Updated 2016/17 Waratahs pre-season schedule

There has been plenty of work going on in the background at the Waratahs to get ready for the upcoming 2016/17 season. Coaches Shawn Bradstreet and Phil Marks, along with Chairman of Selectors Chris Hynes and our committee of management have been working feverishly to plan out our approach to the season. The result is our schedule for the 2016/17 pre-season.

Please note that this has been revised as of Wednesday 17th August, with the below information the most up-to-date.

New Players:
New players are always welcome at Manly Warringah, although our selections will always be based on both current requirements and future needs. As such, any players that did not play with Manly last season, are not part of our Pathway Program, and are looking to trial with us will need to contact Chairman of Selectors Chris Hynes on chrishynes100@optusnet.com.au or 0433 855904. Secondary contact is Assistant Coach Phil Marks on philmarks1@bigpond.com or 0411 868855.

Pre-season Fitness Sessions:
Pre-season fitness will be held at our brand new pre-season partners Chocolate Box Training, located at 165 South Creek Rd, Cromer. We will be holding club sessions there each Thursday at 6pm from the 7th July, running for 9 weeks up until Thursday 1st September.

These fitness session details have already been sent out to the players. To confirm attendance, please contact Joel Mason on joel.mason@manlycricket.com or on 0478 319063.

Pre-season Individual Batting Sessions:
Each Saturday from Saturday 6th August we will be running net sessions at Grahams reserve. This will run for 5 weeks, finishing on Saturday 3rd September. There will be 2 sessions, one from 1.30pm to 3pm, and the second from 3pm to 4.30pm. 12 spots are available for each session. The players will be contacted by Joel Mason approx. 2 weeks before hand to book these sessions in.

Full Club Sessions
These sessions will be mandatory for all trialling players and will start on Sunday 7th August. These will be run each Sunday for 5 weeks, finishing on Sunday 4th September.

In general the session will be split up into 2 groups

1. The first group will start at Manly Oval for fielding at 9am, followed by heading to Grahams Reserve for net session from 11am to 1pm
2. The second group will start with a net session at Graham’s Reserve from 8.40 to  followed by fielding at Manly Oval

These times and locations may change on some weeks, refer to the below link to pre-season schedule to view each individual week. Players will be told which session to attend the week before the first session.

SCG Nets
The SCG Nets have been booked and locked in for Tuesday the 13th September starting at 7.30pm

Trial Games
The following Trial Games have been booked in.

1. ACT – September 10th & 11th – 1st Grade Squad
2. Mandalong – September 17th & 18th – TBC
3. ACT – September 17th & 18th – TBC
4. Graham’s – September 17th & 18th – TBC

While the trip to ACT on the 10th and 11th has been confirmed for our first grade squad, the squads playing in the other games is still TBC.

At this stage the weekend of the 10th and 11th September is still TBC if it will involve a practice match or further net sessions for those not part of the 1st grade squad playing in Newcastle.

Round 1
Saturday 24th September

Please click here to see the full pre-season calendar in PDF format.