SOUTH AFRICA TOUR - CRICKET 2018 - Millfield School
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SOUTH AFRICA TOUR
2018
CRICKET
A message from the
Headmaster…
Millfield is proudly diverse and that diversity has been in the very DNA of the
school since its foundation by Boss Meyer.
Similarly, cricket has been at the forefront of the offer at Millfield School since
its beginnings and it is, at this stage, as bright as it has ever been.
Of course, a sports tour is an opportunity to develop skills, teamwork and
self-confidence but more than that, it is an opportunity to explore other
cultures and environments. There will be cultural visits to the Apartheid
Museum, National Parliament building and Government House. There will be
game drives, plenty of fun and, of course, the sport. Each team has six matches
against four different schools and two provincial sides.
I look forward to hearing the results and the stories.
Mr. Gavin Horgan
Follow all tour updates on our Twitter & Instagram
accounts:
@_MFcricket_
A message from the Director of Sport... Sporting statistics tell us that the hardest thing to do in sport is to win when playing away. There are so many factors that explain why this is the case and the vast majority are related to what goes on above the neck. This is why we use tours as part of a development process through sport. International touring through sport is a unique challenge for any developing pupil and for the supervising staff. We do not tour for a good holiday with a like-minded peer group. We use tours because they provide an opportunity that challenges individuals in a very different way from being in the school environment. It provides a unique opportunity to understand how well people learn, adapt and progress over an intensive and immersive fixed time period. We know any tour brings fresh competitive technical and tactical challenges with different conditions, cultures and traditions on the pitch. Depending on the tour location, there are different challenges to consider with travel, sleep, nutrition / hydration and temperature / humidity which are all critical to sustaining health. The more interesting challenges often come from what happens off pitch. When you move from an intensive education environment at Millfield with one ratio of academic, sporting and other co-curricular activities to a completely different one dominated by sport, it is different. Of course, the tour organisers ensure there is a balance of time in sport and cultural learning, but the intensive focus around a series of sporting fixtures throws up an interesting agenda. Literally, everything you encounter is different and needs a willingness to engage – whether food, language, rituals, behaviours – and it is all focused around training and competitive opportunities. The intensity and time spent with your peers will seem different to being in the boarding house and school.
The ability to adapt, at pace, to all of these factors is a key marker of how well individuals learn and cope but also helps recalibrate an individual’s standing and perspective of themselves in a completely different context. The deliberate planning from the coaching team that goes into creating these opportunities should never go unseen. They ensure that the high support needed, alongside the high challenge, provides rewarding experiences that see individuals grow in many unpredictable ways. As a department, we will always look to support and encourage the value in touring when opportunities exist because it is not something that we can replicate in a school setting. Enjoy the experience. Dr. Scott Drawer
A message from the Director of Cricket... What an incredible opportunity for the players and staff at Millfield School to tour one of the world’s most competitive, yet respectful and hospitable, cricketing nations. At the end of my school years in the early 1990’s (I know what you are saying, Garas can’t be that old!) I headed to South Africa to play cricket. I learnt more over those five South African seasons than I did at any other stage of my playing career. The friendships and comraderies that were developed when playing cricket for Worcester United CC and then Hermanus CC in the Boland Premier League still remain strong today. South African cricketers are ultra-competitive. They make each batter work in- credibly hard for every run, their bowlers toil for every wicket and make their opponents work their socks off to win any game. South African sides never know when they are beaten and fight to the end. This is a fantastic value that I have taken into my coaching career and hope that most of the teams who I have worked with have displayed those “fighting” tendencies. Millfield Cricket will need to draw upon these values against tough opposition over the course of the tour. I very much look forward to connecting with many old friends and former oppo- nents during our stay in South Africa and will encourage that the pupils also develop similar relations with their opposition players & hosts. I have been fortunate to work alongside some fantastic South African cricketing legends over the course of my career to date. The most prominent is the Proteas greatest ever leader, Graeme “Biff” Smith.
