Quote of the week- “Success is not final; failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill.
The devastating rain last week caused havoc to many people’s lives, damaged roads and properties and caused problems for our businesses and farmers. Obviously all the planned Saturday cricket matches were cancelled but, depending on the weather, the semi-finals for the season will be played next Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6.
The Thunder have qualified for the finals in First and Sixths Grade.
Unfortunately the Second Grade team missed qualifying out by just seven points. If they had been able to play and had won Saturday’s cancelled match against Yandina, they too would have been in the finals.
FIRST GRADE
The team move into the finals on top of the ladder which is shown here :-
1.Tewantin-Noosa Thunder 183 points
2. Caboolture Snakes 156 points
3. Maroochydore Swans 117 points
4. Glasshouse Rangers 116 points
Thunder First Grade team will play Glasshouse on Saturday and Sunday in a two-day match at Read Park, Tewantin commencing at 10am both days. The winner of this match will meet the winner of the Caboolture V Maroochydore match, also played over next weekend. The grand final will be played on 12, 13 and 19 March.
The top run scorers for Thunder First Grade during the fixture season, were Lewis Waugh (983) and Jarrod Officer (579). Top wicket-takers were Ben Laughlin (49), Dom Taylor (44) and Tom Stewart (41)
SECOND GRADE
The team finished fifth on the table. Top run scorer was captain Josh Peters (298) with top bowling honours to Jason Toohey (28 wickets) and Harrison Lea (24).
FOURTH GRADE
The team struggled but had some good wins. Their top run scorer was Billy Lloyd-Green with 189 runs although he only played six matches and Tony Watson (187). Top wicket-taker was captain and veteran Mike Thomson with 23.
SIXTH GRADE
The team had a great season and ended up second on the ladder, only two points behind minor premiers USC.
This weekend will play Yandina at Dale Officer Oval in a bid to qualify for the grand final the following weekend. The top run scorer and wicket taker for the team was Wayne Moore who scored 316 runs and took 22 wickets during the season.
Both the senior semi-finals will commence at 10am and it is hoped many players, ex-players, juniors and supporters will turn up to see their teams fight it out for the grand final at one of the Tewantin venues. The canteen and bar will be open on both days.
Some of the junior cricket final’s matches washed out last weekend will be played over the coming weekend.
VALE MICHAEL SOBEY
Last week, the Tewantin-Noosa Cricket Club was extremely saddened to hear of the passing of life member Michael Sobey who was one of the true legends of the club and the Sunshine Coast community.
As anyone who ever met Michael would attest, he was truly an amazing man who would light up a room with his presence and would not hesitate to give the shirt off his back to anyone who needed it. He leaves behind a beautiful family who he loved dearly.
Michael had many loves and passions in his life and cricket was certainly one of those. Another passion was volunteering, so it took no time for Michael to join the club committee when his eldest son Nick, and later Paddy started playing cricket. He also had his arm twisted into playing which turned into 10-plus years as a captain, winning three premierships and playing 145 games for the club.
Michael joined the executive committee in 2007-08 where he spent the next 10 years, serving the club for five years as president, four as vice president and one as secretary. It never felt anything could go wrong with Michael at the helm or in the background.
If that was not enough, Michael was the junior coordinator for three of those years and he also served for five years on the Sunshine Coast Cricket Association Committee.
Unsurprisingly, three of those years were as treasurer and one as vice president.
The above does not even scratch the surface on the contributions Michael Sobey made to the cricket club and the community.
