OUR BEGININGS
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Back in the late 1970's Ken Lister wanted his
son Greg to play cricket. The closest club was Pine Rivers Cricket Club
at Dakabin and it was difficult to get his son to practice. He decided
to recruit local boys and make up teams from Albany Creek. At the time
there were 3 teams at Pine Rivers made up entirely of Albany Creek boys.
Ken Lister, Geoff Sweet and Bruce Patching
started the new Albany Creek Junior Cricket Club and signed up 4 teams
and joined the Redcliffe & Districts Junior Cricket Association
(Zone 6).
Although training was in Albany Creek, they still had to travel far
and wide to play their matches, as there was no quality home ground.
Clubs in the District were located at Redcliffe, Deception Bay, Margate,
Bribie Island, Caboolture, Burpengary and Kilcoy. Each player was
charged a match fee. This enabled Albany Creek to provide gear for the
players and it wasn't long before we had a reputation as the Club with
the best equipment for its players - no clubhouse or headquarters, but
each team had a well-stocked kit. This "policy" has been
continued until the present. Luckily, we now have a number of good
pitches as well as our own clubhouse - the "Hawks Nest" at
Brendale.
Peter Daff was one of our first selectors at Zone
level and for 3-4 years helped in the selection and development of Under
12 players trailing for the Zone 6 Teams. Up until Brisbane North
combined Zones 1 & 2, there were two Brisbane competitions played
over a number of Sundays - Presidents Cup (Zone A teams) &
Presidents Plate (Zone B teams). Players were then selected from Zones 1
(Sandgate/Toombul), 2 (Valleys/Norths) and 6 (Redcliffe Districts) to
form the Brisbane North Championship & Development teams.
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ANNUAL REPORTS & NEWSLETTERS -
1988/89 to 1999/00 (Excerpts)
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1988/1989
- Fifty boys sign on and 4 teams were fielded.
- Registration Costs $20-00 or $25-00 per family. Playing Fees of
$2-00 pw.
- Paul Graham (Brisbane Colts A Grade Cricketer
appointed Club Coach).
1989/1990
- A 50% increase in players. Teams increased from 4 to 6.
- A new concrete pitch with artificial turf installed at Albany
Hills State School at a cost of $1700 with a further $1000 spent on
equipment.
- Artificial turf at Albany Creek State High School. Cost 50/50 with
school.
- In a game against Caboolture at Wamuran on 11/11/89, the U12 team
were all out for 9 with a top score of 3. Six batsmen scored ducks.
- The Under 11 team won the first ever Premiership for the Club
playing in the Redcliffe & Districts Junior Cricket Association
(Brisbane Zone 6)
1990/1991
- The committee decided that this year all fees are to be paid
before the start of the season. Cost $25-00 registration + $25-00
playing fees. (Total $50-00)
- AGM to be held at the home of Peter Daff. All players/parents
welcome.
- Albany Creek Junior Cricket Club incorporated 24th October 1990
by the hard work of Peter Daff, Ian Wade, Laurie Hutton, Fred
Spakman & Greg Batten.
- Six (6) teams fielded. U10x2, U11, U12, U13, U14.
- All players were encouraged to wear the Club Badge. Cost $4-00.
- Four pitches now in use - ACSHS, AHSS, ACSS and All Saints.
- New Club policy is to have ALL players getting a fair go.
- After a game against Margate a coach wrote in the Newsletter
"Cricket will be better served when rival coaches learn to put
development ahead of ego."
- Approximately 100 players and parents attended a Family Day at
Samford Country Club playing Tennis, Golf and Swimming.
1991/1992
- Six (6) teams fielded - U10x2, U11, U12, U14, & U15.
- All players/Coaches/Managers insured for the first time. Moves to
encourage Qld Cricket to organise a state wide insurance scheme.
- Alan Free appointed as Club Coach
- A Fund raising venture was organised to tour the Milton Road
Brewery.
1992/1993
- Two AGM's were called and on each occasion only 5 people attended.
- Six teams fielded - 3 U10, U11, U12, & U13. Registration Fees
$60-00.
