Under 17’s –

Parkes White 7/77 (Lachlan Buesnell 14 n.o, Nathan Hessel 14 n.o, Connor Greenhalgh 3 wickets, Dillon Smith 2 wickets, best fielders  – Zeke Hartwig and Jack Cole) defeated Frank Spice 7/72 (Connor Greenhalgh 28, Toby Hurford 16 n.o, Lachlan Buesnell 1/1, Darcy Cusack 1/1, best fielders – Nathan Hessel and James Ellery).

Parkes Red 6/106 (Mitch Wright 38 n.o, Josh Duffy 21 n.o, Jade Page 2/7, Jorge Kuntze 1/9, best fielders – Stuart Kennedy and Nathan Fisher) defeated Adept Plumbing 10/91 (Isaac Vale 17, Jorge Kuntze 15, Josh Duffy 4/5, Corey Thompson 1/2, best fielders – James Mackenzie and Brad Burrell).

Gunns Mensland 9/132  (Corey McDean 27 retired, Cameron Smith 21, Mason Ruzgas 2/11, Mihran Sarkissian 2/27, best fielders – Alice Maier, Jacqui Simpson and Mihran Sarkissian) defeated Parkes Blue 8/50 (Mihran Sarkissian 23, Cody Crisp 7, Tom Phillips 2/2, Luke McDean 2/3, best fielder – Tom Smith).

Under 14’s –

Dunns 3/89 (Ryan Dunn 15, Tobey Thorne 14, Callum Farmer 1/2, Lachlan Farmer 1/10, best fielders – Darcy Leadbitter and Toby Matheson) defeated Mathesons Earthmoving 9/48 (Oscar Ryan 18, Darcy Leadbitter 7 n.o, Ryan Dunn 2/1, Miki Dunn 2/2, best fielders – Will Duffy and Zayne Ehsman).

Hawkes 0/188 (Jackson Keely 40 n.o, Harry Bayliss 32 n.o, Oliver Squire 0/10, Josh Woods 0/11) defeated Forbes AWB 10/41 (Josh Woods 10, Patrick Carmel 5, Calvin Matthews 2/3, Hunter Hawke 2/4, best fielder – Harry Bayliss).

Under 12’s –

Parkes Blue 1/61 (Jayden Pope 7 n.o, Jackson Plummer 7 retired, Ryan Dunford 1/4, Jake Dunn 1/4, Angus Johnston 1/13, best fielder – Caleb Crisp) defeated Parkes Red 7/57 (Maddy Spence 15, Ryan Dunford 7, Joseph Tanswell 2/3, Liam Moody 1/4, best fielders – Jayden Pope and Liam Moody).

Forbes Livestock 3/86 (Campbell Ryan 10, Jack Smith 8, Jack Skinner 2/2, Toby Collins 0/4, best fielders – Connor Batt and Jack Milne) defeated Parkes White 3/85 (Cody Kirk 16, Jack Rice 5, Campbell Ryan 1/4, Noah Greive 0/1, best fielders – Joseph Periera and Jake Chudleigh).

Bernardis IGA 103 (Henry Hodges 28, Jonah Little 13, Bradman Hardy 1/5, Griffin Jones 1/8, best fielders – Sam Klinger and Toby Jarrick) defeated Auswest 8/81 (Bradman Hardy 17, Riley Goodsell 15, Thomas Brindle 2/6, Henry Hodges 1/2, best fielders – Edward Mayo and Ella Greenhalgh).

Under 10’s –

Parkes Blue 218 (Thomas Burkitt 26, Sampson Duffy 25, Frasier Beaton 19, Sonny McGregor 17, Nick McMaugh 16, Danilo Bottaro-Porter 12, Matty Price 2/11, best fielders – Tyson Carruthers) defeated Parkes White 96 (Thomas Ball 8, Bailey Price 7, Danilo Bottaro-Porter 2/12, Nick McMaugh 2/17, Thomas Burkitt 1/3, best fielder – Thomas Burkitt).

Forbes Sportspower 120 (Reece Matheson 20, Tayte McNamara 10, Phoenix Hurford 10, Pat Ryan 10, Angus Johns 1/14, best fielder – Liam Baker) defeated Parkes Red 75 (Aiden Rayner 15, Sam Baker 8, best fielder – Pat Ryan).

Forbes Hazell & Field 135 (J. Nicholson 13, M. Hardy 13, M. Higgins 2/24) defeated Forbes Phoenix 127 (J. Kruger 20, Oliver Mayo 20, M. Higgins 17, M. Hardy 2/6).

Pointscore after games played 3/12/16

3 points = win, 2 points = tie/draw/washout, 1 point = loss, 0 points = forfeit/bye.

