OVERSEAS TOURS – By Adrian Hawkes

REMINISCENCES OF TOURS GONE BY
– By the Players on Tour
CCNSW TOURING TEAMS 1989-2019

Upcoming Tours

If you have any views or any interest in coming on or helping organise an overseas tour in the next few years, read below and contact Greg Brooks
prez@ccnsw.com) or Adrian Hawkes secretary@ccnsw.com).

Hobart and Launceston Tour 13-21 January 2023

Four games have been confirmed: – 3 games are on artificial wickets and one on a turf wicket.

The total party is 31 including 18 players plus an umpire; current player list is: Greg Ballarino (2), Andrew Davis, John Fish, Craig Fletcher (2), Jim Hadley, Luke Holman, Soren Hughes (4), David Kent (2), Darcy Kent (aged 16) and Charlotte Kent (aged 15),Ed Robertson, Ian Robertson, Tom Robertson (4), Peter Rolls (2), Joseph Scarcella, Martin Speiser (2) , Dan Turner*, and Scott Wells (2). Jed Wesley-Smith is coming as umpire and possibly Richard Clark who runs a fruit farm in Tasmania may join us for some games.

*Dan Turner is coming only to Hobart

Itinerary

We have a team bus. The itinerary is as follows: –

Jan	Time	Item	Location
Fri 13	–	Arrive Hobart	Hobart
Sat 14	–	Hobart at leisure (E.g. Salamanca Market; Mt Wellington. Cascade Brewery)	Hobart
Sun 15	Game 1 Dep. 9 am	Arrive Woodbridge [synthetic] 10am for 11am start 40 overs Last Over XI (ACS) or Bruny Island at own expense	Woodbridge
Mon 16	Day Trip Dep. 9am	Coach to Mt Field National Park (1.5hrs), Possum Tree Café (lunch at own expense) and Westerway Raspberry Farm	Mt Field/ Westerway
Tue 17	Game 2 Dep. 8.15am 4.30 pm 5.30pm	Arrive 9.00 for 10.00 start Richmond [synthetic] 40 overs Southern Veterans XI or Explore historic Richmond township & wineries (own expense) Tour of Bellerive Oval and Museum Australian Cricket Society function ($15pp)	Richmond Hobart
Wed 18	Game 3 Dep. 8am 4pm 7pm	Check out Hobart accommodation for coach trip to Ross (1.5hrs); arrive 10am for 11am start [turf] 45 overs Northern Veterans XI Or explore Ross township with guided history tour by demand Late lunch at Ross Community club +post game drinks or dinner at Ross Pub Coach transfer to Launceston Country Club(1 hr)	Ross Launceston
Thu 19	–	At leisure	Launceston
Fri 20	Game 4 Dep. 9:00am 6pm	Arrive 9.30 for 10.30 start at Trevallyn [synthetic] 40 overs v The Twilighters XI End of tour dinner at ‘Bolters’ adjacent Country Club	Trevallyn Launceston
Sat 20	–	Depart Launceston

Accommodation

Accommodation has been reserved:

for 5 nightsFriday 13 January Tuesday 19 January inc. in the Hobart City Apartments in the centre of the city’s vibrant restaurant, entertainment and shopping precinct. at 80 Elizabeth Street, Hobart. (03) 6240 5585 hobartcityapartmenthotel.com (Depart on Weds 20 January) and
for 3 nightsWednesday 20 January – Friday 23 in Launceston at the Country Club Tasmania, 10 Casino Rise, Prospect Vale, TAS, 7250. (03) 6335 5777 and (Free call) 1800 635 344: countryclubtasmania.com.au (Depart on Sat 21 January).

Tour Contacts

Tour Manager: Soren Hughes: 0432 835 106 (Mob); hobarttour@ccnsw.com

Tour Captain: Tom Robertson: 0410 818 528 (Mob); cands@ccnsw.com

“Tour 2020”: Corfu-Croatia and Slovenia – Postponed

The 2020 Tour to Corfu-Croatia and Slovenia has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. More information will become available over the next few months.

Photo of Corfu

Photo of the Island of Vis

The immediate response by Club members to this proposed tour has been extremely positive. We already have $900 deposits from 20 people (12 long standing C.C.N.S.W. players) to secure their place on the tour: Rob Bevilacqua (2), John Fish, David Jones (2) Steve Kish (2), Bruce Pendlebury (2), Tom Robertson, Matt Russell , Nick Saady, Dave Stewart (2), John Wise (2), Trevor Worland (2), and Ken Yardy (2).