I first met a very young “Biff” Smith whilst coaching at Hampshire County Cricket Club in 2001. The then 19 year old had travelled to Hampshire with his mentor, Jimmy Cook, who was Hampshire’s Head Coach at the time. I was running the Academy and Board Development XI’s at the time. Graeme scored a few runs in the Board Development XI. It would be fair to say that Graeme’s quality as a young man and leader outshone his quality with the bat over the 2000 season, yet Jimmy Cook always told me that this bloke was destined for greatness. How right he was. Graeme made his debut for the “Proteas” less than two years later and was soon catapulted into the role of Captain at the tender age of 22. “Biff” returned to the UK with his South African side and promptly made double centuries in his 3 rd and 4th Test Matches as captain. I was offered the Somerset CCC Head Coach position in October 2004. My first phone call was to Graeme Smith where I asked him to be my captain for the 2005 season. His impact upon the County Ground at Taunton was far bigger than mine that’s for sure! We had a very good Captain/ Coach relationship. Not bad for a youthful pairing, with him being only 24 at the time and I was 31. Over the course of three magical months Graeme took his youthful Somerset side to T20 Finals day and then was MOM in the T20 Final itself against a Lancashire team, which included Freddie Flintoff, Andrew Symonds, Jimmy Anderson, Dominic Cork, Stuart Law and Glen Chapple in their ranks. Thirteen years later and “King Biff” is championed every time he walks into the County Ground at Taunton.
Since 2005, I have been lucky enough to work alongside some fantastic International Captains such as Michael Vaughan, Paul Collingwood and Andrew Strauss, who all had incredible qualities which drove their respective sides, Ashes and World T20 Cup success. But I have yet to witness a more inspirational leader than Graeme Smith. His man management, his empathy with others, his strength when defending his team mates and his skill in reading people and changing rooms was remarkable. He supported these skills with being one of the most mentally tough cricketers to ever play the game. For many, the most iconic image of Graeme Smith comes when he walked out to bat, at No. 11, looking to survive 8.2 overs with a broken hand and a broken elbow, to face a desperate Australian attack containing the fastest bowler in the world, Mitchell Johnson. This was back in 2009. Smith got within 10 balls of saving the game, before a Johnson thunderbolt hit a 5th day crack, cut in like a leg-break and shattered into the stumps at 90mph. Smith had played without painkillers, with a remodelled glove on his injured hand and his own blood recently injected into his right elbow. He had to be helped into his batting equipment and shoes by fast bowler, Morne Morkel. His left arm and hand were smashed to bits in the 1st innings of the game by repeated blows on a cracked SCG batting surface. "I just decided to give it my best shot," he said. "If I got a first-baller, at least I tried, that was what was going through my head. There was a lot of pain, I'd just had injections in my elbow and this hand is obviously was not being very friendly but I was grateful I never got another knock on either part of my body." Every Australian player, led by captain Ricky Ponting, recognised the amazing bravery and leadership that Graeme had shown on that day. They all congratulated him on his efforts and clapped him off the field. Up until that time, Graeme Smith had been a marked man in Australia, taking all kinds of stick from the hostile crowds. Since that day, he is welcomed wherever he goes in Australia and now commentates on both radio and TV when he is in the country.
I admire and respect so many South African sportsmen but for me, Graeme Smith is the number 1. I am lucky enough to call him a friend and I will never forget the way that he transformed a young group of cricketers into a Title winning side with his incredible leadership back in 2005. If the Millfield cricketers on this trip can harness some of Graeme’s mental toughness, humility, empathy, competitiveness and sense of fun as they play their cricket and embrace the culture, then they will land back in the UK as better cricketers but more importantly, better human beings for the experience. If you are one of the players and are wondering where you will find these wonderful attributes. then have a look across at your opposite number in each of the teams that you face and there will be some “Biff”-like attributes staring straight back at you. His influence on South African cricket is immense, far-reaching and long-lasting. Breathe it in fellas, breathe it in. A massive thank you to all of the parents who have supported the pupils to make this tour a reality. Your fundraising endeavours have also helped to raise a fantastic figure for the Neil Goodman Trust, the Millfield Cricket Tour’s charity partner. It is so good to see as many of you travelling with us to sample all the wonderful hospitality that South Africa has to offer. You will never forget your time in the country, it is an amazing place.
