The Marist College Canberra Cricket Club

The Marist College Canberra Cricket Club exists to provide an effective cricket support infrastructure for Marist students to play cricket and develop their cricket skills and interest in the game so that Marist is considered a successful cricketing school.

Goals

To provide all students at Marist with the opportunity to play cricket
To maximise the level of participation of students who choose to play cricket
To provide qualified coaches for the College's cricket teams
To provide all players with the opportunity to be coached in all facets of the game
To educate Marist cricketers in the etiquette of the sport and ensure that coaches and players play the game accordingly
To develop all teams, and especially the 1st XI, into successful combinations where all boys are able to contribute to a team's success
To keep the College and general community informed of the progress of its cricket teams
To maximise the level of satisfaction students gain from playing cricket so they will want to play the game "next year"
To assist with the running of junior cricket in the ACT.
To encourage Marist players to play in representative teams
To ensure that funding is available to achieve all other goals.

What are the registration fees?

The fees for the 2011-12 season are: Single Registration - $145, Family Registration for two boys -$230 and $35 for each additional boy.

How are teams run?

Support from parents is necessary and critical, either as coaches and managers, umpires, scorers. Coaching courses are available and the club pays any fees associated with the successful completion of these courses.

Overall organisation of under age teams is by the Marist Cricket Club, which is run by parents. The Junior and Senior Colleges provide Cricket Coordinators.

What about tryouts for teams?

The team grading process takes place in early September. Players are not graded in Under 10s. If we have more than one team the same division of any age group, teams of equal capability are selected.

What age does my son have to be to play?

Boys can play cricket from Year 4 to Year 12. Depending on date of birth (1st September is age cut off date), your son will play Under 10s or Under 11s in Year 4 or Under 12s or under 13s in Year 7. It is the Club’s policy that all boys play in their correct age group, although boys who would otherwise be under 9 would play two seasons in the under 10 age group.

Boys not at Marist in Year 3 or Year 6 who gain enrolment for next year are encouraged to play for Marist this coming season.

When is the season?

The season will start in mid-October. Play will break in mid December for the Christmas holidays and recommences at the beginning of February 2012 when school goes back. The season will finish in mid-late March 2012.

When will mu son play?

While scheduled playing times are not known until closer to the start of the season, as an indication the scheduled playing days for the 2009/10 season were as follows:

Age Group	Saturday	Sunday
Under 10 all		9:00 – 12:00
Under 11 Div 1	9:00 – 12:00
Under 11 Ungraded	9:00 – 12:00
Under 12 Div 1	9:00 – 12:00
Under 12 Divs 2 and 3		9:00 – 12:00
Under 13s	9:00 – 12:00

Do I have to provide any cricket gear?

All teams are provided with a cricket kit with all necessary gear. Players may use their own equipment (bat, pads, gloves, etc) if they have it, but it is the player’s responsibility to look after it at the ground. Wearing of helmets is compulsory for all batsmen regardless of age at both training and matches. Players are encouraged to have their own helmet.

What do players wear?

All players are to observe the dress requirements for Marist Cricket, ie official playing shirt embroidered with the College crest, white/cream trousers. The Club’s playing shirt is long sleeved and rated 50+ SPF. Players should wear the Club’s broad-brimmed cricket hat or Marist cap. These items are available only from the College Clothing Shop. Players may wear sunglasses, provided that they do not interfere with their game.

What is the format of games?

Under 10s and under 11s play "one day" matches. Under 10s have a modified scoring method and each player must bat a minimum number of overs and bowl a minimum number of overs. Under 10s play on a slightly shorter pitch. Both age groups use a slightly smaller ball than older age groups. Points tables are only kept for the Under 11 Division 1 competition.

Under 12s to under 18s play a mixture of T20 and two-day games.

When isRegistration Day?

The Club’s registration day will be held in August. Please contact the Club’s Information Officer in July for the specific date and times.

More Information?

For any additional information please contact:
Wayne Cassidy (Information Officer)
email: cricket@mcc.act.edu.au
Website: http://mcccc.act.cricket.com.au