2020 Annual Awards: Years of Service, Milestones & National Finals

With COVID-19 restrictions preventing the Association from hosting the Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation as scheduled on 18 April, NSWCUSA will be the recognising significant milestones and the 2019-20 award winners during the week.

To begin our presentations we highlight our Years of Service recipients, recognise our members who have reached Match Milestones and congratulate those appointed to National Finals.

Years of Service

It is essential that we recognise members who have dedicated themselves to the Association for a number of years, after all they are the people that allow the Association to thrive.

We acknowledge and appreciate the commitment and loyalty of all these members.

Milestone Matches

Reaching a match milestone is something to be celebrated and we congratulate the following members who achieved milestones throughout the season:

100 matches

  • Rick Crocono (Sydney Cricket Association)
  • Cameron Duff (SCA)
  • Steve Hill (Hornsby Kuring-gai & Hills District CUA)
  • Dean Martin (SCA)
  • Brett Tribolet (SCA)

150 matches

  • Tony Bergman (SCA)
  • Graeme Bruce (Newcastle District CUA)
  • Darren Foster (SCA)
  • Alf James OAM (Hornsby Kuring-gai & Hills District CUA)
  • Derek Ponsford (SCA)
  • Scott Reid (Hornsby Kuring-gai & Hills District CUA)
  • Andrew Steindler (SCA)
  • Michael Wheeler (SCA)
  • Bruce Whitehouse (SCA)
  • Stuart Wood (SCA)

200 matches

  • Tommy Ang (SCA)
  • Richard Christen (SCA)
  • Mark Hughes (SCA)
  • Steve Starks (SCA)

250 matches

  • John Darcy (SCA)
  • Ivan Holland (SCA)

300 matches

  • Peter Kent (Far North Coast CUA)
  • Dennis Chaplin (Wagga Wagga CUA)

350 matches

  • Stephen Blomfield (SCA)
  • Kim Norris (Newcastle District CUA)

500 matches

  • Graham Moon (Wagga Wagga CUA)

600 matches

  • Pat Kerin OAM (Cootamundra CUA)

We hope that each member enjoyed the experience of a milestone match and umpired well.

National Finals

Season 2019-20 saw 19 NSWCUSA members appointed to officiate in national finals, a significant number and as an Association we’re very proud of all members appointed to national finals during 2019-20:

Gerard Abood 

One Day Domestic Cup                                

Queensland v Western Australia

Allan Border Field (Brisbane)

BBL

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars

SCG

Gerard Abood with Shawn Craig ahead of the One-Day Cup Final
Gerard Abood with Shawn Craig (Vic.) ahead of the One-Day Cup Final
Christine Bennison (Scorer)

BBL

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars

SCG

Vince Calabro

U15 Male

Victoria Country v Queensland

Eastern Oval (Ballarat)

Graeme Glazebrook

Australian Country Cricket Championships (Men’s)

Victoria v Western Australia

Heritage Oval (Toowoomba)

Andrew Hamilton

U18 Female (T20)

ACT/NSW Country v Queensland

Blundstone Arena (Hobart)

U18 Female (One Day)

ACT/NSW Country v Queensland

UTAS Stadium (Launceston)

Lisa McCabe (Vic.) with Match Referee Tim Donahoo and Andrew Hamilton ahead of the U18 Female One Day Final
Lisa McCabe (Vic.) with Match Referee Tim Donahoo and Andrew Hamilton ahead of the U18 Female One Day Final
Roberto Howard

U17 Male

New South Wales Metropolitan v Western Australia

Ray Mitchell Oval (Mackay)

Kumar Jeyakkumar

Australian Country Cricket Championships (Women’s)

East Asia Pacific v South Australia

Harristown Park (Toowoomba)

Toni Lorraine (Scorer)

WNCL

New South Wales v Western Australia

North Sydney Oval

Marc Nickl

National Premier T20

Adelaide University v Sydney

Karen Rolton Oval (Adelaide)

Kedar Oza

National Indigenous Cricket Championships (Men’s)

New South Wales v Queensland

Traeger Park (Alice Springs)

Troy Penman

WNCL

New South Wales v Western Australia

North Sydney Oval

Claire Polosak

WBBL

Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers

Allan Border Field (Brisbane)

Bede Sajowitz

National Premier T20

Adelaide University v Sydney

Karen Rolton Oval (Adelaide)

Neil Smith

Australian Country Cricket Championships (Women’s)

East Asia Pacific v South Australia

Harristown Park (Toowoomba)

Ben Treloar

WBBL

Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers

Allan Border Field (Brisbane)

WNCL

New South Wales v Western Australia

North Sydney Oval

Kay Wilcoxon (Scorer)

WNCL

New South Wales v Western Australia

North Sydney Oval

Tony Wilds

Women’s T20 International Series

Australia v India

CitiPower Centre (Melbourne)

Paul Wilson

BBL

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars

SCG

Ian Wright (Scorer)

BBL

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars

SCG

Ian Wright and Christine Bennison at the SCG
Ian Wright and Christine Bennison at the SCG

These appointments are recognition of the excellence displayed by members throughout the season.

We thank those members marking significant years of service for their commitment and service to the Association, acknowledge those who reached milestones and congratulate our members who officiated national finals in 2019-20.

Tomorrow, we will announce the winners of the Alan Marshall Medal and the Malcolm Gorham Scorers’ Award.

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