Brad Murphy Sports

08/08/2024

Another Wanderers session tonight.
This time at Greenbank Cricket Club which is a really nice little facility indeed!

06/08/2024

Finishing a long day with a junior session at Norths Cricket Club in Bundaberg this afternoon where 18 very keen young players joined in for a Wanderers clinic.

Thanks to Sara for getting the kids along.

We did a good session covering different fielding drills culminating with diving techniques then we went into the nets to work on sweep shots.

06/08/2024

Morning session in Childers today visiting Isis Cricket Club at their Showgrounds home base. My first time coaching in Childers. Isis play in the Bundaberg competition.

A bit of drama to start the session with an ambulance bringing a fellow in to board the Careflight helicopter. Fingers crossed he was okay.

Thanks to Charlie for helping me set up the session. He even had a net himself afterwards !

06/08/2024

Final day of the Wide Bay leg of the Wanderers junior coaching clinics - this time at the junior club of one of Bundaberg’s finest cricketing products and Wanderer Peter Drinnen - “Across The Waves CC” ( formerly “Clubites CC”)

What a tremendous facility they have here at the ATW Sporting Club and they have a brand new 4 lane net setup recently built by Gabba Sports who also support Wanderers.

A roll-up of 21 juniors came along to join in fielding exercises on the oval and sweeping drills in the nets.

Many thanks to President Dale for hosting our coaching event.

Good luck for the upcoming season Waves ! 😎

03/08/2024

The first of the Wanderers Wide Bay junior clinics was held today in Hervey Bay.

Lucky to have former Toombul, Colts & Sandgate-Redcliffe batsman & Greg Chappell Cricket Centre supremo Greg “Chad” Tibbits along as a guest coach.

28/07/2024

A bit further up the Bruce Highway today to Bowen for some sessions with the local kids. Another excellent country facility.

27/07/2024

Back to Proserpine for a few days of skill sessions.

26/07/2024

Had a great session last night with the Mackay-Whitsunday junior wicketkeepers at Harrup Park in Mackay.

16 young keepers went through their paces with me in a 3 hour session in the nets and on the oval and despite some showers we got plenty done !

Thanks to Mel Dwyer from MW Cricket for setting the session up.

Harrup Park complex is one serious cricket setup. Magnificent and surely at least the equal of any in Australia.

21/07/2024

Taking bookings NOW for next April’s Indian Skills trip.

We have scheduled this trip during the Qld school holiday period & 2 weeks after the completion of the grade cricket finals so it will be a great stopover for any players travelling to UK for the winter to play in their leagues !

Previous trips have seen Qld Bulls players such as Sam Heazlett, Jimmy Peirson, Bryce Street & James Bazley join our group and each gained plenty from experiencing training in the sub-continental conditions under Indian coaches.

If any players would like to use Mumbai as a STOPOVER prior to the 2025 UK season you can work that into your travel itinerary and we can re-quote overall on that - if your UK club is covering your flights then you are basically only paying for the stay in Mumbai, perhaps plus a slight flight upgrade.

This trip will suit aspiring or current First Class players as well as older secondary school players as we can split groups if need be to suit training levels.

It is NOT a tour where we play fixtures in different towns - the aim is to work hard in Mumbai at the Global Cricket School under experienced Indian mentors specifically targetting skills in spinning conditions. There are certainly games amidst the training camp in order to practice skills.

Peter Drinnen and myself will be with the group throughout the camp.

Please contact either of us for more information. India is a great experience.

We are taking deposits from now to lock in spots and we need final numbers sorted by Xmas in order to finalise flights.

21/07/2024

Wanderers return to Charleviile in August.

02/07/2024

Just had a couple of late pullouts for the Wanderers tour to western Qld in August.
We therefore have vacant spots and require solid young cricketers if you may be keen or you know of such person/s please make contact ASAP.
6 games across 12 days.
Great lead in to the season.
Aug 14-25th.

02/07/2024

Another ISC Netball camp across the next 3 days at Nissan Arena, Mt Gravatt with 45 girls in attendance.

30/06/2024

I have absolutely no idea on motor racing but this is worth a read. Takes you through a complete season with the Haas team principal writing his humorous account on what goes on behind the scenes in F1 racing.

30/06/2024

Was good to meet the Quinalow juniors at the Wanderers clinic last Friday.

