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Flying to Sydney was a great

experience for our boys

this year. It was with much

excitement and expectation that

we landed in Sydney on a fine

Thursday. That afternoon we took

the traditional team photo at MrsMacquaries Chair, before making

our way around to the Opera House

and Circular Quay. We then caught

a ferry to Darling Harbour and the

Monorail to Centrepoint Tower. The

next morning we toured through

the Sydney Cricket Ground and

Museum before meeting up with

Glenn McGrath, Jacks famous

cricketing uncle. He joined us for a

tour and spent an hour in the indoor

nets bowling to the boys. What

an incredible time! Glenn signed

all the boys touring shirts, richly

significant because they were in fact

McGrath Foundation shirts and then

he accepted our donations on behalf

of the Foundation. If that wasnt

enough excitement, we met none

other than the Australian Cricket

Captain, Michael Clark, on our wayout.

In the afternoon we bused up to

Knox Grammar Preparatory School

at Wahroonga. It is a beautiful school

in an area not unlike East Toowoomba.

We even saw the original Tooheys stag

on the wall of the old building. We

were on a high after the mornings

excitement, so met our challenge

head on. The Firsts batted andscored 9 for 177. We bowled well at

the start and had them 4 for 20 and

then 8 for 72, before letting them go

on to 129 all out. A most enjoyable

game, and the first of many against

Knox we hope. We played for the

Armstrong-Wigan Shield, which

was first contested in 2011, at the

Armidale Rugby Carnival.

The Saturday morning game against

Barker was washed out. This was

most unfortunate as they probably

would have pushed us all the way in

the match. Although they were keen,

the drizzle did not let up, so a BBQ

was held and stumps were drawn

early. The day was not over, as we had

tickets to the Super 15 rugby where

the Waratahs played the Western

Force. We were mostly adopted

Blues supporters for the night.Sunday saw fine weather as we made

our way out to Parramatta to play

Kings for the Ashes. It was 30

years since we started playing them

on a regular basis. The pitch was only

moist but the ground was sodden

from the persistent rain Sydney had

had for weeks. The Firsts batted and

crafted out the fairly modest total of

7 for 118. Tight bowling and goodfielding saw them under pressure

throughout their innings. They were

finally dismissed for 48, top score

being the 15 sundries we gave them.

A quick change and we were back on

the plane heading home. This was a

most memorable four days for the

boys where we played some excellent

cricket, visited three magnificent

schools, saw the sights of the big

smoke and learnt some valuable life

lessons. The staff, Ian Basset, David

Wigan and Don MacKay, would like

to congratulate the boys on their

conduct throughout the trip. They

also say thank you to the parents for

allowing their children to participate,

to Mr Shayne Morris for scoring and

accompanying the tour and to Mr

Durell Hammond for organising the

Rugby tickets.

MrDonMacKay

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