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25.01.2022 Umpire appointments for the upcoming GCA Grand Finals. A Grade: Buangor/Tatyoon vs Swifts/Great Western (Saturday @ Tatyoon, Sunday @ Central Park, Monday if required @ Tatyoon) A Wood G Miller B Grade:... Rhymney/Moyston vs Chalambar at Moyston Saturday 6th March A Farish N Baird See more

25.01.2022 Big day of cricket action to unfold at Central Park tomorrow in the A Grade contest. Youth Club were able to defend 114 bowling Swifts Great Western out for 105 in their first innings. Trouble struck for Youth Club at 4-13 but were able to finish the day at 4-110. Both sides with every opportunity to take home the final which will make for a big and fantastic day of cricket action tomorrow. Best of luck to both sides.

25.01.2022 The Henry Gunstone Cup final was played today in Stawell between Swifts /Great Western and St Andrews. The combine won the toss and elected to have a bat on a warm and muggy afternoon. St Andrews struck early removing Sam Cocks for just two and then quickly picked up Tom Eckel to have leave the combine at 2/23. Charlie Nield set about putting some respect into the score with a gritty 24 and when he departed the score was 5/69 with just six overs left. But like the day earlie...r Matt Heffer and Jay Moody came together and scored freely in the last few overs to set a very respectable 7/114 for St Andrews to chase down. Adam Haslett was the pick of the bowlers for St Andrews taking 3/26 off his four overs. St Andrews innings started on the back foot with Moody removing Tom Mills in the first over of the innings. Ned Bohner and Haslett put together a partnership which swung the balance of the game yet again. Bohner also recovered after being struck in the helmet by a Jamie Bach bouncer early on. Haslett was dismissed with the score on 49 which saw Riley Taylor come out and get on with the scoring. When he (19) and Bohner (24) were removed quickly St Andrews were on the back foot from there out. They finished their 20 overs at 8/86. Jayden McCartney took 3/17 off three overs.

24.01.2022 Third game required in the A Grade Grand Final Series. Buangor Tatyoon have levelled the one day finals series one apiece after the second game at Central Park this afternoon. Batting first Swifts/Great Western struggled for consistency with the bat today with Buangor/Tatyoons bowlers setting a tone early. All batters for Swifts/Great Western got somewhat of a start but losing wickets regularly hurt the run rate. With the score at 5/60 with 10 overs left Jamie Bach and Matt... Heffer up the run rate for the last 10 and scored 59 runs. Heffer finished 36 not out and Bach finished 26 not out. Swifts innings finished at 5/119. Michael Harricks finished with 2/10 off 8 overs including 6 maidens. In reply Buangor/Tatyoon started off shakily losing 5 wickets inside 12 overs to be sitting at 5/39. It was left to Jacob Bates and Harricks to go about winning the game and that they did. A 52 run partnership saw the momentum swing back to Buangor/Tatyoon and then Bates was dismissed for 29 with the score on 91. Harricks continued on with another wicket falling at the other end he didn’t stress. He saw Buangor/Tatyoon home with 13 balls to spare with 40 not out. Jay Moody and Heffer finished with 3 wickets each. Tomorrow’s decider will be at Tatyoon tomorrow with the winner taking home the A Grade premiership. Good luck to both teams.

23.01.2022 Sick and tired of sitting at home on the weekend’s recently? Why not try your hand at umpiring with the Grampians Cricket Association? We are on the hunt for some more full time umpires young or old. Umpires will be required to be available for Saturday matches from 12pm to around 6pm. Some travel will be required as well. Umpires are paid $110 for their days work. ... If umpiring is something that interests you please get in contact with League President Marc Brilliant or Secretary Nic Baird whose details are posted on the GCA Facebook page.

23.01.2022 Vale Lance Ingleton. Lance was a fantastic player in the GCA for many years and the wider GCA community would like to extend their deepest sympathies to the Ingleton family at this tough time.

21.01.2022 Can all clubs please ensure they are prepared for the upcoming compulsory club delegates meeting on Wednesday September 2nd and.... 1. Have access to Zoom sorted and logged in by 7pm 2. All clubs are to have there SENIOR and JUNIOR team nominations organised... 3. All clubs are to have a representative logged in at the meeting (2 maximum) A GCA executive member is not included as a representative and a club rep must be in attendance also. Please note - depending on the format of the season some significant ByLaw changes may take shape including some mandatory ones. Any ByLaw requests need to be in writing to the GCA Secretary [email protected] by this meeting date. Any questions or difficulties please ensure you reach out to Nic or Marc asap.

