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25.01.2022 Semi Final matches are now up on MyCricket. Host clubs are reminded that their pitches are required to be covered from Thursday Night. For the Seniors, the higher ranked team is to provide afternoon tea on the Saturday and the lower ranked side is to provide afternoon tea on the Sunday.

24.01.2022 Erin Maxwell (Garfield/Tynong) is running an All Girls Cricket Pop Up Clinic beginning Friday 13th March in Warragul. Erin has her Level 1 Coaching Accreditation and has conducted over 40 clinics in the past year. She is currently studying a double diploma in Sport Development and Event Management and plays Div1/2 Premier Women’s Cricket with Dandenong. She will be assisted by 3 other young women from the Warragul district who are passionate about increasing female participation. They are hoping to start an All Girls competition or put in an All Girls team into the Junior Competition for the 2020/21 Season. If you have any daughters/nieces/friend's daughters who might love cricket but would like to play with other girls, can you please encourage them to attend. Details are on the flyer below.

24.01.2022 On behalf of the W.D.C.A cricket community we would like to pass on our heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of John-Paul D'Amico. J.P was a valued member of the Western Park Cricket Club and a wonderful bloke that everybody enjoyed playing with and against. He will be sorely missed by the wider community.

22.01.2022 To the W.D.C.A cricket community, I write this letter to you after making the most difficult decision I/we have had to make in my short time in cricket administration. Due to the current health crisis, and after many, many phone calls, emails, and messages the 2019/2020 W.D.C.A home and away season grand finals have been called off.... This has not been a decision taken lightly. Since Cricket Australia released their statement on Tuesday morning, stating that the Sheffield Shield and premier cricket had been cancelled and they expected all other cricket to follow suit, the executive has put in countless hours of research and discussion to arrive where we are now. Whilst we acknowledge that we were still within our rights to play the games this weekend being under the 100 persons limit, and we would have put in place measures to try and limit any infection, we ultimately decided that the responsible thing to do as part of the broader community was to take away any chance of an infection occurring. Whilst I can completely understand competing clubs and players feeling robbed of the opportunity to play, when it is all said and done in the scheme of things happening across the globe at the moment there are far more important things to consider than a local cricket final. Congratulations still need to be offered to those teams who made the grand final on an excellent and competitive season and everyone should look forward to coming back next season to play for that elusive flag. I would like to finish by profusely thanking my fellow members of the W.D.C.A Executive for their huge support throughout not just this current crisis but the whole 2019/2020 season. Whilst we knew all along that there was no perfect answer to this situation, we feel that under the circumstances we have made the right choice for the benefit of cricket and the community at large. Stay safe, and look after your loved ones. Regards Michael Neilson President Warragul & District Cricket Association

21.01.2022 Turf Installation at Neerim!

21.01.2022 Congratulations to the WDCA Women selected in the unofficial team of the year!

21.01.2022 The following players have been selected in round 2 of the GCL under 18 competition. The game will be played this Sunday the 29th against Leongatha at Bellbird Park starting at 10.15am. Lachlan Jagoe Brad Ward Chris Diston - wk (vc)... Liam Serong (c) Liam Lenders Matt Jones Braydon Notman Patrick Ireland Alex Henshall Nick Caddy Matt Garner Ben Dixon Jakob Kleeven Any questions please call coach Jeff Ward on 0400 006 996

20.01.2022 We have come across an old cap. Belongs to an L R Smethurst from the Topiram Cricket Club who in 1930 took 5 wickets in 5 consecutive deliveries. Any ideas out there on the original owner and his family?

20.01.2022 JUNIOR PRESENTATION NIGHT - Cancelled Following on from the Senior's announcement, the Junior Committee have also cancelled the Presentation Night scheduled for next week. Award Winners will be announced next week and trophies distributed to their clubs.

