form "Interested in Playing"
Download Membership Application 

EFTPOS available for all subscriptions

Every player must have shown a financial commitment to the Club prior to first game selection.  If required the treasurer will negotiate into a contract agreement (confidential) with the player in respect to payment, however this must be in place prior to 13/10/08.  This agreement will not extend beyond 31/1/09

Subscriptions include $20 for the SACA raffle and $20 for senior players for the Indoor Centre hire..
Financial senior players and senior student players over 18 years are automatically full Club members and can nominate one person as an associate member. Players under 18 years have included in their Subs full membership for one parent or guardian ( value $50 ).

Students/Unemployed must produce proof of student status or unemployment. Student subscriptions are for full time students only.

Non -Playing Membership 2008/2009
Full Membership (with voting rights)   $40
Social / Associate members (without voting rights)  $10

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CLUB TRAINING 2008/2009

Coaches

Grade Captains 2007/2008

Pre Season Practice Times:
2008/2009
Seniors:

FITNESS:

Commences on Monday 4th  August 2008 for batters and Wednesday 6th August for bowlers  at Pertaringa Oval.

Download the Pre-Season training Schedule here

CRICKET – Indoor:

As per last year, will be held at the St Jays Youth Centre, Brown Terrace, Salisbury.  It is imperative that all cricketers attend the first session

  Monday's 25th August, 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd September.  7.30 PM to 9.30 PM

Juniors:

Practice Times - 2008/09

As we have completed our season trials we now commence the pre-season training programme. Please find details of training venues and times below. All players qualifying for Ray Sutton this year will be assessed throughout these training sessions to determine the squad for this season. This will be announced at a later date.

Friday September 12^th  

U16 – 8:30pm – 9:45pm

U14 and U13 - 6:30pm – 8:30pm

The Indoor Cricket Centre – St Jays Recreation Centre, Brown Terrace Salisbury.

From Tuesday September 16^th the following weekly sessions occur:

Tuesday U13 and U14 squads

05:00pm – 6:30pm

(Pertaringa Oval - TTGDCC)

Wednesday All Squads (U13 – U16

05:00pm – 6:30pm
(Pertaringa Oval - TTGDCC)

Thursday U16 squads

05:00pm – 6:30pm

(Pertaringa Oval - TTGDCC)

When daylight savings arrives training times will change to 5:30pm to 7:30pm (7:00pm on selection nights)

The programme for the Development Squad will be distributed soon.

Should any player or parent have any questions or concerns regarding these training sessions please feel free to contact either myself or one of the squad coaches

Simon Head

TTGDCC

Squad Co-ordinator / Game Development Officer 0403 432 947

Junior Trials

In preparing for the upcoming season all squads will be playing several trial games. As we continue to support country zones we will again this year travel to Waikerie to play their association sides (U16 and U14). Throughout the year we will also be playing extra games against our local community clubs. These will more then likely be conducted in the Twenty/20 format.

 Please see below the current plan for trial games. This will be updated as we finalise venues and opposition sides.

Sunday September 14^th:

U16 and U14 – Internal Trial

10:00am – 5:00pm

(The Heights High School. Brunel Drive, Modbury Heights)

U13 – Internal Trial

8:30am – 11:30pm

(Banksia Park Primary School. 1-5 Cottenham Rd, Banksia Park)

Sunday September 21^st:

 U16 – Internal Trial

11:30am – 6:00pm

 (The Heights High School. Brunel Drive, Modbury Heights)

U14 – vs Prospect

10:00am – 5:00pm

(The Heights High School. Brunel Drive, Modbury Heights)

(Black Friars Primary – TBC)

U13 – Internal Trial

8:30am – 11:30pm

(Banksia Park Primary School. 1-5 Cottenham Rd, Banksia Park)

Sunday October 5^th:

 U16/U14 – Riverland Association Sides at Waikerie

Game start 10:00am Game Finish 5:00pm

BBQ and presentations 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Monday October 6^th:

 U16/U14 – Internal Trial for those who did not play at Waikerie

Times TBC

RAY SUTTON SQUAD – vs Prospect

Time (TBC)

Venue (TBC)

Simon Head

TTGDCC

Squad Co-ordinator / Game Development Officer 0403 432 947

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Board of Management 2008/2009
 

Sponsorship Sub Committee: 

Hon.Dorothy Kotz, Neil MacDonald, Bruce Jamieson

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