Welcome to your weekly Wanderers Webnews. Let’s hope we can all get on and play this weekend as the weather isn’t looking too positive for the following week.
In this edition:
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Trivia Night
Trivia NightØJunior match reports
Junior match reportsØFees
FeesØCaps now available for sale
Caps now available for saleØSports Drinks – good or bad?
Sports Drinks – good or bad?ØWay to go Mitch
Way to go MitchYES! It is still going to happen but the date for it hasn’t yet been finalised. Please talk to your team-mates or fellow junior parents and start organising a team. Six people per team costing $10.00 per head. We are looking at probably a maximum of 15 teams so its important that your organise and pay for your team in advance to avoid disappointment. C’mon everyone, we would expect a Trivia team entry from every junior & senior team if possible.
Wanderers U10 Brown Match Report Saturday Feb 20th
Thanks to a little bit of mixing and matching of fields & teams by the TCI junior committee, Wanderers U10 Brown finally got to play a match, against Saints at Central State School. The concrete pitch was uneven, the field small and rough, and still grassy enough to hide the ball on more than one occasion. But no one complained! Captain Harry Muller won the toss, and sensibly elected to field, while conditions were still cool. Saints only knocked up 39, albeit with the loss of no wickets, although several cans of coke were spilled along the way. In reply, Tom Chappell and Adam Matthews got Wanderers off to a flying start, with 26 runs including wides off their first 4 overs. Runs came a bit slower during the next 7 overs, with 4 wickets falling for the addition of another 35. Liam Cronin was bowled by a good delivery, as was Cathy Lawn, shortly after she put one over the boundary. Jordan Davis gloved a difficult high bouncing ball to the keeper, while Harry was not quite speedy enough between the wickets and the ball got home before he did. Despite the difference in wickets, Wanderers had a handy 22 run lead at half time.
Saints grafted another 41 runs in their second session, to take their score to 80. The only two Saints wickets to fall were through a catch by substitute player Matthew Muller (spectator brother of Harry) off Adam Matthews’ bowling, and a catch by Tom off Nicholas Nugent’s bowling. Tom opened Wanderers’ second session with Adam Munro, because he only had 10 min before he had to leave to catch a plane to Adelaide. Unfortunately, Adam hit the ball firmly, but straight to a Saints fielder. This brought Matthew to the crease with Tom who, anxious not to miss the plane, hit 13 runs off the first 3 balls he faced (a single and 2 x 6s). This brought his score to 25, requiring that he retire, whereupon his much-relieved dad whisked him off to the airport. Matthew had a brief but profitable time at the crease, with a four, a six and another four before he was, like his speedy brother, run out. Shortly after, new batsman Nicholas also found a Saints fielder. At this late stage of the day, when all the fielding was done and everyone was wilting in the heat, Mackenzie Bagley turned up, fresh from a long night’s sleep. Mackenzie teamed up with Adam Matthews and then Luke Carnes to put the match beyond doubt. Final batting scores: Tom 25*, Matthew 14, Mackenzie 13*, Adam Matthews 8*, Cathy 4, Luke 2*, Harry 1 and Adam Munro 1, for a total of 119 including wides and the loss of 7 wickets.
Overall, the team bowled and batted well considering how long it was since they last played. A good team effort and a well-deserved win.
UNDER 12 GOLDMATCH REPORT
28 FEBRUARY 2009
Sunlight two Saturday’s in a row!!! what an amazing thing. This week we took on Subs in a 35 over game at Lamont Oval. We lost the toss and were asked to bat. We had an excellent opening stand between Joshua Evans and Daine McDonald with sensible batting and good running between the wickets. As usual a little bit of luck went our way when needed but the boys consistently scored four runs an over for 12 overs we were none for 50 at that point.
That’s when the wheels started to fall off with Daine the first to go stumped after reaching out too far to get to the pitch of the ball and his back foot slid out of the crease. He was well stumped for a well made 18. What then followed was a procession of wickets with Will Orreal stumped for 2, Jack Gusmeroli bowled for 3, Ryan Eaton LBW for 0 and Josh Evans sensationally caught in the deep for 18 to be 5 for 65 after 17 overs.
After drinks the rot continued with Sam Lanskey caught out for 1 and Josh Parkinson caught for 1. A mini revival happened between Riley Heaver and Jake Matthews before Jake was well caught at first slip and then Jesse Grunske lost his stumps first ball.