21.01.2022 To Clubs, players, supporters and officials. On September 2nd at 7pm via Zoom we will hold a Delegates meeting to discuss the upcoming season and what it may look like. The GCA are working through scenarios such as starting on time, not being able to start until after Christmas/New Year break and everything in between. These will be presented at the delegates meeting for discussion. It is very important we get all clubs represented please. All clubs will be able to share the...ir thoughts on the upcoming season and where they sit or how they think they will be sitting. A link will be sent out via email and Facebook for the zoom meeting closer to the date so we don't lose the link. An AGM will follow the delegates meeting within two weeks so if anyone from your club would like to nominate for a board position please let me know privately if you prefer or at the delegates meeting. There will be some board positions vacated at the AGM. This message has been sent out in an email to clubs already with some other information as well. If you or you're club did not receive this email please get in contact with secretary Nic Baird via email [email protected]

20.01.2022 Reminder to all club delegates that we have a delegates meeting happening via zoom tomorrow night from 7pm. All clubs need to be represented. There will be discussion of the upcoming season and proposed by-law changes. Please see the post below for the link to the meeting. If you have any trouble or have any questions please get in contact with Nic on 0418594504 or [email protected]

20.01.2022 The GCA end of Season Delegates Meeting that was scheduled for March 30th has been cancelled. We do ask all clubs if they haven't already to complete the survey that was sent out via email to all club delegates on March 12th. If you haven't received this please contact Nic or Marc directly.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Swifts Great Western Cricket Club in defeating Youth Club Cricket Club in an epic grand final that came down to the last 5 overs before a result was achieved. Ricky Peters won theWombat Smith Medal as best player.

19.01.2022 Dear Clubs, Players and Supporters. Please see below the updated post for our board for the 2020/21 season. The post with everyone's name and details is pinned to the top of the page and is also in the scorebooks that clubs will receive.

19.01.2022 If any clubs are needing help writing a grant check out the video below and sign up via the link to get access to a free grant writing workshop. There are plenty of grants available at the minute and all will help your club get through these times or help you complete any projects you may have in mind.

19.01.2022 As we are all aware the Covid-19 epidemic is impacting our way of life with work, social life and also sport. The Wimmera Regional Sports Assembly are holding free webinars to help clubs and associations through these difficult times. Whilst it may not be cricket season anymore I am sure that many people are involved with their Netball, Football, Soccer or any other winter sport clubs as well. In saying this we don't know how this will affect the upcoming cricket season if it does at all so it maybe worthwhile for clubs to have a look. If you can't make "live" session they webinar will be recorded and you can watch it in your own time but you will still need to register following the link http://wrsa.org.au/covid-19/

17.01.2022 Congratulations to Bailey Hosemans on receiving the U17 Kirton Shield player of the series representing the Grampians Cricket Association .

17.01.2022 Club grants that are available at the moment for Covid 19 close tomorrow. $1000 is available. Follow the link to complete the grant https://sport.vic.gov.au//community-sport-sector-coronavir It only takes 10 minutes to complete so it is an easy way to get your club $1,000.... If more information required, contact either President David, VP Marc or secretary Nic.

16.01.2022 And cricket is back in 2020..

16.01.2022 Congratulations to Aradale Cricket Club in winning the B grade grand final today. After the first 2 games were completed, it was one all leading into the 3rd game. But the experience of Aradale was too strong & they ran out comfortable winners in game 3. Tyler Cronin winning the medal as best player over the 3 days.

