General News
31 March, 2022
Bulls celebrate season that was
SPIN bowler Amila Mendis and opening batter Dave Murphy shared the men’s division one Team Champion title at Pomborneit Cricket Club’s presentation day last Sunday.
SPIN bowler Amila Mendis and opening batter Dave Murphy shared the men’s division one Team Champion title at Pomborneit Cricket Club’s presentation day last Sunday.
Samantha LaFranchi was named women’s division one Team Champion, also winning the most wickets award with 15 for the season.
The club also celebrated the women’s division two side’s premiership win in the Colac District Cricket Association, the club’s only silverware for the season and the 27th in its history.
President Dave Murphy said the club was thrilled with the women’s result.
“It was a good reward for those girls, a lot of them only started playing cricket last year and it’s unbelievable how much they’ve improved,” he said.
“They’ve taken their game to the next level, and I’ve got a funny feeling that in the future women’s cricket will be as big if not bigger than men’s cricket in regional Victoria, it’s very entertaining to watch.”
Murphy said he was proud to receive his side’s Team Champion award and praised co-winner Mendis’ performance throughout the year.
“Amila had a ripper season, he’s very handy with the ball and he chipped in with the bat when he was needed as well,” he said.
“He’s a very deserving winner. For me, I wasn’t expecting to win it, I didn’t have a great impact before Christmas, but it’s always nice to receive these awards.”
Awards:
Women’s division one: Team Champion – Samantha LaFranchi; most runs – Jessica Moulden (219); most wickets – Samantha LaFranchi (15).
Women’s division two: Team Champion – Shae Defrancesco; most runs – Shae Defrancesco (184); most wickets – Shae Defrancesco (14).
Men’s division one: Team Champions – Amila Mendis, Dave Murphy; most runs – Tom Place (449); most wickets – Amila Mendis (28).
Men’s division two: Team Champion – Dean Tevelein; most runs – Daniel Buck (243); most wickets – Dean Tevelein (24).
Men’s division three: Team Champion – Simon Tolland; most runs – Simon Tolland (435); most wickets – Tayla Reynolds (14).
Club awards: most catches – Steven Murphy (7); most wicket-keeper dismissals – Daniel Missen (12); Jamie Beasley Memorial Award – Louis Johnstone.
Boys under 16: Cricketer of the Year – Finn Tolland; most runs – Ben Whytcross (127); most wickets – Joshua Reynolds (14); most catches – Aiden Conheady (7); hat-trick – Joshua Reynolds;
Benallack Sports Rising Star – Joe Gleeson.
Girls Maroon under 14: most runs – Jada Mahoney (170); most wickets – Jada Mahoney (6).
Girls Gold under 14: most runs – Lily Van Es (118); most wickets – Lily Van Es (7).
Coaches Award – Bec Johnson.
Club award: Under 14 Team Champion – Jada Mahoney.
Boys under 13: hat-trick – Crawford Dunn, Max Rahles-Rahbula.
