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1999-2000
Season Review
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Check the following
links to see which teams and individuals performed best in the 1999-2000
domestic cricket season:
Visit the following
pages to review the 1999-2000 domestic season in detail:
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1999-2000
Season - Top Teams
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The 1999-2000 season
will be remembered for....
- Saturday League
Champions - Nomads
- Saturday League
Runners-Up - Saracens
- Saturday Cup Winners
- Gap Ramblers
- Saturday Cup Runners-Up
- St George's
- Saturday Plate
Winners - Nomads/Saracens
- Sunday League Champions
- JKN Little Sai Wan
- Sunday League Runners-Up
- Templars
- Sunday Cup Winners
- Pakistan Association
- Sunday Cup Runners-Up
- Scorpions
- Sunday Plate Winners
- Friends XI
- Sunday Plate Runners-Up
- KCC Colts
- Under 19 League
Champions - Saracens
- Under 19 League
Runners-Up - LSWCC
- Under 15 League
Champions - Sandy Bay
- Under 15 League
Runners-Up - Saracens
- Under 13 League
Champions - HKCC "Black Rain"
- Under 13 League
Runners-Up - LSWCC
- Under 11 League
Champions - HKCC
- Under 11 League
Runners-Up - Smashers
- HKCA / LCSD Primary
Schools' Playground League:
- Cup Winners
- Quarry Bay International School
- Cup Runners-Up
- The Little Flowers Primary School
- Plate Winners
- Hang Hau Central Shing Hang Fong Memorial School "A"
- Plate Runners-Up
- Australian International School
- Hancock Shield
- HKCC retains the trophy
- Tony Gough Cup
- KCC
- Ted Wilson Trophy
- South Island School
- Tim Davis Trophy
- Island XI
- HKSCA Lal Jayasinghe
League - West Island School
- Ebrahim Senior
Eights Tournament - South Island School
- Junior Eights -
West Island School
- Junior Sixes champions:
- Quarry Bay
International School (U11)
- Little Sai
Wan (U15)
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1999-2000
Season - HKCA Annual Awards
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The following awards
were given at the HKCA Annual Awards Dinner held at the Hong Kong Cricket
Club on 10th June 2000:
- Hong Kong Cricketer
of the Year - Mohammed Zubair (LSWCC)
- Hong Kong Junior
Cricketer of the Year - Neeraj Savalani (KGV, Saracens)
- Schoolboy Cricketer
of the Year - Steven Hawinkels (Island School)
- Young Dragon of
the Year - Dyutish Chaudhuri (SIS)
- Best Sunday Batsman
- Rahul Sharma (Templars)
- Best Sunday Bowler
- Mohammed Zubair (LSWCC)
- Best Sunday Wicket-keeper
- Amit Argarwal (Templars)
- Sunday Captain
of the Year - Adnan Butt (LSWCC)
- Best Saturday Batsman
- Mark Eames (CCC)
- Best Saturday Bowler
- Rahul Sharma (Saracens)
- Best Saturday Wicket-keeper
- Rob Gill (Saracens)
- Saturday Captain
of the Year - Nitini Naik (HKU)
- Jungu Vachha Umpire
of the Year - Bob Fotheringham
- Special Awards
for Services to Cricket - Mr. Jackland Lai (DBS Headmaster)
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1999-2000
Season - President's Report
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1. INTERNATIONAL
- Successfully staged
the U13 SE Asian Championships in April 2000. HK entered 2 teams with
Malaysia winning the title in final attended by Allan Border.
- HK reached finals
of Senior, U23, U19, U15 SE Asian Championships though disappointingly
were not successful in any.
- HK U19s suffered
dreadfully at Youth Asia Cup (Singapore, July 99) being knocked
out at Group stage having only been able to complete half a match due
to rain and no reserve days. HK team showed spirit to reach Plate Final.
- Glyn Davies appointed
HKCA manager co-ordinator responsible for management of HKs international
team managers. Creation of the position necessary due to increasing
tour schedule for our U13s, U15s, U23s Senior teams.
- Rahul Sharma appointed
to chair the international committee by the HKCA Executive Committee
in September 1999.
- Working paper guidelines
"HK Cricket 2001 and beyond" written by Stewart Brew
adopted by HKCA and being implemented.
- HKCA working group
created to oversee strategy and lobbying for HK in international circles.
2. DOMESTIC
- Saturday League
reduced to 16 teams after late withdrawal of Merchants.
- Saturday League
- HKCC Nomads
- Saturday Cup -
HKCC Gap Ramblers
- Sunday League -
JKN LSW
- Sunday Cup - Pakistan
Association
- Saturday Plate
- Nomads & Saracens (shared)
- Sunday Plate -
Friends XI
- Decision to not
reschedule abandoned matches had positive effect on season length being
reduced by 4 weeks.
- Clive Howard took
over from David Steer as League & Cup Chairman.
- Bonus points system
introduced this season for Sunday League proved popular and ensured
matched remain interesting to the end.
3. GROUNDS AND FACILITIES
- Again, every ground
being used to maximum capacity on weekends.
- HKCA currently
awaiting approval from the Jockey Club for funds to develop a site in
Diamond Hill into a cricket ground.
- Mission Road track
was replaced in August 1999 and plays very well.