- Daniel Pratt from the Under 10 Red named as Cricketer of the Year
- Peter Daff is made our 1st Life Member.
- Helmets are supplied to all teams
and players are encouraged to wear them.
1993/1994
- Albany Creek enters a team in the new Under 9 competition.
- Registration costs $65-00. Chocolate drive to raise funds.
1994/1995
- Albany Creek has 7 teams.
1995/1996
- President Hugh Gibson successfully changes our affiliation from
Zone 6 (Sand/Redcliffe) to Zone 2 (Valleys Norths) cutting down
travelling time.
- Bulk earthworks commence at South Pine Sporting Complex. Cricket
is allocated two ovals to be ready in 1997. Seven teams fielded.
- Peter Daff appointed as Statistician after a number of complaints
regarding how the Team Cricketer of the Year was selected.
1996/97
- Albany Creek wins the very last Zone 2 Club Championship before
Zone 1 & Zone 2 combine to form the new Brisbane North Zone.
- Peter Daff donates a Clubman trophy awarded to the
player/parent/official who contributes most to the club during the
year - 1st winner Brad Harris.
- Team "Cricketer of the Year" is replaced by
"Champion Team" - a perpetual trophy for the best team
& Coach in Modified (U9-U10) & Junior (U11-U16). The 1st
winners - U9 Hawks (Rob Grummitt) and U16 Hawks (Paul Crooks).
1997/98
- President Steve Buckley calls for an identity for ACJCC. Lorix
Bertling suggests "Hawks" as hawks roam the whole of our
vast area. This name is unanimously carried.
- LJ Hooker is approached to be our major Sponsor and an association
is formed which still exists today. Minor sponsors are also
approached.
- The first "Hawks" newsletter is designed by Paul Crooks
and paid by Sponsors.
- 15 players represent the club at Zone level or higher.
- 12 teams entered in BN competitions.
- "Success in our Club is NOT measured by winning or losing, it
is measured by enjoyment, development and teamwork" - Steve
Buckley 9/1998.
1998/99
- A new oval and 2 new training nets at South Pine Sports Complex.
- A "Hawks" medallion in pewter is presented to every
player with ACJCC.
- A new pitch is laid at Eatons Hill SS. 15 teams registered with BN
- 180 players.
- ACJCC - 1st Junior Club in Qld to have a Web Site- Web Master
Bruce Boland.
- 1999
saw us enter a team (C2N) in the Winter Warehouse competition for
the first time.
1999/00
- "Hawk Talk" is the new Newsletter name suggested by the
Grummitt family.
- Two ovals in use at South Pine Sports Complex and 4 U9 grass
pitches.
- A clubhouse is ready for use by ACJCC and Hockey (Oval 2)
- This year we had 201 registrations with 17 teams entered with BN.
- Our 2nd Life Member, Lorix Bertling was appointed on 2/4/00.
- May, 2000 - our name changed to the "Albany Creek Cricket
Club Inc"
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Again, we enter one team (C2N) in the 2000 Winter Warehouse
competition this season.
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This history was compiled by Lorix J.
Bertling for the 10 Year Anniversary of incorporation (24th October
2000) by contacting and interviewing many past members. To celebrate our
first 10 years, a dinner was held at the Wantima Golf Club and attended
by around 100 past and present members.
We are always interested about hearing the history of our club. If you
can supply additional information, or have reason to dispute any of the
information listed, please contact the us on mailto:accc@albanycreekcricketclub.com. |
HISTORY -
2000 ONWARDS |
2000/2001
- We had 203 registered players this season of which only 8 were half
season.
- There were 17 teams entered in the Brisbane North competition.
- 10 Albany Creek players represented Brisbane North in Championship and
Development carnivals across the Christmas holidays.
- Life Membership awarded to Hugh Gibson in March 2001.
- We entered a
team (C1N) in the Summer Warehouse competition for the first time.
- Two teams
entered in the 2001 Winter Warehouse competition this time: C1N and the
U16s captained by Luke Swinbourne (our first under-age team in the
competition).
