BY ALEX TIGANI
JPC Gold celebrated a second grade T20 premiership on Friday night.
Openers Rodney Luxford and Steve Dunstan were the stars of the night when combining for a partnership of 87 runs.
Creeks fought back from that point, to restrict the line-up to a total of 114.
Though Creeks’ batsmen Chad Solman, Ashley Borg and Lucas Gentle all showed promise in the second innings, it would be JPC Gold who would prevail by 37 runs.
Dave Newman’s 4/11 with the ball proved to be the best individual T20 bowling performance by any second-grade player for the summer.
The victory marked Gregg Dann’s second premiership as captain while Josephine Pearce (2/18) and Siann Carman (1/11) celebrated their first premiership together.
Pearce has been playing with St George Sutherland while Carman has followed her pathway by representing Central North in the under-16 country championships.
“It feels great winning at grade level, we lost last year but we did win it at all day,” Pearce told The Hunter River Times.
Carman was all smiles after the final.
“It means so much to do it with Josephine, we now want that one day final win.”
2022/23 SDCA Second Grade T20 competition
Top 10 batting performances
116 runs – Cody Cummings (Denman Maroon)
vs. Valley on January 14, 2023
111 runs – Tate Edwards (Valley)
vs. Denman Maroon on January 14, 2023
103 runs – Andrew Knox (JPC Black)
vs. Denman White on December 10, 2022
99 runs – Peter Mills (Denman White)
vs. JPC Black on December 10, 2022
96 runs – Alex Thrift (JPC Black)
vs. Denman Maroon on December 17, 2022
89 runs – Ashley Borg (Creeks)
vs. Glendon on December 10, 2022
85 runs – Rhys Giles (Valley)
vs. JPC Black on January 21, 2023
70 runs – Cody Cummings (Denman Maroon)
vs. JPC Gold on December 10, 2022
69 runs – Jackson Ball (Denman Maroon)
vs. Creeks on January 14, 2023
67 runs – David Sowter (Denman White)
vs. Denman Maroon on December 3, 2022
Top 10 bowling performances
4/11 – Dave Newman (JPC Gold)
vs. Creeks on February 4, 2023
4/14 – Riley Mortimer (Denman White)
vs. Denman Maroon on December 3, 2022
4/15 – Daniel Hayes (Valley)
vs. Creeks on December 17, 2022
4/17 – Andrew Redmond (Creeks)
vs. Glendon on December 10, 2022
4/20 – Rhys Giles (Glendon)
vs. Creeks on December 10, 2022
4/23 – Greg Thrift (JPC Black)
vs. JPC Black on December 17, 2022
4/33 – Robie Hedges (JPC Gold)
vs. Glendon on January 14, 2023
3/9 – Jacob Herbert (JPC Gold)
vs. Denman White on January 14, 2023
3/9 – Chad Solman (Creeks)
vs. JPC Gold on February 4, 2023
3/10 – Fraser Wilson (Creeks)
vs. JPC Black on January 21, 2023
