Warren Blackwood Cricket Association

Indoor Cricket anyone????

INDOOR CRICKET COMPETITIONS ARE HAPPENING!

Starting 15th of July!

We know everyone has missed indoor cricket comps in the South West and we are very excited to announce it is back! 🥳

TEAM registrations are available on our website now! Please fill out the form for the competition you wish to enter.

Men’s - Tuesday and Thursday
Women’s - Monday and Wednesday
Junior’s - Friday

All comps will start at 6:00pm for seniors and games will go for 1 hour each. Up to three games a night! 🏏

Juniors will start at 4pm - primary school ages and high school ages.

Senior comps are to have a maximum of 7 teams so get in quick!

Our competition will be 6 a side but you can register any number of people you need.

Competitions for this year ONLY will be 10 weeks due to delayed opening.

Pricing information is on our website. Find this on the registration form pages.

If you are an individual looking for a team please email us at [email protected] or call on 0434 384 500.

REGISTER YOUR TEAM HERE!! - https://www.swishbunbury.com.au/competitions

More information is on our website https://www.swishbunbury.com.au

Enquires - please contact [email protected] or 0434 384 500

Get in quick before all spots are taken!! 🏏😁

WA Cricket has some fantastic casual opportunities for Community Cricket Officers to work within a dynamic Community Cricket team at one of WA’s leading sporting organisations!
We have multiple Community Cricket Officer roles available based in the following regions:
🏏Warren Blackwood Region
🏏Bunbury & Surrounds
🏏Mandurah & Surrounds

The role will require you to assist in the promotion and delivery of school-based programs within designated regions to deliver sustainable participation outcomes and optimise the cricket experience for school participants.

Key Responsibilities
🏏Working as a member of WA Cricket schools’ team, assist in maintaining and leveraging relationships with schools and in particular School Ambassadors to promote and deliver cricket programs
🏏Deliver school cricket programs/clinics and promotions that are targeted and designed to achieve a clear participation pathway from school to community cricket programs and competitions.
🏏Assist in the training of School Ambassadors and other deliverers of school programs, so that teachers can continue to develop and encourage school level participation in cricket.
🏏Organise and coordinate localised primary school Woolworths Cricket Blast School Cups.
🏏Engage and communicate regularly with WA Participation Specialists to receive feedback on outcomes of school visits/promotions.
🏏Investigate opportunities by which to promote and increase participation in cricket development programs.
🏏Assist Regional Cricket Manager to ensure the collection of participation data is current and accurately recorded in the CRM system.
🏏Undertake other tasks as required by the Regional Cricket Manager.
🏏Undertake other associated duties and projects consistent with the responsibilities as required.

To Succeed in this role, you will need:
🏏High level of communication skills
🏏Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
🏏Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
🏏Strong time management and attention to detail
🏏WA Driver’s License
🏏Mode of transport

Apply below:
https://cricket.csod.com/.../10/home/requisition/1725...

GAME 5 (Game 4 was a bye) vs DONNYBROOK/CAPEL

With Lee Clark sleeping through the alarm or missing the memo of the early 9.30 start back in Capel, the stage was set for a playoff for 2nd against archrivals Donnybrook/Capel.

Mead, again showing his innovation as Captain, assigned Johnston to be the official shoelace tier for anyone who was unable to bend down far enough, after a gruelling few days of cricket.

Losing the toss, Skipper Mead opened the bowling with Bomber Lids and soon had the opposition in trouble. With off spinner East trying to get the attention of Mead for the last 3 games to try and get a bowl, Mead finally succumb and East’s confidence was justified with a wicket maiden off his first over.

When Bayman took the advice of Mead to bowl full and straight the kids playing in the playground were in a little danger until a direct hit from Femia ended the innings, with WBCA chasing 122.