We probably only have room for 4-5 more players. We want to give priority to all current C.C.N.S.W. members in particular those playing regularly for our C&S/Masters/Classics/Vintage/ LMS sides.

We want to give priority to all current C.C.N.S.W. members in particular those playing regularly for our C&S/Masters/Classics/Vintage/ LMS sides.

Will any member interested contact Ken Yardy Tours@ccnsw.com.

Tour information is listed here:

TRAVEL DETAILS CORFU-CROATIA-SLOVENIA TOUR 2020

SCHEDULE FIXTURES AND ACCOMMODATION CORFU-CROATIA-SLOVENIA TOUR 2020 as at 26.07.19

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ISLAND OF VIS

PHOTOGRAPHS OF CORFU

CALENDAR CCNSW IN CORFU-CROATIA-SLOVENIA as at 26.07.19

Destinations: Greece (Corfu) – Croatia – Slovenia

Dates: 20 days approx in September 2021 (not including flight time to/from Australia)

Cost: At current exchange rates, approx $4500 pp (twin share/double) not including flights to/from Australia

Costs for the tour include internal flight from Corfu to Athens and international flight to Croatia. These costs also include all hotel accommodation in Corfu, Croatia and Slovenia, breakfast in all hotels, all transfers and costs of sightseeing tours in Dubrovnik, Split, Zagreb and Ljubljana, a day in Lake Bled,and wine tasting on the Peljesac Peninsula.

Cricket: 8 games in 20 days: 3 in Corfu; 1 in Croatia and 3 in Slovenia

Corfu: 8 days: see https://cricketcorfu.com/index.html

3 games:

Croatia: 4 days Dubrovnik – Split –island of Vis

1 game of cricket on island of Vis: see www.viscricket.com/history

Slovenia: 8 days Zagreb-Mežica- Ljubljana

3 games proposed: – see www.cricketslovenia.com/

1 game of cricket in Mežicaon

2 games of cricket in Ljubljana

End of Tour – departure from Ljubljana.

Past Tours

Tour of Christchurch January 2018

Game at Akoroa
Back row (l to r): Michael Watson, Sam Barrington-Smith,Raj Anand, John Wise, Anthony Watson
Middle row: Ken Yardy (Mgr).Jim Morrison, Beau Yardy, Pat Hogan, John Jackson
Front row: Peter Harrison, Simon Muggeridge, Ross Dalgleish, Edward Robertson, Soren Hughes
Seated: Tom Robertson (c) Craig Fletcher

Tour of Canada and the US 2015

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C.C.N.S.W. 2015 Tour party outside The White House
Back Row: – Bruce Coppock, John Fish, William Stonehouse, Tom Robertson, Rob Bevilacqua, Bruce Pendlebury, Alison Pendlebury (Scorer), Brian Gream.
Front row: – Scott McCallum, Ken Yardy (Tour Manager), Lachlan Stonehouse, Steve Kish, John Wise, Matthew McCallum, James Morrison .
Absent: – Paul Moorhouse, Antony Wood, Dennis Cameron, Dave Stewart.

All Past Tours

The Sri Lanka Tour in 2019 was the Club’s 35th overseas tour in the past 31 years (plus five other separate tours to Cairns, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Perth and Tasmania):

1989 Fiji
1991 Asia, involving matches in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Johore Bahru & Singapore
1992 Christchurch, New Zealand
1993 Christchurch, New Zealand
1993 North America-Canada and U.S.A.
1994 Malaysia and Singapore
1995 Auckland, New Zealand
1996 Barbados/Trinidad
1997 England
1998 Norfolk Island
1999 Lord Howe
1999 South Africa
2000 Vanuatu
2001 Bali
2002 Kenya
2003 Sri Lanka
2004 Cook Islands (Easter)
2004 Cairns (July) (not overseas)
2005 England
2006 Samoa
2007 New Zealand (Wellington and environs) – January
2007 South Africa – September-October
2008 Hawaii
2009 India
2009 Paris-Dublin-England
2010 Italy
2011 Caribbean
2012 South America (Argentina and Chile and Peru)
2013 Amsterdam-England-Malta
2014 South East Asia
January 2015 Wellington, New Zealand
2015 East Coast of Canada & North America
January 2016 Queenstown, New Zealand
January 2017 Nelson, New Zealand
2017 Scotland & England
January 2018 Christchurch, New Zealand
January 2019 Auckland, New Zealand
Easter 2019 Sri Lanka
January 2020 Perth, Western Australia