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| Coming Events ... Proudly sponsored by Branagan Home Loans - 9435 7565 M&M (Movie & Music) NIGHT- THIS Saturday 21st November . Latest Riverside News ... Updated 18/11/09 M&M NIGHT - THIS SATURDAY Don't forget the M&M night this Saturday - $10 entry and fun a certainty. See you there! ROUND 5 RESULTS G Grade have already wrapped up first inning points while a few others are on the cusp - read all the details on the results page. ROUND 5 TEAMS The teams for this weekend's matches have been posted. Owing to Research forfeiting the C Grade fixture there have been major changes to the make-up of teams so please check carefully to see where and when you are playing. E & F Grades have the Sunday matches this round. ROUND 4 RESULTS A terrific outright win for B Grade, a near outright for A Grade and 6 out of 7 senior wins plus the girls and vets make it a good week for the club. Highlights of the round include Trent Wellington's 6/40 in A Grade, Rick Bohan's 5/15 in B Grade, and first gamer Jason Wood's match winning 5/9 in F Grade - not bad for the wicketkeeper! WARM SEASON GRASS CONVERSION - WHATMOUGH PARK The Banyule City Council will be commencing the conversion of the Whatmough Park surface to a warm season grass on Wednesday 4th November. This will cause some disruption over the next few weeks as we need to keep completely off the playing surface for 2 weeks following the sowing of the new turf sods, but the end result will hopefully be a beautiful, drought tolerant playing surface across both Whatmough Park Grounds.
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ROUND 4 TEAMS The teams for Round 4 have been posted and can be viewed on the teams page. We welcome a number of new players this week so please make them all feel welcome. A & B Grade play on Sunday this week so if you get the chance come down to Greensborough Park (B Grade) and Ben Frilay Reserve in Hurstbridge (A Grade) to see our best players in action. Congratulations to Luke Money who will be making his A Grade debut this week - Well done Luke and good luck! ROUND 3 RESULTS Match summaries for all games have now been posted on the results page - Both A & B Grades had their first losses for the year, but all other teams won! 1000's NIGHT The 1000's night was another great success with over 100 people attending the fun evening. Congratulations to Junior Committee member Paula Money on winning the $2500 raffle. The highlight of the evening was undoubtedly Tom Money's call of the 9 race card from Royal Riverside (who let him have a microphone anyway!!!) CONGRATULATIONS This time it is former player Kevin Ryan who has recently added another boy to his family - Caden Samuel. Congratulations Kev! 1000'S NIGHT - THIS SATURDAY!!! The 1000's night rolls around again this coming Saturday. Tickets are still available for the $2500 raffle for only $50 and include entry for 2 on the night, 2 free drinks, plus finger food throughout the evening. The usual entertainment will be up and running so get a ticket, fill your pockets with coins and get down to the Ray Money Pavilion from 7:30pm. PAVILION UPGRADE On Monday night the Banyule council approved extra funding to ensure that the Pavilion project can commence. The council now needs to sort out contracts with the successful tenderer, who will then meet with us, St Mary's JFC and the council to arrange the commencement of the works. At this stage we are hopeful that building will commence in a month. The imminent start of the project is a timely reminder of any Target 40 brick pledges that are outstanding. To date we have a remarkable $35,250 promised, with around $30,000 of that paid up. If you need to pay for your brick then please contact our Treasurer, Marty Anderson. TEAMS ROUND 3 Following a soggy Thursday training session the teams for Round 3 have been announced and posted - check the "Teams" page to see where you are playing. This round sees the Sunday fixtures kick off for senior men's matches, C & D Grade play Sunday this round, with all sides rotating through Sunday fixtures. Players should try to be aware of when they are likely to be playing Sunday and ensure they are available if possible. MEET THE KIDS! With the RCC babyfest continuing what better time is there than this Saturday to bring down the family to meet the new Riverside kids - A Grade are at home and the upstairs bar will be open immediately after the close of play. See you then! ROUND 2 RESULTS Another good week for the 'Siders with 4 Senior side victories plus wins for the Women and Veterans. Read all about it on the Results page. 1000's NIGHT We are only a little over a week away from the RCC 1000's night. With a massive $2500 draw make sure you are a part of it and get yourself a ticket - only $50 which includes entry