Thanks also to Steph at GBTOURS who has been a magnificent partner for this trip and organised every small detail to make these 11 days as impactful as possible. Thank you to our wonderful player profile sponsors and advertisers who are featured later in the brochure. We look forward to hosting you at Millfield on Sponsors Day in the summer term. Your collective support for Millfield Cricket and the players is massively appreciated. Lastly, a huge thank you to all of our hosts and opponents. We are looking forward to the challenge of playing cricket in South Africa, the different pitches, the highly skilled players and the hot climate. We embrace the competition that you will give us and hope to foster relationships that will flourish for a long time to come. Kind regards
Tour Itinerary
Day 1/ Saturday 8th 1500 meet @ Heathrow Terminal 2
December
1530 check-in for South African Airways
1805 flight departs
Day 2/ Sunday 9th De- 0715 flight arrives @ Johannesburg
cember
Collect luggage, meet driver & transfer by coach to HPC
Arrive, check-in, lunch & leisure time
Evening meal @ Illinois Spur
Day 3/ Monday 10th Breakfast @ accommodation
December
Transfer to Supersport park for guided tour
Lunch, Self-led training session & return to HPC
Evening meal at HPCDay 4/ Tuesday 11th Breakfast @ accommodation
December
Fixtures (50 overs) – Millfield 1 Vs Garsfontein & Millfield 2 Vs
Centurion with coach travel either way
Evening meal @ Spur
Day 5/ Wednesday Breakfast @ accommodation
12th December
Fixtures (50 overs) – Millfield 1 Vs Centurion & Millfield 2 Vs
Eldoraigne with coach travel either way
Evening meal @ HPC
Day 6/ Thursday 13th Breakfast @ accommodation
December
Day trip to Apartheid Museum, Gold Reef City Theme Park, with
coach travel either way
Evening meal @ Bravo Pizza
Day 7/Friday 14th De- Breakfast @ accommodation
cember
Fixtures (40 overs) – Millfield 1 Vs Menlo Park & Millfield 2 Vs
Menlo Park with coach travel either way
Braii lesson & dinner by Stacey Shutte @ HPCTour Itinerary
Day 8/ Saturday 15th De- Breakfast @ accommodation
cember
Fixtures (40 overs) – Millfield 1 Vs Menlo Park & Millfield 2 Vs
Menlo Park with coach travel either way
Evening meal @ New Cafe
Day 9/ Sunday 16th De- Breakfast @ accommodation
cember
Travel to Croc City, with coach travel either way
Pick n’ Pay for Braai provisions & snacks
Evening Braai at HPC with supporters
Day 10/ Monday 17th Breakfast @ accommodation
December
Fixtures (2 x T20)– Millfield 1 Vs Harlequins CC & Millfield 2 Vs
Harlequins CC with coach travel either way
Evening meal @ local restaurant
Day 11/ Tuesday 18th Breakfast @ accommodation
December
Half-day trip to Sun City, with coach travel
Lunch & travel to Pilanesberg Game Drive, with coach travel
either way
Evening meal @ local restaurant in Sun City
Day 12/ Wednesday 19th Breakfast @ accommodation
December
Depart HPC for Willomoore Park
Willomoore Park to Johannesburg Airport
2055 departure, 0625 land on 20th December @ HeathrowPlease note the itinerary
is Subject to Change!
