The GDCC Annual Report for the season 2017-18 is now available for download from the link below. A hard copy of the report is available when you attend the Annual meeting on Monday 23rd July as advertised below. 

GDCC Annual Report 2017-18 

The Annual General Meeting of the GDCC will be held of on Monday 23rd July, at Killara Golf Club commencing at 6.45 pm. The official notice is below. If you wish to simply email Jim Cattlin with your response please send to secretary@gordoncricket.com.

To download a copy of the ANNUAL REPORT for to Club news (left navigator) and click on Annual Reports

Are you interested in playing cricket with one of Sydney’s leading clubs in the Sydney premier cricket competition?

If so, please submit your details via the form below. We will contact you shortly regarding your inquiry and advise of our pre-season practice schedule. We look forward to having you on board this season.

With most sides going deep into the finals last year and a top 5 finish in the club championship, the club is looking forward to another strong season in 2018-19.

We have outstanding coaches to assist you in developing your game, and the opportunity to play alongside some outstanding cricketers.

There are plenty of fantastic initiatives in place at the club. We have great playing facilities, top class grounds, a great club atmosphere both on and off the field. Take your time and have a look around the website to find out more information.

Scroll down to player application form below.

After some excellent work from our cricket committee and in particular Tony Wilson we can announce the practice sessions that have been scheduled for the pre-season. There will also be several trial matches played at Mandalong, in Newcastle and locally and these will be published when confirmed. Naturally at this time of year changes will be made due to weather and availability of venues, however you can start planning based on the following information: 

• Net practice for 1st session to start at not later than 1.30 pm. (NTRA).
• Each net will be numbered from 1-4 with the first net being considered as the net nearest the playing field. (NTRA).
• Only bowlers batsmen coaching staff and selectors will be allowed in the net area during net practice.
• Each batsman will bat for 10 minutes.
• Maximum of 4 bowlers permitted for each net.
• Each bowler will bowl to 3 sets of batsmen (30 minutes) before being rotated – Each bowler will be able to bowl at least 2 spells.
• New players will bat in nets 3 and 4 and bowl in nets 1 and 2 – This will make it easier for the selectors to assess their skills.
• All batsmen and bowlers will be allocated a specific net to bat and bowl in by The Practice Co-Ordinator.
• All players who are not batting or bowling should be on the outfield either warming up practising fielding or doing fitness work.
• The same structure will apply at Chatswood Oval as well with the the consideration that 3 nets will be available at Chatswood Oval and that the maximum amount of bowlers allowed in each net could increase to 5 if needed.

With the pressures put on the administration and communications of a Premier Cricket Club, we are always looking for ways to provide a constant flow of information as well as making it easy for the administrators to carry out the many functions needed to be managed in running our club.

Our 15 year old website has served its purpose and will be upgraded during the season to give it a simpler 2018 look and feel as well as using it only as a communication tool rather than trying to make it handle other functions that more modern systems are much better designed to manage.

While our TEAMAPP and social media outlets deliver a valuable service in providing instantaneous information and score updates, we need a good administration system to handle the myriad of functions involved in running our club.
With this in mind we are pleased to announce the launch of our new club management platform which is called Revolutionise sport. 

The new system will provide us with a database of members and supporters and provide us with a range of functions as follows:

• Membership management through online registration and processing payments
• An email and SMS communications tool that can be segmented into specific groups, such as teams, supporters, officials etc. The system will allow us to track those who are engaging in our communications and answer their feedback.
• Auto-reconciliations for easier management of our expenses that can be exported to our accounts package for easier reporting
• Booking of club events such as the Golf day and other club functions
• An online shop for the sale of our club merchandise
• Sharing of task management to keep up to date with projects
• Better statistical data for our decision making
• Security of our database

So you will start seeing communications from our internal email system. Make a point of reading them and allowing our club to expand its community footprint.

Paul Stephenson