Greetings, Rovers Fans!

Welcome to another thrilling edition of our Rovers News Update! We’ve had a jam-packed weekend of exciting matches, and we’re eager to share all the highlights with you.

A huge shoutout to our platinum sponsor, Twomey Schriber Property Group, for their unwavering support. Kev joined us at training last week, and we were fortunate to capture a photo with the squad. Your commitment to Rovers Cricket Club is truly appreciated!

Special thanks to Paul Gabell from Global Foods for providing the delicious burgers at last week’s event. We also want to express our gratitude to Paul and John for manning the BBQ and to Emma, Amanda, Carrie, Lynda, and Emily for assembling the mouth-watering treats. It’s teamwork like this that makes Rovers truly exceptional.

Save the date for our upcoming inaugural trivia night on January 12th, 2024! Come and challenge your knowledge alongside friends and family—everyone is welcome! Keep an eye on our website for ticket information, coming soon.

Exciting news! Rovers is teaming up with Active Performance Physiotherapy. Take a moment to explore the fantastic offerings and consider supporting this valuable partnership. Details can be found below.

The AP Cricket Academy is organising a clinic focused on overcoming the mental aspects of the game. All the necessary information is provided below.

Let’s keep the Rovers spirit soaring high on and off the field! Your feedback is always appreciated, so please review and suggest any improvements.

ACTIVE PERFORMANCE PHYSIOTHERAPY

It’s with great excitement that Active performance Physiotherapy is partnering with Rover’s cricket club. Active performance physiotherapy has just opened a new clinic at 93-95 McLeod street Cairns and has four experienced private practice physiotherapists ready to treat all aspects of sports and musculoskeletal conditions. All our practitioners have experience playing competitive sport and understand the needs of youth and cricket athletes.
The aim of this partnership is to assist Rovers cricket club to continue developing themselves as the benchmark club in Far North Queensland. We hope to see many of the junior players pushing towards senior cricket with strong robust bodies that are resilient to injury. We also expect to catch any significant injuries early to speed up recovery and prevent any long term or chronic issues that arise from delayed diagnosis and appropriate management.
As part of this partnership all players will have access to:

• 10-15 minute assessment and treatment slots at Wednesday night training. This is open to senior players as well.
• 15% discount for all physiotherapy services provided at active performance physiotherapy.
• Weekly training and recovery tips distributed through the newsletter
• When available, advice and treatment for parents at Wednesday trainings

We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday nights. In the meantime, you can contact us on (07) 4041 2340 or book an appointment through our website. 

AP CRICKET ACADEMY

Coach Phelps through AP Cricket Academy  is running a 2 day camp with focusing on the mental aspect of cricket. Any of the juniors interested (mainly tier 2/3 as it’s 50/50 theory/practical. Will help with mental approach to all aspects of the game.

If anyone is interested please register via this link.

SENIOR RESULTS

1st Grade
Twomey Schriber Rovers v Mulgrave – LOST
Rovers played Mulgrave at Walker Rd. Rovers won the toss and chose to bat. We started well being 2/75 at drinks but unfortunately a bottom order collapse meant that we only reached 150 all out. Marcus Berryman leading the way with 71*. Mulgrave started off to a flier but we were able to take a couple of quick wickets and put some pressure on their middle order. Brenton Edwards, Henry King and Robert Thresher all taking 2 wickets each. Mulgrave were able to get the runs with 4 wickets in hand. We take on Norths next week back at home.

2nd Grade
Red Beret Hotel Rovers v Mulgrave – WON
Rovers 157 def Mulgrave 110.

We headed to Edmonton for a crucial game against top of the table Mulgrave. We were sent in to bat and whilst we got plenty of starts, no one really went on with it (Dutto 32, Tom the Pom 20, Henry King 19).

We felt we were about 30 runs under par and would need a good start with the ball. Up stepped our young guns Harry Halpin and Tommy King with crucial early wickets decimating Mulgrave to 4 for 24. Tommy King was like a tracer-bullet chasing LBWs as he took 4 for not many (again) and staked his claim for “King of the North”. Mulgrave developed a partnership in the middle overs and looked to be working themselves back into the game until some tight bowling from skipper Aaron and Tom the Pom (2 for) ensured the toad uprising was quashed. Presty capped off a great win for the 2s with a neat run out as a valuable away win was secured.

3rd Grade
FGF Development Rovers v Mulgrave – WON
3rds back with a bang with a dominant Win over Mulgrave. Tommy King had an Outstanding Match with 32 & 4/6 which included 5 Maidens in his 7 Overs. Rhys Thomas hit a good 38 whilst Spill looked liked Glenn Maxwell with 28. Dbas fielding efforts was sensational with 2 run outs whilst Hodgey bowled tight. Andy Lamborn casually finished the game with a classic one handed catch . Great team effort once again.

