Buln Buln re-appoint Gilbert
Buln Buln Cricket Club have moved swiftly to reappoint coach Luke Gilbert.
With the 2016/17 cricket season fast approaching the Buln Buln Cricket Club committee, led by president Glenn Barnes, have been hard at it since April to ensure Buln maintain their standing as one of the most successful clubs in the district.
Gilbert not only had a very successful season in 2015/16, getting all grades into finals, he impessed with his professional approach to trainings and match day preparations.
This season an impressive line up of specialist coaches will join Gilbert. Keith Jansz as coaching consultant, Ron Harper as specialist batting coach and Paul Gavin as wicketkeeping coach make up an imposing group of mentors.
Rhys Holdsworth has joined the club as assisant coach and first eleven captain. Arguably the best player to join the Warragul District Cricket Association since Gamani Kumara in 2010/11, Holdsworth has an impressive CV including Victoria Country representative, premiership captain/coach of Trafalgar, VCCL team of the year player, all Gippsland representative and Gippsland Cricket League champion player.
Holdsworth is focused on a strong season, training hard and passing on his knowledge to the club’s younger players.
The club also welcomes fast bowler Jackson Noonan. Gippsland’s premier bowler in season 2015/16, Noonan was selected in the All Gippsland side last season. A premiership player with Trafalgar, Noonan is looking forward to improving as a player at Buln Buln and will sure to be handful for local batsman.
Plans are being put into place for Buln’s first eleven to play one or two home games on turf at Eastern park this season. This will give the Buln playing group the opportunity to play more games on turf and a high quality out field. Buln thanked Warragul Cricket Club for the opportunity.
Buln’s busy pre-season schedule kicked off on July 31 with a golf day, barbecue and player meeting where coach Gilbert outlined his expectations of the playing group for the season. Indoor sessions are underway and continue through to the start of the season with practice matches locked in against strong opponents in Nar Nar Goon and Garfield-Tynong.
The club will field three senior teams, under 12s and under 14s.
The committee is working hard on fielding an under 16 team. The addition of an under 16s side try and promote children being active and playing the great game. The club has a number of initiatives in place to make this an affordable outlet for families if the club are successful in fielding a side.
Any players or parents who may be interested in playing cricket at Buln Buln are encouraged to phone club president Glenn Barnes on 0409 806 518.