20.01.2022 NEW LIFE MEMBER! Congratulations to Mick O'Neill who was awarded WDCA Life Membership at our recent Presentation Night. Mick has made a significant contribution to the WDCA over several decades, serving on the executive committee for many years (including a term as President) and being heavily involved in Junior Rep Cricket. More recently, Mick has been our representative on the Region 7 board.... Mick has always been willing to put in the time and effort off the field to ensure that local cricket remains a strong force moving into the future. Congratulations Mick, an award well deserved and earnt! Photo: Warragul & Drouin Gazette

20.01.2022 WDCA SENIOR AWARD WINNERS DIVISION 1 Batting Average - Brent Eastwell - 262 runs @ 87.33 Batting Aggregate - Gamini Kumara - 461 runs... Bowling Average & Aggregate - Sam Batson - 29 wickets @ 6.93 Champion Player - Gamini Kumara - 636pts Cricketer of the Year - Gamini Kumara DIVISION YASHAN SAMARASINGHE (DIV 2) Batting Average & Aggregate - Yashan Samarasinghe - 379 runs @ 63.17 Bowling Average & Aggregate - Yashan Samarasinghe - 21 wickets @ 7.67 Champion Player - Yashan Samarasinghe - 654pts Cricketer of the Year - Yashan Samarasinghe DIVISION 3 Batting Average & Aggregate - Jeremy Gray - 281 runs @ 56.20 Bowling Aggregate - Will Pickering & Tim Brown - 15 wickets Champion Player - Jeremy Gray - 461pts Cricketer of the Year - Jeremy Gray DIVISION 4 Batting Average - Rahil Gandhi - 359 runs @ 51.29 Batting Aggregate - Amandeep Singh - 398 runs Bowling Average & Aggregate - Paresh Naik - 26 wickets @ 7.23 Champion Player - Matthew Ward - 587pts Cricketer of the Year - Matthew Ward DIVISION 5 Batting Average - Jeremiah Whibley - 289 runs @ 48.17 Batting Aggregate - Harry Stephens - 388 runs Bowling Average & Aggregate - Gary Donoghue - 25 wickets @ 9.28 Champion Player - Harry Stephens - 483pts Cricketer of the Year - Jake Dean DIVISION 6 Batting Average - Steven Green - 282 runs @ 70.50 Batting Aggregate - Jimmy Burke - 288 runs Bowling Aggregate - Ash Norton & Gavin Mills - 16 wickets Champion Player - Jimmy Burke - 453pts Cricketer of the Year - Steven Green TEAM OF THE YEAR Damon Healy Matthew Wakefield Yashan Samarasinghe Gamini Kumara (VC) Brent Eastwell Nicholas Fairbank Dane Fawcett Ricky McKerrow Natsai M'Shangwe Sam Batson (C) Craig Byrnes Joel Batson (12th) REP CRICKET AWARDS Senior GCL Player of the Year - Jack Armour All Gippsland Selection - Jack Armour, Sam Batson, Yashan Samarasinghe, Natsai M'Shangwe SPECIAL AWARDS WDCA Outstanding Service Award - Dave Armour Glenda Jagoe Award - Erin Maxwell Laura Croft Award - Grace Lewis & Madlyn Borsato Female Cricketer of the Year - Erin Maxwell Umpire of the Year - Daryl Williams Photos: Warragul & Drouin Gazette

19.01.2022 SENIOR AWARDS Congratulations to the below named who would have received their awards at last weeks cancelled Presentation Night: DIVISION 1... Batting Average & Aggregate - Gamini Kumara - 664 runs @ 60.36 Bowling Average & Aggregate - Sam Batson - 42 wickets @ 9.07 Champion Player - Gamini Kumara - 909 points Cricketer of the Year - Gamini Kumara - 19 votes DIVISION 2 Batting Average & Aggregate - Michael Taylor - 597 runs @ 45.92 Bowling Aggregate - Michael Taylor & Joshua Miller - 21 wickets Bowling Average - Michael Taylor - 21 wickets @ 13.10 Champion Player - Michael Taylor - 847 points Cricketer of the Year - Michael Taylor - 21 votes DIVISION 3 Batting Average & Aggregate - John Allsop - 563 runs @ 62.56 Bowling Average & Aggregate - George Zekic - 28 wickets @ 5.82 Champion Player - Stephen Briggs - 599 points Cricketer of the Year - George Zekic - 15 votes DIVISION 4 Batting Average & Aggregate - Gary Kear - 609 runs @ 101.50 Bowling Average & Aggregate - Michael Scully - 27 wickets @ 13.04 Champion Player - Gary Kear - 619 points Cricketer of the Year - Gary Kear - 15 votes DIVISION 5 Batting Aggregate - Remo Graziotin - 461 runs Batting Average - Anthony McCann - 323 runs @ 323 Bowling Average & Aggregate - Ryan Smith - 22 wickets @ 8.50 Champion Player - Michael Dixon - 586 points Cricketer of the Year - Remo Graziotin - 17 votes WOMENS GCL Most Improved Female Cricketer - Caitlyn Phillips Cricketer of the Year - Grace Lewis MENS GCL/SCW GCL Players of the Year - Asantha Singappuli & Fraser Duncan Senior Country Players of the Week - Sam Batson & Fraser Duncan SPECIAL WDCA AWARDS WDCA Outstanding Service Award - Norm Berry Glenda Jagoe Award - Tanya Ridler Umpire of the Year - Rod Fleming WDCA TEAM OF THE YEAR Fraser Duncan - 433 runs @ 43.3 Damon Healy - 310 runs @ 34.44 Gamini Kumara - 664 runs @ 60.36, 16 wickets @ 17.75 Lahiru Jayakody - 426 runs @ 47.33, 15 wickets @ 26.53 Tate Burgmann - 324 runs @ 36.00 Natsai M'Shangwe - 331 runs @ 30.09, 29 wickets @ 10.14 Daniel Pandolfo (WK) - 264 runs @ 22.00, 19 catches, 6 stumpings Asantha Singapulli - 306 runs @ 23.54, 26 wickets @ 12.54 Sam Batson (C) - 173 runs @ 15.73, 42 wickets @ 9.07 Gihan De Zoysa - 32 wickets @ 12.03 Lauchlan Gregson - 26 wickets @ 13.92 12th - Sean Masterson - 185 runs @ 26.43, 27 wickets @ 15.74