Follow all tour updates on our Twitter & Instagram
accounts:
@_MFcricket_SENIOR CRICKET PROFILES
Name: Max Hancock
Discipline: Left arm orthodox
Top performance: 5-35 vs Wales
Favourite Cricketer: Rashid Khan
Teams represented: Devon CCC, Sidmouth CC, Millfield Meyer’s XI
“Wishing Max all the success with the forth coming
South Africa tour in December. Remember Max
'Spin-To-Win' analyse the ends, the wicket condition and
then choose your bowling end wisely. Initially make
them play setting the field accordingly until you find the
batsmen weakness, keep the ball on that spot with a
varying pace, the wicket will fall! Have a super time
Max and enjoy all South Africa has to offer.” - Andrew
Fox
Name: Keron Bennett-Thomas
Discipline: Bowling all-rounder
Top performance: 5-15 vs Queen’s College, Taunton
Favourite Cricketer: Jofra Archer
Teams represented: Guyana Amazon Warriors, Wiltshire U10-U17’s,
Demerara CC, Purton CC, Millfield 1st XI
“The entire team here at K.P.Thomas and Sons wishes Keron a
very successful tour to South Africa. We are hoping you take
many wickets and that you will be further inspired to be an
outstanding cricketer. May your team members also achieve in
their ambitions. Enjoy and succeed!”@_MFcricket_
Name: Chiragvir Singh Dhindsa
Discipline: RH opening batter, Off-Break Bowler
Top performance: 156 Vs Jammu & Kashmir
Favourite Cricketer: Virat Kohli
Teams represented: Chandigarh U14’s, Mohali U15’s, Punjab U15’s,
Millfield U15A’s. Millfield Meyer’s XI, Taunton Vale 1st XI
“Good Luck and best wishes on the Millfield Cricket Tour to
South Africa. Make the most of every opportunity but most of all
enjoy it! ”
Name: Josh Croom
Discipline: LA Seamer
Top performance: 5-5 Vs Sexey’s School
Favourite Cricketer: Trent Boult
Teams represented: Hampshire CCC., Wiltshire CCC, Millfield Atkinson’s XI,
U15A’s & U14A’s
“Josh- Wishing you every success on your cricket tour to South Africa. Best wishes from all the
guys at cricket-hockey. ”SENIOR CRICKET PROFILES
Name: Marcus Critchley
Discipline: RH Batter, Off-Break
Top performance: 120* vs Oxford Downs CC
Favourite Cricketer: Darren Gough
Teams represented: Surrey CCC U17’s, Buckinghamshire U15’s & U14’s,
Millfield Meyer’s XI, Great Brickhill CC
Name: Scott Reed
Discipline: RH Batter
Top performance: 104 vs Malvern College
Favourite Cricketer: Kane Williamson
Teams represented: Somerset CCC, Millfield Meyer’s XI, Millfield 1st XI,
Millfield U15A’s & U14A’s
“Crazy Catch would like to wish Scott and all the Millfield Cricket squad all the best in South
Africa – we hope you have an amazing time”@_MFcricket_
Name: Sam Young
Discipline: RH Batter
Top performance: 175 vs Devon U15’s
Favourite Cricketer: Jos Buttler
Teams represented: Somerset CCC 2nd XI, Somerset CCC Academy, South
& West region U17’s & U15’s. Somerset CCC U15’s, Millfield Meyer’s XI,
Bath CC
“Sam, wishing you the best of luck on cricket tour
this December in South Africa. Embrace the cultural
experience. Bat and captain well. From all at Wyke
Farms.”
Name: Andrew McCallum
Discipline: RA Seamer
Top performance: 5-22 vs Normandy CC
Favourite Cricketer: Billy Stanlake
Teams represented: Surrey CCC Academy, Surrey CCC U17’s, Millfield
Meyer’s XI, Epsom College 1st XI, Esher CC
“Best of luck to Andrew for the tour
to South Africa. Enjoy the cricket,
eat lots of steak and bowl fast!”SENIOR CRICKET PROFILES
Name: Julius Sumerauer
Discipline: RA Seamer, RH Batter
Top performance: 6-14 vs Sedbergh School
Favourite Cricketer: Ben Stokes
Teams represented: Jersey 1st XI, Somerset Academy, South & West
U17’s, Somerset U17’s & U15’s
“Weatherbys Private Bank is delighted to
support Julius and the rest of the
Millfield cricket team and wish you every
success on your upcoming tour.”
