South East Cricket Association (seca) 2013/14

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surely there's going to be some clubs outraged at who they play twice in Wooly and some celebrating looking at their opponents, but is there anyway to have a fair draw?
 
Great work by the SECA commitee to move the bentleigh uniting vs Brighton union game to a Sunday in round 1, allowing uniting to unveil there longmuir and woolnough premiership flags from last season also both teams will be using there new full one day kits and white balls.
 
bit quiet here, games start in 6 days. Any more big name recruits? Would be good if the SECA could hurry up with the fixtures only Longy-G Grade up, seems like they seem to be a bit unorganised this year.
 
SECA USHERS IN A NEW ERA
Pyjama cricket comes to Bentleigh
The competition and the clubs may be largely the same but a new era dawns as the City of Moorabbin Cricket Association underwent a face lift in the off season with a new name.
The Association will henceforth be known as The South East Cricket Association (SECA). SECA President Phil Cox explained “The new name more accurately reflects the clubs in our competition who are located from Port Melbourne to Mordialloc Creek and beyond”. In season 2013/2014 the competition will be home to 120 senior teams and 180 junior teams representing 33 different clubs.
The Competition’s premier grade teams will continue to play for the Longmuir Shield and the premiership winners of last season Bentleigh Uniting will again be the team to beat. Uniting have lost wicketkeeper Jarryd Allen but a smooth transition is assured with former premiership skipper Brett Ernst returning to take over the gloves after a season in the UK. Glenn Lalor is leader for his fourth season at the club and his lieutenant Ash Russell is set for a full season. Brett Turner, Tom Backman and Simon Richards again head the batting list and veteran pace men Simon Surridge and Damian Britt lead the bowling whilst youngsters Harry Zaia and Max Millwood are expected to make the transition into senior ranks at some stage and Dermott Cleary should become a regular contributor.
Uniting open the season on the first Sunday in October at Centenary Park against Brighton Union in a one day game which has been approved to be played in each clubs coloured uniforms with a white ball and the Sunday season opener should draw a sell out crowd.
Union were in a holding pattern last season after losing some key personnel and will be a slightly unknown quantity this season. Darian Kuzma is again captain and will rely on all-rounders Michael Cove and Stuart Bell and improvement from Jim Defegely and Jackson McDonough. The club was happy to regain Stuart Scorgie who will add depth and class as well as Jackson Moffitt who returns after a stint at Brighton whilst the recruit to have the biggest impact may be former CMCA junior rep Nathan Plumridge who will bolster the batting and add some variation to their bowling attack.
Omega return to the top grade with Ivan Delac at the helm and whilst the Ommies have the job ahead of them, quality players such as paceman Chris Clement, keeper/batsman Glenn Beckett, Anthony D’Amico and Aaron Gregory are experienced at this level and the evenly balanced line up should not be underestimated.
Mackie narrowly missed the finals last season and are sticking with their “grow from within” policy. Whilst they will rely on experienced quartet Damian Krotofil, Craig Park, Colm Kinsella and Dale Park, their emerging young players such as Chris Lavery, Liam Hard and Matt Suppree will be supplemented by the arrival of Elliott Bradley, Jack Vorbach, James “Captain” Cooke and Mitch Clements. Unfortunately Sam Clements has been lost for the greater part of the season to injury.
Elwood has lost key bats Sam “Dilmah” Tee and Steve Jones but are expecting captain coach Bobby Chawla to add a couple of bats via his Danish connections and Chris Phillips also spent the season in Denmark and should be cherry ripe for the start of the season. Nathan Harris, the Kingi brothers and Adam Howard will need to score heavily whilst the bowling line up will feature new fast bowler Saddam Hassan who is romoured to be quite sharp whilst Jackson Bunting will be frugal and Chawla and Rob De Haan will provide a few nightmares for opposition teams as a spin tandem.
Chelsea Heights made great strides last year but lose veterans Shaun Ezard and Anthony Reid. They have recruited well however adding Horley (UK) batsman David Perrow and Carrum Downs all-rounder Chris Moloney. Brad Lockhart leads the batting and southpaw Luke Shelton will spearhead the bowling attack whilst further development from Keiran Harper, Adam Hume, Callum Dodson, Tommy “Meat” Cleaver and Steve Kat will be important as will a prolific season from Matt Wilson.
East Sandringham have spent the off-season reloading to return to finals participation after a surprisingly poor season. Guy Martyn should be expected to have a big season after successfully coaching Hampton Rovers to a premiership. Anton Duddy, Danny Corp, Luke Dallas and Mark Devereaux were all a part of the football flag win and will now provide the backbone of the East resurgence although Martyn and Dallas may miss some playing time. Opening bat Brett Hampton will be on board full time after making an impact in a handful of games late last season and there are another couple of signings to be added to the core playing list whilst fast bowler Jaime Saleem is primed for a big season and Pat Singh is a virtual new recruit after missing most of 2012/2013.
Washington Park were very effective upon their return to Longmuir Shield last season and expectations are high at Shark Park that they can take it up a notch this season. Nick Pryde has been installed as coach and in a full time playing capacity and can be expected to add plenty of runs as should skipper Ryan Heywood after a lean season with the bat whilst Andrew Verrall can be counted on for consistency. David “Jockey” Mackay returns fit and earmarked to take over keeping duties and their young pace attack of Matt Oaten, James Cleary and Adam Matthiesson are a year older and stronger. Veteran left hander Gareth Finney will supply key runs and wickets as usual. Two significant recruits are being touted and would make a big difference to the squad.
Last year’s finalists Bentleigh ANA and runners up Carnegie South have been quiet in the off season. ANA have solid batting at the top with captain coach Bill Biggs, James White and Bryce Jansz and a steady bowling line up headed by last season’s Longmuir Shield player of the year Brad Dolman but may lose accurate spinner Andrew Lee. By and large The Royals will be looking for more from their squad who now have plenty of experience. The Redbacks lost English import Tom Lewis but the Spiders usually add a surprise packet or two to their list each season. In the meantime their reliable all-rounders Rudi Schleiger, Scott Handley and Gihan Pereira will carry the load.
Le Page Park struggled without leader Steve McConchie so his return will make a big difference although it will be offset by the loss of young gun Michael Deiacovo to Frankston. The highly regarded “Beiber Brigade” not unexpectedly hit a flat note last season and the young Panthers players need to step up in a hurry. Pete Mentiplay and Justin Greer will lead the charge from the next generation whilst Oshan De Silva will again be a key performer with bat and ball.
Kingston Heath will be looking to do more than just paddle along and win a handful of games this season but their playing list remains the same so they will be seeking internal improvement. Nuwan Shiroman will be their catalyst but Nick Waltrich, Adam Williams, Yanni Pasialis and Andrew Birt must contribute more regularly if new skipper Daniel Schwarze is to have a successful first season in charge. Young quick Jack Edwards will be looking to build on a promising debut season.
 