16.01.2022 JUNIOR PRESENTATION NIGHT The Junior presentation will take place on Wednesday 25th March @ 7:00pm at Bellbird Park Drouin. All are invited. On this night we will present U13 and U15 JCW team photos along with the season awards.

16.01.2022 WDCA junior presentation Night Wednesday March 17 @ Dusties Rooms straight after under 14 grand final at approximately 7.00pm. We encourage everyone attending to come down early and watch the end of the under 14 grand final.

14.01.2022 Under 14 cricket will proceed today. Up to coaches to determine if their pitch and ground are suitable for play.

12.01.2022 Hi all, As part of some historical statistical research for Western Park I've been conducting, I'm looking to put together some long-form recollections about a couple of Grand Finals from the early 1980's that stand out to me. So, I'm seeking anyone (or anyone who knows anyone) who was involved in the matches, was at the relevant clubs at the time, or have any memories, stories, or the like! 1) 1982-83 B-Grade Grand Final - Western Park 8/455 def. Garfield-Bunyip 449 - the h...ighest Grand Final run-chase I've heard of, and a match the saw Western Park recover from 6/200 to pull off the victory courtesy of 150 to Peter Ross and 100 to Ian Glen. According to the Gazette report, Garfield-Bunyip had their club 'wind-up' the night prior to the conclusion of the game - which definitely caught my interest. Garfield-Bunyip line-up: I. Goodrem, K. Halvy, P. Dawes, G. Shaw, G. McMillan, G. Vittiritti, M. Cussens, P. Mattthews, G. Payne, K. McGrath Western Park line-up: G. Glen, R. Weiderman, R. Glen, G. Hogan, B. Osborne, L. Pitt, P. Ross, I. Glen, G. Nuttall, S. Price 2) 1983/84 Junior Grand-Final - Western Park 486 def. Longwarry 157 - to my knowledge the highest junior score ever recorded in the WDCA, Western Park put Longwarry to the sword over the course of two weekends, led by 65 from Simon Byrne, 129 to Grant Walker, 77 to Alan Cusden, and 75 to David Munro. Poor Jamie Tainton from Longwarry snared 3-118 from 44 overs of toil and Barry Coster 2-126 from 33. Western Park line-up: S. Byrne, G. Walker, A. Cusden, J. Powell, M. Roberts, C. Whelan, D. Purton, R. Ross, D. Munro, C. White, R. Breeden Longwarry line-up: S. Mitchell, S. Lieshout, J. Serong, J. Tainton, B. Coster, S. Reid, M. Allen, D. Wright, G. Minns, G. Mowat, V. Barry Please send any information to Samuel Laffy via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/HVPKjMjCCBZxnNf99 Or alternatively get in touch with Samuel J. Laffy via FB! Thanks, Sam.