Riley remained not out 17 and we had been bowled out in 28 overs for 95 runs.
The pressure was on both fielders and bowlers who put in a good performance to try and peg back a very determined Subs side. We again opened with a pace and spin combination with both Sam Lanskey and Jake Matthews bowling exceptionally tight and after 8 overs each had a wicket and Subs were 2 for 11. Our fielders backed up the bowlers exceptionally well as well as backing up each other in the field. There were no overthrows from some close efforts at runouts which was excellent to see. Speaking of backing up the bowlers Joshua Parkinson needs special mention as last week he dropped a couple but this week he took three sensational catches in the outfield including one looking directly into the sun. For a little guy he walked off the field with a big smile and feeling ten foot tall. He showed on his face the real enjoyment we should all be getting out of cricket.
We also had an injury to keeper Ryan which reminded us all why calling for a catch is very important. Collisions like that have ruined some cricketing careers but luckily there was no major injury apart from a sprain but more importantly the catch was dropped and an opportunity went missing. Joshua Evans took over the keeping after Ryan was carted off but in that intervening period wickets continued to fall and there were excellent bowling spells by Jesse Grunske, Joshua Parkinson, Jack Gusmeroli and Will Orreal.
Showing a bit of courage Ryan came back onto the field and plugged a gap in the field before coming onto bowl and taking the last wicket to fall.
All our bowlers deserve mention and a particular highlight was the fact that for the first time this season we bowled no wides and only 2 no-balls. That ultimately was one of the major differences between the two sides. Subs were then bowled out for 55. All our bowlers deserve mention and their figures were Sam 1 for 5 off 7 overs, Jake 2 for 8 off 5 overs , Jessie 1 for 12 off 4 overs, Riley 0 for 8 off 3 overs; Joshua Parkinson 1 for 5 off 4 overs, Jack Gusmeroli 1 for 2 off 3 overs, Will Orreal 2 for 2 off 2 overs , Daine McDonald 0 for 7 off 3 overs and Ryan Eaton 1 for 2 off 3 overs. We played the match one player short and for a period of time whilst Ryan was recovering were two players short in the field so the effort is to be admired. Well done everybody…. let’s train hard for our next game.
Fees, once again I’m forced to remind a lot of you that your fees are in arrears. Quite a few of you have paid the initial $100 compulsory sign-on fee and not paid anymore. If this is you, then you still owe $300 as our fees this season are $400. You didn’t take advantage of any of the discounts that were offered for early payment and unless you have made an agreement with President Barrie, then you need to quickly start paying.
We are fortunate to have a surplus of players on our books at present and team selections will be scrutinised to ensure players who are financial get preference. You’ve been warned!
Wanderers’ Batting Caps have finally arrived and are now available for sale at the canteen for $15.00.
Wanderers’ Broad Brimmed Fielding Hats are also on sale at the canteen for $17.00
Sports Drinks – good or bad?
I found the following article on the Choice website and I thought I would share it with you as it dispels some myths on Sports Drinks. There is a table that I left of due to size restrictions but you can view it by visiting http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=106451&catId=100289&tid=100008&p=4&title=Sports+drinks
It is definitely worth your while to check out the link above.
Sports drinks have three basic ingredients — water, sugar and salt.
Water
When you exercise you lose water as sweat, as much as two litres an hour from strenuous exercise in hot weather. If you sweat more than 2% of your body weight your heart is placed under stress, your body temperature goes up, and your physical and mental performance declines.
But forget about drinking ‘eight glasses of water a day’ — that’s an urban myth. Six glasses (1.5 L) of almost any fluid should be ample.
Exactly how much water we actually need depends on how much we get with our food and how much we lose as sweat.
Ads for sports drinks are eloquent on the subject of “hydration”.
Certainly the sugar and salt these drinks contain are at the right concentrations to maximise the speed with which water moves from your gut into your bloodstream. But plain water is absorbed almost as quickly and is perfectly adequate for moderate exercise or if you’re exercising for less than about an hour.
A recent study found no real differences overall between the hydration ability of plain water and three brands of sports drink. And there’s little evidence that any one sports drink is better than any other on the market.