Name: Harry Wassell
Discipline: RH Batter, Wicketkeeper
Top performance: 108 Vs Malvern College
Favourite Cricketer: Charles Clist
Teams represented: Millfield Atkinson’s XI, Millfield 1st XI
“Good luck Harry, enjoy the tour and do yourself
proud. All the best from us all at CMC.”@_MFcricket_
Name: Ned Leonard
Discipline: RA Seamer, RH
Batter
Top performance:
7-3 Vs Osterley U19’s
Favourite Cricketer:
Ben Stokes
Teams represented:
Somerset CCC 2nd XI, Somerset CCC Academy,
South & West region U17’s, London & the South
East U15’s. Middlesex CCC U15’s, Millfield Meyer’s
XI, Bridgwater CC, Ealing CC
Name: Henry Woolf
Discipline: RA Seamer, RH Batter
Top performance: 7-25 vs Colombo Academy
Favourite Cricketer: Andrew Flintoff
Teams represented: Hampshire County Age Groups, Finchley CC,
Portsmouth CC, PGS XI, South East Hants, Hampshire Regional Perfor-
mance squad, Jesters Touring XI
“Good luck to Henry and the
team on the 2018 Millfield school
tour of South Africa from
everyone at Annata”SENIOR CRICKET PROFILES
Name: Jamie Baird
Discipline: RH Batter, Wicketkeeper
Top performance: 188 vs Somerset Development Squad
Favourite Cricketer: Aiden Markram
Teams represented: Somerset CCC 2nd XI, Somerset CCC U17’s, Somerset
CC U15’s, Millfield Meyer’s XI, North Perrott CC
“Best of luck to Jamie and the team! From all of the staff and members at
Perfect Fit personal training studio in Wells ”
Name: Will Tattam
Discipline: RA Seamer
Top performance: 5-18 vs Wales
Favourite Cricketer: James Anderson
Teams represented: Millfield 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15A, U14A, Somerset CCC
U13’s, U12’s, U11’s & U10’s
“Good luck Will for the cricket tour to South Africa.JUNIOR CRICKET PROFILES
Name: Joseph Eckland
Discipline: Wicketkeeper-Batsmen
Top performance: 91 vs Oxfordshire CCC
Favourite Cricketer: Virat Kohli
Teams represented: Hampshire CCC, Somerset CCC, Dorset CCC, North
Perrot CC
“Joseph, what a great opportunity to continue to develop your game and your character! Keep
focused and most of all enjoy the experience! From all of us at DRIVE Marketing”
Name: Jasper Power
Discipline: Batter
Top performance: 60 vs Isle of Wight
Favourite Cricketer: Joe Root
Teams represented: Winchester & St. Cross CC
“Best of luck for the Tour. May your batting be judicious, your bowling be relentless, and your
fielding faultless, and above all have a fabulous trip ”@_MFcricket_
Name: JT Trist
Discipline: Off-Break bowler
Top performance: 9-65 vs Reading CC
Favourite Cricketer: Graeme Swann
Teams represented: Berkshire CCC, Henley CC, Millfield U15 & U14A
“Good luck JT and make us proud!”
