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25.01.2022 Congratulations to Central Queensland’s REBEL Volunteer of the Year for 2020/21 - Dillon West from the Dawson Valley Taipans Cricket Club. Dillon has been inva...luable to the Central region for many years and has finally been recognised for his contribution to the Moura region and more recently, Rockhampton as the Taipans integrated into the RCI 2nd Grade competition. Dillon was invited to last night’s QLD Cricket awards dinner where he was presented with a Volunteer of the Year plaque from Nathan and I. Hope you enjoyed the night legend! A quick shout to Kris McDonald and the Rebel North Rockhampton team who came onboard to sponsor our Volunteer of the Month program in CQ this season. It’s been an incredible partnership and is now the blueprint for other regions in Queensland! I’m sure it’ll continue for many years.

25.01.2022 Hi All Just some info on the Jnr front. I have organised QLD Cricket to come out and run a blast session for the little kids (5 to 9) on Friday the 13th of March at 4pm at the Cricket Nets in Moura. If you have kids or know of any kids that would be keen. Bring them along. There’s no cost involved and equipment is supplied. Please let me know if want to come on 0455155793 or message me. Cheers Dillon West

24.01.2022 Hi All I’m going to try to get together a bunch of cricket club photos from years gone by to the present. So if you have any, would like to share them please send them my way. Cheers

24.01.2022 Winner winner chicken dinner!! Well played Taipans

22.01.2022 Hi All I apologies for the for not posting any of the results for the season. Life just got busy. I'll give a brief run down of the year....Continue reading

19.01.2022 Hi All Last Wednesday (24/3) Dillon, Simon and Grant attended the Rockhampton Cricket Presentation night and to pick up some silverware for the club and individual trophy’s. The Club pick up the Minor Premier Trophy as well as Simon Green getting most runs for 2019/20 Season and Dillon West picking up best bowling average for the 2020/21 season.

19.01.2022 The Dawson Valley Taipans began to fall by the way side, the association made the tough decision to join the Rockhampton Cricket league. Playing in their first... season of reserve grade, the Taipans have clocked a number of kilometres on the odometer but they wouldn't have it any other way! See more

18.01.2022 Junior Taipans played there hearts out in Moura today. A loss by 4 runs but a great day had by everyone!

18.01.2022 Hi All On the 30th of September we played Round 9 of the Rockhampton 2nd Grade competition against Gracemere Bulls. Gracemere won the toss and elected to bat first. On what looked to be a up and down pitch. ... The opening bowlers got of to a great start with the bulls being 2/0 of 2 overs. The bowlers kept it tight and at drinks the bulls were 4/39. We continued bowling our lines and the wicket kept falling, at the 2nd drinks break the bulls were 8/114. We failed to take some opportunity in the session, but toiled on as a team and kept the momentum going. Bowling Gracemere out in the 38th over for 168. We must make special mention about young Toby Cirson who had a great day with ball, taking 5/27 of his 8 overs. Well done. The other notables were Justin Elliott 2/17 and John Christensen 2/28. We went out to bat and got of to nearly the worst start possible loosing a wicket in the first over. Then the quality pairing of Simon Green and John Christensen steady the ship putting on 67 run partnership, with us being 2 down at drinks. We steadily kept the score ticking over loose a couple more wickets and being 5/135 at 2nd drinks, we easily got the runs in the 30 over. Which gave us a much needed bonus point. Special mention must be said about our Skipper Simon Green. He came out in the first over as and steadied the ship and compiled a great innings of 90 not out. Well done. The other notables with the bat were Justin Elliott 18 and Stu Olsson 14. Till next time.

18.01.2022 Hi Everyone On the 11th of January we played the 13th RD of the Rockhampton 2nd Grade Competition against Cap Coast Sharks We won the toss and elected to bat on what looked like a pretty decent wicket. ... The openers got of to another solid start being 75 at the loss of the first wicket at 10 overs. Batters fought hard and carried on but unfortunately we started to lose wickets at regular intervals, loosing 6/27. Then the tail started to wag, with us finishing the innings with a competitive total of 148. The standouts with the bat were Dillon West 52, Simon Green 34 and Trent Anderson 14. The bowlers didn’t get of to greatest of starts with them being 1/59 at 14 overs. After drinks we regroup and started to put the screws on with Cap Coast being 4/112 at 28 overs. We came out for the last 12 overs with some fire in the belly knowing we can win this game, just needed to take some wickets and wickets we took at regular intervals getting us right in the game. With it going down to the last overs and Cap Coast needing 8 of 12 and we needing 2 wickets. Then in 38th over we pulled together as a team got 2 wickets in 2 balls to win a nail biter. Standouts with the ball were young Ben Durkin who bowled outstanding under pressure finishing with figures of 4/28, Dillon West 2/13 and Ross Clancy. Till next time.