for 2 on the night. Make sure you return any unsold tickets by next Thursday. TEAMS ROUND 2 The P&R Windscreens Round 2 teams have now been posted, with E and F Grades swinging into action this weekend. All matches are on Saturday (Sunday games commence next week). Please check the Teams page to see where you are playing. Good luck to all players and lets see everyone back at the rooms with another clean sweep. ROUND 1 Round 1 was a perfect start for the 'Siders with all participating teams kicking off the season with a win. Read the summaries of all matches on the results page. Don't forget that E and F Grades commence this weekend so if you haven't already get down to training and get into it!!! IT ALL STARTS NOW... The season kicks off this weekend with our top 4 senior grades and the Women playing one dayers. A Grade are at home to Epping so try and get down to Whatmough Park to cheer us on. The teams have been posted so please check to see where you are selected. Good Luck to all players and Go 'Siders for 09/10. BABYFEST UPDATE This time it is Paul and Peta Bohan who welcomed daughter Aisha Frances into the world on the 29/9. Mum and Bub are both well. Congratulations to all! PLAYERS WANTED Despite strong attendances to date at training we still need a few more people to put there hand up to play this season to ensure we are able to fill our 7 sides. If you are at all thinking, or even half thinking, or playing please let us know as we need to make our bottom 2 grades viable for this season. ONE WEEK TO GO... We are only one week away from the season proper with A, B, C & D Grades all commencing on the 3rd of October. Can all players make an effort to get to training this week (Sunday 9am, Tues/Thurs from 4:15pm) and let the coaching staff know your availability. The clubrooms and Shark Bar will be open this Thursday from 7pm, with a BBQ after training and Round 1 teams announced on the night. WOMEN'S TEAM Our Women's team have also commenced outdoor training and are looking for players to help them replicate last season's premiership success. If you are interested please contact Kate Ryan (0407 844 392) or Captain for this season, Kerry Johnson (0417 579 102) for more details. FIXTURES The fixtures for both A & B Grade have been released and are available by clicking here. TRAINING All indoor training sessions have been completed for the pre-season so we are now practising at the familiar surrounds of Whatmough Park. Sessions are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:15pm (till 7pm) and of course a couple more Sunday morning hitouts from 9am. JACK MORRISSEY - PHOTOS WANTED We have had a special request of our club from Di Morrissey. She has asked If anyone has any photos or footage of John "Jack" Morrissey could they please contact her at the below email address. 20% OFF AT REBEL SPORT GREENSBOROUGH As part of their MVP program Rebel Greensborough are offering Riverside members 20% off all items this coming Thursday 17th September between 9am and 9pm. Simply mention at the counter you are from Riverside to obtain your discount. 5% of all sales go back directly to the club to be used on junior equipment. You can also take advantage of receiving 5% off your purchase price at any other times by mentioning Riverside at purchase. As in previous seasons we will be rolling out our player sponsorship program this season. We are requesting that all senior players try to find an individual sponsor to support your efforts throughout the year. For $100 your sponsor will get their name, or business name, displayed under a photo of you in the clubrooms, a Riverside stubby holder, a bar ticket when you make a 50 or get 4 wickets in an innings (or 4 catches/dismissals as a keeper) and a copy of our "Down by the Riverside" newsletter. Get you sponsor and cash together for Rego Night or contact Patrick Collins (Newman) on 0409 334 932 or patrickcollins_2@hotmail.com for more info. JUNIOR REGISTRATION DAY The Junior Registration Day 2009/10 went off with out a hitch thanks to our super organized and efficient Junior Committee, with dozens of kids signing up to play juniors for Riverside this season, as well as our In2Cricket Milo program. If you missed out you are not too late - just go to the junior page to see who you need to contact! PRE-SEASON CAMP About 20 'siders ventured down to Dromana for the Pre-season camp this year. With the skies threatening on Saturday morning, they were greeted at Rye back beach by strong winds, a massive swell and a torrential down pour. After waiting in the car park to see if the conditions would improve the mornings running session was abandoned. The weather did manage to clear up in the afternoon to enable the Riverside Masters to be played in near perfect conditions. After bringing his handicap in after a good