Game Day

All games for 1st grade and 2nd grade today at TREC have been cancelled.

Third grade is still ON at Riverside 7, however, the start of play has been put back until 1.00pm. All players are required at the ground by no later than 12.30pm.

So lets all get along today and support Third grade.

Team Selections

Team selections for 1 day games to be played against Wests tomorrow 16 January, 2016.

1st Grade - TREC game commencing 1.30pm
Players are required at the ground by no later than 1.00pm.
Simon Toyer (capt) ph. 0413 352392,  Dan Whale, Daniel Lawrence, Mackenzie Morison, Nathan Keam, Tom Fitzgerald, Lachlan Cooke, Tait Jordan, Robbie Gregg, Brody Blackett-Gregg, one more to be added

2nd Grade - TREC game commencing at 8.30am
Players are required at the ground by no later than 8.00am
Mark Fisher (capt) ph. 0402 931783, Dan Rogers, Phillip Windle, Graeme Schwenke, Matthew Lillicrap, Sam Taylor, Titu Alias, Josh Strange, Wayne Lillicrap, Jis Sebastian, Amit Kumar

3rd Grade - Riverside 7 game commencing at 10.00am
Players are required at the ground by no later than 9.30am
Tim Paynter (capt) ph. 0418 483406, Paul Lawrence, Kevin Attard, Joshua Attard, Andrew Rodgers, Liam Rodgers, James Wallace, Les Wallace, Mark Chew, Eddie Beattie, Lachlan Sharples, Doug Truman

All players & supporters are invited back to the Tamworth Golf Club at the end of the day's play for a quiet drink.

Country Music Festival Update

All local cricket clubs are required to assist the Tamworth District Cricket Association in operating the canteen during the country music festival.

City United is scheduled to assist with the cooking of bacon & egg rolls for breakfast on the mornings of Friday 15 and Saturday 23 January from 7.00-9.30am.  In all 3 people are required to assist with each cooking session.  If you are able to help out, please contact Anthony Fitzgerald on 0401 177209 as soon as possible.

In addition, City United is required to man the boom gates on Friday 22 January from 6.00pm to 6.00am Saturday morning.  Again if you are able to assist, please give Anthony a call.

This weekend will see City United take on Wests in a one day game.  Please note the change in starting times of games - 1st Grade 1.30pm at TREC, 2nd Grade 8.30am at TREC and 3rd Grade 10.00am at Riverside 5. If you haven't already done so, please let your grade captain know of your availability for this weekend's games.

Training is on this afternoon at Riverside 2 nets from 5pm.

Quirindi Super 8s

Quirindi Cricket Association is once again holding a 20/20 cricket carnival on the weekend of 23 & 24 January, 2016.

Teams of 8 are required.

All team nominations to Phil Sevil ph 0427 463210.

Wanted - Help with Cricket Coaching Clinic

Shaun Brown's Cricket Coaching is once again coming to Tamworth and they are looking to local clubs for players interested in helping out with their coaching clinics.  This is a paid position with hours of 9am-3pm.

The clinic will run in Tamworth on 25 & 26 January.

If anyone is interested, simply log onto www.cricketcoaching.com.au and fill in your details.

Help Required with Covers

If available over the Christmas/New Year period, players are encouraged to offer their assistance with covers on Riverside 2.  City United is rostered to put covers down on the evening of Monday 28 December and remove them first thing the following morning.

At this stage, we are just required on standby and in the event of any rain covers will need to be put down.

So please contact your grade captain if you are available to assist otherwise we will be approaching you to help.

Merry Christmas

On behalf of the Executive of City United Cricket Club, I would like to wish all players, supporters and their families a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Enjoy your christmas break and come back refreshed in the new year.

Training will resume on Wednesday 6 January at Riverside 2 nets from 5pm with the first game of 2016 on Saturday 9 January against Norths in a one day game.  Fourth grade have an extended break and will not resume playing again until Saturday 30 January.

Working Bee

Tamworth District Cricket Association is having a working bee on Sunday 20 December, 2015 at Cricket House commencing at 9am.  The whole outside of the building needs cleaning as well as downstairs in the canteen area in preparation for the McDonalds Cup and Plate in late December, a junior carnival in early January and Country Music Festival.  They need as many volunteers as possible to get all this work done.  The TDCA will provide a BBQ and a few drinks to all who come along and assist.  The more people that show up on the day, the quicker everything will get done.
So show your Club spirit and join others in helping out.