JUNIOR RESULTS – TIER 1

Tier 1
Rovers Red v BRCC Red
Rovers Red (130) lost to Barron Red (131). We had a great game against Barron today which resulted in a very close loss for the Redbacks. Captain Jacob won the toss and elected to bowl.  The highlight of the innings was not 1, but 2 direct hit run outs from Riley whilst Reuben got a wicket too.  131 looked like a tough chase but we put in our best effort with the bat losing only 2 wickets as everyone contributed well.  The decision for our non-batting players to run a lap for each 4 hit as a show of support back-fired and led to plenty of running in the later overs as Lewis (19) and Riley (23) set to work but alas we fell just short.  Great effort Red-Backs!
 
Our team awards went to debutant keeper Aadit and Riley.

Tier 1
Rovers Gold v 7 Gold Norths Omega Technologies 
Rovers Gold 135 v Norths Gold 116 Win. Norths won the toss and sent us in to bat. Rovers batted solidly, only losing 7 wickets along the way, which was a resilient effort against some quality fast bowling from Norths. Top batters were Jake 24, Jacob 21, and Daniel 13. Our bowling and fielding was next level. Jacob and Daniel both took screamers in the outfield that would have made Mark Waugh proud!!!! Some excellent bowling from Finn 4/7 off 2 overs, Cian with a wicket maiden 2/8 and Jake 2/16 saw us across the line for an awesome win. Players of the match Jake, Daniel, and Jacob.

Tier 1
Rovers Green v BRCC Blue
Eamon was our captain today, we lost the bat flip and were sent in to bat.
The boys battled hard against some fast Barron River bowling and made 82 runs. Unfortunately we also lost 10 wickets. So out we came to bowl and the boys fired up to have Barron 6 wickets down at the 10 over mark and be well and truly in the game. Although we tried our best after the drinks break we weren’t able to break through for any more wickets and ultimately Barron went on to score 6/126 and secure the victory Our awards this week went to Javier for his 19 runs and bowling figures of 1 for 18 and coaches award to Eamon for his wicket keeping and showing toughness with the bat when he was hit hard in the leg but still managed to bat out his allotted balls.
 

JUNIOR RESULTS – TIER 2

Tier 2
Rovers Green v Rovers Gold
Rovers gold won the toss and went into bat.
Nate, Luca and Lucas got the top order off to a flyer, all retiring after their 25 balls and putting on the pressure to the green bowlers. With a goal to bat out their 30 overs they did this easily with 6 of their batters retiring. Total 4-122.
With the target set Green went into bat and put in some solid batting Cameron 38no, Caleb 37no along with many other contributions by the team. Green was able to chase down the total and finish the day 7-224.
A fantastic game by both teams and great to see everyone improving and supporting each other regardless of which team.  We are one Club and that showed on Saturday.
Players of the match were:
Gold – Nate 14no, Will 17no 1/11, Jacob 7no 2/23 Green – Thomas 30no, Ethan 1/4 off 3 overs, Ben 2/13 off 3overs.
Shout out to the Tier 1 players Ethan, Ben and Jacob who all had fantastic games in their first ever tier 2 match.

Tier 2
Rovers Red v Atherton
Rovers won the toss and elected to bowl. Some excellent bowling saw wickets regularly fall with Atherton eventually bowled out in the 28th over for 225. Bowling honours went to Sean ( 2/9 off three overs).  The Redmen then managed to bat out the overs and once again post a decent total of 125. Top scorer was Henry with 33 (52).  Players of the match were Sean, Henry and Zac.

JUNIOR RESULTS – TIER 3

Tier 3 
Super Global Services Rovers  v Mulgrave
T3 Rover Super Global took on Mulgrave at Walker Oval. Rovers batted first and scored and impressive 6-205 runs in 30 overs with Archie and Will batting really well making 54 and 48 respectively. In reply Rovers bowled really tightly conceding just 5 extra in the Mulgrave reply of 7-76 in their 30 overs. Blake was the pick of the bowlers with 3-3 in his 3 overs, breaking the back of the Mulgrave reply. Payers awards went Luca for tight bowling and Archie for his 54no.

Tier 3 
Halpin Partners Rovers  v JMC Cassowary Coast Cyclones
Win against Cassowary Coast   Cyclones.
We loss the toss and were sent to bowl first. Tully making 7/151 with our bowlers and fielders doing a great job keeping it tight with a very fast field on a very hot day. Our best bowlers Brodie taking 3/15 and Jack with 2/11. With our target set the boys battered very well with winning the game on the 31 over with 6/157 with our best batters Taj Walker not out on 51 off 82 and Cooper making 38 off 39. With every single team member making a great contribution to our Win. Big thanks to Brodie and Ben for helping us out today and a big shout out to our umpires Jarred, Mark and Bernard. Our awards for the day going to Brodie , Taj and Cooper. Thanks to all our parents for making the trip to Tully they are big days but very worth it.

MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE

We still have available to purchase junior wide brim hats and green clads.  Both these items are available to purchase at junior training on Wednesday. 

We still have a few kit bags and back packs available to purchase too, these you can buy from our website.

CFN SAVE THE DATES

CFN Presentation Night – 23rd March, more info to come.

CFN Cricketers Ball – 25th January, more info to come.