Photo: ALEX ARNOLD

THE recent success of Berry-Shoalhaven Heads in the Shoalhaven District Cricket Association did not come about by accident.

It has been assisted by a settled executive that has remained unchanged for the past 12 years.

Ted Street has been president since 1993-94, while Sue Gray has at least had a share of the post of secretary for the same period.

Treasurer Brett Lawson goes back even further, having held the purse strings since 1991-92.

Remarkably, in the period this administrative team has been in control, the club has won 25 premierships.

They have come in all four senior grades headed by first grade with five, and the 11 junior flags have come from four age groups with 10s winning six times.

Brought together this week to discuss their era at the helm, they agreed that breaking the 42-year drought in first grade premierships in 1994-95 was perhaps the major highlight.

Four wins in the club championship also rate highly, and there were many other things raised as the conversation went on.

The trio paid tribute to life member Stephen Fellows who had many ideas that turned into successful fundraising ventures.

Chook raffles on Friday nights went well for a while, but the focus now is the stall that sells steak and sausage sandwiches on the first Sunday of the month.

This began when the Berry Markets were held in Apex Park, and among the exciting interludes, there were the stories of the van being blown over in a windstorm.

However the stall has grown with the markets, and it helps to keep the club in a strong financial situation.

While some organisations change executives regularly, these three love the involvement and believe they work well together.

President Street came via the juniors which then operated independently, and he recalls the work done to bring the club under the one umbrella.

Secretary Gray also worked with the juniors when sons Brett and Simon started to play.

With a love of the sport, she moved up to her role in the seniors, can still be found scoring at one of the games each week, and she has just been re-elected treasurer of the SDCA junior committee for her tenth term.