HAMILTON and District Junior Cricket Association (HDJCA) has announced its teams for the annual Country Week carnivals held in Horsham and Portland.

Trials for the Under-13 and Under-15 age groups were held at Monivae Cricket Hub last weekend, where the selectors were able to finalise the two teams for the Portland Under-13 carnival, and the Horsham Under-15 carnival, where only one team is entered from the HDJCA.

In seasons past, Hamilton has had up to three teams entered for the Portland carnival, but with the opening of the state border, Mount Gambier is returning to the competition this season, so Hamilton reverts to only two teams.

Hamilton Gold will be coached by Craig Templeton and Hamilton Green will be coached by David Hintum, as the HDJCA sends two equally strong teams to contest the Portland competition.

Templeton will undertake a course at Junction Oval this week to gain a higher coaching accreditation, while Hintum boasts vast knowledge garnered from years of representative cricket.

The Under-15 team will be coached by Colin Myers who is vastly experienced at representative level and will pass this knowledge along to his charges.

The Under-17 trials will be held at Monivae Cricket Hub over the next two Monday afternoons from 4.15pm-6pm.

Under-13 Gold Team

Jack Dwyer (StA) All-rounder and top-order batsman who will be required to bowl during the middle overs and is integral in the field.

Xavier Dwyer (StA) Likes to move things along with the bat, which will be valuable in the top order. Another change bowler and strong fielder.

Oscar Templeton (Gram) Experienced campaigner, will bowl with the new ball, bat in the top order, and share the wicketkeeping duties.

Billy Rhook  (Tah) Will be a key with the bat in this team, top-order experienced cricketer. Possibly the leading wicket keeper in the competition. 

Sineth Hansa (StA) Classy cricketer, will be a very accurate change bowler. Might fill a variety of roles in this team with solid batting and good fielding attributes.

Freddie Milne (Coll) Young all-rounder who is developing his wicket keeping also.

Spurs Lynch (Coll) First country week campaign and will be a leader in the field with plenty of energy and voice. Tight medium-pace bowler and lower-order power-hitter.

Luke Hilsdon (Tarr) Might see some lower order fireworks with the bat from Luke. Looking for contributions with the ball and in the field also.

Matt Hill (StA) A key member of the team with his top order batting and solid bowling being his strengths.

Alex Bird (Gram) Left arm change bowler, fields well, and should contribute runs in the middle order.

Archie Templeton (StA) Continues the string of all-rounders for Hamilton Gold. Will contribute with bat, ball, and in the field throughout the week.

Harry Tonissen (Tah) A young leg spinning all-rounder who when he starts to land them could gain big numbers in his wicket column and is another good fielder.

Taima Thomas (Gram) A young fast bowling option, great athlete with a strong arm in the field. Possibly bat middle to low order.

Under-13 Green Team

Ned Hintum (Coll) All-rounder, top order batsman, medium-pace bowler and will share wicketkeeping duties, all-rounder, middle-order batsman, pace bowler, and will share wicketkeeping duties.

Jobe Dunn (Ham) Pace bowler at his third country week campaign who will bowl with the new ball, as well as being a quick, strong fielder.

Hugh Prentice (Gram) All-rounder who will bat in the middle order and be a key contributor with the ball.

Chad Logan (StA) Another all-rounder who will be given batting opportunities in the middle and top order, and bowl during different scenarios.

Mitchell Munro (StA) Will be a new ball bowler in this team, his height and pace will be a handful for opposing batsmen.

Cooper Kearney (StA) Young spin bowler who will be on a learning curve at this campaign. Should contribute valuable middle to lower order runs.

Connor Lambert (Tah) A top-order all-rounder, impressed in every facet at the trials, batting, bowling and fielding. Will be a key member of the team across a variety of roles.

Zander McIntosh (StA) Another of the younger members of the team, bowls a big spinning leg break and could take a bag of wickets.

Jay Casey (Ham) Left arm bowling is his strength, will look to provide spark and energy in the field.

Dustyn Cooper (Ham) A solid all-round player who will get opportunities in different roles throughout the week.

Sam Mecham (Coll) A developing player, will look for some tight overs from Sam in the middle stages of the game. Brennan MacDonald (StA) A young developing cricket, solid bowler wanting to contain runs late in the innings.

U15 Team

Harry Austin (Coll) (C), Great leader who will bat in the top order and can bowl at any time in the innings, be looking for plenty of runs.

Brodie Phillips (Gram) (VC), Fast bowler who will take the new ball looking to take early wickets, left hand batsman to take on any bowling, attacks, be hoping to have a big week.

Hamish Myers (Tah) (VC), Medium-pace bowler who can swing the bowl both ways. batsman who loves to hit the ball hard and get on with it. another player hoping for a big week.

Jedd Rhook (Cast)  Batsman to turn the strike over and bowls in the middle stages of an innings, great in the field.

Jack Rhook (Tah) Will get a chance to bat at the top of the order, left hand batsman and left hand bowler that can swing it to cause the batsman trouble.

Isaac Shaw (Ham) Top-order batsman who has all the shots while being quick between the wickets and will be handy with his leg spin bowling.

Levi Templeton (Gram) Opening batsman, bats long periods of time turning the strike over who will also bowl spin and a chance to get the wicketkeeping gloves.

Will Bourke (Coll) Right hand bowler will look to bowl early in the innings and bowls a tight long. Left hand batsman that can make quick runs at the end of an innings.

Hayden Phillips (Gram) Medium-pace bowler that will get plenty of overs to get it tight. Batsman that can bat anywhere in the order.

Angus Heazlewood (Gram) Left hand batsman who will bat in the top order while also offering wicketkeeping and spin option.

Mitchell Hateley (Cast) All-rounder who can bat anywhere in the order and will be called upon to bowl a few overs

Myles Alderman (Gram) Left hand bowler that bowls a tight line, and a batsman who can play all the shots.

Grady Bell (StA) Another all-rounder who can bat anywhere and bowl when required.