History
The Dollar Dazzlers history started at in February
2000
The starting line up was as follows:
• Cameron Sleaford
• Mark Mc Naught
• Jason Wilson
• Jason Miller
• Anthony Buttigieg
• Nick Henslite
• Mick Smith ©
• David Paige
The DAZZLERS were formed from the ranks of
various retailers in Townsville and the original intent was
to build some team spirit in the Area more so than to have
any far fetched goals attached to how the team would actually
perform.
From very (very, very) humble beginnings this team has risen
to be an absolute jugger-naught of sporting success.
The DAZZLERS have been operational for 17 indoor
cricket seasons and have recently started competing in the
Goldfield Ashes Cricket Carnival in Charters Towers. This
carnival has been running for 70 years and is held over the
Australia Day long weekend each year.
While early seasons in the world of indoor
cricket proved to provide some very rare highlights the team
did evolve from a bunch of sporting misfits into a highly
competitive and aggressive unit.
Clever recruiting and internal development
within the organization has seen this side evolve from part
time pedestrians to full time killers!
After 8 seasons of torment and ongoing disappointments,
including several devastating defeats in Major Semi Finals
the DAZZLERS broke into their first Grand Final in Season
9.
Once the first ‘Granny’ was under their belts
the Team determined that being ‘Premiers’ was
the only acceptable outcome from a Season.
The Dazzlers would not taste Defeat in an Indoor
Cricket Grand Final - EVER!
A never say die attitude and a commitment to
excellence saw the DAZZLERS go on to Win their next 8 Seasons
(contested) and progress through the graded ranks from ‘D1’
to be back to back ‘A’ grade Premiers.
It is widely known that a 1 on 1 match up of teams that the
DAZZLERS have played in Grand Finals would indicate that the
DAZZLERS ‘should’ have been soundly beaten in
each game.
This was truly epitomized in the final ‘Granny’
when The DAZZLERS played a team that was compromised of many
professional athletes. These athletes played in another team
you may have heard of, the local NRL Team (North Queensland
Cowboys).
The DAZZLERS ALWAYS want to win more than the
next person or team and Are ALWAYS prepared to “PAY
THE PRICE”!!
A side note to this was that while the DAZZLERS boast a record
of ‘8 Straight’, after Grand Final win number
4, due to some proposed retirements, the DAZZLERS thought
they would pursue sporting glory in another arena???
Sadly after a dismal display in a low grade
touch football comp the DAZZLERS were inspired to head back
to Indoor Cricket.
The Team’s spirits were buoyed by the return to Senior
Cricket of “Rocket” Rod Thompson and upon the
news of Rod’s addition to the Team several other high
profile DAZZLERS were lured out of retirement for one more
big push (that actually spread across the next 4 seasons).
The Team has not recently been competing in
any indoor cricket competitions; however it is on the agenda
to recommence this area of operations in the short term future.
A full list of Statistics and Highlights of the Indoor Cricket
Operation are detailed in other areas of this website.
In 2007 The DAZZLERS contested the ‘B2’ grade
of the Goldfield Ashes Cricket Carnival. A very credible 9th
place was achieved in the first year and the DAZZLERS are
looking forward to improving this and contesting higher grades
in the years to come.
Watch this space as in years to come the “DAZZLERS
Cricket Club” will Transform in to the “DAZZLERS
Group of Sporting Clubs” that will have multiple teams
competing in Indoor Cricket, Outdoor Cricket and Netball competitions
across several states.
This will be the launching point for a “Super
Club” with limitless opportunities…………………
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