THE Frog Pond will have a new head coach for the 2022-23 season in the form of a very familiar face.<\/p>\n
Murgheboluc Cricket Club announced last month that former captain and former vice-president Daniel “Catfish” Grozdanovski will take on next season’s head coaching\/player role, a role he said he would relish as his senior cohort enters GCA2.<\/p>\n
“I’m pretty excited, to be honest,” Grozdanovski said.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been at the club since under 13s, but ever since I’ve made my way into senior cricket, I’ve done a bit of junior coaching and I’ve really enjoyed that aspect.<\/p>\n
“It also flows on a bit through my teaching background at North Geelong Secondary College, so I thought it would be a really good opportunity to give it a go at the club I love.”<\/p>\n
Grozdanovski’s list of accolades at Murgheboluc speaks for itself.<\/p>\n
Since joining the Newtown-based Frogs, he has won a best clubman award, a club championship award, batting and bowling accolades, coached several junior sides, served five years on the committee (two as vice-president) and has been a member of the social committee.<\/p>\n
In an unfortunate turn of events, Murgheboluc was relegated to GCA2 for 2022-23 and 2023-24, despite finishing eighth in the 10-team GCA1 in 2021-22.<\/p>\n
Grozdanovski said despite heading down a division, the calibre of opposition would remain difficult, coming up against top-notch sides such as Leopold, St Peters and Bell Post Hill.<\/p>\n
“Division 2 isn’t going to be any walk in the park,” Grozdanovski said.<\/p>\n
“Now an eight-team competition, it’s going to be competitive.<\/p>\n
“We can’t go into any of those games thinking we’ve got a team covered. Most teams will always have two or three players that can take a game away from you, especially if we end up starting with a one-day format like we did last year.”<\/p>\n
Murgheboluc will also be fielding its first women’s team next season in what will be a landmark moment for the club, in addition to pavilion upgrades set to take place at King Lloyd Reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Frog Pond will have a new head coach for the 2022-23 season in the form of a very familiar face. Murgheboluc Cricket Club announced last month that former captain and former vice-president Daniel “Catfish” Grozdanovski will take on next season’s head coaching\/player role, a role he said he would relish as his senior cohort […]<\/p>\n