Mills, finally thought it was time to loosen the screws and set his team up for victory, retiring on 40. Even with a steady flow of wickets, the WBCA boys always looked in control passing the total with a few overs to spare, with Clarke and Bayman both scoring 20, to help WBCA finish second again behind winners, Upper Great Southern.

A big thank you must go to the WBCA committee for supporting the carnival and giving their past players a chance to reunite with their teammates as well as the opposition.

Also, a huge thanks must go to CAPEL CRICKET CLUB for their hospitality and making it our second home as we look forward to the 2025 campaign.

All scores can be found on the Play Cricket or Player HQ Apps

Thanks again to Femsy for the above right up

Also thanks to Jodi Johnston for her work on the WBCA Masters 🖤💛 shirts & Manjimup Monograms. They look amazing and were well received by players, opposition teams and spectators alike

GAME 2 vs UPPER GREAT SOUTHERN

With the full support of his teammates Lagana went back out to face the first ball against the $1.01 favourites Upper Great Southern, who were fielding five Ex State Country XI players. With a massive appeal for an LBW first ball against Lagana, the crowd was on the edge of their seat and the umpire giving the benefit of the doubt to the batsman. Lagana never looked back retiring on 41, even though a few questions were asked when he was dropped by the Best Man at his wedding! Weddings seems to be the flavour of the day with Bamess apparently unavailable for Game 2, due to a ‘Suit Fitting’.

Solid contributions from Johnston 16 and Mills 13 moved the score along to 98. With a book ‘allegedly’ running on who could score the most 6s for the weekend, Murphy came out to bat, and like a junior Pablo Picasso, was stroking the ball to all parts of the ground, including the bitumen of Blair St, with 3 sixes off 4 balls and a quick fire 25 to get the total to a competitive 125.

After a few issues were sorted with the ageing pine seating, Bomber and Bayman again opened the bowling and an early LBW off the bowing off Bomber Liddelow, had the WBCA boys with a spring in their step. With Jason Treasure setting the example in the field, with the ball following him to all parts of the ground, Dean McGregor tried to follow suit and save an imminent boundary in typical fashion, but the turf was harder than his kneecap and Johnston, who had been resting for the first 10 overs, bought on as a replacement...

With the next 2 batters retiring on 40 the game was soon out of reach with Upper Great Southern passing the total in the 16th over.

With the fines session over and the kitty overflowing, Skipper Mead ordered his troops not far down the Highway for a compulsory debrief.

GAME 3 vs BUNBURY RED

After team tactics were discussed at length the previous evening, Skipper Mead decided it was time to change things up a little and throw Bunbury Red off their game, back at Capel Cricket Ground. Evergreen Troy Gibellini, Clark, Femia, Treasure and Lagana were all thrown the ball in the search for wickets. Treasure, with two was the standout as well as the Googly’s of Lagana with one.

With Bunbury Reds total starting to build, undoubtedly the turning point of the game was the Gibellini/Bamess run out. With the ball hit towards the deep cover boundary a certain boundary was stopped by Bamess. With the batsman turning for two, Gibelllini was not expecting the throw to be ball thrown as quickly and accurately as it was and had to race back to the stumps after his extensive follow through, reaching to take the ball on the full and whip the bails off, with the batsman millimetres out of his ground. With Bayman, Bomber and Mead taking one, two and two wickets respectively a chasable total of 124 was reached.

Again, with Mead thinking outside the box, Bayman who was on a keg and Jeffery who was yet to bat were thrown in at the top of the order. Bayman, playing the Sheet Anchor role was off the keg, scoring 3 in the 32-run opening wicket partnership. Jeffery has a point to prove with 9 boundaries in an exquisite innings, striking at 200 and retiring on 40.

This bought Gibellini and Bamess to the crease. With Gibellini building a solid picket fence the partnership seemed to be cruising until a Bamess attempted reverse sweep had Todd East striding out to the middle, with the score on 97. Composure was in order and Gibellini and East finishing not out on 17 and 23 respectively and the score passed in the 17th over.

