 "BETWEEN THE WICKETS"
GORDON Under 10 GOLD NEWSLETTER
GRAND FINAL EDITION
52 Carrot Gold’s Read All About It!!!!!!
Gold’s Triumph in Epic Battle!
Gordon Gold 3/96 defeat St Ives Ponting 7/92
An excellent week of preparation was marred by the news that Mitch would not be able to play due to a broken finger. Making a Grand Final is hard enough but to miss out through injury was terrible luck for someone who has played an important role in the team throughout the season. Still the team would not let this misfortune distract them and they were ready.
First in the Field
The day began well at the picturesque Allan Small Oval when Alex called a “head” and chose to bowl. We knew St Ives had a strong batting order and one of their strengths was their running between the wickets, so everyone was ready to cut off anything that came their way.
 Jo got us away well with a tight spell as did all of our bowlers. The batsmen were forced to work hard and runs were proving very difficult to come by – as one spectator noted “there were no pies on sale today” as each bowler kept an immaculate line and length.
The team photo - celebrations cap off a successful season
The opening partnership had gone past 40 when our pressure fielding was rewarded through a great bit of work by Jae. A run out what a bonus! This spurred on Charlie who right before the drinks break hit “the castle” to remove one of their danger men and we went to drinks at 2/57 off 12 tight overs. This was a great start but could we sustain it for the next 12 overs?
The introduction of Henry brought immediate results when he bowled their number 4. When Callum chipped in with the wicket of their opening batsmen due to a neat catch by Jo we were on top as St Ives had slumped to 4/68. St Ives are a strong team however and we could not relax, and we didn’t. In a beautiful piece of cricket a nice pick up and throw by Harry saw Alex over the stumps to take the return and whip off the bails for another run out - 5/69 and the Golds were slowing gaining the upper hand.
The pressure was relentless as first Hamish and then Gen gave the batmen nothing to hit. Our fielding was a delight to watch led by Cameron and James T as ball after ball was cut off and fired back to the keeper. A third wicket to Henry who was bowling like the “The Demon Fred Spofforth” reduced St Ives to 7/92 at the end of their 24 overs.
First class bowling supported by excellent fielding and catching had put the Gold’s right in the game – would our batting stand the challenge?
Our Innings – could we do it?
With the smell of sausages from Grant’s BBQ in their nostrils openers Jo and Henry made their way to the wicket. With clever running and aggressive stroke play they gave us the perfect start racing to 21 off the first 6 overs before Henry was caught for a well compiled 6. This brought Charlie to the wicket and with him a buzz of excitement. Known as a man who likes to get on with things his wicket was a prized scalp for the men of St Ives and they threw everything at him.
Jonas kept the board ticking and at drinks the score was 1/53 right on target. After drinks Jonas smashed some beautiful boundaries and retired on 25 placing us in a great position. This was the cue for Charlie to unleash his signature pulls and he did so with great effect racing to 26 retired ably supported by Harry who was on 14.
With the scores tied both Jae and Alex were overcome by the excitement and lost their wickets looking for the winning run. With Hamish at the wicket Harry hit the winner in the 20th over – home with 4 overs to spare 7 wickets up our sleeve, and the Gordon song boomed across Allan Small!
The Gold’s had achieved the impossible – they had beaten both of the teams that had defeated them during the season and had done so in the cauldron that is finals cricket.
Champions, Premiers whatever you want the Gold’s are it for 2008/09.
The Golds enjoy their victory over a worthy opponent
Congratulations to all in the team you should enjoy it. To St Ives congratulations on a fine season you played well all year and are a very good and talented team.
The Team: Jonas, Henry, Charlie, Harry, Jae, Mitch, Alex, Hamish, Callum, James, Cameron, Genevieve, Jack
Thank You All
To our Manager – Judy
Scorer – Stephen
Umpires- Tim, Mathilda,Lee,Don,James, Paul
Assistant Coach – Tim
Chief Photographer – Sal – “Fire up ref”
and general supporters thank you all for making this a fun season.
GORDON GOLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!
(Ed's Note: Hopefully these boys will be learning the words to the senior club's song in the near future) | 
