The Keysborough Cricket Club Annual General Meeting will take place at the cricket club on Monday 29th April commencing at 7 pm  All positions are up for election. If anyone wishes to nominate for any position, please do so by contacting club secretary Peter Curtis by Wednesday 24th April. This is your chance to decide the clubs direction and future.

This Sunday 27th January 2013 promises to be a big day for Knights supporters, when we conduct the 2013 Parkmore Shopping Centre $1000 Reverse Draw. For $25 you get an entry into our draw, where you have the chance of winning goods to the value of $1000, beer wine and soft drinks while the draw is on, and  lunch. To top it off, we all get to have a laugh as the old boys lead by Louie Papa take on Springvale South in the Masters game. If our vets can muster up a win they will progress to the Grand Final. There are still tickets available if you would like to purchase any more, or would like to bring friends. Proceedings will  kick off at 12.30pm for what will be a very entertaining day.

Once again for season 2012/2013 we will be conducting the Parkmore Shopping Centre $1000 reverse draw. 

 The date for this years draw will be Sunday January 27th 2013 at the clubrooms beginning at 12.30pm.  Admission is $25ea and includes a ticket to the draw (of which you can win goods to the value of $1000), food, beer, wine and soft drinks whilst the draw is conducted.  As an added side attraction for this year’s draw, you will be able to cheer on our very own Masters side as they take on Springvale South.

Its extremely important players and supporters of the Keysborough Cricket Club support this function, so please make a special effort for this years draw, and take the chance to mingle with family, friends and our club sponsors.

Wednesday 11th November we host Doveton in this season’s first game of the Twenty20 format. The game will start at approximately 5.15pm, so come down and support the boys in their quest to make this years finals. Bar and canteen will be operating.

The team is Jake Hennigan (C), Andre Peters, Daniel Papa, Max Morley, Steven Mullaney(courtesy of Dandenong CC), Mahshan Perera, Shakeel Ahmad, Christopher “Marquee” Chalmers, Rob Byron, AJ Byron, Jake Whiting. 12th man is Phil Lobb.

This season promises to be an exciting one for Keysborough Cricket Club, on and off the field. During the off-season the club welcomed Peter Curtis as Club Secretary, as well as welcoming Jason Brown, Alex Lilley, Darren Bedford, Lou Papa and Dave McIvor to our new look committee. We also undertook a big step change for the club by adopting a nickname, and from this season we will be known as the Knights.  We will have a new range of clothing apparel for sale bearing our new emblem, including One Day tops, white shirts, shorts, singlets, supporter shirts and hats.

For the club to be successful we identified that we needed support from sponsors, and for season 2012/13 the club greatly appreciates the following sponsors – Parkmore Shopping Centre ( our major sponsor), Air Alliance, Mac Global Freight Solutions, Melsteel and Danber Financial Services. Without their support the club would surely struggle to survive.

On field we have been fortunate to retain the services of Andre Peters as coach, with Baden Saunders captaining the First Eleven.  We also welcome our English import Max Morley to Keysborough CC, Jake (fish) Whiting, Shakeel Ahmad, Daniel Hoggett, Harry Sidhu, Bikram Singh, Paramvir Singh, and a host of other new players vying for a spot in our First Eleven. The fight to regain our position in Turf 1 will be a massive challenge this seaon, but if enthusiasm and player numbers at training are any indication then we are on the right track.  This season we will also be conducting the Milo In2Cricket program. If you know of any kids between the ages of 6-11 that would like to give cricket a go, then this is the program for them. See Alex Lilley for details.

Off field the club has entrusted Jason Brown and Alex Lilley to plan for this seasons functions – all of which will be available to see on the Events Calendar tab. On  Thursday selection nights Alby will be cooking up a storm on the BBQ, and on Saturday nights at the completion of 2 day games we will be presenting match awards. This season we will also present a Player of The Month Award, and  judged by Stephen Hennigan and Darren Chatfield.

 Good luck to all of our players and teams for season 2012/2013, and remember to play hard and play fair

CAR’N THE KNIGHTS