Name: Bobby Mulvey
Discipline: RH Batter, RA Seamer
Top performance: 113* Vs Somerset
Favourite Cricketer: Chris Gayle
Teams represented: Somerset CCC U14’s, Millfield Prep 1st XI
“Hi Bobby,
The TAG Team are wishing you lots of
luck for the South Africa Tour! Hit the
sweet spot and enjoy every moment
making great memories with great
friends. Looking forward to keeping an
eye on your success.”JUNIOR CRICKET PROFILES
Name: Tom Maddock
Discipline: All-rounder
Top performance: 35* Vs Wales U15’s
Favourite Cricketer: Sam Curran
Teams represented: Millfield U15A & U14A’s, Millfield Prep 1st XI
“We all wish Tom the very best of luck on
the upcoming tour . Enjoy every minute
of the experience playing cricket in South
Africa. From Ed, Tom and the Orme
team“
Name: Jack Handford
Discipline: RH Batter, Keeper
Top performance: 71 Vs North Dorset
Favourite Cricketer: Jos Buttler
Teams represented: Dorset CCC U14’s, Millfield U14A’s, Perrott Hill Prep
1st XI
“Good luck Jack. Have fun and come play on our
wonderful pitch on the Wellbedacht estate one
day soon. Schalk & Schalk Berger.”@_MFcricket_
Name: Barney Fitch
Discipline: LA Seamer
Top performance: 4-5 vs King’s College, Taunton
Favourite Cricketer: Mitchell Johnson
Teams represented: Kent CCC, Tonbridge Wells CC, Millfield U15 & U14A’s
“Good Luck to Barney and all the team for the South African tour. Have a fantastic time. We all
wish we were coming along too! From Alan and everyone here at Farringtons”
Name: Cal Harvey
Discipline: LA Orthodox, RH Batter
Top performance: 127* vs Canford School
Favourite Cricketer: Sam Curran
Teams represented: Somerset CCC Development XI, Somerset CCC U14’s,
Sussex CCC, Millfield U14A’s, Millfield Prep 1st XI, Shapwick & Polden CC,
Glastonbury CC, Chippingdale CC
“You have done remarkably well at such a young age, you deserve to
be congratulated for your hard work, honesty, and utmost dedication,
facing challenges with strength, determination and confidence is what
matters, and you have done it. The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making them come true. Well done Callum. ”JUNIOR CRICKET PROFILES
Name: Josh Kelly
Discipline: RH Batter, RA Leg Break
Top performance: 95* vs Chippenham
Favourite Cricketer: Alistair Cook
Teams represented: Potterne 2nd XI, Somerset U15’s
“Be in your element, play your
natural game, victory will follow.
Good luck Josh.”
Name: Fin Rogers
Discipline: RA Seamer
Top performance: 5-10 v Hampton CC
Favourite Cricketer: Morne Morkel
Teams represented: Bath CC, Purnell CC, Millfield U15A & U14A’s,
Somerset CCC U12’s
“Good luck from all of us at Bath CC. We
hope you have a great time on your winter
tour to South Africa.”@_MFcricket_
Name: Ollie Harrison
Discipline: LA Seamer, RH Batter
Top performance: 5-6 vs Blundell’s
Favourite Cricketer: Ben Stokes
Teams represented: Surrey CCC, Somerset CCC, Millfield Prep School 1st
XI, Esher CC, Glastonbury CC
“Good luck Ollie make the most
of this experience. See you in the
gym soon!”
Name: Aman Rao
Discipline: RA Seamer, RH Bat
Top performance: 5-7 Vs CCA Falcon
Favourite Cricketer: Pat Cummins
Teams represented: Taunton Deane CC, Somerset U14’s, USA Northwest
Region U13’s, California Cricket Academy U11’s, Millfield U15A’s & U14A’s
“Clem Woodward Lettings would like to wish
Aman the best of luck on his cricket tour in
South Africa”JUNIOR CRICKET PROFILES
Name: Michael McNee
Discipline: Leg Spin, RH Batter
Top performance: 7-10
Favourite Cricketer: Shane Warne
Teams represented: Somerset CCC age groups, Millfield 1st XI, U15A’s &
U14A’s, Ilminster CC 1st XI, Ilminster U19’s
“Be great, play straight and remember Warney,
part of the art of legspin is to make the batsman
think something special is happening - even if it
isn’t!”
Name: Adam Rosslee
Discipline: LH Batter, Wicketkeeper
Top performance: 220* vs St. Benedict’s
Favourite Cricketer: Quinton de Kock
Teams represented: Roland South Africa U14, Easter Provincial U13, Gaut-
eng Provincial U12, East Gauteng U11, East Area U10 & U9
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny
matters compared to what lies within us”. Ralph Waldo
Emerson. Have an amazing tour to South Africa Adam.@_MFcricket_
Name: Jacob Dibble
Discipline: LH Bat, RA Medium Bowler
Top performance:
Favourite Cricketer: Kevin Pietersen
Teams represented: Netherfield CC, Butleigh CC, Barrow & District Area,
Millfield U15A’s
“ Best of luck Jacob, enjoy the complete touring experience in
South Africa, play hard and most of all, have fun”
Gunsmiths and country outfitters,
Dorchester UK.
