A New Start
So another season has rolled around, it's time to loosen the limbs and blow the dust off the old box and get ready to face pies, lemons and other various foodstuffs which people like to toss down a cricket pitch.
At the dawn of the new season the Lads of the Haggis find themselves in the unusual position of being in the top grade, a competition normally reserved for try-hards, players who can't cut it in the outdoor leagues and others who just need to chill and take life a little bit less seriously.
How will the season pan out for the boys in navy and lime green? They are older now, and some may say wiser, with one member married and expecting a wee Haggis later in the season, and the skipper recently engaged. Will this prove to be to great a distraction on the focus of the team as they strive to achieve the highest of highs? In a recent interview with Inside Indoor magazine, Captain Andrew Bryan stated that the pre-season training and bonding sessions had gone well over the break and that he feels the boys have gone to another level in terms of their fitness and skills and he thinks they can go all the way and earn the coveted NICC Megabowl for the first time in the club's history.
So dear reader, be prepared for a breakout season from young gun Torb, as he works on bringing the Thunder with the ball and his new found grace and dash with the bat. The team's elder-statesment, Al is bringing back his usual flair and cunning for another season, along with that cheeky wit of his. Back net stallwart Chris is setting his sights on the Holy Grail of Indoor, an 8-wicket over, after having come close in a previous Grand Final - special things are on the horizon for the deceptive, round-arm specialist. Dave, 'The Canon' has been greasing his guns and is keen as mustard to smash down the stumps from the leg side, and has been in devastating form during the pre-season with critics and the media likening him to Lance 'Buddy' Franklin of the Hawthorn AFL Club with his pace and accuracy in the field. The Cap'n is working on his inspiration speaches and is prepared for another six slog-a-thon with 'The Rocket,' who sadly has been traded to a team in Melbourne and will be departing at season end. Already there is weaping from the many female fans of the Haggis. 'The Pruun' is literally jumping out of his skin with excitement for the new season, playing for two teams in the same grade for the first time in a few seasons. On which side of the divide will his allegiance lie? Kurt 'The Door' Richards is loving life in a new spot on the field and has developed his reverse flick throw brilliantly over the break, and is ready to dazzle opponents with his firey pace on the pitch. Jilly, the floater, has returned from a journey away to a place where cricket doesn't exist and the only food to keep him alive was kebabs. Can he cement his place in the side, or will his fluctuating weight keep him forever on the bench?
Only time will tell for this rag-tag bunch of cricket heroes
At the dawn of the new season the Lads of the Haggis find themselves in the unusual position of being in the top grade, a competition normally reserved for try-hards, players who can't cut it in the outdoor leagues and others who just need to chill and take life a little bit less seriously.
How will the season pan out for the boys in navy and lime green? They are older now, and some may say wiser, with one member married and expecting a wee Haggis later in the season, and the skipper recently engaged. Will this prove to be to great a distraction on the focus of the team as they strive to achieve the highest of highs? In a recent interview with Inside Indoor magazine, Captain Andrew Bryan stated that the pre-season training and bonding sessions had gone well over the break and that he feels the boys have gone to another level in terms of their fitness and skills and he thinks they can go all the way and earn the coveted NICC Megabowl for the first time in the club's history.
So dear reader, be prepared for a breakout season from young gun Torb, as he works on bringing the Thunder with the ball and his new found grace and dash with the bat. The team's elder-statesment, Al is bringing back his usual flair and cunning for another season, along with that cheeky wit of his. Back net stallwart Chris is setting his sights on the Holy Grail of Indoor, an 8-wicket over, after having come close in a previous Grand Final - special things are on the horizon for the deceptive, round-arm specialist. Dave, 'The Canon' has been greasing his guns and is keen as mustard to smash down the stumps from the leg side, and has been in devastating form during the pre-season with critics and the media likening him to Lance 'Buddy' Franklin of the Hawthorn AFL Club with his pace and accuracy in the field. The Cap'n is working on his inspiration speaches and is prepared for another six slog-a-thon with 'The Rocket,' who sadly has been traded to a team in Melbourne and will be departing at season end. Already there is weaping from the many female fans of the Haggis. 'The Pruun' is literally jumping out of his skin with excitement for the new season, playing for two teams in the same grade for the first time in a few seasons. On which side of the divide will his allegiance lie? Kurt 'The Door' Richards is loving life in a new spot on the field and has developed his reverse flick throw brilliantly over the break, and is ready to dazzle opponents with his firey pace on the pitch. Jilly, the floater, has returned from a journey away to a place where cricket doesn't exist and the only food to keep him alive was kebabs. Can he cement his place in the side, or will his fluctuating weight keep him forever on the bench?
Only time will tell for this rag-tag bunch of cricket heroes
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