Mr Ross Turner takes on the Director of Cricket role following the recent resignation of Mr Matthew Nicholson. Ross trained as an educator and worked full-time at Newington College during the 1980s before moving to Cricket on a full-time basis. During the 1990s he initiated Cricket NSW’s development program after which he joined the International Cricket Council to head up global Cricket development as part of a strategy to expand the game to new markets.

Ross and his family returned to Australia in the early 2000s where he took up a role with Cricket Australia in Melbourne as general manager for game development and new markets. Among his achievements (over a decade) with Cricket Australia Ross was responsible for setting up the Cricket Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.

Parallel to his education and sport business commitments, Ross pursued involvements in coaching and coach education. In 2011, he was engaged to set up the National Cricket Academy in Bangladesh and to lead the inaugural program.

Ross relishes the opportunity of renewing his links with Newington to build a positive and successful culture of Cricket across the three campuses.