16.01.2022 Hi All Just another update on how we finished the season. On the 7th of March we were supposed to play Capricorn Coast, but yet again we had another washout. ... We had our last round game of the year on the 14th of March against Frenchville. This game was very important for us. It will determine where we finish on the ladder for the year. We won the toss and elected to have a bat on what looked like a pretty decent pitch. The openers got of to slow and steady start, only being 0/43 runs from 14 overs at first drinks. It was quite obvious that the runs weren’t going to come freely like previous weeks, from all the rain that was around made the field very slow. We continued on slowly after drinks losing the first wicket for 54 in the 16th over. We kept soldiering on until 2nd drinks break only 4 down for 107, which we thought was a pretty good total in the conditions. After drinks we didn’t start the best, losing 4 quick wickets in a matter of a few overs being 8/116. The tail dug in and started to wag scrapping every run we could get, finally being bowled out in the 39th over for 131. Which we thought was a defendable total. The standouts with the bat were Dillon West 58, Justin Elliott 21 and the old veteran Stu Olsson 10. The opening bowlers got of slow steady start, we pick up our first 2 wickets in the 10th over for 40 runs and kept them to 2/47 at first drinks. We continued to bowl within ourselves with a consistent line and length till 2nd drinks, we didn’t pick up a wicket in that session but kept them to 91. With Frenchville only needing 40 runs in 12 overs it’s going to go down to the wire. After drinks we came up with a plan and we needed to execute it to come away with the win. The next 5 overs they only had made 11 runs taking the total to 2/102 in the 32nd over, the plan seemed to be working. The next couple of overs we picked up 3 wickets for 4 runs taking the score to 5/106 in the 35 over. They needing less than a run a ball, we needed to pick our act up and pull our act up we did taking regular wickets and slowing runs. So it all came down to the last over Frenchville only needing four runs for the win and we needing 1 wicket and with some fine bowling and a well excuted plan we came away with the win with 5 balls to spare. We won by 2 runs. Talk about a nail biter. Winner.

15.01.2022 Hello All Sorry for the lateness of the updates as time gets away from me. On the 23rd of November. We played North’s on field 4 in Rockhampton in the Rockhampton 2nd grade competition. ... North’s one the toss and elected to bat on what looked like a good wicket. The open bowlers got off to a solid start with norths being 2/24 of 10 overs and we kept bowling tight lines and the wickets kept falling regular with norths being 7/55 after 20 overs. Norths were all out for 68 in the 26th over. It was awesome bowling performance from all the bowlers. The standouts with the ball were Chaise Bidgood 4/13, Tim Meyers 2/11 and Dillon West 2/13. We went in the bat and the pitch wasn’t getting much better to bat on. We got of to a steady but solid start being 1/47 of 14. We batted on making sure there wasn’t a classic Taipans collapse. We got the runs comfortably in the 22 over finishing at 3/69. Stand outs with the bat were Dillon West 37, John Christensen 9 and Simon Green 9 Till next time.

14.01.2022 Hi All With us winning that last game we finished out right second. Which is a big achievement for the club, beings it’s first time playing in Rockhampton. I’d like to take opportunity to thank everyone that was involved this year from players to the sponsors and everyone in between. This year couldn’t of happen with out everybody doing there bit. So cheers and let’s go one better next year.

12.01.2022 Hi All Just keeping you updated on how we went this past season. On the 18th of January we had a washout against Frenchville. ... Next game we played was against Norths on the 1st of February. We won the toss and elected to bat on a sound wicket. The openers didn’t get of to the best of starts losing the first wicket in in second over for 18 runs. The boys dug in for the 2nd wicket putting on a 100 run partnership. After loosing the third wicket for 166 we losed wickets at regular intervals finishing the 40 overs at 8/187. Which was a great result for the boys. The standouts with the bat were and a truly courageous captains knock was Simon Green 92, John Christensen 23 and Danial Heit 10. The opening bowlers found it tuff with ball, only picking up the one wicket early. It’s seem to be ongoing as it turned out to be a tuff day in the field all round. All the bowlers dug in, but only picking up 2 more wickets. Norths getting the runs in the 36th over and winning by 7 wickets. Little bit more luck and could of come away with the win. The standouts with the ball were. Matt Heit 1/26, John Christensen 1/29 and Dillon West 1/30. Till next time.

