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Men's A Grade
Windsor Gardens Guards 135
Salisbury Bulls 106
Best on Court: Paul Mattschoss - Bulls
Women's A Grade
Morphett Vale Sharks 119
Salisbury Bulls 104
Best on Court: Amy Marrett - Sharks
Men's B Grade
Windsor Gardens Guards 89
Salisbury Bulls 47
Best on Court: Rob Lengyel - Guards
Stepney Saints 149
Salisbury Bulls 78
Best on Court: Mike Szarbo - Saints
Windsor Gardens Guards 140
Woodlands Cougars 139
Best on Court: Paul Sharo - Guards
Master's Grade
Woodlands Cougars 155
Morphett Vale Sharks 38
Best on Court: Glenn Sutton - Cougars
U18 Grade
Modbury Chiefs 113
Salisbury Bulls 100
Best on Court: Andrew Wehman - Modbury
U15 Grade
Modbury Chiefs 138
Salisbury Bulls 79
Best on Court: Bruce Hallam - Modbury
Congratulations to all the Premiership teams, and special mention to the Windsor Guards for winning the Elite 'A' grade competition for the first time in a while. They have been the perennial bridesmaids to Salisbury on a number of occasions, but finally got revenge.
Another special mention to the Modbury Chiefs, as they won both the junior grade premierships. There could be quite a big future for the Chiefs !!
The Awards dinner for the Superleague Best & Fairest was held at the Renaissance Centre on 19 September 1998.
The following is a list of the highest vote getters and the recipients of other special awards.
Basheer Medal - A Grade Mens
WINNER - Paul Smith (Guards) 28 Votes
2nd - Jay Oxlade, Simon McKenzie (Saints), Chad Campbell (Sharks) 27 Votes
3rd - Brad White (Guards) 25 Votes
Congratulations to Paul Smith, the current State captain, for winning his 4th Basheer Medal. "Flea" has dominated
the competition for a number of years, and continues to score a lot of runs for Windsor Gardens, while also
creating a lot of wickets behind the stumps as the keeper.
Broadbent Medal - A Grade Womens
WINNER - Jo Stewart (Bulls) 36 Votes
2nd - Allyson Keneally (Saints) 35 Votes
3rd - Shelly Nellar (Cougars) 30 Votes
The Broadbent Medal, named after the current Australian Women's representative Joanne Broadbent, was won for
Thankyou also to Joanne Broadbent for taking the time to be at the awards ceremony and present the medal.
the first time by Jo Stewart from the Salisbury Bulls. Many considered Jo to be unlucky not to make the women's
state side this year, and she has obviously played to the best of her ability in order to prove a point.
B Grade Mens
WINNER - Chris Allen (Rams) 21 Votes
2nd - Graham Rewell (Bulls) 20 Votes
3rd - Brett McKay (Bulls) 19 Votes
Well done to Chris Allen who had a great season, and also captained the side very well.
C Grade Mens
WINNER - Shane Van Den Ham (Chiefs) 30 Votes
D Grade Mens
WINNER - Dennis Cester (Guards) 28 Votes
WINNER - Jack Pryor (Guards) 23 Votes
Under 18 Grade
WINNER - David Sampson (Sharks) 32 Votes
WINNER - Sean Rankin (Cougars) 48 Votes
Rising Star Award - David Sampson (Sharks)
Special Award for Service to State Cricket - Darren Martin (Bulls)
Chris works very hard on his game, and deserves the rewards he has received. Chris is also won of the most
respected players in B Grade as he approaches the game in a hard but very fair manner.
2nd - Craig Williams (Sharks) 29 Votes
3rd - Mike Szarbo (Saints) 25 Votes
2nd - Brett Richardson (Chiefs) and Neil Patterson (Cougars) 22 Votes
3rd - Ray Hall (Rams) 19 Votes
Over 35 Masters Mens
2nd - Glen Smith (Chiefs) and Terry Wyatt (Chiefs) 21 Votes
3rd - Brian Friend (Sharks) 19 Votes
2nd - Neil Bowles (Chiefs) 29 Votes
3rd - Craig Corretti (Cougars) 23 Votes
Under 15 Grade
2nd - Paul Cree (Chiefs) 28 Votes
3rd - Mark Cosgrove (Bulls) 27 Votes
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS
QUIT CHALLENGE
The Quit Challenge is a Competition which is sponsored by the Foundation SA through their "Quit" program. They supply the Superleague uniforms for all A Grade teams, and also help fund the prize money awarded at the end of the Quit Challenge.
The following Superleague Games are the designated Quit Challenge Games which will decide which teams play in the finals which will be held on 10 July 1999.
The Grades involved are Men's A, Women's A, Under 18 and Under 15.
Points gained from these Superleague games will be applicable to the Quit Challenge competition, and the top 4 teams will compete in the finals.
| Round 1
Morphett Vale vs Reynella
| Round 2
Stepney vs Modbury
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| Round 3 Windsor Gardens vs Woodlands
| Round 4 Reynella vs Modbury |
| Round 5 Windsor Gardens vs Salisbury |
Superleague is an inter-club competition run in South Australia comprising 7 Metropolitan Indoor Sports Centres. The season runs from April to September each year. The sports played are Cricket, Netball and 8-Ball. The season consists of a "Round Robin" series of games with each team playing each other twice during the minor round.
Currently the games are played on Saturday's with the first games starting at 1pm, and finishing with the 'A' Grade Mens at 6pm. This is done on a home and away basis. There is currently a proposal to move Superleague to Sundays so that people who work on Saturday's (which is becoming more and more of an issue) can still play the game they love.
At the end of the minor round, the top 5 teams progress to the Major round, and compete as per the following:
This standard format has proved quite successful in the past, with the two best sides during the season generally playing off in the Grand Final.
1999 Format
Next season Superleague games will be reduced to 6 ball overs in order to reduce the length of the games, and also in an attempt to bring the scores down and make games more competitive. Our Grand Final this year had scores of 180 to 140, this is obviously too high, as the spectators like to see the spectacular fielding as opposed to disciplined safe batting.
There was an original proposal to move the games to Sundays like it used to be, but this was knocked back due to a previous lack of interest on Sundays and also the clash with the Adelaide Crows home games.
If you would like any other information on South Australian Superleague, please email me and I will gladly let you know, and also add it to the Web Site.