Souths Junior Cricket Club (SJCC) enter teams in the Warehouse Junior Winter Cricket Competition in the Under 12 to Under 16 age groups subject to numbers and availability of committee approved volunteers (e.g. team coach, team manager and scorer).  Blue Cards are mandatory for all volunteers.

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It is expected that teams will be entered in Boys U12, U13, U14, U15 and U16 and Girls teams in the Sunday Heat League. Team numbers are dependent on registrations.

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Player age groups for Winter Cricket is the same as the Summer Cricket age groups.  Effective date for Age: 1st Sept 2023. The minimum level for the Warehouse competition is U12.

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IMPORTANT: Players that are below the age requirement will need to be assessed and confirmed eligible by the Committee.  No player is just accepted if they register for Winter Cricket. New players to the club are required to be graded for Winter Cricket.  Grading is a requirement of the Warehouse competition, to assist with the draw format while also aligning to Souths Juniors player safety requirements. 

 

Winter and Summer Cricket Comparison

 

There are differences between winter cricket (Warehouse) and the summer junior competitions (MSW).

 

Some of the key differences are as follows:

• The minimum level for the Warehouse competition is U12.

• For U13 and above there are no modified junior rules. For example, the pitch length is 20m, balls are 156g and overs are not capped at a maximum number of balls (eg 8)

• U12 is the same format as MSW Stage 2.

• While there are different divisions within an age group these are less than summer junior competitions

• Matches are longer. The standard is 70 overs per day across two weekends.

• Matches may be a combination of 1 or 2 day games

• The Warehouse competition runs from April 29th to mid/late August (inc. finals) and possibly through the winter school holidays.

 

Competitions are across a wider geographical area than the MSW competition. Travel will could be greater than playing in the MSW competition including a game at either the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.

 

Team Placement / Grading

 

SJCC will endeavour to place players into appropriate teams (age/ability). All new players will need to be graded (this is more from a safety perspective). Players must be at least 10 years old to play U12. For player safety and due to standard cricket rules (no modified junior rules) there will be a minimum playing standard required.

 

Any friend requests should be included at the time of registration.  

 

Further information on grading sessions will be provided at a later time. 

 

Training

 

The training days for each age group will be confirmed once teams are selected but likely to be either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon/evening.

 

Warehouse competition Info

 

Winter Cricket matches are played on Saturdays from 11:30am - 4:20pm.

The season , starts April 29th with fixtures finishing in August.

MAXIMUM number of players in a team is 13 (11 players for U12).

 

Registration and fees

 

The fee will be the same as 2023, $350 for junior competition players. This fee includes training and team equipment costs, ground and coaching fees. Registration fees do not include game day umpire fees that are payable for matches where an umpire is provided. 

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Registrations will open in early March, expressions of interest are open now for 2024.

 

Further information

 

If you are interested in playing winter cricket at Souths contact us via email sjccsecretary@gmail.com.

 

Further information about the competition is also available on the Warehouse Cricket Association website.