2010 Coaching Professional - Fraser Quarterman

Coming to Poloc for the first time in season 2010 was New Zealander Fraser Quarterman.  Though a Kiwi, Fraser traced his family's ancestry back to Scotland and so coming to the 'Loc could in some ways have been seen as coming home!  Living in Wellington, Fraser played his State cricket with the Firebirds, calling North City Cricket Club home.

Coming to Scotland to play cricket might've been a first for Fraser, but it wasn't the first time he'd played in the UK.  Back in season 2005 he played at Colchester and East Essex CC in the Essex League.  And, during his time there he turned out for Essex CC's 2nd XI.  A return visit to the UK in season 2007 saw Fraser in the North-West where he played for Woodhouses in the Lancashire League.   A left-arm opening bowler, Fraser bats right-handed and came to Shawholm as an all-rounder.  A qualified Skills Coach with the New Zealand Institute of Health and Fitness, and with a Diploma in Exercise Science from Massey University in Wellington, Fraser played a key role in the continuing development of the club's coaching and player development programmes.

2010 "Overseas Amateur" - Carl Huyser

 
Coming to Glasgow with Fraser Quarterman was New Zealand-based South African Carl Huyser.  Carl played much of his junior cricket in South Africa - playing for Easterns through age-group cricket from under-13 to under-19 and captaining the North-West Cricket Academy - before moving with his family to New Zealand in 2008.  Before leaving he'd been selected to the Highveld Lions Academy and had skippered the South African Rural XI.

Since the move to New Zealand Carl had played his cricket at Burnside West Cricket Club in the Christchurch Premier competition, attracting the attention of the Canterbury selectors and playing a couple of 2nd XI games in the Provincial A tournament.
 

And, like Fraser, coming to the 'Loc wasn't Carl's first visit to the UK.  He played league cricket in England in 2009 for South Devon Cricket Club in the Devon ECB Premier League where, as a top-order bat, he scored 479 runs at 31.9 and picking up 13 wickets with his seam bowling.   Carl also held a Bakers Academy Level 2 coaching certificate - the equivalent of a UKCC Level 2 - and had experience coaching juniors, something that was helpful as he contributed to the work with juniors at the club.

Poloc Cricket Club's Cricket Professionals and "Overseas Amateurs" Roll of Honour

Pictured below are a few of the club's Professionals.  From top to bottom, and left to right, are pictured: Asif Hussain, Wes Thomas, Garry Hampson, Gavin Ewing, Sajid Ali, Iain Philip, Louis Devereux, Sadiq Mohammad, Ata-ur-Rehman, Omar Henry, Hanif Mohammad, Hancke von Rauenstein and Fraser Quarterman.