October 7, 2022
The South Burnett senior cricket competition gets under way this Saturday with games to be played in Kingaroy, Murgon and Nanango.
The first balls in the 40-over competition will be bowled at 12:30pm:
- Wooroolin Warriors v Kingaroy Services Orange at Kingaroy State School
- Kingaroy Services Blue v Wondai at Taabinga State School
- Murgon v Tingoora Vikings at Murgon Showground
- Nanango Scorpions Yellow v Nanango Scorpions Purple at Alan Downie Sports Fields, Nanango
Junior cricketers aiming to take part in the Stage 2 and Stage 3 competitions should get along to the Alan Downie Sports Fields at 8:00am for a muster.
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Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy will be hosting a game from Round 4 of the Gympie A Grade competition on Saturday.
The two South Burnett teams in the competition, Wooroolin Warriors and Murgon Crusaders, will face off from 12:30pm.
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The South Burnett will be hosting two games from the Goodchild Shield senior competition later this month.
A South Burnett XI is scheduled to play Fraser Coast on Sunday, October 16; and Gympie on Sunday, October 30.
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South Burnett cricketer Courtney Sippel is celebrating a great start to the 2022 cricket season with the Queensland Fire.
So far the women’s team has won four from four games, against NSW (Sept 23 & 25) and the ACT (Oct 1 & 3).
Sippel took 2/40 off eight overs and was not out 19 in the first game, took 2/36 off seven in the second, 2/24 off four in the third, and 2/27 off five last Monday.
Sippel took the field against another former South Burnett female cricketer, Holly Ferling, who was playing for the ACT Meteors.
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Under 16s
South Burnett U16s were defeated by six wickets in their final South East Youth Cup game, played against Logan & District at Lyle Vidler Oval on Sunday (October 2).
South Burnett were all out for 80.
Top scorers were Braidyn Scott (19), James Whiteman (12) and Archie Koehler (11).
In reply, Logan overcame the target in the 19th over for the loss of four wickets (4/82).
South Burnett wicket takers were Lawson Black (2/14), Lochlan Burrows (1/5) and Tom Town (1/16).
The young South Burnett cricketers gained a lot of experience from taking part in the SEY competition.
The boys defeated Toowoomba in their first fixtures game, played on August 28, but then went down to Ipswich Hornets (September 4) and Northern Suburbs (September 11).
In their semi-final, Redlands (3/198) defeated South Burnett (7/196) at Wellington Point on September 18.
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Gympie A Grade
Round 2 (September 24):
- Gympie Valleys (all out 201) def. Wooroolin Warriors (all out 174) at Spencer Oval, Gympie
- Gympie Royals (3/123) def. Murgon Crusaders (all out 122) by seven wickets at Keith Manthey Oval, Gympie
Round 3 (October 1):
- Wooroolin Warriors (3/78) def. Gympie Royals (all out 77) by seven wickets at Jack Ison Oval, Gympie
- Gympie Harlequins drew with Murgon Crusaders at Spencer Oval, Gympie, after Harlequins’ innings was rained out.
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