2001/2002
- We had a large increase in players this season 253 registered players
with 13 being half season players.
- A suitable increase also in the number of team entered in the Brisbane
North competition 21 teams this season.
- Again, we had 10 Albany Creek players representing Brisbane North in
Championship and Development carnivals across the Christmas holidays.
- We also had our first player selected at a state level Stephen Grummitt
played in the U13 Qld State Primary School Championships. A name to watch
out for in the future!
- Life Membership awarded to Graeme Swinbourne in March 2002.
- One team
(C3N) in the Summer Warehouse competition and 3 teams in the 2002 Winter
competition: C2N, U17 and A1S (our first A-grade team).
2002/2003
- Another increase in players saw us with 301 registered players including
39 half season players.
- 23 teams entered in Brisbane North competitions.
- There were 9 Albany Creek players included in the Brisbane North teams
playing in the Championship and Development carnivals.
- Two Life Memberships were awarded this season Bruce Boland and Ian
McJannett received their awards in April 2003.
- A group of
Albany Creek
U16 s went to England in 2002, winning the inaugural Endeavour Cup against
Plymouth Cricket Club and visiting Lords and the Long Room.
- The U14 Sea Hawks took out the Brisbane North Premiership this season.
Coach: Shane O Neill
Manager: Kevin Weeks
- One team
(C2N) in the Summer Warehouse and 2 teams in the 2003 Winter competition:
B2N and C2N.
2003/2004
- 322 Registered players (included 48 half season players) played in 26
teams in the Brisbane North competitions.
- We had a record 14 Albany Creek players represent Brisbane North at the
carnivals this season.
- The U13 Eagle Hawks took out the Brisbane North Premiership this season.
Coach: Steve Casey
Manager: Stephen Engstrom
- One team
(B2N) in the Summer Warehouse and 4 teams in the 2004 Winter comp: B1N, B3N,
C2N and U16.
2004/2005
- A drop in player numbers across the region saw our numbers drop to 284
registered players (33 half season players).
- We managed to field 24 teams in the Brisbane North competition. We
fielded our first half season team this year in the U13 division and
recognised the growing number of half season players by awarding the
Season Cricketer of the Year trophy for the first time. This was awarded
to Brandon Herring of the U13 Sea Hawks.
- 11 Albany Creek players represented Brisbane North in the carnivals this
season.
- Life Membership was awarded to Mr Canteen John Moushall in April 2005.
- One team
(B2N) in the Summer again and 4 teams in the 2005 Winter competition: B1N,
B3N, C2N and U16.
- Luke
Swinbourne captained his C2N team to take our the 2005 Winter competition
premiership for their grade – our first Warehouse premiership!
2005/2006
- The well publicised Ashes tour in England has been recognised as
creating a renewed interest by young players in cricket. Our numbers rose
to a record 345 registered players of which 84 were half season players.
- We fielded 26 teams (one of which was a half-season again) in the
Brisbane North competition. This equals our record number of teams (26
also in 2003/2004).
- We had 14 Albany Creek players representing Brisbane North in
Championship and Development carnivals across the Christmas holidays. This
equals our record number of representative players (14 also in 2003/2004).
- This season we saw another player selected at a state level Tynan
Burgess played in the U13 Qld State Primary School Championships. He is
only the second Albany Creek player to be selected at this level. Another
name to watch out for in the future!
- Life Membership was awarded posthumously to Tim Kaddatz whose tragic
death rocked the core of the club. Tim was a coach at Albany Creek for
seven years and worked with a number of teams in all grades from Under 8
to Under 15, many of which three of his four boys played in.
- Life Memberships were also awarded to Steve and Kathy Casey
in June 2006. The first female Life Member so let's hope we get more
females getting involved in the running of the club in the future.
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Still just one team in the Summer Warehouse comp (B2N) but 5 in the 2006 Winter
comp: B1N, B2N, C1N, C2N and U16.
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We took out two premierships in the 2006 Winter Comp: C2N captained by
Darren Green and U16s captained by Michael
Strange.
