Elite Cricket XI – New Zealand Tour Report

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NZ Touring Team

Elite Cricket took an U16 team to New Zealand to compete in the Nelson Youth Cricket Festival in late January.   The team was made up of players from Northern Districts, Balmain, North Shore, Eastern Suburbs and Armidale and took part in the cricket tournament at the tip of New Zealand’s North Island.

The Elite Cricket XI was unfortunate not to get a win, but learned to adjust to the different (and difficult) playing conditions and competed well against some strong New Zealand teams from Auckland Grammar, Nelson College, Christchurch and an all-conquering Australian team from Endeavour Sports High School.   The team was accompanied and coached by Elite Cricket’s Mark Atkinson and hopes to return in 2011 to continue the “Trans-Tasman rivalry”

Cheers

Mark

To date Mark has amassed extensive professional experience as an elite player with the Tasmanian, the Prime Ministers XI, Australian XI and Australia ‘A’ teams and an array of clubs in the United Kingdom and New South Wales. Mark’s elite level cricket experience is complemented by a Bachelor’s degree in physical education, which has enabled him to apply his knowledge of bio mechanics, skill acquisition, sport psychology and learning methodologies to his own career as a professional player and coach. His coaching credentials and expertise have been further enhanced through the attainment of his Level 3 cricket coaching accreditation from Cricket Australia. Mark has a Master’s degree in Business Administration, from Southern Cross University, Australia.

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