With the WBCA having the Saturday afternoon bye it was again Skipper Mead who felt there was still room for improvement, with the post-game analysis starting early not far down the Highway.

Fems

MASTERS 2024, 40+, kicked off with the WBCA fielding a contingent of 15 players which was helped by the Pemberton Cricket Club finally organizing their Malimup Fishing Trip on a different weekend….

GAME 1 vs PEEL MAROON

After a quick team meeting and a Steak and Mushroom Pie at the Balingup Café it was off along the back roads for a 10.00am kick off at the Capel Cricket Ground. A quick check of the Capel Shire Depot in case of any potential extra fill ins was done and soon Skipper Tristan Mead, overseeing his 3rd year of captaincy, saw him win the toss and bat.

Ben Lagana and Peter Bamess strode out to bat with Bamess showing his experience in not taking the first ball, with the first ball of the innings pitching a foot outside Off stump to clip Lagana’s leg stump and the Champagne corks were popping.

The nerves of the Pemberton connection, Peter Bamess and Gary Mills, were on display early as they were trying to find their footing and the tempo of the Masters competition. Soon the WBCA was in early trouble at 3/14. Angelo Femia and Luke Murphy then steadied the ship taking the shine off the 6 stitcher on a still lively Capel Pitch, taking the score beyond 40. The Boyup Brook Bandits Lee Clark and skipper Mead then put the foot to the floor with 37 and 25 respectively. Mat Johnston and John ’Bomber’Liddelow, both playing for red ink then helped get the total to 153.

Dan Bayman and Bomber took the new ball, with Bomber taking every opportunity to get as many deliveries as possible in on his spell with the extras column filling fast. Things we evenly poised halfway through Peel’s innings, when Skipper Mead showed his experience to bring Dave Jeffery into the attack, in a move which raised the eyebrows of a few teammates. With the ball going to all parts of the ground Peel’s main batsman had to retire on 40, with Jeffery then working his magic with 3 wickets and Murphy and Bayman two each, to take the WBCA to a 51-run victory.

Thanks to Fems for the write ups. More to follow

What an amazing effort. Well done to Boyup Brook Cricket Club and everyone involved for pulling together an amazing event for such a great cause

💚🤍 RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES - ARTWORK AUCTION💚🤍

Saturday is all about having fun, celebrating our community and most of all raising some very important funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities . We have received so many amazing prizes and auction items, too many to share here on Facebook. We know you will love them all when you see them.

If there was one auction item, one piece of artwork to get your hands on however, it would surely have to be this. Kindly donated by the legend that is Tahlia Lee Steere, this incredible artwork is a must have.

Tell your family, tell your friends, this it the one you want.

Remember, all proceeds will be going Ronald McDonald House Charities. We can't wait to see everyone on Saturday from 1pm.

💛❤️ RMHC CHARITY DAY 💛❤️

The time is almost upon us. Check out the schedule for an action packed, fun filled day all in the name of Ronald McDonald House Charities Western Australia.

Invite your family and friends, we would love to see you all at the Town Oval from 1pm on Saturday.

Stay tuned, as we give you a sneak peek of what's to come in the coming days.

These 3 talented youngsters have been selected for under 14 Development carnival in Bunbury played this weekend.

Haiden Lagana (Manjimup jnr CC )& Noah Murphy (Manjimup jnr CC) for South West Black and Owen Lee-Steere (Boyup Brook CC) for South West Gold.

