October 5, 2018
South Burnett cricketers will be taking to ovals around the region for the first time this year on Saturday with the official start of the local season.
There will be eight B Grade teams in action in the South Burnett, one more than last season.
The competition will be played across three rounds (21 games) plus finals.
The eighth team marks the return of Warriors, who will be known in 2018-19 as the Kallindale Warriors.
It will be made up of Warriors’ regulars plus some ex-players returning to the game.
The other teams in the B Grade comp are last year’s champions, Blackbutt Timbertowners, as well as grand finalist Cherbourg, Murgon District, Kumbia Rattlers, Wondai, Kingaroy Services and Nanango Scorpions.
This weekend:
- Kallindale Warriors v Murgon District at Lyle Vidler Oval, Kingaroy
- Kumbia Rattlers v Wondai at Kumbia
- Nanango Scorpions v Cherbourg at Nanango
- Blackbutt Timbertowners v Kingaroy Services at Blackbutt
All games will start at 12:30pm.
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Following last year’s successful debut, two South Burnett A Grade teams – Kingaroy and Murgon – will again be playing in the Gympie competition this year.
The South Burnett teams dominated last season, with Murgon winning the one-day and Kingaroy taking out the two-day competition.
There will be a new look for this season with all games played as 40-over, one-day matches.
Players will also be ditching their creams to turn out in coloured uniforms.
Round 1 will start on October 20:
- Kingaroy v Gympie Colts at Lyle Vidler Oval, Kingaroy
- Murgon v Gympie Valleys at Murgon Sportsground
All games will start at 12:30pm.
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Woolworths Master Blasters for boys and girls aged 7-10 will begin next Friday (October 12).
These 90-minute games are designed to be fun as well as build cricketing skills.
Every player gets a chance to bat, bowl and field.
- From 6:30pm-8:00pm at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy (ph. Sonya Neal on 0417-715-705)
- From 6:00pm-7:30pm at Murgon Sportsgrounds (ph. Leanne Sippel 0438-684-705)
Junior cricket will get under way in the South Burnett next weekend (October 13).
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Also on next weekend is the first of the 2018-19 two-day Goodchild Shield matches.
A South Burnett squad will travel to Maryborough:
Ashley Sippel (c)
Hayden Wieck (wk)
Kieran Askin
Damien Sippel
Tavis Hartwig
Steven Heness
Matthew Patroni
Tyler Heness
Jack Hourn
Graham Brown
Luke Smith
Bryce Edwards
Jayden Steinhardt
Reserve: Brett Simpson
Manager: Trevor Hansen
The South Burnett’s Goodchild Shield 2018-19 campaign began with two T20 games played at Gympie on September 16.
The Bush Pigs came home with one win and one loss under their belts.