11.01.2022 PRESENTATION NIGHT - Cancelled Unfortunately we have made the tough decision to cancel our Senior Presentation Night due to the current circumstances concerning the Coronavirus. All award winners will be announced later in the week and trophies will be distributed to the winners clubs in due course.

10.01.2022 Under 18 GCL training has been cancelled tonight due to weather. Could all player please confirm their availability with Jeff Ward (0400 006 996) for this Sundays game against Leongatha at Bellbird Park.

08.01.2022 JUNIOR AWARDS Congratulations to the below named who would have received their awards at this weeks cancelled Presentation Night: UNDER 16 ... Batting Aggregate - Liam Serong - 280 runs Batting Average - Carter Davis - 210 runs @ 70.00 Bowling Average & Aggregate - Lachlan Willis - 14 wickets @ 10.79 Champion Player - Alex Henshall - 385 points Cricketer of the Year - Alex Henshall UNDER 14 Batting Aggregate - Addison Cumming - 260 runs Batting Average - Liam Lisle - 258 runs @ 86.00 Bowling Aggregate - Joseph Simpson & Tom Logan - 13 wickets Bowling Average - Joseph Simpson - 13 wickets @ 7.92 Champion Player - Archer Burgmann - 446.50 points Cricketer of the Year - Archer Burgmann GCL/JCW AWARDS Under 18 GCL Players of the Year - Nicholas Caddy & Jack McConville Under 15 Junior Country Week Player of the Week - Patrick Ireland Under 13 Development League Player of the Year - Tom Fawcett

08.01.2022 Congratulations to the following players who have made the WDCA under 12 cricket training squad. Training will be held on Sunday December 6th at Western Park nets from 10.00am to 11.30am. Could all players please bring their own gear, including a ball if possible, and their own drink. After training a team will be selected to play against Leongatha at Leongatha on the following Sunday the 13th. Could anyone who is unable to train or play in the game please let coach John Alls...op (0417 666 272) know. Artie Davidson Caleb Pyart Riley Eastwell Lenny White Matthew Finger Jackson Bennett Archie Purvis Xavier Jones Musa Faisal Wahid Bill DeAraugo Archer Thorne Harry Clode Dylan Watson Lachlan Light Lochie Wilson Elijah Degroot Beau Zinnow Ty Kindermann Will Burn Dylan Strating Logan Naus Will Tomlin Cody Ward Andrew Thompson Jacob Ingham Alex Menzies Lucas Dalton Henry Allsop Nash Olsson Oscar Blackwood

07.01.2022 Reminder the Community (Level 1) Coaching course is on this Sunday. Get on and register now. (https://www.community.cricket.com.au/coach) The course consists of Introduction to Coaching (7 online modules), CA Coach App Lv1 (10 units online) and a 2-hour Face-to-Face practical component. The practical component will be held at Western Park, Tarwin Street, Warragul on Sunday, 22nd November. It starts at 10am and depending on numbers there may be a second sessions at 12pm (Times... TBC). XMA Header Image Cricket Coaches Australia | MyCricket Community community.cricket.com.au See more

07.01.2022 Round 13 saw the 2019/20 season marked officially 'over' for some teams, others locked away a finals berth, and a frantic few have their season on the line heading into the final home and away round! If you missed the recaps of all the action in The Gazette, fear not - Joel Batson has the highlights available for you online. http://warraguldca.vic.cricket.com.au/pageitem.aspx

03.01.2022 Could the following players/parents please confirm their availability for round 2 of the GCL under 15s with coach Tate Burgmann (0488 236 816). The game will be played this Sunday the 29th at Leongatha at 10.15am. Luke Garner Liam Lisle Liam Butterworth Smith... Archer Burgmann Jake Van Den Berghe Billy Auldist Seb Amoroso Ben Allsop Pat Sheehan Cam Caddy Jack Walsh Keegan Friedlander Addison Cumming Dec McFarlane Tom Fawcett See more

02.01.2022 The WDCA would like to pass their best wishes on to former Executive member Paul Gavin in his recovery from a health scare. All the best mate, and get well soon - we are all thinking of you!

01.01.2022 Hi We are Looking to start a Indoor Cricket Competition at Korumburra. This season expecting to start April 26th, season length would depend on teams If interested please email me or my Mobile 0413 081136 details attached, possibly a Junior and Senior Comp if enough teams... Open to Girls teams also. Geoff Wyatt See more