Tim Weston
Watsonian CC are pleased to announce Tim Weston as club professional, player/coach, for the 2010 season.
Weston, from New Zealand, is a batsman who plays his cricket for Central Districts in New Zealand’s first class domestic competition. He is a regular feature of the CD squad alongside current and former Blackcaps Ross Taylor, Jacob Oram, Peter Ingram, Matthew Sinclair, Jamie How and Michael Mason. In addition Essex one day specialist Graeme Napier has also just enjoyed a successful stint playing alongside Tim for the CD Stags who are coached by former England star Dermot Reeve.
The current NZ domestic season draws to a close over the next 5 weeks with Tim in regular 4 day action for CD. The season has already seen Tim pick up some silverware though with CD sealing victory in the Twenty20 competition where they saw off an Auckland Aces side featuring Ravi Bopara in the HRV T20 Cup Final in February ensuring Central Districts qualification for the second instalment of the global Champions League tournament.
A Level 2 cricket coach with teaching qualifications Tim is looking forward to the challenge that a season at Myreside will bring him on and off the field. He will work closely with the age group training across our Youth Development section and whilst bringing some new ideas to training with the senior squad.
Club President Ross Brooks was delighted when announcing news of his signing “Timmy and I have been in close contact since late October and I have been extremely impressed by his enthusiasm for the game and the experience he will bring to us”. “Today’s announcement is the result of a lots of detailed discussions and the long running completion of the process we have to go to through to engage an individual in a coaching capacity”.
Brooks was also keen to add that he sees the signing of Weston as key ingredient for future successes of the club too, “I have no doubt Timmy will fit well into our current squad and help us achieve more positive results on the field however more importantly I believe he will help us continue to move forward as a club during his stay at Myreside, the development of our club and the development of cricket across the community is of massive importance to the clubs committee”. “Over the past 18 months we have made strategic changes in how we operate across all areas of our club and the addition of Timmy should help us deliver against our plans and the goals we have set ourselves”.
The Weston family are no strangers to Scotland with Tim’s brother Jonny Weston a former member of the Borders Rugby squad. Tim will be joined in Edinburgh by girlfriend Hannah who is looking forward to joining the growing band of Watsonian WAGs this summer.
All at Myreside extend a big welcome to Tim as he joins the ‘Sonians family
To view Tim’s profile on cricinfo please click here or on the Central Districts site here (and even though cricinfo says he is a keeper, he isn’t, so Stubbsy you can rest easy!)
