North Nowra Cambewarra Blues U11 team played the Bomaderry Tigers over the weekend. Conditions were perfect. 20 degree temperature, overcast and very comfortable conditions for players, spectators, umpires and our celebrity scorer, Lisa Kennedy. Thank you for stepping in Lisa!

We lost the toss. It’s hard to believe the opposition chose head as nobody chooses heads! But they did. Clever lad, he told us to get our pads on, and bat. So, we did. We adjusted our batting order as Tully spent five minutes too long in front of the mirror and didn’t make it in time to open the batting.

The opening pair, Toby Huard and Jack Sweet were typically reliable and put the team on a winning trajectory. Harry Evans and Tully Dennis followed, both scoring runs against perhaps their best bowlers. Jacob Zerafa and Cameron Murray both contributed well to the score. Then our new secret team weapon Liam Gomez took to the field with Troy Sweet. After a couple of rugged overs Liam knocked a few into the gaps and managed to keep up with turbo Troy Sweet with the two pairing for a good partnership. Then finally once we all thought all the excitement was over, Alex Jelavic came in and supported the big hitting Jack Walsh, who is still yet to hit a six. Come on Jack!! Four boundaries, 35 runs. The other teams coach was heard making noises like “Owwwww, Ahhhhhh”. Very impressive innings Mr. Walsh!

In the bowling, we had a star performance from Alexander Jelavic. Pure awesomeness, delivering 3 wickets for zero runs. You read correctly! This week, much less wayward bowling from the rest of the Blue boys. An un-confirmed stat was that during the last 10 overs, the opposition batting team added -1 to their overall team score. The final score, North Nowra Cambewarra Blues 6/155 to Bomaderry 17/24 .