Welcome

The DUCC Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday July 8, and last year’s committee was re-elected unopposed:

President – John Franklin

Secretary – Neill Hocking

Treasurer – Peter Still

Strategic Advisor 1 – Geoff Wilkie

Strategic Advisor 2 – Alister Wilkie

Juniors – Craig Atkins

Cultural and Horticultural attache – Michael Seeley

Discussions were held on various topics, with the redevelopment of the Hays Paddock rooms and the possibility of an U/19s team high on the agenda. In terms of senior teams, the status quo prevails: 1sts, 2nds, 3rds and LOC teams, with a motion passed unanimously that the 2nds and LOC teams must win the flag this season, along with the 1sts and 3rds who will be going back to back!!

If you have any questions about the AGM, please don’t hesitate to contact John Franklin.

Keep an eye out for full pre-season training dates to be posted soon. Contact Pat Gregory regarding a rumoured training session tomorrow morning (Saturday 17th July) at Hays Paddock.

On Thursday 8th July the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Deepdene Uniting C.C. will be held at Club Hawthorn commencing at 8.00pm.

So, if you have been planning a coup over the winter months to overthrow the current dictatorship, now is the time to rally your troops and make your move.  Otherwise, you could just come along and be involved in the major decision making for the club.

Some of the items to be discussed:

• Progress and input on the development of the pavilion at Hays Paddock

• Possible 5th side

• U/19 side

• Juniors

If anyone is keen to join the Committee or be more involved in such things as Juniors or Social Events I would be very keen to hear from you prior to the night.

Anyway, look forward to seeing all of you there.  The Bistro is now open at Club Hawthorn if individuals want a feed prior to the meeting, but I will leave that to the individuals to organise if required.

See you on the 8th at 8pm.

John Franklin

President

The Presentation Edition of Deeners Doings for 2009/2010 is now available for download.  The password has been sent out by email. If you are a member of the club and do not know the password, email webmaster@deeners.com.

If you would like a commemorative DVD of the Presentation Edition of DeenerTV for Season 2009/10 ($10 each) please email webmaster@deeners.com with your postal address. You will need to deposit your payment to the DUCC account (details below). Once your payment is confirmed we’ll mail you the DVD.
Name: Deepdene Uniting C.C.
Bank: ANZ
BSB: 013-215
Acct: 256963644

The Deepdene Uniting Cricket Club annual presentation night will be held this Saturday 8th May at Club Hawthorn, 627 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn. Commencing 7pm, entry is $40 including a 3 course meal. Drinks are available at bar prices.

Come and join in all the celebrations of the 2 premiership wins and lots of other surprises!

[Editor's note: this match report takes the form of a screenplay of an as yet unmade epic movie.]

EXT. BURNHAM’S BACK YARD – MORNING OF THE 13TH

A lone figure with a lit cigarette in one hand braces himself while leaning over some garden furniture, dry retching. He pauses to swig some coffee from a mug balanced nearby, only to immediately heave the contents onto the lawn.

INT. HOWARD DAWSON RESERVE – CLUBHOUSE

The sun beams down on a grassy oval in a well-healed suburb of Melbourne. A rabble of cricketers finish up their pre-match warm up and collect in the club house to make their final preparations.

BURBS: Alright fellas, this is the big day. Now I want you to remember two things. First, this is what we’ve all been working for all year. No game is more important. There is no runner up. Remember the pain of last year? We don’t want to go there again. And second… this is just like any other game of cricket. Nothing’s different — just go out and play your normal game. Got that?

KERN: But you just said…

BURBS: Good. Now I’ve let the other guy win the toss just to lull him into a false sense of security, so get your whites on, we’re bowling.

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The Deeners have finished the 2009/10 season on a high, winning two of the three contested premierships, making this our most impressive haul in 27 years. The First XI regained possession of the Macgibbon Shield after coming very close 3 years running, while the Third XI successfully completed the highest run chase in the ECA in tense circumstances to take the B2 Merrell Shield. The Second XI fell agonisingly short in a tense low scoring game after a perfect winning record for the season. Results:

Macgibbon Shield: Deepdene Uniting 4/118 def Wyclif 117

A1: Trinity Willison 124 def Deepdene Uniting 121

B2: Deepdene Uniting 8/247 def Blackburn North United 246

Deeners Kern Kapoor and Al Kyrkou will be shaving their heads at tomorrow’s pre-Grand Final training session at Hays Paddock, as part of the World’s Greatest Shave fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation.  Kern and Al would like your moral and your monetary support, so please come down to the club for this special event.  For more information, or to make a general donation, see http://www.worldsgreatestshave.com/about/

Update: Deeners contributed $250 at the club on Thursday night, towards a total of over a thousand dollars raised by Al and Kern overall. Well done, boys!

The last time the Deeners had 3 teams in the Grand Final was 1983, and in that year we won all three games. This Saturday the club will contest Macgibbon Shield, A1 and B2 Grand Finals, and we are calling on all supporters to come out and make some noise.

Below are the venues and opponents for the games. Note that all games start at 12.30pm this Saturday.

Macgibbon
Deepdene Uniting vs Wyclif
Victoria Road Reserve – Hawthorn East
(Melways 45 G10 – in behind the Geebung Hotel)

A1 Grade
Deepdene Uniting vs Trinity
Greythorn Park – Alpha St. North Balwyn
(Melways 46 G4 – car parks off Alpha and Robert Sts)

B2 Grade
Deepdene Uniting vs Blackburn Nth Utd
Howard Dawson Reserve – Burke Rd Glen Iris
(Melways 59 H6 – Near the Burke Rd / Monash Freeway intersection)