16.01.2022 Grampians Cricket Association B Grade Grand Final Preview: The B Grade Grand Final this year will be competed between Aradale and Buangor/Tatyoon the top two teams for the B Grade this year. Both of these team played in the A grade competition last season but this year with some doubt around players both dropped back to the B grade competition to remain playing cricket. This year both teams won 9 games each with Aradale taking first spot due to percentage but Buangor/Tatyoon ...were not far behind. The last time these two teams met was the first game back after the Christmas break with Aradale taking the win by 8 runs in a tight match at Buangor. This is probably what to expect across the three one match format this weekend, three very tight matches. This season Aradale have been the leading run scorers in the B grade competition with 2037 runs led by captain Riley Wood and Brody Taylor who have made over 900 runs between them this season. Whilst in contrast Buangor/Tatyoon have been the leading wicket takers across the season picking up 103 wickets for the home and away season. Charlie Dyer, James Phillips and Callum Baker have been the chief destroyers for Buangor/Tatyoon. This will be where the game is won and lost for both teams with Aradale relying on their batting to set a competitive total and Buangor/Tatyoon looking to their bowling to restrict Aradale's dangerous batsmen. Aradale captain Riley Wood said Monday night that Aradale will go in full of confidence. "We have a side that has plenty of cricketing experience and some youngsters that have been able to learn a lot across the year from these older guys. We are confident in both our batting and bowling and need to take the chances with both bat and ball when they come." Buangor/Tatyoon representative Brett Chammings said that his side will hopefully be at full strength for the weekend's matches. "We are hoping all of our guys are right for this weekend. If we can field what we see as a full strength side we think we will be able to win the Final. We have a strong bowling attack but know their batting is their strong point. Hopefully our opening batters are able to take the shine off the ball for our lower order to do some damage." The B Grade contest kicks off on Saturday at Gordon Street Oval Ararat at 1pm before going to Buangor for Sunday and then returning to Gordon Street on Monday if required. It will be a best of three one day match format.

15.01.2022 The GCA AGM will be held Wednesday 16th September from 7:30pm via zoom the link is here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82721062944 Could all clubs again please have a delegate attend this meeting as we will have some updates about the season and what it may look like coming out of the current restrictions. The Agenda for the night will be:... Grampians Cricket Association Board Positions Presidents Report 2019/20 Season Grampians Cricket Finance Report Review of By-Laws (if any issues with any by laws that were sent out previously please let me know if you haven't already) Return to Training/Play Update Revised Start Dates and Draws MyCricket update from Andrew Wood Child Safety Officers and Covid-19 Officers for each club Junior Delegates Meeting Geoff Phillips to speak in regards to upcoming meeting (will not be held with this meeting) If you have any issues please get in contact with Nic Baird via [email protected]

12.01.2022 4 in a row. Swifts/Great Western have claimed their 4th premiership in a row after winning today in Tatyoon. Batting first for the third day in a row Swift’s/Great Western were after plenty of runs. Sam Cocks 49 top scored for the game after missing out the previous game. There was plenty of contributions from across the board in the Swifts/Great Western innings with Rick Peters (14) Charlie Nield (38*) Matt Heffer (12) and Jamie Bach (20) all reaching double figures in the... way to setting a total of 7/147. James Phillips was again the pick of the Buangor/Tatyoon bowlers taking 3/19 off his 8 overs. For Buangor/Tatyoon it couldn’t have been a worse start. Jarrod Blandford was dismissed second ball of the innings off the bowling of Bach. Sam Cronin went in the next over bowled by Heffer and Shaun Allen last a couple of overs but was also dismissed by Heffer leaving Buangor/Tatyoon 3/1 and a big mountain to climb. Tyler Cronin and Jacob Bates came together to try and salvage something for Buangor/Tatyoon but when Cronin was dismissed for 14 by Heffer for his third wicket and the score was 4/31. From there regular wickets fell with Bates the only Buangor/Tatyoon batsman to get a real start scoring 38. Buangor/Tatyoon were bowled out for 90 in the 37th over. This years Steve Wombat Smith was voted across the three individual games with both umpires voting 3/2/1 and the highest vote getter the Wombat Medallist for this season. The winner of the 2020/21 Wombat Medal was Matt Heffer from Swifts/Great Western who had a three good games with both the bat and ball. Congratulations to both teams on great seasons. Thanks to the umpires for their three days of work as well.

12.01.2022 Two men who received their life memberships at the annual presentation night. Geoff Phillips & Phil Rodger. Congratulations to both of them on their contributions to GCA cricket over a long period of time. They were well deserved accolades.

