Maleny District Sport & Recreation Club Community Newsletter
Monday, 1 February 2021
Maleny District Sport & Recreation Club Community Newsletter “Skrimpy” leads Maleny 5ths to Outright Win In a display of batting masterclass, Maleny’s Jared 'Shrimpy’ Jackson led the Maleny Redbacks 5th's to an outright win against on Saturday. After securing a rst innings victory, Maleny was then set 175 to win the match outright off 28 overs. Dave Moore got the team off to a solid start with 41 runs. Enter Jared, who played an innings to remember, hitting an amazing 109 n.o, off just 67 balls, grabbing a Maleny victory in the last over of the day. Jared is no slouch when it comes to his love of sports, playing cricket since he was 5 years old. He went on to represent the Sunshine Coast in the U12 Qld Junior Cricket Team at a 5 day State carnival in Rockhampton, the team winning the grand nal.
Sportsperson of the Year Award at the 2018 MDSRC Sports Awards Dinner. Here are some of his other sporting achievements. Training with the Maleny Judo Club, he won the Silver medal at the Junior boys U38kg at the Australian National Championships, and Gold medal for Junior boys U42kg (9-11yo) at the Qld State Titles. He participated in the Sydney International, winning Gold in the junio boys U38kg. At the Qld International Open, he nished with the Bronze medal for Junior boys U38kg.
Jared has been selected to represent Glasshouse District in School Sport for AFL, rugby league, touch, swimming, athletics, cross country (representing the Sunshine Coast region at the QLD State Schools Cross Country State Championships) softball – and of course, cricket!
The Jackson family at the 2018 MDSRC Sportsperson of the Year Awards
The same happened in the U12 Ian Healy Cup at the 5 day carnival in Brisbane, and he next played in U13 Palmwoods Colts team in the Warehouse Junior Winter Cricket Comp, the team winning the grand nal. Jared’s achievements across a range of different sports earned him the title of Maleny State School’s Sportsperson of the year 2017, and the Junior
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