KEEPING grade players in the game beyond the age of 30 has been a challenge for as long as I have been around. Many would love to kick on for another 5 to 10 years but, understandably, work and/or family commitments take priority and older players are often lost to the game. It is something...Read More
This weekend saw the Travelsim Waratahs with another mixed weekend of results against Sydney Cricket Club. 1st Grade cruised to a strong win leaving them firmly inside the top 6 with three rounds to play. 2nd Grade went down in a nail-biter while 3rds grade and 5th grade both suffered heavy losses. 4th Grade showed...Read More
SYDNEY GRADE CRICKET Manly 9/290 Sydney Cricket Club YOU would think posting close to 300 against the equal competition leaders would please most captains – but not Waratahs skipper Adam Crosthwaite. Yesterday when reflecting on day one last Saturday versus Sydney Cricket Club, the top order batsman believes the game is in the balance heading...Read More
MANLY quick Mickey Edwards is adamant his firstclass career isn’t over – despite being diagnosed with his second back stress fracture by the medical staff at Cricket NSW last week. The 21-year-old hasn’t been able to play a competitive match all season, restricted to net bowling with the Waratahs, NSW and the Sydney Sixers. Edwards’...Read More
A requiem mass and thanks giving was held today for the great friend of our Club, Hugh Tighe. This mass was largely attended with his family, including 18 grandchildren, and general community members who admired Hugh for his contribution as President of Harbord Diggers and Chairman of the Board. He had an active interest in...Read More
As you will all know, Lachie Muldoon, a local cricket junior with the Peninsula Club and son of former Warringah player Brendan Muldoon, tragically passed away in October last year after an extremely brave fight against brain cancer. Lachlan loved sport as much as any 12 year old, but he had a very special affiliation...Read More
Player, spectator, official and supporter safety is extremely important to all of us at the Manly Warringah Waratahs. It’s just one of the player welfare issues that we feel very strongly about. Unfortunately a medical emergency happening within the confines of our club or the cricket community is just a numbers game. It’s not about...Read More
The TravelSim Waratahs entered the weekend’s fixture against one of the stronger clubs this season (Sydney), with the hopes of keeping our Club Championship defense alive. With most grade also toiling away for a finals spot, it was imperitive that the Manly boys got off to a great start on Day 1. Mixed results has...Read More
AY Lenton has experienced the highs and lows of representative cricket this season. Our keeper-batsman received a well-deserved call-up to the NSW Sheffield Shield side earlier this summer but it wasn’t exactly a dream debut. The match was abandoned after two days due to the state of the SCG, with Lenton confined to the dressing-room...Read More
The TravelSim Waratahs take on Sydney in another do or die round of Sydney Grade Cricket. The Tahs are lying 6th in the Club Championship but the competition has been very tight all seaosn, with not much between the top 15 or so clubs. 1st grade have lost James Munting to a knee injury, while...Read More