Congratulations boys

Award winners for WBCA 23/24 season

Thompson Cup: Forestry Cricket Club

T20 Champions: Boyup Brook Cricket Club

WBCA Champion Player Braydon Ridley - Boyup Brook CC

WBCA Best Player as Voted by Umpires: Braydon Ridley - Boyup Brook CC

T20 Champion Player: Gary Mills - Pemberton CC

The Ron Wilson - Under 21 award: Brock Tempra - Forestry CC

Batting Aggregate: Braydon Ridley - Boyup Brook CC

Batting Average: Braydon Ridley - Boyup Brook CC

Bowling Aggregate: Braden Gibellini - Forestry CC

Bowling Average: Braden Gibellini - Forestry CC

MVP Grand Final - Jos Smith - Forestry CC

Congratulations to all award winners

The grand final between Forestry and Boyup Brook proved to be a tight contest between the two best teams of the season.

In what was perhaps an omen of the closeness of the contest to follow the opening coin toss landed on its side and the toss had to be done again. Boyup won the reflip and chose to bat first to make first use of a good pitch.

Opener Braydon Ridley and Jacob Maw started steady with Maw taking the more aggressive role early. His timing and placement was spot on from ball one and he continually put Forestry’s opening bowlers of Connor Ipsen (2/23 off 5.1ov) and Brock Tempra (0/16 off 5ov) under pressure. Ridley’s start seemed more steady than some of his innings throughout what has been an amazing season from Boyup’s Skipper, there was a determined effort to bat long and deep to help lead his team to a competitive total.

It was Ipsen that removed Maw for 23 (16) bowled through the gate to get the initial break through. This brought Todd Carrol to the wicket, and he started to form a steady partnership with Ridley before Braden Gibellini (1/11 off 5ov) had him lifting a ball to Tempra at short cover. This brought Tristan Mead to the crease for the most significant partnership in the innings. Both Mead and Ridley looked in control of their game with both defending the good bowling but punishing anything loose.

With the partnership on 45 and Boyup looking to continually build on 2/87 in the 21st over Jos Smith got the vital wicket of Mead, lbw for 30 (29). The very next ball David Cowan was removed bowled by Smith and the game had changed momentum back to Forestry.

It was then Smith who brought Ridley’s 29 (86) patient innings to an end bowled as Ridley looked to whip the ball through the leg side. It was from there that a steady flow of wickets fell with the catch from Blake Johnston at midwicket the highlight to remove Josh Miller. Both Scott Tweedie 9 (29) and Alex Tweedie 9 (13) offered some resistance, but no other batsmen were able to get their innings going.

Jos Smith as well support by Kayne Aitken (2/20 off 8ov) and proved to be a good partnership bowling pair. Boyup were eventually all out for 111.

In reply, openers Sam Vellios and Kayne Aitken mad a steady start with Vellios 7 (23) first man out playing his favored pull shot caught by Josh Thompson at midwicket off the bowling of Todd Carroll (2/19 off 5ov). Carroll and Jacob Maw (1/35 off 7.2) bowled tight and consistently with even Aitken playing a more sedate innings than his normal attacking role. Carroll had his second wicket when he bowled Blake Johnston for 4 (15) to have Forestry at 2/36 after 9.3 overs.

This brought Connor Ipsen to the crease to join Aitken and this when the game looked to move away from Boyup as Ipsen showed his class to pick apart the Boyup bowling. With a mixture of good running and power hitting Ipsen along with Aitken moved the score along to 78 before the introduction of Ridley bowling his accurate leg spinners brought the downfall of Aitken for 24 (40).

Ridley then picked up his opposition captain Tempra for 4 (9) to bring it to 4/91. With 21 runs to win and Ipsen still at the crease the total looked well in hand with more than 25 overs still remaining young Rueben Hill (15yr) was promoted to 6. Hill applied himself well keeping out some great bowling from Ridley and was looking to be a stable partner to the more experienced Ipsen.

Ipsen was able to get his fifty, 51 (42), with 3 fours and five sixes before he played over a delivery from Ridley to be bowled and leave Forestry 5 down still needing 6 for victory.

