1st Grade A much stronger performance from Plateau 1st Grade saw them fall to Long Reef by a narrow 21 runs on Saturday. Long Reef won the toss at Plateau Park and elected to bat first. A strong bowling performance from Plateau had Long Reef all out for 149 in …
Read More »Round 5 Wrap: Johnson rattles Mona Vale and Bourcier Guides Gold Home
Opening Batsman Toby Horstead (44) and opening bowler Nick Johnson (4/11) celebrate their match winning performances against Mona Vale in Round 5. 1st Grade 1st Grade had the bye this week. 2nd Grade In an important match with 2nds record at 1-3 for the first four rounds, the boys took …
Read More »CPCC Play at Galle International Cricket Stadium (SL Tour Game 5)
by John Jackson Galle International Cricket Stadium is one of the most distinctive and famous international cricket venues. Sandwiched between the 17th century Dutch Fort area, the city centre and the Indian Ocean it is a historic and picturesque venue. It was a special place for CPCC to make our …
Read More »Sri Lanka Tour: Games 3 and 4 in Kandy
by John Jackson Kandy is 115 KM from Colombo by road and 500 m higher in elevation. After a 5 hour road journey in a maze of tuk tuks and government buses ‘screaming down the non-existent third lane’ we arrived in Kandy at the height of Buddhist New Year’s celebrations. …
Read More »First Grade Return to Winner’s Circle in Plateau Run-fest
by Tom Carden First Grade rounded out the year on a high note on Saturday with a strong performance to defeat Dee Why RSL and finally return to the winners circle. In a rare occurrence, the squad was set early in the week and Rob was not forced to scramble …
Read More »Another Easy Win for T20 Towers
by Ryan Dunn In a much anticipated game of T20, Collaroy Plateau Towers came up against a rather young Saint Augustine’s “Old Boys” team in our clash at Nolans 4. I started my captaincy career with a loss in the coin flip. Being sent out to bowl first we thought, on …
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