The 2016/17 fixtures for Ray McIntosh Shield, Howard Wilson Shield, Dorothy McIntosh Shield and A Grade, as advised at last nights 2016/17 Season launch, have now been made live on MyCricket.

Grades B to J i.e. remaining Two Day, Split Innings, Reduced Over & One Day Grades will be released once affiliation and ground availability is finalised asap next week.

Good luck and good cricket to all clubs in the coming summer.

Regards,

BHRDCA CoM

Inner East Metro Region
Milo in2CRICKET & MILO T20BLAST IN-SERVICE 2016-17
Shane Koop,  Regional Cricket Manager – Inner East Metro

Hi there Junior Clubs, this is the information from the Junior Delegates meeting 7th September 2016 to be shared with your club committees.

Please see attached correspondence received from Scott Tutton at Cricket Victoria concerns the use of helmets for 2016/17 season and beyond.

The Key points are:
– all juniors must wear helmets when batting and wicket keeping
– helmets will become compulsory for all senior community cricketers by the 2019-20 season
– helmets must be compliant with the British Standard BS7928-2013, as prescribed by the ICC

Regards

Rod Patterson

VMCU – Administrator

Ph 0408 088 580

Email: rodney.patterson@vmcu.org.au

Opening of Round 1 of the VicHealth Active Club Grant Program.

In the first of two rounds for 2016-17, two levels of funding grants – up to $3,000 or up to $10,000 – are available to community sports clubs across Victoria.

Providing huge benefits for the community, VicHealth’s Active Club Grants program has been supporting local sports clubs in remote, rural, regional and metropolitan areas to get more Victorians living healthier and happier lives for nearly three decades.

Social sports and programs for women and girls will be the winners in VicHealth’s latest funding round.

VicHealth is looking to fund clubs which:

• demonstrate how they will get more women and girls involved in physical activity, through new or recently established programs, activities and opportunities
• start up a social or modified sport program which will attract more people to be regularly physically active.

VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter said female participation in sport is still lower than male involvement, and due to a lack of time and confidence, many women and girls fail to fit the recommended 2.5 hours of moderate physical activity into their week.

“Too many people still think that being active means you have play an organised sport, run a marathon or win a trophy. Our research shows that every step really does count, and anything that gets you moving is beneficial. With these grants, VicHealth wants to support a wider range of opportunities for everyone to get active – particularly those aimed at women and girls. Non-traditional, social and modified sports are becoming an increasingly popular choice” Ms Rechter said.

Social sport includes more flexible, fun and less-structured opportunities with a focus social interaction, and less emphasis on performance, results and competition – they might be modified to increase opportunities across age, disability, skill level, fitness level, lifestyle, or location.

For further information or to apply online, visit http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/activeclub

Hi

We wanted to share with you a video produced titled “Being A Welcoming Cricket Club” that highlights how your club teams can be more welcoming on match day.

The footage was captured during a Sunday One Day match between Sunshine Heights CC v Avondale Heights CC in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association.

All the people featured in the footage are non-actors and all the components of the video are real and occur at each match –

#developingplayingenvironments

Footage and tip sheets available via link below.

Enjoy!

http://community.cricket.com.au/clubs/well-played/being-a-welcoming-cricket-club

Mulgrave Wheelers Hill Cricket Club has been shattered by Susan Dean’s diagnosis of stage IV stomach cancer. Susan, her hysband Jamie & 4 children are long serving members and supporters of the club.

Check out the SEDA Victoria Sports Programs
Openday Wednesday 20th July 2016

sedagroup.com.au/openday

More girls playing cricket means a stronger club/association. You can play a role in fast-tracking the development of girls competitions in your community by applying for funding to support and develop community level competitions and teams for girls aged 11-18

The BHRDCA is delighted to announce another sponsorship has been secured.

This is with Trackon and they will provide the association representative teams with clothing for the next two seasons with an option of a third season.

The agreement provides the association with an annual cash component including sponsorship of our in season weekly radio show and the McIntosh Shield Grand Final live stream.

As with all our sponsors we strongly encourage clubs to make contact and consider Trackon when looking at their apparel needs. Be it match day clothing, social wear, training tops, T 20 uniforms, junior and/or senior teams there are plenty of opportunities to engage with Trackon and see how they can meet your needs.

The contact is Craig Rutley who can be reached at trackon@optusnet.com.au or 0434 269 034

Regards

BHRDCA CoM

At the recent AGM the existing Committee of Management was primarily returned with the following changes:

Tom Anderson becomes Junior Section Manager.

Vice President & Permits chair positions are currently vacant.

Sincere thanks to outgoing Junior Manager Ross Chambers who has done a stellar job and will continue to be an integral part of the junior structure looking after our representative sides.

The outcome of proposed rule changes will be posted shortly.

Regards

BHRDCA CoM

The CoM has completed its review of the crowd behaviour at the Australian Cricket College McIntosh Shield Grand Final on day 2 in conjunction with hosts Blackburn CC who proactively conducted their own internal investigation.

This has resulted in sanctions against some spectators involved and BCC itself. BCC has also taken internal steps addressing the matter.

Thankfully those scenes were not repeated as other grand finals concluded the following week.

The CoM fervently hopes there will no repeat of this type of incident in the future.

Regards

BHRDCA CoM