Under 17’s – Parkes Red 23, Parkes White 18, Adept Plumbing 16, Parkes Blue 13, Frank Spice 13, Gunns Mensland 13.

Under 14’s – Hawkes 20, Dunns 19, Mathesons 15, Forbes AWB 10.

Under 12’s – Parkes Blue 22, Forbes Livestock 18, Bernardis IGA 17, Parkes Red 16, Parkes White 13, Auswest 10.

Unders 10’s – No pointscore is kept.

Draw for Friday 9/12/16 and Saturday 10/12/16

Friday – to begin at 5.45 pm, players need to be there by 5.30 pm.

Under 17’s –  Parkes Red V Gunns Mensland  at Northparkes Oval.

Saturday – all games to begin at 8.45 am, players need to be there by 8.30 am.

Under 17’s –  Parkes White V Adept Plumbing at Woodward Oval.

 Frank Spice V Parkes Blue at South Circle Oval, Forbes.

Under 14’s – Mathesons Earthmoving V Hawkes at Grinstead Oval, Forbes.

Dunns V Forbes AWB  at Spicer Oval.

Under 12’s -   Forbes Livestock V Bernardis IGA  at Botanical Gardens, Forbes.

Parkes Red V Forbes Auswest at Keast 2.

Parkes White V Parkes Blue at Keast 1.

Under 10’s -  Forbes Sportspowe V Parkes White at Botanical Gardens, Forbes.

Parkes Red V Forbes Phoenix at Armstrong Park.

Parkes Blue V Hazell & Field at Holy Family School.

Christmas – New Year Holiday Break

After games played on Saturday 10th of December the Parkes and District Junior Cricket Association competitions will go into recess until they are resumed on Friday February 3rd and Saturday February 4.

The executive of PDJCA extends best wishes to all players, coaches, managers, umpires, scorers and supporters for the coming festive season, trusting that you have enjoyed and gained plenty of satisfaction from being involved in PDJCA activities.

Team coaches/managers should return scorebooks and score folders for the under 10’s to Cunninghams IGA Supermarket so they can be updated prior to junior cricket resuming in 2017.

In2Cricket

In2cricket co-ordinator Scott Knights reports all systems are go with the start of the in2cricket classes on Thursday 24/11/16.

Fourteen young players are quickly developing their skills under the guidance of experienced cricket coaches at Woodward Oval on Thursday afternoons from 5 to 6pm. The final class will be on Thursday 15/12/16, resuming on 2/2/2017.

Representative Cricket

Parkes under 14’s and under 12’s to play Dubbo Blue.

Sunday 11/12/2016 will see the resumption of the Lachlan Cricket Council Inter-town junior competitions for 2016/17 after the series of Inter Council selection trials that have led to the selection of Western Zone under 16 Bradman Cup and under 14 Kookaburra Cup teams.

Parkes under 14’s will play Dubbo Blue at Spicer Oval, Parkes team management will offer a BBQ with sausage sandwiches and cold drinks at a minimal cost to players.

The under 12’s will play at Keast 2. All players are to report to their team coaches/managers by 9.15am.

Combined Parkes/Forbes under 16’s to play in Forbes

A representative under 16 game has been arranged between a combined Parkes/Forbes team against a combined Cowra/Young team. This game will be played at South Circle Oval in Forbes on Sunday 11/12/16. Players need to report to the venue by 9.15am.

Parkes players selected in Western under 14 Kookaburra Cup team

The executive of PDJCA extends hearty congratulations to Ryan Dunn and Harry Bayliss on gaining selection in the Western Zone U/14 Kookaburra Cup team that will contest the NSW Country Cricket Kookaburra Cup Carnival to be staged at Griffith from January 9 to 12.

Ryan, the son of Grant and Kerrie Dunn, is a sound early order batsman and right arm off spin bowler. Harrison, the son of Graeme and Tanya Bayliss, is an aggressive right hand batsman and lively medium pace bowler, both boys are very capable fieldsmen.

They gained selection after doing well while playing for the Lachlan U/14 team in Inter-council representative match against Macquarie Valley and Mitchell Cricket Councils.

Both players also caught the eye of selectors with good performances at the Bowral U/14 Carnival in April and at the Max Shepherd Shield U/14 Carnival at Dubbo in October.

Four other Lachlan players have also been selected in the Western Zone Kookaburra Cup team, they are Ben Scholfield (Young), Mikey McNamara (Cowra), Darcy Leadbitter and Luke McDean (both of Forbes).

Under 16 Bradman Cup

Lachlan players Nic Hall (Young) and Corey McDean (Forbes) gained selection in the Western Zone U/16 Bradman Cup team to play at Newcastle from January 16 to 19 in the NSW Country Championships.