Availability
If selected for one of four the PSB teams (Burgundy A/B and Black A/B), you will need to be available to play pre-tournament fixtures starting on Labour Monday (25 October) up to the tournament. These are generally every other week (Sunday) but, your commitment will depend on whether you are in Black or Burgundy, so it is not possible to give you the dates until the teams have been selected.
Trial Format
There are 48 places available (4 teams x 12 players), 26 boys have attended the academy and we will be looking for another 22 from the trial. The trial format will involve all attendees moving through a session on batting, bowling and fielding. The selectors will be looking for all round skills and a good attitude; the A teams require more specialised positions than the B teams but, clearly there needs to be a good balance between bowlers and batsmen. Please make sure that you bring full kit and remember there are going to be 30 other kitbags at Massey, so make sure that you look after your kit and keep it neat and tidy outside the nets – you will notice that this will be a theme running through to the tournament; keep your kit all together as a team and neat and tidy.
Selection and beyond
At the development (B team), the intention through the tournament is to make sure that every gets a fair go – it is a long tournament 5 games x 50 overs and we want to make sure that bowlers get a good bowl and batsmen get a chance to bat. However, often the issue at this level is that so many players do both ... Basically, we have to try and manage this as best we can but it does mean that if you bat top 5, do not expect to bowl and vice versa, if you bowl 10 overs do not expect to bat. The coaches are looking to balance the team during the tournament so at everyone leaves the tournament having had a chance to shine, I am there to make sure that this happens. The teams will be selected for the first game on the 25th October (an inter-squad game at Wainoni). Once selected in either Burgundy or Black, you will tend to stay within that colour but, there will be opportunities to move between an A and a B team over the first few games. However, we will be looking at “fixing” the teams by early November to allow for the coaches to start working on team building and development.
The tournament itself will require a commitment from the boys and parents. Please do not expect to drop the boys off and disappear for the day – we need everyone to get involved; from helping with drinks, looking after the kit, first aid to scoring, umpiring etc. Everyone will be rostered to do something – this really is a complete team commitment! If you do not think you can help out, it is better to know now than at the tournament.
I look forward to seeing you all on the 16th. It is pretty hectic, so forgive me if I don’t get a chance to chat.
Trial List
If selected for one of four the PSB teams (Burgundy A/B and Black A/B), you will need to be available to play pre-tournament fixtures starting on Labour Monday (25 October) up to the tournament. These are generally every other week (Sunday) but, your commitment will depend on whether you are in Black or Burgundy, so it is not possible to give you the dates until the teams have been selected.
Trial Format
There are 48 places available (4 teams x 12 players), 26 boys have attended the academy and we will be looking for another 22 from the trial. The trial format will involve all attendees moving through a session on batting, bowling and fielding. The selectors will be looking for all round skills and a good attitude; the A teams require more specialised positions than the B teams but, clearly there needs to be a good balance between bowlers and batsmen. Please make sure that you bring full kit and remember there are going to be 30 other kitbags at Massey, so make sure that you look after your kit and keep it neat and tidy outside the nets – you will notice that this will be a theme running through to the tournament; keep your kit all together as a team and neat and tidy.
Selection and beyond
At the development (B team), the intention through the tournament is to make sure that every gets a fair go – it is a long tournament 5 games x 50 overs and we want to make sure that bowlers get a good bowl and batsmen get a chance to bat. However, often the issue at this level is that so many players do both ... Basically, we have to try and manage this as best we can but it does mean that if you bat top 5, do not expect to bowl and vice versa, if you bowl 10 overs do not expect to bat. The coaches are looking to balance the team during the tournament so at everyone leaves the tournament having had a chance to shine, I am there to make sure that this happens. The teams will be selected for the first game on the 25th October (an inter-squad game at Wainoni). Once selected in either Burgundy or Black, you will tend to stay within that colour but, there will be opportunities to move between an A and a B team over the first few games. However, we will be looking at “fixing” the teams by early November to allow for the coaches to start working on team building and development.
The tournament itself will require a commitment from the boys and parents. Please do not expect to drop the boys off and disappear for the day – we need everyone to get involved; from helping with drinks, looking after the kit, first aid to scoring, umpiring etc. Everyone will be rostered to do something – this really is a complete team commitment! If you do not think you can help out, it is better to know now than at the tournament.
I look forward to seeing you all on the 16th. It is pretty hectic, so forgive me if I don’t get a chance to chat.
Trial List
- Rory Douglas
- Anmol Thapar
- Scott Gannaway
- Scott Prentice
- Kit Freeman
- Sean Reader
- Ed Henning
- Faisal Ganchi
- Oliver Cheyne
- Sachin Chhiba
- Jonathan Brewis
- Jayson Jooste
- Jake Meenhorst
- Angus McKenzie
- Asher Robb
- Ben Beecroft
- Adrian Young
- Kieran Young
- Jack Clothier
- Keegan Russell
- Nathaniel Law
- Dylan Stevenson
- Gray Hardy
- Jacob Scott
- Liam Brown
- Ryan Schierhout
- Donald Coleman
- Bjorn Wojt
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