Many of Sterling's young bowlers also fared well in statewide competition.
The other is the appearance of two young Australian fast bowlers.
Collymore would finish with an economy rate of 2.33, a class above the more erratic younger bowlers.
Many view the young bowler as a sure money maker.
Then there are the young bowlers who somehow just hear of the Pioneers' program.
More encouragingly, there are suddenly some fine young fast bowlers around to do so.
He now works as a house painter and mentors young bowlers in the Blenheim area.
As a result the young bowlers had to exhaust themselves in the outfield instead of resting between spells.
It is a potential which, sadly, has been ruined by the modern demands on young fast bowlers.
A lot of the young bowlers you see coming through now have benefited from his guidance.