2006/2007
- We had 348 registered players this season
and 51 of them were half season.
- We fielded 28 teams in the Brisbane North
competition - 2 of those teams were half-season.
- A record 21 Albany Creek players represented
Brisbane North in Championship and Development carnivals.
- Tim Gregory became the first Albany Creek
player to represent the state after being selected in the U15 State High
Schools Championship team.
- Another group
of our young Albany Creek players (between the ages of 13 and 16) went to
England in July of 2007 and had a great trip. The rivalry between Plymouth
and Albany Creek is still strong!
- Two Premiership teams this season:
U16 Eagle Hawks won the full season competition for their division:
Coach: Steve Casey
and the U14 Hawks won the half-season competition for their division:
Coach: Fred Pretorius
Manager: Mark Thompson
- Warehouse is
growing across both Summer and Winter. We put two teams in the Summer
Warehouse competition this season: B3N and C2N and six teams in the Winter
comp: B1N, B3N, C1, C1N, C2N, U16.
- The C2Ns
captained by Gary Hodgson took out the
Summer premiership for their grade and we had two Winter premiers, B1N
captained by Darryl Rohl.
2007/2008
- 319 registered players and 41 of them were
half season.
- We fielded 27 teams this season and 3 of
them were half-season.
- We had 8 Albany Creek players representing
Brisbane North in Championship and Development carnivals.
- This season we had 2 players selected at a
state level. Both Nicholas Sale and Matthew Renshaw played in the
U13 Qld State Primary School Championships.
- Life Memberships were awarded to Garry
(Warehouse) Walker and Michael Skinner in June 2008.
- We made an offer to buy the old club house
from the dog groups PADS and got it moved across the road to Field
1. The Warehouse boys took on the task of turning the Dog House into
a home-away-from-home and through a lot of hard work have succeeded.
It's a great addition to our sporting complex.
- The U13 Eagle Hawks won the
half-season competition for their division:
Coach: Randy Kay
Manager: David Keir
- Growth
continues on the Warehouse side of cricket. Four teams this season in the
summer competition, B1N, B3N, C2N and C2N-S (our first Sunday team). Eight
teams in the 2008 Winter competition: A3N, B1N, B3N, B4N, C2N, C3N, U14 and U15.
- The Sunday
(C2N-S) team captained by
Brett Hutton & Wayne Hermann
took out the premiership in the Summer competition.
2008/2009
- 367 players registered and 109 of those
players are half season players.
- We registered 30 teams with Brisbane North
this season and 4 of those were half-season.
- Life Membership was award to Ralph Shaw
(Committee) in June 2009.
- New
Dog House Club House on
Field 1 has taken shape and looks great.
- 14 Albany Creek players represented Brisbane
North in Championship and Development carnivals.
- Again, we had 2 players selected at a state
level. Matthew Renshaw was again select in the 13 Qld State Primary School
Championship team and Nicholas Sale was selected in the U15 State High
Schools Championship team. Nicholas is only the second player in the history
of our club to be selected in this team.
- Two Premiership teams this season:
U13 Sea Hawks won the half-season competition for their division:
Coach: Brett Hutton / Mike Whitney
Manager: John Milne
and the U15 Sea Hawks won the half-season competition for their
division:
Coach: Michael Munro
Manager: Greg Pope
- In the
Warehouse competitions, we fielded 4 teams in the Summer comp: A3N, B2N, C1N
and C2N-S and 11 teams in the Winter competition, including 3 under-age teams
and our first Premier League team: Premier League, A2N, A3N, B1N, B2N, B3N,
C3N, U12, 2 x U14s and an U15.
- We took out
another three premierships in the 2009 Winter Warehouse competition: Premier
League captained by Scott Casey, A2N captained by Michael Lloyd and the U12s coached by Steve Hillier.
2009/2010
- 346
players registered players, of which 85 are half season players.
- We fielded
29 teams with Brisbane North - 4 of those were half-season teams.
- 17 Albany
Creek players represented Brisbane North in Championship and Development
carnivals.