www.Sportarm.comA message from a cricket OM... “To succeed by grinding” Sri Lanka and South Africa were the two tours I was fortunate enough to go on during my time at Millfield. It is with hindsight – some 17 years of it – that allows me to fully appreciate the benefits of touring at an early age. I was exposed to a wildly different culture throughout our trip to Sri Lanka. It certainly was an ‘eye opening’ experience. Personally, I had enormous amounts of admiration for the way my cricketing peers, in the sub-continent, enjoyed their cricket. Furthermore, I was in awe of their hunger for self-improvement. These two observations were valuable lessons for me, and they resonate as strongly today. However, the main success of the tour at the time was, I believe I was one of the only guys to come back without having contracted the dreaded ‘Delhi Belly”! Funny how you measured success back then! The South Africa trip was a totally different experience. Steaks the size of your heads for the boys and washed down with bucket loads of red wine for the adults! The cricket was tough…South Africans are fierce competitors and it awakened me to ‘proper’ competition. I played my first day/night game in coloured kit out there, which was incredible. Craig Kieswetter was playing for the opposition in that game. Little did I know I would be playing with him for Somerset - some 12 years later.
My personal experiences of touring with Millfield will live with me forever. I have toured India a few times and it is an amazing country. If you have not been before then you are in for a shock! My advice would be to embrace it, love it and make sure you really experience it. Cricket is the reason for going, and you will learn a lot about how other cricketers play and train. However, the value for going lies much deeper than the cricket. Be a sponge. Immerse yourself in the culture and meet new people. I promise you, you will come back with a new perspective about the grind other people have to put in – Molire Molendo. James Hildreth (Shapwick, 98-03)
www.strongroom.com
“Wishing the Millfield 2018 Tour of South Africa
every success”THE NEIL GOODMAN TRUST
The “Neil Goodman Trust” has been Millfield Cricket’s charity partner throughout
2018.
Over the past 12 months the Millfield Cricket Community (Millfield School, Old
Millfieldian Cricket Club, parents, pupils and staff) have raised funds for the Trust
in a variety of ways:
Cake Sales Charity Auction
Charity Braai Fundraising Dinner
NGT 6-a-side https://www.justgiving.com/
crowdfunding/omcc
Grand RaffleBack in 2017, Neil's innings was tragically cut short at the age of 34 by bowel cancer. Neil has been described by a contemporary as "one of the most talented all-round sportsmen to have passed through Millfield’s gates, as well as being an incredibly humble and caring human being". Neil captained the Millfield Cricket 1st XI in 2001 and featured strongly in the Football teams during his time at the school. The Old Millfieldian Cricket Club in particular will remember one of its founding players by continual fundraising to help support Neil's daughter Allegra and promote bowel cancer awareness in young adults. The Neil Goodman Trust 6-a-side day will become an annual event. The inaugural event was held on the Main Ground at Millfield in July 2018.
Nick Brothers, captain of the OMCC recently said “Neil will be forever with us when we take to the field in any Old Millfieldian Cricket Club fixture. Neil’s memory has inspired us all to bigger and better achievements in the matches since his passing”. The OMCC have recently been promoted into the prestigious Cricketer Cup competition after winning the Cricketer Trophy 3 times in the past four years. A fitting tribute to an outstanding Millfield Cricketer. Mark Garaway, Director of Cricket at Millfield School wishes to thank everyone for their tireless effort and support in the fundraising effort over the past 12 months. Nick Brothers and Mark Garaway will be handing over a considerable cheque to the Trust Patrons on behalf of Millfield Cricket in the new year.
STAFF PROFILES
Name: Mr. Mark Garaway
Role at Millfield: Director of Cricket
Best memory of touring: Winning the Commonwealth Bank ODI
Competition vs Australia and New Zealand.
Message to the players: Take full advantage of the training facilities
(pitches, tracks, gyms) at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria, enjoy
the match opportunities that you will have against strong South African
teams, embrace every learning opportunity on our amazing excursions
and come back a better person and cricketer for the experience.