Would that include the sub-heading on the Leader articles - "South Eastern Cricket Association"? Sounds like you need to have a chat to your editor, Bunt!
 
Uncle Mick said:
Would that include the sub-heading on the Leader articles - "South Eastern Cricket Association"? Sounds like you need to have a chat to your editor, Bunt!
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Don't think the editor can cop that one...might be on Jimmy's head, very unprofessional, but thanks for picking that up Uncle Mick!!
 
Thought I'd come out of hibernation boys and take a stab at the ladder

1. Bentleigh Uniting (Almost unbeatable and will win again)
2. ESBC (Rumours of their demise have been grossly overstated)
3. Bent ANA (Desperately unlucky in the Prelim last year and will be thereabouts again)

4. Washington Park (Set to be the big improvers?)
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5. Elwood (Could easily finish top 4 if they can find a batsman)
6. Kingston Heath (Good structures will keep them competitive)
7. Carnegie Sth (Arguably over-achieved last year)
8. Mackie (Could finish anywhere from 3rd to 12th. I'll pick 8th)
9. Chelsea Heights (No Panther, no Chelsea!)

10. Omega (The standard rise will be too much)
11. Brighton Union (Will continue to struggle)
12. Le Page Park (Cellar dwellers for much of last year so why not again?)

Round 1 Preview

Sharks over the Machine
Uniting over Union easily
Heighters over Omega just
Beach Boys over Carnegie in an upset
Le Page over Golfers maybe?
ESBC over ANA just

Good luck to all

Quasi
 
Again, it ALL seems to be about Longy here. Anybody got any Wooly predictions?

Cluden are the BIG surprise packet of round 1 with most other games 'according to plan'... So to speak.

Thoughts peeps...???
 
Deep extra covers thoughts on Wooly placings looks pretty sound, thinking Wily Old Pros mob might struggle to pull top place though, might put them 4th below the other 3 despite Uniting's 1st round loss.
 
Quasi got in there. The rest cop the away sides. Where's Merl to run this thing?
I'll take all the home side except Carnegie South in Longmuir.
All the home sides except Elwood in Woolnough.
 
My tips for Round 2 :

Washington Park (renamed Cricket Australia Employees) to beat Elwood
Bentleigh Uniting to beat Kingston Heath - too powerful with Manders back
Brighton Union over Chelsea Heights - Lockhart can't do it again
ESBC to beat Carnegie South - should be set for a much better season
Omega over Le Page - stiff last week, might get over the line this time.
Mackie to beat ANA - in a difficult game to pick

Good luck
 
Longmuir Shield
Washington Park
Bentleigh Uniting
Brighton Union
ESBC
Omega
Bentleigh ANA

Woolnough Shield
Cluden
West Bentleigh
Hampton Central
Bentleigh Uniting
Moorabbin West
 
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