HAMILTON and District Cricket Association will celebrate Australia Day in its usual manner with the staging of the One Day Shield Final at Dahl Turf tomorrow, as Grampians and Pigeon Ponds do battle for the short format trophy.

A WEEK is a long time in politics, and so it is in the Hamilton and District Cricket Association A grade competition, as Pigeon Ponds loosened Grampians’ grip on the minor premiership with victory against both Hamilton and Casterton District.

ALYSSA Humphries (Casterton) and Eliza Jagger (Balmoral) were part of the VIC Country girls side that fell short in the semi-finals against South Australia at the Australian Country Cricket Championships (ACCC) in Canberra on Thursday.

IT was a great weekend of cricket for Tyrendarra.
After Friday night’s Twenty20 grand final victory, they came out on Saturday and produced a mammoth total of 9-336 in their Portland and District Cricket Association clash with Gorae-Portland at Tyrendarra Recreation Reserve.

THE future of local cricket is in good hands, with Casterton’s Billy Rhook joining Hamilton District Cricket Association Hurricanes teammates for a big week at the annual Portland Under-13 Country Week carnival.

SIMON Close has continued his stellar season for Pigeon Ponds, falling just short of his second ton, after he made a hard-earned 95 off 174 balls at Dahl Turf.

TYRENDARRA claimed the Portland and District Cricket Association’s Twenty20 grand final by the narrowest of margins on Friday evening, defeating Portland Tigers by just a solitary run at Henty Park.

HAMILTON and District Cricket Association’s (HDCA) representative future is in good hands with the youngest Hurricanes performing well at the annual Portland Under-13 Country Week carnival this week.

THE Portland and District Cricket Association has welcomed under-13 representative sides from across the region to a country week tournament from Monday to Wednesday this week, with the aim of developing the next generation of young cricketers.

FIRST-PLACED Grampians will battle third-placed College at Dunkeld Turf over the next two Saturdays in the match of the round, with the Pumas favoured to claim the victory against the reigning premiers at home.