Thursday, November 7, 2024

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Antony Stewart's Visit Highlights Strong Progress for Home Hill Cricket Association

The Home Hill Cricket Association was fortunate to welcome Antony Stewart from QLD Cricket for two visits over the past week. Antony first joined Guy at East Ayr State School last Tuesday to assist with the Rookies, and then returned on Friday afternoon to work with the Challengers at the Nutrien Ag Solutions Cricket Complex. He was highly impressed with the players’ progress, particularly their skilful, straight-arm bowling. This week, Challengers Corey Pensini and Nicholas Marrinan top-scored with a strong 27-run partnership. All-round performances from Harvey Shannon and Corey earned them the MacDonald’s Sports Awards for the week.

The "Blue" game on the astro pitch saw a flurry of wickets, with a total of 19 falling throughout the match. Successful wicket-takers included Steve Wallwork, Kip Nicholas, Jude Shannon, Tyler Smith, Chaz Moschella, and Kye Quinlan, with Tait Parker achieving the best figures of the week with four wickets. However, the batting side struggled, with only two players reaching double figures. Unfortunately, no scores or photos were available from the "Gold" group at the time of this report.

Contributed with thanks to HHCA Junior Co-Ordinator Scott Heidke.

Many young cricketers enjoyed the company of Antony Stewart on Tuesday afternoon.
The Blue Group were celebrated for their performance last week.
Stave, Kip, Jude, Tyler, Chaz, Kye and Tait were commended for their contributions to the Blue Group’s success.
Mazlyn Smith received a Sports Award last week for her skilled performance.
Proud Sports Award recipients Harvey Shannon and Corey Pensini.

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