This week’s Wanneroo DCC Player of the Week is Haydn Slodecki. He attributes his year-round tan to his outdoorsey lifestyle, but there are rumours that he’s a bandit for tanning salons.
Name: Haydn Slodecki
Age: 22
What is your nick name?: Slods
Occupation: PE and Health Teacher
Dream job: Highly paid coach
How long have you played at Wanneroo: 5 years
What’s under your bed: Nothing
What’s your go-to fielding drill: Boundary fielding. Ground and high balls
Which team do you look forward to playing the most and why: Don’t have one
Most embarrassing moment on the cricket field: Dropping Wade Drummond on 0
What teammate is most likely to avoid paying for a round when you are out: Jake Fawcett
What’s the first thing you think of in the morning: What I’m going to eat for breakfast
Favourite food: Chilli mussels
Stranded On An Island, What Are Your 3 Essential Items?: Water, food and women
When You Were Growing Up What Did You Want To Be: Lawn Mower Man
What Do You Normally Eat For Breakfast?: Scrambled eggs, muesli, fruit and yoghurt
What reality TV show would you win: Biggest Loser
Is the glass half full or half empty: Half full
If you could meet one person dead or alive: Grandma
If you could be another teammate for a week who would it be and why: Leigh Miller
If you could attend any sporting event in the world, what would it be: Monaco Grand Prix
Favourite drink: Schofferhofer
Best bowling / highest score: 5 for 1 / 136 not out
Favourite smell: Blown out candles
My Signature Dish Is: Chilli Chicken and Rice
Who’s the best dressed at the club: Leigh Miller
Least favourite smell: Cigarette smoke
When did you last take a catch to win a game: 14/15 Grandfinal
My Most Treasured Possession/s: Grandads watch and golf clubs
What book are you reading now: Lenny Hayes’s Biography
Favourite cricketer To Watch Growing Up: Damien Martyn
One word to describe you: Cheeky
Who is the funniest teammate: Graham Atkinson
When did you last take the final wicket to win a game: Never
What I Don’t Find Amusing Is: Mark Nicholas
Favourite Holiday Destination: Dongara
My Last Meal Would Be: Seafood Platter for 2
Best practical joke you have seen: Old Man Crawf
What training drill do you dread the most?: Full kitted grid
Favourite Cartoon As A Kid: Dragon Ball Z
Scariest player at the Wanneroo: There are none
Favourite sport to watch: Cricket
What is your favourite number: 7
Who is your dream date: Blake Lively
Favourite cricketer now: Mitchell Johnson
Favourite band or musician: The Amity Affliction
Favourite magazine: Don’t have one
What is your personal aim this season?: Consistency, 500 runs + and to score my first ton for Wanneroo
What was your first car: Toyota Camry Altise Sport
What’s the most embarrassing song on your phone: New phone no music
Funniest player at the Wanneroo: Jason Parry
What Would You Buy With Your Last $50: $50 chip on red
If I could be one person for a day I would be: Darren Lehmann
Favourite movie: Gladiator
When did you last hit the winning runs in a game: 14/15 reverse outright win against Fremantle