30/06/2024

28/06/2024

This is so good.

27/06/2024

Wanderers kids clinic this afternoon at Oakey Bears Cricket Club where 13 youngsters came along to train.

27/06/2024

Another holiday session this morning in Warwick with some keen juniors.

27/06/2024

24/06/2024

Very interesting book about Springbok player/coach Rassie Erasmus’s career.
Apparently a controversial character.
Delves into his methods of coaching & management where it appears he was quite successful.

24/06/2024

Day 1 of the ISC school holidays Basketball/Soccer camp at Eagle Sports Centre in Mansfield where we have over 80 kids participating.

17/06/2024

A great day yesterday at the DDSWQ junior training camp held at Toowoomba Grammar School.

Over a hundred kids and plenty of excellent coaches attended the day which was superbly organised by Dylan Sherriff.

Was a bit cool up on the range though !

16/06/2024

The Qld Oztag Super-series was held across the last 3 days at the Kawana sports facility on the Sunshine Coast.

Some excellent action in all age groups.

11/06/2024

Was great to catch up with former Gator teammate Simon Beattie today at Coolum after many years.

One of Warwick’s finest cricketers !

09/06/2024

To be fair parts of this book are quite interesting - but a lot of it is weighed down by genuinely boring statistics that surely not many could have much interest in.

Nevertheless, I read it !

04/06/2024

Wanderers (Q) Club played in last Friday’s Taverners Golf Day at the Virginia Golf Club where former West Indies/ Qld Bulls batsman Brendan Nash, ex Qld Bulls paceman Damien Mackenzie, ex Redlands swing bowler & current Wynnum-Manly coach Wes Aspeling and myself made up our team.

A fine day made for an excellently supported event again put on by the Tavs where all money raised goes to helping cricketers throughout Qld.

04/06/2024

Prior to my summer club cricket coaching commitments re-starting in late August, if any clubs/schools/associations/individuals within 150K radius from Brisbane require Tuesday or Thursday afternoon/evening sessions I currently have free time for bookings through July & August.

Happy to work with grade,warehouse or country clubs - perhaps could be useful for pre-season additional coaching helper around the traps !

Happy to do sessions here or there or run a number of set skills sessions. Juniors/seniors/ low grades/whoever.

Already locked in some country trips so if any other country centres are keen happy to discuss.

Drop me a text asap if you wish to chat about options or costs.

24/05/2024

A magnificent evening celebrating another of Brisbane’s truly great sporting clubs reaching the ton milestone.

The mighty Mayne Tigers Australian Football Club’s Centenary and Hall of Fame event at Kedron-Wavell Services Club last night was a real beauty.

Attended by 400 Tigers past & present, it was so good to catch up with mates from decades gone by.

Many mighty fine footballers have represented the Tigers over the years as more importantly the club has played a big role in mentoring young sportsmen in the Brisbane sporting fraternity.

What a club ! 🐅

23/05/2024

Full details of 2 overseas cricket trips coming up in 2025 will be forthcoming shortly. But below are some starting points -

* Peter Drinnen ( PD Cricket ) & myself are re-starting our “Indian Skills Training Camps“ to the Global Cricket Academy in Mumbai after several years break.

We will depart Brisbane on April 12th & return on the 22nd.

This gets secondary school lads back for first day of Term 2 & also fits in neatly with any senior players looking to play the winter in UK as you can travel onwards just in time to start the English season !

* Upskill Cricket, Lance Roudenko ( Roudenko Cricket Academy ) & myself are hosting an end of season cricket trip to Samoa for 6/7 days in early April.

This is aimed at adult players - probably lower graders/warehouse division guys etc who might be keen to play 2/3 games against the locals in Apia whilst experiencing some great beaches and island touring. Bring your golf clubs or cast a line in the ocean ! We will visit a village & a school to run a bit of kids coaching. Will be a beauty !

I will publish flyer/adverts ASAP but in the meantime please let us know if you may be keen on either trip.

16/05/2024

In the midst of a coaching stint with ‘Malpass Tennis’ at Wynnum Tennis Centre & Churchie TC as well as coaching the ACGS Year 9 teams in the GPS comp.

Really enjoying the term so far and seeing some good improvement across the board from individuals and teams. 😎