Good morning everyone. Hope this finds you well.
First off, a massive thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday for the Glenmore CC Big Night In. It was a great success, and it was particularly good to see so many club members involved.
The evening kicked off with our Q&A session with former Aussie coach, John Buchanan. We had 33 members on the Zoom meeting, listening to John talk about his time coaching Australia. John very graciously spoke for over half an hour, and very interesting it was too. If you want to watch the Q&A session it is available on our website and our YouTube channel.
That was followed up by our quiz night, which saw even more people join in. We had almost 60 people playing the quiz (members, family, friends) which was a terrific effort. Great to have such a good number participating. Thanks to everyone who took part.
The Glenmore CC 3km Charity Challenge is under way, and the response has been quite magnificent. We currently have 72 participants in the run and have raised $2200! We have members, ex-members,family and friends joining in. There are entries from New Zealand, Australia and England, as well as right across Canada. Our oldest runner is 63 (Jane Symington) and our youngest is just 7 (Dexter Cook).
The runs will be happening this week and I'll be sending out some updates as they happen.
Here are the teams;
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1. READY, STEADY, COOK
Damian Britt (captain)
Nicola Cook
Dexter Cook
Dan Hough
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2. THE CANTERBURY FAILS
Ian Bodsworth (captain)
Rebecca Futrall
Ross Greenwood
Greg Pickford
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3. BITS & PIECES
Reece Trevillion (captain)
Pete Chilvers
Samantha Pekarchuk
BJ Wolstenholme
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4. THE PANTHER KINGS
Rikki Panther (captain)
Bijju Mohankumar
Jennifer Perreault
Chris Williams
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5. LADY SMUDGINGTON'S STRIDERS
Heather Smith (captain)
Ryan Jenkinson (runner version)
James Ovel
Lauren Hope-Johnstone
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6. JENKO'S JOGGERS
Ryan Jenkinson (captain / bowler version)
Rory Hope-Johnstone
James McFadden
Aaron Boda
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7. THE BUNSEN BURNERS
Mark Turner (captain)
David Hope-Johnstone
Jonathan Smith
Ryan Jenkinson (batsman version)
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8. CHILLY-CON-CARNE'S
Matt Chilvers (captain)
Andy Donelan
Tom Cuff
Lisa Stokoe
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9. STOREY'S SPRINTERS
Alex Storey (captain)
Helen Phillips
Colin Nieuwenhuizen
Quinn Bara
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10. THE NORTHERNERS
Quinton North (captain)
Matt McFadden
Alex Robertson
Kate Williams
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11. THE SHOW BOATS
Marius Botha
Morne Botha
Durab Mansoor
Carole Bara
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12. THE SYMINGTON CHARGERS
Kalie Symington (captain)
Lynn Symington
Richard Sexton
Matt Stokoe
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13. A BUNCH OF JESSIES
Jesse Holloway (captain)
Emily McFadden
Magnus Lobo
Trevor Bernhardt
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14. THE DANGER ZONES
Chris Austin (captain - Danger in his middle name)
Mike Bara
Julie Nieuwenhuizen
Hayden Bara
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15. THE WHITE WALKERS
Terry McGrath (captain)
Lee Fisher
Alan Lewis
Jotham Bose
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16. THE BOOTLEGGERS
Jonath Bray (captain)
Dan Freier
Aashish Gaurav
Ryan Hogan
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17. THE LATECOMERS
Manav Attri (captain)
Shabeen Attri
Anjan Singh
Luke Poirer
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18. THE EASTCOASTERS
Neil Symington (captain)
Jane Symington
Dave Symington
Alilson Buckley
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Huge thanks to everyone who's running this week, and good luck!
And finally, if you haven't already seen, Kunal Makkar (our 1st XI captain) has been recording a series of interviews with club members and they have all been added to our website and YouTube channel. So far in his Cricket Talk In Isolation series he has chatted with Anjan Singh, Manav Attri, Rajeev Sharma, Tarun Jain, Muhammad Hayat and Gautam Verma. Expect some more in the coming days and weeks.
Thanks,
Alex