Tour aims: I’m intrigued to see how our players adapt to match play
against opposition who are half-way through their competitive season
given the fact that we have been practicing against tennis balls and in
alternative coaching spaces for the past three months. I hope that we will
adapt quickly and players will not use our present facility challenges as a
crutch for underperformance.
“On behalf of Nicky Grant & Associates
I want to wish the Millfield tour to
South Africa the greatest success”@_MFcricket_
Name: Mr. Jack Birtwhistle
Role at Millfield: Teacher of English (i/c Year 9); Millfield House Assistant
Housemaster; U15A hockey coach; U14/15B cricket coach
Best memory of touring: While the sport you go out to play is obviously
key, my best memories from touring are all inspired by what happened off
the pitch, as tours are great at bringing squads closer together.
Message to the players: Experiences like this don’t come around too
often, (well outside of Millfield anyway) so live in the moment and take
advantage of every opportunity you are given to learn and develop, both
as a player and perhaps more importantly, as a person.
Tour aims: To take full advantage of the opportunity to visit an amazing
country for the first time and learn as much as I can.
“The Win clinic want to wish Jack and the Millfield team an enjoyable tour of South Africa”STAFF PROFILES
Name: Mr. Aaron Ryan
Role at Millfield: Lead Physiotherapist
Best memory of touring: Getting the opportunity to see the Taj Mahal on
the 2014 cricket tour to India. It was an amazing cultural experience and
shows the added value a sports tour can bring the pupils and staff.
Message to the players: Embrace the cultural experience a tour to South
Africa can bring. You will see and learn things that may affect your
perspective of the world and the freedoms we take for granted. South
Africa has a rich and often painful history but you will also be able to see
the good that can be achieved in the face of adversity.
Tour aims: Ensure pupils have fun and enjoy the experience of tour.
"We're incredibly proud to be supporting Aaron and the Millfield Cricket Tour through the
donation of our tape to Aaron and the physio team. One of the major challenges Aaron faces
is keeping the players injury-free and in condition to play at their best. Hopefully having
access to our tape will aid him in achieving this throughout the tour."@_MFcricket_
Name: Mr. Jack Moore
Role at Millfield: Perfromance Coach
Best memory of touring: This is only my second tour, my first being two
years ago when we went to Mumbai. Of which the best memory has to be
walking through the Oval Maidan with literally hundreds of people playing
cricket on so many different pitches with all games overlapping all using
whatever equipment they could, it was brilliant to watch and experience.
The group even got to do some volunteer coaching for a local school and
we played one of our fixtures there as well. An experience I will never
forget!
Message to the players: Take every opportunity that comes your way to
learn and develop as players and individuals. But most importantly ENJOY
IT!
Tour aims: To learn and experience as much as possible about cricket and
the culture/way of life in a country I have never been to. It will also be a
fantastic opportunity to get to know the players which I have not
necessarily coached up until now, so to get to know the group on and off
the pitch will be great leading in the schools 2019 season. Away from the
cricket I am buzzing for the game drive at the end of the tour, it’sone of
those opportunities that don’t come around very often, I can’t wait!
"On behalf of Alter Image we wish Jack and all the Millfield touring party a wonderful trip to
South Africa. Hit your catches high, fill the players with confidence and eat all the meat you
can!"STAFF PROFILES
Name: Mr. Daniel Helesfay
Role at Millfield: Performance Coach
Best memory of touring: Turning up to a ground to play in our fourth game
of our tour, with the previous three washed out with rain. Sunny skies,
but waterlogged pitches, so the groundsmen set fire to the outfield to get
a game in!
Message to the players: You get out what you put in! Get stuck in,
embrace the experience from start to finish and learn as much as you can!
Tour aims: Get to know our new pupils of Millfield, embrace the culture
and diversity of South Africa and foster the opportunity for learning to
take place.
"On behalf of Oak Designs we hope Dan and the Millfield touring party have an enjoyable
trip to South Africa. Enjoy the red meat, the cricket and the culture whilst your there!"You can also read
