THE Shoalhaven District Junior Cricket Association has been forced to postpone its 2020/21 representative trials due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns.
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On the back of the recommendations of NSW Health's chief health officer Kerry Chant, Cricket NSW has issued guidelines to minimise the risk of transmission in community sports.
"These updated recommendations aim to help the NSW government achieve no community transmission in the state and will support community sports to continue operating safely," Chant said in a statement.
"They also acknowledge the critical situation that currently exists in NSW regarding COVID-19, preventing further transmission of the virus and in protecting our community."
As a result, Cricket NSW recommends all community competitions, associations and clubs pause on all non-professional cricket activity that brings people from different regions together, including training and playing, in order that the guidelines of NSW Health be followed.
To stick with these guidelines, new Shoalhaven District Cricket Association president Lisa Kennedy confirmed they had postponed all junior representative trials scheduled for Sunday at Ulladulla's Lighthouse Oval.
- Encourage all community competitions to remain positive and continue to plan for the season ahead.
- Encourage all community competitions to aim for competitions to commence as planned, but no earlier than October.
- Encourage all community competitions to prioritise the playing of 'one day' cricket this season to allow the commencement and completion of games within a single day. This will avoid potential 'no results' or issues with player availability or substitutions if community sport is disrupted during the season due to COVID-19.
- Encourage community competitions to fixture neighbouring teams to play each other in the early rounds, that way, if this NSW Health recommendation is extended beyond its current timeline, local teams may still be able to play within these recommendations and not affect the competition's commencement.
- Encourage associations and clubs to reach out to your local Cricket NSW staff if you need assistance, advice or support in getting your competition up and running.
Cricket NSW will also pause all training and playing of their non-professional managed competitions and programs that brings people from different regions together until further notice.
"Cricket NSW continues to plan for a number of competitions and programs which are now impacted by current advice," a CNSW spokesperson said.
"At this stage, we are unable to provide our communities definitive details, dates or venues, but will do so as soon as they are available.
"We thank all those involved for their patience."
Those competitions and programs include:
- Plan B Regional Bash
- Women's Regional Bash
- Metro Youth Championships
- Country Youth Championships
- Metropolitan and Regional CNSW Pathway and Academy programs
"Cricket NSW is driven and focused in getting cricket underway this season," a CNSW spokesperson said.
"We are excited about seeing our communities back on the field of play, but we must do so within the parameters and advice of government and health advice for your safety, and that of the wider community.
"COVID-19 guidelines may create additional burdens on our volunteers, and we want to reassure you we will continue to be here for you and all our cricket communities."
The 2020/21 SDJCA's representative trials lists are:
Under 12s - Lucas Page (Sussex Inlet), Finn McDowall (Sussex Inlet), Will Fletcher (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Sam McNeil (Sussex Inlet), Jesse Walters (Bay and Basin), Lachlan Barry (Ulladulla), Kent Ellery (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Boedi McGowan (Bay and Basin), Koby Ryan (North Nowra-Cambewarra), Brodee Green (Bomaderry), Ethan Ward (North Nowra-Cambewarra), Campbell Hooke (North Nowra-Cambewarra), Clayton Whitby (Bomaderry), Henry Hopperton (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Hugh Duff (Bay and Basin), Sam Henry (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Nicholas Wain (Batemans Bay), Tex Lawson (Ulladulla), Cameron Baxter (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Mason Fardell (Batemans Bay), Jesse Dunn (Batemans Bay), Kayden Smith (Batemans Bay) ad Saxon Crapp (Berry).
Under 13s - Bailey Parker (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Tobias Eyland (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Flynn Dunn (Batemans Bay), Cooper Frawley (Batemans Bay), Beau Lynch (North Nowra-Cambewarra), Joel Galvin (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Chayce Brown (Ulladulla), Johnathan McLennan (Bay and Basin), Callum Coulter (Batemans Bay), Blayden Robertson (Sussex Inlet), Keith Tompsett (Batemans Bay), Oliver Baxter (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Solomon Fairs (Ulladulla), Benjamin Morris (North Nowra-Cambewarra), Finlay Brown (Bay and Basin) and George Swanson (Bay and Basin).
Under 14s - Jackson Ingram (Bomaderry), Ryan Malecki (Bay and Basin), Daniel Hylton-Cummings (Bay and Basin), Campbell Bramley (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Harrison Wood (North Nowra-Cambewarra), Jarrod Griffith (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Riley Ingram (Bomaderry), Matthew Page (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Henry Mackay (Bay and Basin), William Kingston (Ulladulla), Lucas Zerafa (North Nowra-Cambewarra), Will Webster (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Harrison Baxter (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Noah Hinkley (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Harrison Fairs (Ulladulla), Cooper Luke (North Nowra-Cambewarra), Tyson Walker (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Hunter Gilkes (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Toby Dyball (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Jesse Cattell (Ulladulla) and Archie Wilson (Bay and Basin).
Under 16s - Cooper Bramley (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Mitchell Downey (Bomaderry), Tim Hopkins (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Travis Fuss (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Lachlan Davis (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Jack Lonesborough (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Drew Ramsden (Ulladulla), Jay Ramsden (Ulladulla), Alec Dobson (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Max Carr-McCarron (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Tom Fletcher (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Patrick Higgins (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Matthew Higham (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Kingsley Smith (Bay and Basin), Nash Connell (Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens), Daniel Moodley (Bay and Basin), Joshua Weakley (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads), Luke Gallen (Batemans Bay) and Dino Decembre (Berry-Shoalhaven Heads).
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Courtney Ward
Sports Journalist for South Coast Register and Milton-Ulladulla Times, who loves all things sport and travel. All views are my own.
Sports Journalist for South Coast Register and Milton-Ulladulla Times, who loves all things sport and travel. All views are my own.
