Influx of new players in Forbes causes restructure of Parkes Junior teams!
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In the past week Forbes Junior Cricket has had a big increase in the number of new players.
This has resulted in a restructure of the PDJCA competitions and formation of Parkes teams.
The executive of Parkes Junior Cricket welcomes the extra Forbes players to the PDJCA competitions by recognising the fact that the competitions can only benefit by the inclusion of greater player numbers.
The executive have worked hard to create the revised teams and draws for the 2019/20 season.
The New Parkes Teams are -
Under 17s
Parkes Cats - Harry Bayliss, Harrison McGregor, Tyler Yeo, Jasper Moore, Maddy Spence, Geordie Duncan, Hunter Hawke, Ryan Mackenzie, Arthur Watt and Ben Cooper.
Coach - Clinton Hawke, Manager - Graeme Bayliss and Scorer - Kerry Spence.
Parkes Colts - Royce Simpson, Abigail Simpson, Zayne Ehsman, Brody Clarke, Liam Moody, Ryan Dunford, Joseph Tanswell, Cody Kirk, Zac Larkins and Cooper Towns.
Coach - Phil Dunford, Manager - Michael Simpson and Scorer - Jo Simpson. under 13s
Under 14s
Parkes Cats - Harry Jones, Holly Duncan, Zechariah Pearce, Noah Pearce, Oliver Westcott, Zaviar Cheema, Liam Freeman, Ewan Moody, Harrison Kennedy.
Coach - Shane Jones, Manager - Wade Freeman, Scorer - Lyndell Kennedy.
Parkes Colts - Richard Gaut, Ellen Dolbel, Connor Batt, Jack Milne, Jake Dunn, Aidan Rayner, Samuel Rayner, Hamish Neville, Kade Ticehurst.
Coach - Grant Dunn, Manager - Scott Rayner, Scorer - Stephen Gaut.
Under 12s
Parkes Cats - Bailey Price, Blake Price, Matty Price, Anderson Ball, Joshua Ball, Thomas Ball, Riley Duncan, Joshua Riley and Callum Rowbotham.
Coach - Keiran Duncan, Manager - Corey Rowbotham, Scorer - Sharon Scott.
Parkes Colts - Thomas Simpson, Nina Richardson-Bailey, Brayden Gibson, Memphis Ross, Henry Kross, Harry Yelland, Eamon Moody, Boyd Hutchins.
Coach - Peter Yelland, Scorer - Greg Hutchins.
Under 10s
Cats - Lucas Hunter, Alfie Rosser, Ari Albert, Archie Higgins, Timmy Longhurst, Lucas Pritchard, Hayden Pritchard, Lachlan Jennings and Dominic Frogley.
Coach - Cameron Rosser.
Colts - Hughie Orr, Billy Dawson, Jack Dunford, Toby Morgan, Malakye Spice, Quentin Spice, Toby Ross, Fletcher Matthews and Tyler Butt.
Coach - Paul Dunford.
Crushers - Samuel Morgan, Billy Symington, Eligh Symington, Corban Cunningham, Ben Westcott, William Westcott, Harrison Smede and Ethan Luke.
Coach - Dylan Morgan.
Raptors - Jett Clarke, Jackson Clarke, Kaleb Schembri, Jayden Kuun, Nate Strong, Jamison Lee, Lacey Ticehurst and Patrick Skinner.
Coach - Luke Clarke.
Excellent Start to Season for Parkes Juniors
The weekend of October 18-19 saw a terrific start to the new cricket season for Parkes Junior cricketers.
Under 17s - a top match was played under the splendid new lighting system at Woodward Oval on Friday evening. The scores were -
Parkes Colts 5/86 in 26 overs (Joseph Tanswell 31, Liam Moody 19n.o, Royce Simpson 13, Hunter Hawke 3/12 off 4 overs, Geordie Duncan 1/3 off 2 overs) defeated Parkes Cats 7/79 in 18 overs (Hunter Hawke 26, Geordie Duncan 15, Harry Bayliss 14, Royce Simpson 2/11 off 3 overs, Zayne Ehsman 1/5 off 2 overs).
Meanwhile Saturday morning saw two outstanding training/skills sessions for Parkes under 13s and under 10s.
Leading Parkes cricketer Peter Yelland master minded a wonderful session at Woodward Oval for under 13 players.
Peter was assisted by excellent coaches such as Mark Heraghty, Scott Knights and Paul Moody who put the players through a series of skill development sessions covering many aspects of the game of cricket.
At Keast Park Paul Dunford, Luke Clarke and Israel Symington (all top representative cricketers) ran a training/skills session for 30 plus keen under 10 players.
Draw for Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26
Friday - 17s - to start at 6pm, player s to be there by 5.45pm.
- Parkes Colts versus Forbes Engineering at Woodward Oval.
Saturday - 17s, 14s and 12s games to begin at 8.30am, players need to be there by 8.15am.
- Parkes Cats versus Condobolin at Woodward Oval.
- Forbes Achesons have the Bye.
Under 14s
- Parkes Cats versus Parkes Colts at North Parkes Oval.
- Forbes Livestock versus Forbes KMWL at Grinstead.
- Forbes Bernardis have the Bye.
Under 12s
- Parkes Cats versus Parkes Colts at Harrison Park.
- Forbes AG-N-Vet verssus Forbes Adept Plumbing at Hugh Wilson Oval.
- Forbes Sportspower versus Forbes Hazell and Field at Gaggin Oval 1.
Under 10s
- Parkes Cats versus Parkes Colts at Keast 1.
- Parkes Raptors versus Parkes Crushers at Keast 2.
Representative Trials
This Sunday aspiring Parkes u14 and u12 representative players should report to North Parkes Oval on Sunday for trials in their respective age groups.
The trials will start at 9am sharp.
Parkes coaches will be keen to select their players to play against Forbes in Parkes in Round 1 of the Lachlan Cricket Council Inter-town competition on Sunday, November 10.