What happened next was quite extraordinary and a testament to the fight from the Boyup Brook Cricket Club to never give up. Ridley leading from the front then took another two wickets in the over to remove both Lewis-James Metcalfe and Kallan Fall. Metcalfe caught by Keeper Mead with a good running catch and Fall bowled by a ripper pitching middle and leg and turning past the bat to hit off. 7-106. In the next over Maw was back on to bowl at Hill 0 (14) and Hill was able to resist for the first three deliveries but was bowled by Maw on the fourth ball. 8/106.

Next ball Maw sent the delivery down the legside to Jethro Namnik which was initially fumbled by the keeper Mead. The batsmen took the opportunity to take what looked to be a safe single. It was then a moment of brilliance from Mead to then follow up his fumble, take of the glove, slide into the ball and turn and through from the ground to get the direct hit to run out Gibellini. The old adage of not running on a miss-field ringing true. 9/107. Forestry had lost 5/1 with the run being the wide on the run out and things were now looking shaky for the Forestry team with Boyup up and about with the chance to pull off an amazing victory from nowhere.

It was then up to Jos Smith and Namnik to try and secure the six runs and secure the Premiership. Both batsmen showed poise and calmness that had been lacking earlier to calmly take their team to victory with Namnik 2 (4) with a two through cover to win the title for Forestry with Smith 3 (5).

It was an amazing contest that looked destined to fizzle out to its inevitable conclusion till the will of Boyup Brook lead by Captain Braydon Ridley almost pulled of the greatest of comeback victories.
Well done to both teams for a hard-fought contest. The game was played tough but fair from both teams and unfortunately for Boyup there can be only one winner, but they can be proud of their efforts in the GF and throughout the season.

Congratulations to Forestry Cricket Club on a hard fought victory

Congratulations to Forestry Cricket Club on being crowned 23/24 WBCA 45 ov Champions.

Amazing game with Forestry winning with 1 wicket to spare over Boyup Brook Cricket Club who showed amazing fight to almost sn**ch victory

Captain Brock Tempra accepted the Thompson Cup

Jos Smith was crowned MVP with 5/17 and 3*(5)

Game summary and award winners for year coming in seperate post.

Grand Final Forestry Cricket Club vs Boyup Brook Cricket Club should be a great contest. Game start 12pm Saturday at Collier. Good luck to both clubs and may the best team win

🟢⚪ TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT 🟢⚪

The time has come, this is the one we've been waiting for. Come on down to Collier Street in Manjimup, as Boyup Brook look to complete the double this season. It's Grand Final Day and it's our time to bring home the Premiership. This is one not to be missed.

Can't make it? Watch all the action LIVE, thanks to Boree Park Stud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTXpbs-vnhE

Photos from the Elimination Final Boyup Brook vs Manjimup @ Boyup Brook
With the back drop of the Boyup Brook Music Festival there were a few more spectators than normal and saw an intense contest between the two teams

Ultimately it was Boyup Brook that advanced through with Scott Tweedie 29 top performer with that bat showing his experience with the bat in difficult conditions and Braydon Ridley 5/22 (9) with a five-for with the ball that proved the difference

For Manjimup, youngster Oscar Murphy showed no nerves and backed his own game to top score for Manjimup with 15 as four Manjimup players shared 2 wickets each

Top performers below

Scott Tweedie 29 (58)
Braydon Ridley 21 (28)
Tristan Mead 13 (22

Luke Murphy 2/4 (4ov)
J Millar 2/12 (5ov)
Anthony Femia 2/23 (6ov)
Jack Muir 2/29 (7.3ov)

Oscar Murphy 15 (19)
Cameron Harris 10 (32)

Braydon Ridley 5/22 (9ov)
David Cowan 1/9 (4.3ov)
Jacob Maw 1/12 (6ov)
Leigh Clarke 1/16 (9ov)

🟢⚪️ SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT 🟢⚪️

The Boyup Brook Country Music Festival ain't the only party in town this weekend. Come on down to the Town Oval to cheer on your Boyup Brook to victory in our do-or-die Semi Final.