11.01.2022 A Grade Day One Wrap Up: Winning the toss the home team sent Swifts/Great Western into bat. It was a tough start for Swift’s/Great Western who found it tough to score early on with Buangor/Tatyoon operating with spin for the majority of the early overs. Sam Cocks (27) was the first to depart after being stumped off the bowling of James Phillips. Phillips continued his good bowling removing Rick Peters and Jesse Eckel shortly there after. Charlie Nield and Tom Eckel steadied t...he ship and put on 76 for the fourth wicket before Nield (33) fell to Mick Harricks with just six over left. Eckel fell just short of his 50 finishing on 49. Swift’s finished their innings on 7/151. Phillips was the pick of the bowlers finishing with 3/18 off 8 overs. Buangor/Tatyoon’s innings started off on the wrong foot with captain Jarrod Blandford caught brilliantly by Jesse Eckel at point off the bowling of Jamie Bach on the second ball of the first over. From there it was difficult for Buangor/Tatyoon batsman to get set and get partnerships together. Tyler Cronin was the only batsman to score in double figures reaching 12. The Swift’s bowlers soread the wickets between them with 2 apiece to Bach, Matt Heffer, Jay Moody and Nield. Buangor/Tatyoon were bowled out for 41. Tomorrow’s game is at Central Park starting at 1pm.

10.01.2022 From our AGM last night Marc Brilliant has stepped up to President of the GCA after David Turner stood down from the role after 5 years. The GCA board and clubs thanks Dave for the countless hours he has put into the league over those years and wish him the best for the future. The GCA welcomed Luke Stevens onto the board as a general member and Travis Nicholson took on the Senior Vice President role. Best of luck to those two in their new roles. ... Marc has hit the ground running and working towards starting as soon as possible with the easing of current Covid-19 restrictions.

07.01.2022 Chalambar crowned B Grade Premiers. Chalambar have taken out the B Grade grand final today after beating Rhymney/Moyston today at Moyston. Batting first Moyston were well held by tight Chalambar bowling and a slowish outfield. Nathan Quick and Daniel Taylor anchored the Rhymney/Moyston innings. Rhymney/Moyston finished their 35 overs 6/105. ... In reply Chalambar come out on the front foot with Shaun Smith and Ryan Bertram smashing the ball around the park before Bertram was dismissed. Smith was the next to fall with just 15 runs required to win. Luke Walker and Reece Kettle saw Chalambar home with 11 overs to spare. They finished 2/106. Shaun Smith was voted the B Grade most valuable player after taking 1/15 from his 7 overs and making 36 opening the batting. Congratulations to Chalambar on a strong finish to the season and commiserations to Rhymney/Moyston who also had a great second half of the season.

05.01.2022 REMINDER Presentation night tonight 7pm kickoff All welcome Please contact Nic Baird or Marc Brilliant for any extra tickets.... Hope to see you all there

04.01.2022 Attention Clubs, With the introduction of Child Safety Officers for all clubs this season the Wimmera Regional Sports Assembly are holding a free Child Safety Standards workshop to help out anyone who maybe a little unsure of the role and the responsibilities of clubs. See the post below for the sign up link.

03.01.2022 Sports Central are holding a free webinar about "Money Matters". In this current time money is important to all clubs and this will be a great webinar to help clubs through this tough time. Check out the post from Sports Central about how to register

03.01.2022 Grampians Cricket Association A Grade Grand Final Preview: The A Grade Grand Final will be played against Stawell rivals Swifts/Great Western and Youth Club after both teams had very convincing wins in their Semi Final matches at the weekend. Swifts/Great Western finished atop of the A Grade home and away ladder a head of Youth Club in second. Both teams won seven of their eight games but it was Swifts/Great Western who were able to secure two outright victories during the se...ason that saw them take top spot. This year Swifts/Great Western and Youth Club have faced off in a One Day Match and a Two Day Match. Youth Club took out the first encounter in the One Day format whilst Swifts/Great Western were to strong in the Two Day format in the second meeting between the two teams. Both team's captains Sam Cocks Swifts/Great Western and Nic Baird Youth Club have done the bulk of the scoring for their teams this season. Both will be key wickets for the opposing team. Cocks said of Baird "He is a dangerous batter we know that. Hopefully we can get him early and put pressure on their other batsmen." Baird said of Cocks "Sam can take the game away from you very early on in the innings. We need to get him cheaply and make some inroads into their middle order. But we know they have dangerous batsmen in the middle order too." When asked about their bowling Cocks said "We have four quicks that have taken double figure wickets this year led by Jayden McCartney so we are very confident they can do the job. It's good for us to having some flexibility if one option isn't working we have a few more up our sleeves." Baird and his Youth Club team are searching for their first Grand Final win since 2003/04. "We have stumbled in the Semi's the last few years so it's a good feeling to make a Grand Final. We have a young team so hopefully they can soak the week up and enjoy the challenge against a very well rounded side in Swifts/Great Western. We have some young blokes that have grown in confidence in the past month such as Matt Healy, Bailey Taylor and Harvey Evans so that is a big boost for us if they can continue that." The three day match will be played across Saturday, Sunday and Monday at Stawell's Cental Park with play starting at 1pm each day.