- Two Premiership teams this season:
U14 Sea Hawks won the half-season competition for their division:
Coach: Brett Hutton / Mike Whitney
Manager: John Milne
and the U15 Eagle Hawks won the half-season competition for their
division:
Coach: Randy Kay
Manager: Ralph Shaw
- In the Summer
competition, we fielded another four teams: A3N, B2N, C1N and C2N-S and 15
teams for the 2010 Winter comp: Premier League, A3N, B1N, B2N, B3N, C1N, C2N,
C3N-S, C4N-S, 2 x U14s, 3 x U13s and an U16.
- The Sunday
(C2N-s)
team captained by Ash Mears won the premiership for their Summer grade.
- In the
Winter competition, we took out three premierships: The U14s captained by
Altus Vorster and the Sunday (C4N) team captained by Lee Dorling were both
minor Premiers and won the Premiership, and the C2N team captained by
Anthony Jeffers won the premiership.
2010/2011
- 352
players competing in 28 teams with Brisbane North this season – 6 of
those being half-season teams.
- Two
Premiership teams this season:
U17 Eagle Hawks won the half-season competition for their
division:
Coach: Greg Pope
Manager: Ralph Shaw
U14 Eagle Hawks won the full season competition for their division:
Coach: John McNeilly
Manager: David Klingberg
- We
have nominated 6 teams in the Summer Warehouse competition: A3N, B2N
and B3N in the Saturday comp and B1N, B2N and C1N in the Sunday comp.
For winter, we nominated 14 teams: Premier League, B1N, B2N, 2 x B3N,
C1N, 3 x U14x, 4 x U13s in the Saturday Comp; C1N-S and B4N-S in the
Sunday Comp.
- The
Saturday (B3N) team captained by Darryl Rohl
took out the
premiership for the Summer Warehouse competition.
- Brett
Hutton was awarded Life Membership for his services as coach and long
standing committee man.
2011/2012
- 276
players competing in 26 teams with Brisbane North this season - 5 of
those being half-season teams.
- This
season, Albany Creek hosted Night Cricket for U8 and U9 boys/girls for
the first time. We had 4 x U8 and 5 x U9 teams and it was a great
success.
- One
Premiership team this season:
U15 Eagle Hawks won the half-season competition for their
division:
Coaches: John McNeilly and Peter Speare
Manager: David Klingberg
- Gary
Logan was awarded Life Membership for his services as coach and long
standing committee man.
- 5 Summer
Warehouse teams this season: A3N, B2N and B3N in the Saturday
competition; B3N and C1N in the Sunday competition. We had 13 teams in
the winter competition for 2012: B1N, B3N, C2N, 2 x U13s, U14, and 3 x
U15s in the Saturday comp; B4N, C1N, C3N and C4N in the Sunday comp.
2012/2013
- We have 239 players across 24 teams with
Brisbane North this season. All competitions are half-season this time -
Pre-Xmas and Post-Xmas. We had 3 x U8 and 5 x U9 teams in the Friday
Night cricket this season.
- Two premiership in the juniors this
season:
U13 Hawks (Post Xmas)
Coach: Michael Keates
Manager: Paul Browne
and
Div 3 Open Hawks
Coach: Alex Dale
Manager: Paul Bowen
- For the Summer Warehouse, we nominated 3 teams: B1N, B3N and C1N.
- In the Winter Warehouse, we had teams:
Premier League, B1N, B2N, B3N, C1N, C2N, U14, 3 x U13 in the Saturday
competition; C2 and C4 in the Sunday competition. In the Saturday
competition, we took out 1 premiership: U13 FalconHawks were the
undefeated premiers, coached by Steve Casey and captained by Pearson
Locke.
- Mike Whitney was awarded Life Membership
for his services as coach, junior warehouse co-ordinator and long-time
committee man.
2013/2014
- So far, we have 27 teams registered with
Brisbane North. The Friday night cricket is popular again with 7 x U8s and 5
x U9s and still a lot of calls being taken for those age groups.
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