practice round the day before Gibbo took out the Green Jacket this year. TRAV BAKER OFF TO WORLD CUP Travis Baker has been selected to represent Australia in the 19 and under side at the upcoming Indoor Cricket World Cup, to be held in Brisbane in October. He needs to raise some funds to get there so we thought we could try to help him on his way by having a bit of a collection. If you want to throw a few dollars Trav's way please see our Treasurer, Marty Anderson, President Ellks or Gibbo. BABYFEST CONTINUES! We are still querying what is in the water with the announcements that there will be more Doyle's arriving in March - One belongs to Mat and Kristy while the other is Mark (Fuzzy) and Emma's handiwork. Congratulations and good luck for the respective pregnancies. TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT With the Pre-season camp on this weekend the scheduled training session for Sunday morning at Whatmough Park has been cancelled. Players are reminded that the next training session is this coming Monday 31/8 and is a 2 hour session at Thomastown indoor. With only 34 days till the season kicks off it is the perfect opportunity to get a good session under your belt. Outdoor training will commence on Sunday 6th September at 9am. MORE BABIES! Jim and Lauren Hartigan announced the safe arrival of Samuel Alexander Hartigan on Thursday 20th August, weighing in at 7.1 lbs. Congratulations to the 3 of you! Keeping it all in the family Dan Hartigan and his wife Carly had a little girl, Grace, earlier in the month - congratulations. Also former player Stephen Corcoran also became a dad the day after. Ryle James weighed in at 7lbs 6 oz. Well done Corc! TARGET 40/BUY A BRICK Target 40 continues to roll on as we work with the council and St Mary's JFC on finalizing the re-development plans and edge closer to a start (and completion!) date. A gentle reminder to those who have pledged to buy a brick that payments can be made by contacting the Treasurer, Marty Anderson on 0409 401 462. Of course if you still wish to buy a brick you can - just contact Marty. DO YOU NEED ANY NEW GEAR? Then don't forget that you can get a 5% discount off items purchased at Rebel Sport in Greensborough as part of Rebel's MVP program. Just mention you are from Riverside when you make your purchase to receive your discount. ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT! Congratulations this time to (former) players Kate MacManus and Shane Doyle who announced their engagement this week. Mountain put us all to shame by popping the big question in the capital of romance, Paris. Only a matter of time till you are wandering around in footy shorts Mountain! Congratulations to both of you. PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE The Pre-Season training schedule has now been posted. Sessions will be held at Meadowglen Athletics Field, One Fitness Centre, Clever Cricket Thomastown, Action Indoor Doncaster (thanks Jebby!) and of course at Whatmough Park. The sessions have already started to check the "Pre-Season Schedule" page for more specific info. WHO IS IT? Which former Riverside cricketer has recently been hob-nobbing with royalty? Follow the link to find out. This time it is congratulations to Mark and Leah Pinney on the arrival of Archie. Born on Saturday 4th of July and weighing in at 6lbs 13oz early unconfirmed reports suggest he is already outscoring his father. IT'S A ... BOY Well what else would it be. April & Marty (Mr) Anderson welcomed their first child into the world on the 11th June - Lachlan James - a little overdone and weighing in at 8 lbs 9oz. Mum and baby are both well. Congratulations to all of you. CONGRATULATIONS An engagement this time. Elliot Smale and Kristi Pappas have taken the plunge and are going to get married. Well done guys!!! TARGET 40 UPDATE Our fundraising thermometer has just passed the 3/4 mark with an amazing $32,750 raised so far. We are still short of our target however so if you haven't already please consider purchasing a brick. Contact the club via riverside@club.cricketvictoria.com.au for more info. The project has recently gone out to tender so hopefully we have starting and completion dates available soon. The 2009 AGM was held on Thursday 30th April at the Ray Money Pavilion. The minutes are available by clicking here. President Ellksy thanked Shane Doyle for his tireless work over the past few seasons as secretary, and Shane O'Keefe for his efforts on the committee - both are stepping down this season. The incoming committee for 2009/10 is as follows: President: Nick Ellks General Committee: Steve Doyle, Mat Doyle, Tom Money, Stephen Bowler, Kathryn Ennor, John Miles & Luke Morgan. Congratulations and thankyou to all for taking on the task of running our club.
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