- Man-hours worked
at DBS increased from August 1999 have resulted in improvements to the
ground conditions.
- HKCA are investigating
the possibility of creating indoor training facilities in Kowloon.
- HKCA submitted
proposals to the SDB for the construction of net and fielding practice
facilities at the Shatin Sports Institute.
4. JUNIOR CRICKET
- HKCA created an
U11 Junior League to add to the existing U13, U15 and U19 Junior Leagues.
Altogether junior teams competed in regular organised junior
leagues in Hong Kong in 1999 2000
The winners:
U11 League HKCC
U13 League HKCC "Black Rain"
U15 League Sandy Bay
U19 League Saracens
- Junior Player Pool
In response to the growing number of junior cricketers in HK and the
need to introduce them to League Cricket, HKCA implemented a Junior
Player Poor register of junior players willing to be called on at last
minute for Saturday and Sunday League matches. The Pool proved useful
and will be continued in 2000-01.
- The first "Junior
Sixes Festival" was staged in April (during ICC "Cricket Week")
which saw junior teams at U15 and U11 age levels fight it out for the
title of HKCA Junior Sixes Champions. This proved an enjoyable and colourful
occasion, which is planned to become a fixture in the cricket calendar.
- Coaching Centres
and School Visits
HKCA started the first indoor coaching centres in Summer 1999 with six
8-week courses being run at 3 indoor games halls. These proved popular
and will be increased to 5 halls this summer. Altogether in 1999, HKCA
operated 26 cricket courses (8-10 weeks duration) at various locations
around HK, conducted 17 school visits/courses and were active at 6 sports
demonstrations/exhibitions.
- Community Sports
Clubs
Happy CC became fully registered with SDB this year and now receives
funding. Both Happy CC and Genius now compete actively in HKCA Junior
Leagues and received coaching programs from HKCA. Special mention must
be made of Genius CC Chairman Antoine Ng, who has translated the laws
of cricket into Chinese, as well as a Chinese language rules and coaching
handbook for the Club.
- Schools Cricket
HKCA, in cooperation with LCSD and the ICC, created and organised the
first inter-primary school league in Hong Kong, the "Playground
League". 16 teams from 13 schools competed in the inaugural season
with the format of games designed to be played in basketball court-sized
areas.
The winners:
Champions Quarry Bay
Runners Up The Little Flowers Primary School
Plate winners Hang Hau Central Shing Hang Fong Memorial School
"A"
Runners Up Australian International School
The Hong Kong Schools Cricket Association are running secondary schools
cricket under the Chairmanship of Julian Harniess. HKCA are working
with HKSCA for cricket to become recognised by the HK School Sport Federation.
5. ADMINISTRATION
AND MANAGEMENT
- The HKCA has a
stable staff of 4 full time and 2 part-time employees:
- Mark Burns (Operations Manager) Management and implementation
of policy
- Lal Jayasinghe (Coach Coordinator) Overseeing of coaching and
coach development
- Simone Kwan (Sports Executive) Administration of elementary
centres, development projects, Cantonese PR
- Rahuman Farcy (Sports Executive) Administration of junior centres,
coaching, book-keeping
- Ron Brierly (Sports Administrator) Administration of all League
and Cup matters (fixtures, ground bookings, statistics etc), 500 Club
- Ravi Nagdev (Development Executive) Implementation of development
projects (Playground League, Junior Leagues, website etc.), coach administration
- The SDB funding
procedure for HKCA changed in 1999 with subvention now being received
on a project by project basis rather than the previous "lump sum"
arrangement.
- The HKCA website
is improving all the time and is superbly maintained and designed by
Travis Pittman. HKCA are currently developing a junior members website
due to be launched in September 2000.
- The HKCA 500 Club
was created in 1999 and held its first draw in December 1999. Designed
to provide funding for HKCA international tours and events and other
development projects. Membership intake of the Club has been slow. However,
the Club has already benefitted international players by giving them
a fundraising opportunity to offset tour costs. The 500 Club pays our
$6,000 in prizes every month.
6. COACHING AND COACH
DEVELOPMENT
- HKCA Coaching Awards
are now integrated with the SDB accreditation system and the ICC.
- HKCA has developed,
through the ICC Development Program, good relations with the Auckland
Cricket Association. As a result, the ACA Director of Coaching Development
Kaushik Patel conducted a NZ Level 2 (HKCA L3) course in October, the
highest level coaching course ever held in HK (5 of the 6 candidates
passed). It is planned that Mr Patel will come to HK annually to conduct
coaching courses.
- HKCA ran Level
1 courses in 1999/2000 with candidates qualifying and receiving certificates.
7. THANK YOU
- The HKSDB for funding
and all-round assistance.
- The LCSD for grassroots
support.
- HKCC, KCC for provision
of their facilities.
- Travis Pittman,
HKCA webmaster.
- All members (and
non-members) who have volunteered their time and assistance during the
season.
- Parents and managers
of teams playing in HKCA Junior Leagues.
- All of the umpires
who have stood in HKCA competitions this season, especially: Allan Swift,
Bob Fotheringham, Fahmy Jowarsha, Kanu Gohel, Mike Walsh, Shiroy Vachha,
James Middleton.
- All who have helped
fundraising and sponsorship during the season.
- Andrew Eade, ICC
development officer.
- The staff of HKCA.
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