Round 14 News from the Umpires Desk

A couple of major milestones were achieved by Colin Newport who umpired his 400^th game alongside Chris Stevens who notched up his 100^th Subbies game.  Thanks to the Preston and Ormond teams for joining in the celebration of these achievements.

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Congratulations to Paul Loughrey who will be nominated for Life Membership at our next AGM, as a result of umpiring his 150^th game.  Paul has had a big season and recently did his 100^th 1st XI game.

And Rudy Fernandes, Peter Lombardo umpired their 50^th game as did Vaughan Carlin the Balwyn Club Umpire.  Congratulations to these fine gents, who are all great guys to umpire with.

And something out of left field, with our colleague Spencer Kassimiris currently refereeing rugby league games over in Las Vegas as part of the NRL’s season opener extravaganza. 

Starting his cricket pre-season early!  Way to go Spencer!

Toyota Good for Cricket Raffle

Again, we extend our sincere appreciation to all individuals who have purchased tickets for this raffle. Our ticket sales have exceeded our target goal of $1,000.00 and at the time of going to press our total sales stood at $1,245.00.  A fantastic effort by all concerned!!!

Ticket sales close on Monday 2^nd of March, so don’t miss out on an opportunity to win one (or more) of the great prizes on offer. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 6th March.

All proceeds from this initiative will be dedicated to reducing apparel costs for members in the upcoming season.

Click here to purchase a ticket and view all the great prizes on offer.

If you purchase 10 or more tickets, you will receive a $25 apparel voucher for use next season.