There will be thousands in attendance tomorrow, as the crowd has already begun to jostle for prime position. Campers be warned, cow corner is a favourite for some.

Can't make it? WATCH THE GAME LIVE THANKS TO Boree Park Stud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkHzGwRm7hw

WBCA Reconciliation Round

Boyup Brook vs Forestry Cricket Club

Acknowledgement of Country

🟢⚪ SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT 🟢⚪

It's gonna be hot, hot, hot today, as we take on Forestry in our final Home and Away game of the season. It would be massive to take bragging rights into finals, so why not come down and support us (from the shade with a drink) as we look to take the momentum into the pointy end of the season.

WATCH THE GAME LIVE THANKS TO Boree Park Stud
https://www.youtube.com/live/ICXptsq39cw?feature=shared

It is Reconciliation Round in the Warren Blackwood Cricket Association. Teams will do an Acknowledgment of Country before each of the games today to pay our respect to the First Nations people

Well done to all the Warren Blackwood juniors who participated in the Bunbury Carnival this weekend. Warren Blackwood was well represented with two teams playing in 13b section.

The WBCA would like to thank the Boyup Brook jnrs, Bridgetown jnrs, Manjimup jnrs as well as junior players from Pemberton and Northcliffe for representing as the Warren Blackwood Cricket Association juniors and doing their best at the Carnival

The Association would also like to thank the Coaches, Paul, Luke, Shane and Shannon as well as Jodi for her help with coordinating and mentoring the WBCA’s next crop of cricketers

A special Thankyou to all the parents for your support and all the countless hours you all put in for your own clubs and for the association. Such weekends could not be done without you, the parents. It is great to see the kids come together and challenge themselves amongst their peers and have some fun along the way

Congratulations to Warren Blackwood 1 team for being crowned champions of the 13b section and Thankyou to Warren Blackwood 2 who showed fight in every game.

Great weekend and we are all proud of how our juniors represented the WBCA jnrs 🖤💛

This SUNDAY 21st Jan

BDCA A grade women’s game

DONNYBROOK v LESCHENAULT
10am
@ Collier Turf, Manjimup

Come on down & support women’s cricket with our local player Lisa Smith (Femia) playing for Donnybrook.

Welcome to Donnybrook Cricket Club & Leschenault Cricket Club - Public women’s teams & thank you for bringing your game to our region.

Congratulations Hugh Mitchell for first 💯 in WBCA T20 competition

T20 Game 4 2023/24.
Bridgetown v Pemberton.
Collier St Synthetic.
Pemberton won the toss and batted.

Pemberton 6/173 (20 overs)
S.Duncan 2/20, M.Wheatley 2/26, J.Terry 1/7.

Bridgetown 4/177 (20 overs)
H.Mitchell 102*, S.Glancy 25, W.Bradley 20.

Bridgetown won by 6 wickets.

A great two weeks of T20’s saw Boyup Brook Cricket Club crowned T20 Champions for the second year in a row and back to back undefeated campaigns.

Thankyou to all clubs for supporting the format and Congratulations to Boyup for a successful T20 defence

Northcliffe Cricket Club hosting Manjimup Cricket Club and Pemberton Cricket Club today. Games start from 10am

Hi all, we have a series of T20 games this Saturday at home starting at 10am. Prizes for spectator catches on the boundary and a sausage sizzle. See the poster for details!
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T20’s start today with Boyup Brook Cricket Club hosting Forestry Cricket Club and Bridgetown Cricket Club today

🟢⚪ T20 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT 🟢⚪

The quest for back-2-back titles begins. With two massive clashes today from the town oval, it is action not to be missed.

Watch all the action LIVE, thanks to Boree Park Stud

10AM: Boyup Brook vs Forestry Cricket Club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPy-q2sOmW4
4PM: Boyup Brook vs Bridgetown Cricket Club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anph4tjEJLE