Following the Country Colts Carnival, the following Country Colts side has been named to play a High Performance XI at Blacktown Olympic Park in two Twenty20 matches on the 9th February and a two day match on the 10th and 11th February.

Kaine Harmsworth (Central Coast - Captain), Ray Cooper (Newcastle), Aaron Flaherty (Central North), Rohan Hackett (North Coast), Andrew Harriott (Central North), Jono Laverick (Newcastle), Kurt Neely (Newcastle), Jordan Peacock (Western), Michael Radniidge (Newcastle), Dylan Robertson (Central Coast), Matt Treuberg (Illawarra), Adam Turner (North Coast), Neil Coad (Illawarra - Coach) and Gerry Keyte (North Coast - Manager)

Newcastle have taken out the Hughes Lilienthal Shield in the Country Colts Carnival held in Maitland on the 23rd and 24th January 2010. Both Newcastle clashed with North Coast in the final after being undefeated in the preliminary rounds. Batting first, North Coast totalled a competitive 242 led by Adam Turner (56) and Matt Parrish (46). In a superb spell of bowling, Newcastle's Ray Cooper took 6-53.

In reply, Newcastle cruised to victory in 47 overs with the loss of 5 wickets. Best with the bat were Jesse Major (50), Jason Keelan (45no) and Jed Dickson (40). The pick of the bowlers for North Coast was Grafton left arm quick Rohan Hackett with 2-32.

In beautiful conditions at Oxley Oval Port Macquarie, North Coast have capped a fine season for their Under 14 side in winning the State Challenge over the NSWDCA Harold Moore Shield winners South Eastern in a classic game of cricket which went down to the wire.

Batting first, North Coast were in all of trouble at 5-48 against some superb bowling from Manns, Erickson and Ezekiel. Coming to the wicket with the score on 32, a superb unbeaten innings of 57 by Darcy Balenzo held the Coast's innings together aided by both Olly James (37) and James Carroll (22) which saw North Coast scrape together a defendable 165. The best of the bowlers for South Eastern were Erickson (4-25) and Manns (3-28).

In reply, South Eastern started steadily, with Tim Jagot leading the way. Despite losing the wicket of Jagot for 49 with the score on 101, with 6 wickets in hand and plenty of overs to go, it was looking very much like a South Eastern victory. As they did in the Kookaburra Cup final North Coast fought back with their fielding led by Owen Geard and  a vital run out then saw wickets began to fall. South Eastern lost 5 wickets for 38 runs and this left the last pair with 27 to secure victory. Despite some shaky moments, North Coast held their cool and South Eastern were dismissed for 155. Other to do well with the bat for South Eastern were Duffy (28) and Ezekiel (22) while the pick of the bowlers for North Coast were Dickson (4-22) and Blake Taylor (2-22).

The Player of the Match was awarded to Owen Geard from North Coast for a superb effort in the field.

North Coast have secured their second trophy in two weeks after defeating Central Coast in today's final of the U14 Kookaburra Cup at Bradman Oval. The victory sees North Coast dominate Country Cricket junior carnivals this season winning both the Bradman Cup and Kookaburra Cup.

In today's final Central Coast won the toss and elected to bat on a brilliant wicket at Bradman Oval. They were in trouble at 6 for 54 before a steadying partnership between Mark Mariner (70) and Jonte Pattison (50). Central Coast were finally all out for 173 with the wickets shared amongst the North Coast bowlers.

North Coast lost two early wickets before the middle order fired, Blake Taylor (51), Nathaniel Scott (40) scored quickly for North Coast  however it was Jake Kroehnert with a solid 34 not out in the final few tense overs got the North Coast team over the line 7 wickets down to secure the Kookaburra Cup for 2010.

Central Coast allrounder Mark Mariner was named player of the final.

The carnival was a great success for first time hosts Highlands CA and their hardworking group of volunteers.

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Hamilton Wickham took on Newcastle neighbours Merewether in the final of the SCG Country Cup played at the SCG on Sunday 17th January. Winning the toss and batting first, Hamwicks were in trouble at 4-59, however a fine partnership of 93 between David Stevenson (60) and Matt Webber (47) steadied the ship. Some late order hitting from Andrew Price (20) and Sam Webber (19) saw Hamwicks total a competitive 9-224 from their 50 overs. The wickets for Merewether were all evenly shared around with Neil Crittenden, Chad White, Tim O'Neill and skipper Simon Moore all grabbing 2 scalps while Luke Stewart grabbed four catches behind the stumps..

In reply Merewether were bundled out for only 63 as NSW Country quick Andrew Maher grabbed three early wickets, the wily Rhys Soper chipped in with 2 while Darren Herbert cleaned up the tail to see Merewether dismissed in the 23rd over. Proud Hamwicks skipper Kirk Mullard took 3 fine catches in the slips to cap off a fine day in the field while David Stevenson was awarded the man of the match for his fighting innings of 60.

Congratulations go to the following umpires who will be standing in the CBA Australian Country Cricket Championships in Albury Wodonga from 3 - 14 January 2010.

Glen Crew, Ricky Field, Adam Marshall (Central North), Neil Findlay (Illawarra), Tony Hackett (Riverina), Don Maisey (Central Coast), Kim Norris (Newcastle), Paul Price, Paul Dilley, David Went (Nth Coast) and Bruce Whiteman (Southern) while Keith Griffiths (Nth Coast) the NSW Country Representative Umpires Advisor will undertake the role of Match Referee for the Championships.

The Country Championships will be held on the Central Coast from 27th - 29th November 2009

The Country Plate Carnival and Final will be held in Temora on the 27th and 28th December 2009.

The SCG Country Cup Carnival will be held in Orange on the 27th and 28th December 2009.

The CBA Australian Country Cricket Championships will be held in Albury Wodonga from the 3rd to the 14th January 2010.

The SCG Country Cup Final will be held at the SCG on Sunday 17th January.

The Bradman Cup will be held in Wollongong from the 5th to the 8th January 2010.

The Kookaburra Cup will be held in the Southern Highlands fromthe 15th to the 18th January 2010.

The Country Colts Carnival will be held in Maitland on the 23rd and 24th January 2010.

North Coastal Zone will play the A W Green Shield winners Bankstown at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the 14th February 2010 in the Under 16 State Challenge. The match will commence at 1.30pm and will be a Twenty20 fixture.