Mission Beach Cricket Club end-ofseason junior awards presentation

MARIA GIRGENTI

IN March, the combined junior end-of-season awards presentations for Mission Beach Cricket Club, Tully

District Cricket Association and Cassowary Coast Cyclones took place at MARCS Park, Mission Beach, to celebrate individual and team achievements during 2022 - 2023.

Tier 2 juniors is a Mission Beach team, Tier 3 juniors is a combined Tully and Mission Beach team, whilst the Cassowary Coast Cyclones has senior teams.

Mission Beach Cricket Club award winners:

Batting Award: Archie Walker

Bowling Award: Sekove Hart

Coaches Award: Most

Improved: Jack Fischer

Coaches Award: Most

Improved: Shaun Riley

Frank Fillis Junior Cricketer Encouragement Award: Riley Berge

Mission Beach Cricket Far North representative players: Tadhg McDavitt, Shaun Riley, Archie Walker and Riley Berge. Chase Frumento and Shaun Riley put in an outstanding effort at the Queensland School Sport 10-12 years Cricket Championships held in late March at Rockhampton. They represented the

Peninsula region and helped their team to defeat the SouthWest and Wide Bay regions.

Frumento, a leg spin bowler, performed well with the ball and bagged wickets, whilst Shaun Riley attacked with the bat and finished as a top-three run scorer for the team.

Shaun Riley from the Mission Beach Cricket Club was recently drafted to the Darling Dingoes Under 12 team in the 2023 Century Cricket competition, formerly the Brisbane Premier League, which is a franchisedriven T20 club cricket junior tournament.

Club presidents and coaches congratulated all award winners. They thanked everyone involved in every aspect of the game, especially all the parents and volunteers who helped prepare the grounds and pitches throughout the season.

The players, parents, and volunteers’ commitment, grit, tenacity, and positive attitudes make these clubs great and a wonderful cricket community.

A special thanks to all coaches, volunteer scorers, and club sponsors Agape Family Dental, Strongsafe Workwear, Art by Lavinia and One Fish Technologies for their valued contributions this season.