12.01.2022 Hi All Just another update on how we went for the season. On the 8 February we had a played half a game against Gracemere and then heavens open up, calling the match off. ... 15th of February we had our last bye of the year. 22nd of February we had another washout against Rocky Heat. The 29th of February we actually played a game against Rockhampton Brothers. We one the toss and elected to bowl on what looked to a pretty decent pitch, considering all the weather that had been around. The opening bowlers got of to another great start picking up the first wicket in the first over. The tight bowling continued till drinks keep Brothers to 40 with 4 wickets down. After drinks we leaked a few runs in middle part of the innings and as consistent team we are we tightened it up again bye the only way we know, Is to take wickets. At 2nd drinks we had them for 7/128, we bowled them out in the 33rd over. It was a group effort by all the bowlers. The standouts with the ball were John Christensen 2/6, Toby Cirson 2/20 and Ben Dirkin 2/23. The openers got of to a solid start to the run chase, loosing their first wicket 43 runs in the 10th over. We continued the with the pace till drinks being 1/61. The pace steadied after drinks and kept constant till we lost our 2nd wicket in the 16th over for 70. We kept a pretty steady pace only losing a 2 more wickets before passing the brother score of 138. The standouts with the bat were Dillon West 36, Ryan Patterson 35 and Simon Green 25. This was another Gritty win by the Dawson Valley Taipans.

10.01.2022 Great day had by all the kids at the grounds today. Thanks so much to Kade and Sam from Queensland Cricket

08.01.2022 Hello All On the 14 of December we played the 11 round of the Rockhampton 2nd grade cricket competition against Rocky Heat. ( Round 10 was a bye for us). The Heat won the toss and elected to bat on what looked to be a sticky wicket. ... The Opening bowlers got of to the another good start with the Heat being 2-24 of 10 overs. We continued to build the the pressure and the wickets fell regularly. At the 20 over mark with them being 7-85, eventually being all out for 128 in the 27th over. The stand outs with the ball were Dillon West 3/20, Mathew Heit 3/27 and Hamish Birch 2/23. The opening batsmen got to awesome start being 0/68 of the first 10 overs and continued the assault until the 14th over were the first wicket fell 1/105 and we comfortably got the runs in the 16th over being one down. Stand outs with the bat were Simon Green 72, Dillon West 55.

07.01.2022 Hello All On the 21 of December we played round 12 of the Rockhampton 2nd grade competition against Brothers and the final game of 2019. We Won the Toss and elected to bat first on what looked like a good batting wicket. Probably the best one we played on this year. ... The boys wanted to get revenge and return the favour after Brothers give us a bit of a touch up after the last time we meet. The Taipan openers got of to a solid start being 0/91 at 14 overs. They then started to increase the run rate and loosing the first wicket in the 24th over for 158. The batters continued on with the pace being 1/188 at the 28th over. After drinks the onslaught continued finishing the 40 overs 3/324. Special mention needs to said about our captain Simon Green who had a great captains knock with fine 146. Well done. The other notables were Dillon West 77 and Justin Elliott 44. It’s now the Taipans turn with the ball and there wasn’t any disappointments there getting off to a great start getting a wicket in the first over with Brothers being 1/0. The bowlers were hitting there lines and lengths putting the pressure on the Brothers batsmen In the 8th over Brothers 2/38. We continued our bowling tight and at drinks they were 3/71 at 14 overs. After drinks the bowling onslaught continued with them being bowled out for 124 in the 21st over. The standouts with the ball were up and comer Scotty Absolon with 3/32, Ross Clancy 2/12, Mick Dahl 2/19 Well done fellas. With that win we got double points and after last weeks win rockets us up the leader board. Until next time.

05.01.2022 The Capricorn Coast Sharks Cricket Club are playing against the Dawson Valley Taipans this Saturday at the Yeppoon Showgrounds. Come down and support the Shark...s and also the McGrath Foundation via purchasing a ticket in the multi draw raffle. A percentage of drink sales will also be donated by the club to a great cause. A massive thanks to the Waterline Cafe, Keppel Bay Marina, Gypsy Lane, and Intersport for assisting with some fantastic prizes. Tickets in the raffle can also be purchased from the Waterline Cafe at the Marina so pay them a visit during the week. See more