Handy with the bat, Darren holds the record for the second grade 7th wicket of 149 with George Dickie against Central Districts (2nds) In 1997/98 and has 4 x half centuries to his name.

At club level, he won the batting (2nds) in 02/03, bowling (3rds) in 92/93, allrounder (2nds) in 98/99, player of the year (2nds) in 02/03, and clubman of the year (04/05).

Darren was a member of the second grade side who were one day Champions in 97/98, and won the premiership in 05/06 in second grade under Warren Ganderton’s captaincy.

He held a number of other positions at the club including 3 years as Vice President, joint coach of the u/14 premiership team (08/09) and 2 years as second grade captain.

As a coach, Darren excelled. A level 2 coach, he coached numerous players at club, district and zone level and was the SDJCA junior coaching director for 5 years. Darren was instrumental in setting up our club’s Milo junior cricket program which still runs today, and has been a great source of junior recruits for our club.

Darren has also gone onto coaching at St George cricket club, and a major highlight was in 2007-9 where Darren twice coached the NSW Indigenous women’s side to winning the national title in the Imparja Cup.