03.01.2022 Dear Clubs, As you are all aware we have a delegates meeting at 7pm on Wednesday 2nd September 2020. The link to join the meeting is here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89942012016 and there is no password to join. I ask that during the meeting everyone remains on mute so the person speaking can be heard clearly with no interruptions. There is a chat function that can be used to ask questions. We will be keeping an eye on this and answer questions as they arise or if you would pr...efer there is a raise hand option where we can see it and have you un-mute and ask your question if it's easier than typing it out. An email has been sent to club contacts in regards to the meeting. This email contains two important documents that need to be reviewed by all clubs and delegates prior to the meeting. If you haven't received this email and believe you should please contact Nic via email on [email protected] All of last year's contacts were used. If there are new contact please let Nic know.

03.01.2022 Any clubs who haven't applied for the Short term survival grant we highly encourage you to do so. It is a very easy grant to complete you just need your incorporation number, ABN and bank details prior to starting and then fill in the grant with all the relevant information. If you have any issues please feel free to get in contact with Nic via phone or email.

03.01.2022 Last night the GCA held its annual presentation night. It was very well attended with over 60 people in the room with all clubs represented which was fantastic to see. We saw two new life members awarded with Phil Rodger and Geoff Philips both being recognised for their fantastic contribution to the GCA on and off the field. It was great to see many of Phil’s family there and Geoff’s friends from his playing career as well. The winners from the night were: Under 16 Terry Lan...nen Champion Player: Will Whickham (Swifts/Great Western) B grade bowling award winner: Daniel Taylor 22 wickets at 12.36 (Rhymney/Moyston) B Grade runner up bowling award: Andrew Shovan 18 wickets at 12.44 (Navarre) B Grade batting award: Riley Wood 568 runs at 94.67 (Aradale) B grade runner up batting award: Trevor Remfry 309 runs at 51.5 (Wickliffe/Lake Bolac) B Grade Champion player: Riley Wood 673 points (Aradale) A Grade bowling award winner: Lachie Dalkin 19 wickets at 9.37(Pomonal) A grade runner up bowling award: Jayden McCartney 19 wickets at 10.05 (Swifts/Great Western) A grade batting award winner: Nic Baird 377 runs at 94.25 (Youth Club) A Grade runner up batting award: Lynden Brewis 293 runs at 73.25 (Pomonal) A Grade Champion player: Nic Baird 497 points (Youth Club) Under 21 A grade champion player: Tom Mills 363 points (St Andrews) The Greg Goldie Goldsmith award winner: Nic Baird 14 votes (Youth Club) The team of the year for the GCA was also announced the team was as follows: Sam Cocks (c) Swifts/Great Western Tom Mills St Andrews Nic Baird Youth Club Lynden Brewis Pomonal Tom Eckel Swifts Great Western Adam Haslett St Andrews Matt Heffer Swifts Great Western Michael Harricks St Andrews Lachie Patching Swifts Great Western Jayden McCartney Swifts Great Western Lachie Dalkin Pomonal Some photos of the award winners are below. Keep an eye out in the next day or so for some previews for the upcoming A and B Grade grand finals this weekend.

02.01.2022 Clubs and Players, Still unsure about what’s happening with Covid-19 and returning to training and playing? The Wimmera Regional Sports Assembly is holding a return to train/play webinar with Tony Caccaviello from Cricket Victoria tomorrow night. ... Register via the link below and clubs will be sent the link to the webinar tomorrow afternoon/night once they have registered.

01.01.2022 Sport and Recreation Victoria Grants are again open. This initiative is part of the Victorian Government’s Experience Economy Survival Package providing urgent support to help a range of key attractions, organisations and associations ride out the economic impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and help them reboot, rebound and recover. Clubs are able to get a grant of $1000 to use for the purchase of Covid-19 related items such as sanitiser, signage and to also help... keep the bank account ticking along whilst bills still need to be paid. Clubs that were successful first time will get an extra $500 into their account automatically and do not need to re-apply for the grant. Please see the link here https://sport.vic.gov.au//community-sport-sector-coronavir If you need any help with applying for this grant please get in contact with Nic via email [email protected] or phone 0418 594 504