Do you live within 5km of our club rooms? If so, please help Seddon Cricket Club and vote for a new Automated cricket pitch roller (see link below). We need as many votes as possible, with voting closing at 5pm on Monday 17 September.

https://pickmyproject.vic.gov.au/rounds/pick-my-project/ideas/automated-cricket-pitch-roller

Please share the link with friends, family, work colleagues, neighbours, local businesses and people you don't like - basically any one who lives within a 5km radius of Seddon Cricket Club and who are therefore eligible to vote for our project.

Why do we need a new Automated cricket pitch roller? The current manual roller is on it's last legs and our voluntary curator - the great man Geoff Price - needs all the help he can get to ensure we continue to prepare quality wickets for our senior sides.

The more votes we get, the better the chance we have of our project getting selected and obtaining funding from the State Government. It's that simple!

Club Members should have received an email invitation via paperless post to a club fundraiser event we're holding on Saturday 6th October. The event is the Seddon CC 94th birthday party - which will be an annual event as we count down to 100 years as a cricket club in six years (2024).

If you did not receive the email invitation, please check your junk mail folder for details and or reply and let me know if you'd like to attend and we will forward the details to another email address. We will also be sending out a reminder email tonight.

Please note we have had a number of bounced emails, so if you know of club members who do not know about this event, please ask them to contact me ASAP.

However we do have a limit on attendees due to space, but it seems we should be fine to extend the invitation to family and friends. So if you know of others who like going to birthday parties where everything is paid for, where the gift idea is simple, the location is familiar, please let me know by return email and I'll do my best to ensure we have a place reserved for them. Just send me their first names and surnames and their main email address to send the invite.

This will be a fun night to fire up the start of the season, so I urge you to come along and support this event. It's a fundraiser with a live entertainer, fully stocked bar and an abundance of finger food. Entry is strictly by way of prior payment and confirmation for catering and ease of running the event on the night.

If you have already indicated you will be attending and haven't paid as yet, I urge you to send your $100pp payment to the club's bank account ASAP via EFT (see below for NEW BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS), so we can mark you off the chase list.

BSB:633000
ACC: 146540471
Bank REF: 94_YourName

Regards,
Leigh Davies
President
Seddon Cricket Club

Seddon have announced Josh Beaumont as Club Coach for the 2018/19 season. Josh had a successful first season at Seddon, leading the 2nd XI to the semi finals and winning the Club’s supreme accolade, The Tom Kriebardis Award. 

Josh has expressed his excitement about stepping into the role. 

"I’m really looking forward to taking on the role as coach this season. This is an exciting opportunity in a club that had some great success last year with both the 1st and 2nd XI’s making the finals after coming up into Senior Division and the 4th XI narrowly losing the grand final. I feel I have a lot to contribute in a broader leadership position and I’m looking forward to the challenge" Josh said.  

The Seddon Cricket Club Club Committee have been impressed with Josh’s natural leadership ability and his popularity among Club members. Club President, Leigh Davies anticipates another successful season with Josh at the helm.

​“The Club is very excited about Josh’s appointment as Coach. In his short time at the club Josh's maturity and leadership has shone through, therefore we believe Josh will be an excellent addition to the existing coaching group. Josh has proven leadership qualities that he demonstrated last season, leading the 2nd XI to the semi-finals” Leigh said.  

Josh takes over the coaching reigns from Ben Speake who is staying on with Seddon as a player. 

We recently had a farewell function at the Victoria Hotel on Hyde Street for
Charlie Carey, a member of the club for in excess of 50 years. The function was
well attended by club members and Charlie had a wonderful night catching up
with members, and former members who attended on the night. The club gave
a small gift to Charlie to thank him for his time and effort over many years.
Charlie started at the club as an 11 year old and played under 16 cricket with us.
He then played in our first XI as a spinner and a lower order batsman for many
years.

Charlie has been a committee member and secretary of the club in years passed,
demonstrating his desire for the club to progress. Over the last three years
Charlie has been the scorer for the First XI, a job that he has relished. He has
been around the club most Thursday and Saturday nights during the season.
Charlie has moved to Thailand, for personal reasons, and we hope to see him on
a visit to the country when he visits his sons, Andrew and Chris, who were both
Seddon players.

​We wish him the best on the next leg of his journey through life, and I am sure he
will follow our progress from afar.

 The Seddon Cricket Club is seeking the services of professional players to complement our First X1 for the upcoming season in Senior Division of the VTCA. On offer is an attractive package for the right player/s. 

Please contact Leigh Davies on email at leighdavies14@gmail.com for further information or to discuss your interest in playing at Seddon CC. You can also see our preseason schedule here. 

NOTE: We will only accept local player applications only. Overseas players will not be considered (New Zealand players excepted).