An exciting Summer of cricket has prompted a new junior cricket program on the Central Coast with Cricket NSW starting new year Term 1 programs in which children can register right now to play cricket until the end of Summer, ensuring they won’t miss out on the season.
The Term 1 competition is a build-up from last season’s pilot at the same time, an eight-round program, with the first two rounds held before Christmas, and the next six rounds being held in Term 1.
“Parents were keen on this, and some kids wanted to play competition cricket,” CNSW Cricket Manager Central Coast Clare Thornley said.
“We ran a small-scale trial in Term 1 last year and it was a big success.
“We also recognised a need for a sort of bridging or transition program between the play-based Cricket Blast and hard ball junior cricket.”
This season’s competition currently has eight teams from five clubs: The Entrance, Lisarow Ourimbah, Narara Wyoming, Terrigal Matcham, and Central Coast Grammar.
Some of the teams are mixed and one is all-girls.
Kits for the all-girls team were funded by Cricket NSW.
The games are played on a mix of Flicx and synthetic pitches on Saturdays which restarted on February 1.
“Families can contact their local club to register – if their local club doesn’t currently have a team, they can still register and join an existing team or see if there is enough interest at the club to form a new team,” Thornley said.
Cricket NSW’s Term 1 programs have been prompted by the amazing cricket Australia is experiencing this season, especially the Australian men’s team winning the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy decisively against India at the Sydney Test early in January, and the Australian women retaining the Ashes against England just days later.
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