The club is off to a great start to the season with excellent numbers in the seniors providing excellent competitive cricket across four grades and a great group of enthusiastic juniors who have been doing us proud on a Saturday morning (including Lachie and Henry, sons of club legend William Curlewis!!)
It has been particularly pleasing to see the form of our 1st XI who are sitting just one game from top spot in the Howard Wilson Shield! This is a credit to Captain Alex Maunder who worked tirelessly throughout the pre-season to get this side to where it is today.
It is wonderful to say that we have a great contingent of sponsors who have made a massive contribution to the club and have been invaluable in helping us with our ambitious Wyclif 250 program. Once again club legend Jason Knott has signed up with his firm Knott Partners which specialises in accounting and business services, based in Kew, but servicing businesses across the state. We are also lucky to have the boys from the Konpira Maru Wine Company on board, their wine is as good as their award winning smiles. It will be available at Sponsors/Supporters Day (see below.) Check out our Gold Sponsors at the bottom of the page too! Finally I'd like to thank Stewart Eager who has generously provided the funds to reinstate the Wyclif Academy in the off-season which will provide an opportunity for 9 - 17 year old players to take part in a specialist coaching program.
We have some awesome functions coming up, including Supports and Sponsors Night on the 3rd of February. This is going to be huge with MC John Harms (The Footy Almanac; The Age; ABC) and special guest Merv Hughes!!!! This family friendly dinner is not to be missed and will be catered for by Something for Catering. Ticket details will be sent around soon.
See you around the club!
Alastair Reed
Club President
Wyclif Representatives!
Wyclif has always prided itself on providing a disproportionately large number of representative players, and this year is no different. We are proud to say Matt Bianco was selected for the Box Hill Reporter U21 and T20 side. and was joined in the latter by Reuben Williams. Both these guys contribute a lot around the club, bloody top work fellas!
Hundreds so far in 2017/2018
Harry Angley (1st XI)
Alex Maunder (1st XI)
Chris Davis (3rd XI)
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to the Italian Stallion Rob Arestia who got engaged to the lovely Antastasia.
The Nevermind Wyclif Premier League
The first ever Nevermind Wyclif Premier League has kicked off this season with three franchises drawn from current and legendary Wyclifians, vying for the first ever Wyclif Premier League title!
Franchises have been bought by three sets of enterprising Governors; Bob Angley (Greater Group Giants), John Toward (Superior Door Company Super Kings of Highfield) and Ed Hartley/Ben Pilley (The First Contact/Appetite for Construction Mental Disintegrators).
Matches are played on Thursday nights throughout the season, with the next match on the 14th of December (probably when you are reading this!) from 5:30pm. Come down and watch some entertaining cricket and have a drink and a sausage!
Massive thanks to the Nevermind Bar for sponsoring the event!