September Newsletter

Presidents Welcome

A very warm welcome to another season of Roosters cricket. The 2023/24 promises to be another busy season with over 240 cricketers registered in the junior section across 25 teams

This is my first year as President and I look forward to building on the legacy left by Shaun Beattie and continue to make this the go to club for junior cricketers in Stonnington. Most notably we want to further strengthen our ties with the senior section of the club. Last year we had 12 U15s playing for the senior 3rd and 4th XIs at various times and we hope this will continue

Also strengthening these ties will be our new director of junior coaching, Michael Beer, who captained the senior 1st XI for the last 2 years after a 10-year career with Australia, WA, Victoria, Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Stars. Beery grew up playing his cricket at Malvern and we are very fortunate to have someone of his calibre steering the coaching ship. The third generation of the Beer family is currently going through the junior ranks at the moment and Michael will be a fully invested parent as well

Harry Staple

Junior Club President

Season Launch

This year the club will be hosting a Season Launch at Malvern City Oval (Glenferrie & High) on Sunday 8th October from midday until 2.30. There will be a food options, open bar, music & activities for the kids, and prizes if you can bowl out a Melbourne Stars legend.

Registrations – Sections & Home Ground Venues

As noted in the above President’s spiel, the junior section is at a club record 247 registrations for the upcoming season. Registrations have now closed for all playing days and age groups except for a number of spots at the U13 Saturday morning level. Malvern will be fielding teams in the following age groups and sections within the ISEC league;

U11 Friday Night x 10 Teams in A Grade (1 Team), B Grade (2 Teams) & C Grade (7 Teams) – Home games to be played at TH King Oval in Glen Iris x 8 Teams & a soon to be determined ground x 2 Teams

U11 Sunday Morning x 1 Team in C Grade @ Central Park

U13 Friday Night x 9 Teams in A Grade (1), B Grade (4) & C Grade (4) @ Menzies Reserve, Stanley Grose, Central Park & Ferrie Oval

U13 Saturday Morning x 1 Team in C Grade @ Central Park

U13 Sunday Morning x 1 Team in A Grade @ Menzies Reserve – This might become 2 teams.

U15 Friday Night x 1 Team in B Grade @ Menzies Reserve

U15 Sunday Morning x 2 Teams in A Grade & B Grade @ Malvern City Oval

Teams are currently being pieced together by the relevant Age Group Coordinators, to be followed by lining up coaches and team managers. It is anticipated that the teams will sent out sometime during WC 18th of September

As Malvern is a community cricket club, we will be building mixed school teams at all levels so the children and parents can mix with other schools

Website

The new club website incorporating both the junior & senior clubs has been built over the winter. Please save this site in your browser and be sure to visit it on a regular basis for junior & senior club news, events, fixtures & results

Uniforms

Uniforms can be purchased via a Try Booking link. Please note that the Malvern Roosters navy short, t-shirts and caps are required for training. It is compulsory for all players to wear Malvern CC white playing shirts in all club matches

Uniform Shop can be found here

Training Dates, Venues & Times

It has been decided that no club organised pre-season will take place this season. Team training will begin from WC 2nd of October

U11’s – Monday @ Malvern City Oval & Menzies Reserve @ the time slots of 4.15 & 5.15

U13’s - Tuesday @ Menzies Reserve @ 4.15 & 5.15. Due to capacity reasons, some U13 teams will be required to train on a Wednesday night from 4.45

U15’s – Wednesday night @ Malvern City Oval from 5.00

Each team will be allocated a particular time slot on their team sheet when released. The club will attempt to group school and grades in the one particular session. i.e. (Example Only) The teams with Malvern Central Grade 2 boys will train at 4.15 at Menzies Reserve.

The club employees training night coaches but it is also encouraged that game day coaches attend if they are able to

Key Season Dates

Monday 2nd October – Training to begin this week for all teams

Tuesday 3rd October – Coaches & Team Managers Information Session (All Age Groups) – Malvern City Oval Clubrooms @ 19.30

Sunday 8th October – Season Launch @ Malvern City Oval, Midday to 14.30

Friday 13th to Sunday 15th October – Season Start

Friday 10th of November – Cricket Blast & Pathways Begins

Friday 15th to Sunday 17th December – Final games prior to Christmas for all programs

Please note that semi-finals for U13 & U15’s are likely to be over the Labour Day long weekend (Monday 11th March)

2023/24 Junior Committee

Position and contact details can be found here

Community Partnerships

The junior club, in-conjunction with the senior club, welcome Stannards, Teo’s Pizza, Jellis Craig & Chargrill Charlie’s as partners for the upcoming season. More details on these partnerships to follow.