Veterans Cricket
Western Australian Veterans Cricket (WAVC) has been in existence for many years. Various over fifties, sixties and seventies teams have competed successfully in national, international and touring events including World Cups, Test matches and National Championships.
In 2019 WAVC was formally incorporated and became affiliated with Veterans Cricket Australia (VCA) and the WACA.
Vision
The overall Vision of the WAVC is: Cricket – A sport for life with the goal of providing maximum opportunities for people to participate in the game of cricket for as long as they wish. An additional goal is to promote the social, physical and mental health benefits of staying involved in cricket, over many years, as a player, club member, volunteer and/or official.
Strategic Plan 2019-2022
A copy of the new WAVC Strategic Plan 2019 – 2022 can be found here.
Committee Arrangements
Many years of hard work have been committed by the existing Board to get WAVC to this point. With the new plan and WACA affiliation it felt timely to review the governance structure. The goal is to have a new WAVC committee endorsed at the next AGM in January 2020. Noel Raymond is the new President. The previous President, Rob Sims, is now the President of Veterans Cricket Australia.
Contacts:
- President: Noel Raymond
e: noel.raymond@slurry.rocks
p: 0437 782 850 - Vice President: Peter Wilkinson
e: pkwilks@optusnet.com.au
p: 0434 918 027 - Secretary: Kathy O’Shaughnessy
e: veteranscricketwa@gmail.com - Treasurer: Martin Pearce
e: martin.pearce@iinet.au
State Teams and Competitions Information
There are numerous opportunities to play Veterans Cricket in WA through existing competitions overseen by Cricket West, WA District Cricket Council and the many metropolitan and regional cricket associations and clubs. There are other current and emerging opportunities for players to continue their enjoyment. For contacts related to the opportunities outlined above see the table below.
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Teams and Competitions |
Details |
Contacts |
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State Over 50s |
National Championships: Adelaide 20-24 November 2022 |
Jason Hamling |
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State Over 60s |
National Championships – Barwon (Geelong) 27 November-1 December 2022 |
Darrell Ramponi
Greg Elliot M: 0427 811 045 |
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State Over 70s
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National Championships – Launceston TAS
|
Michael Boyd |
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Female 0ver 35s |
National Championships – Bowral NSW Late November 2022 |
Jennifer Riatti M: 0457 583 211
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CricketWest |
Senior Community Competitions:
|
Matt O’Mara |
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Premier Cricket (Veterans) |
O/35s Competition |
Christian Bauer |
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Country Masters Carnival |
1-3 April 2022, across SouthWest region |
Rob Marshall |
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WA Country 0ver 50s, 60s and 70s |
Dates for 2022/23 TBC |
Rob Marshall (Country)
Noel Raymond (Metro) M: 0437 782 850 |
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Other Community Veterans Competitions |
Metropolitan Veterans Cricket Association Follow the Facebook page here
Over 45s |
Damien Bainbridge
Chris Sampson |
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Mid - Week Winter Competition |
2021 Competition complete. 2022 details to be finalised in early 2022 |
Jennifer Riatti M: 0447 583 211 |
Female Veterans Cricket
Planning is underway to establish a National Female Veterans Cricket group with informal games planned later this season and a National Championships now planned for 2022. A group to assist with developing a Female Veterans cricket in WA, under the umbrella of WA Veterans cricket is currently being established.
Anyone interested in being involved contact Jennifer Riatti
Check out the WAVC website. This contains up to date information about the latest activities and details for all contacts.