But the sense of thirst is slow to react to dehydration, so if you’re exercising hard in hot conditions it’s a good idea to drink before you become thirsty. In fact you need to drink before, during and after exercise.
Sugar
The sugars in sports drinks are also supposed to replenish the fuel you use during exercise. The body stores fuel as carbohydrates in the muscles and the liver and releases sugar into the blood stream for instant energy. But after prolonged exercise the carbohydrate stores are depleted and blood-sugar levels can drop.
Studies have shown that supplying a steady source of sugar during exercise fights off fatigue and enhances performance, but it has to be strenuous exercise for an extended period. It takes about an hour of intense exercise — like a fast run or hard cycling — before the body depletes its reserves enough to benefit from extra carbohydrates. With lower intensity exercise, such as jogging, it may take two hours or more.
There’s evidence that sports drinks can improve performance, but only if you’re an elite athlete. If you’re simply an active person who jogs, swims or goes to the gym a couple of times a week, you don’t need sports drinks.
And if you’re concerned about putting on weight, it’s unlikely that you actually need that extra energy. Our bodies have evolved to store any excess energy as fat. If you’re an elite athlete, you’ll be training for several hours a day, using up plenty of energy, and the extra kilojoules from a bottle or two of a sports drink make little difference to your energy balance.
But it’s a different story if you’re just playing a bit of tennis and going for the odd lunchtime jog. One bottle of some of the popular brands of sports drink hits you with 9-10 teaspoons of sugar.
In the table we’ve compared how many minutes of jogging are fuelled by 600 mL of each brand of sports drink for a boy of 12 years, a woman weighing 60 kg and a man weighing 70 kg. (Not all of the sports drinks come in 600 mL bottles but this is the most common bottle size and you’d need to drink at least this much fluid if exercising for about an hour under hot conditions.)
Most brands give you enough fuel for well over 20 minutes jogging. If you’re not exercising for that long, that’s sugar (and kilojoules) you don’t need.
Salt
Sports drinks contain ‘electrolytes’ — mostly sodium chloride (ordinary salt) and potassium chloride. Replenishing the body’s electrolytes is less important than the ads would have you believe.
It’s true that sodium, which helps regulate the body’s fluid balance and plays a role in muscle contraction, is lost in sweat; to a lesser degree, so is potassium, which is also involved in muscle contraction. But most of us already get too much salt in our regular diet so your usual food intake should be more than enough to replace any electrolyte losses.
A 600 mL bottle of some sports drinks (including top-selling Gatorade) gives you more than 10% of the maximum recommended daily intake of sodium.
Sports drinks are promoted as better than water for young kids.
Gatorade argues that children often arrive at sports under-hydrated and their product encourages kids to drink more than if they were only offered water. (And there’s independent evidence to support this.)
But sports drinks are acidic and can erode dental enamel.
And the salt in sports drinks is even more undesirable for children than it is for adults because their maximum recommended intake is less (depending on age).
Experts such as Professor Louise Baur, a paediatrician at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and director of the University of Sydney’s NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity, say sports drinks are unnecessary for children and adolescents, and their consumption is part of the growing childhood obesity problem. “If kids are thirsty, they’ll drink water if water is provided.”
What about hangovers?
Many believe that a hangover is caused by dehydration so not surprisingly sports drinks are recommended as a sure-fire cure. According to Staminade, “Faster rehydration leads to faster recovery from all activities — from hangovers to marathons.”
But the latest research suggests this isn’t true for hangovers. The miseries of a hangover are more likely caused by effects of alcohol on the immune system. There’s really nothing you can do for a hangover except take a painkiller for the headache.
Energy drinks — not the same thing.
Energy drinks such as Red Bull and V contain caffeine. There’s good evidence that caffeine enhances sports performance for elite athletes, but not for the average runner or cyclist.
Energy drinks usually contain more sugar than sports drinks (we’ve included Red Bull in the table for comparison). A high sugar concentration can slow absorption of water into the body making these drinks definitely unsuitable for rehydration when you’re exercising.
Their caffeine makes them unsuitable for children.
I bet everyone at Wanderers felt for our former member Mitchell Johnson on the weekend when he was left stranded on 96 – 4 runs short of his maiden Test century. It was a great knock, early patience and then the aggressive onslaught. Ironically and poignantly all this happened at the Wanderers’ Stadium aka “The Bullring”. Well done Mitch!
