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Competition Outlines
The SUNSMART SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ CRICKET COMPETITION is WA’s premier schools cricket competition open to all school aged children, and is conducted by the Western Australian Schools’ Cricket Council (WASCC) together with the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA).

The competition’s purpose is to provide WA Secondary School Students with an opportunity to participate in cricket at the highest standards possible. It is also designed to encourage schools to foster in their student’s ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty and strength of application, as well as identify and consolidate a strong sense of loyalty to the school and a strong school spirit for players, students, staff, parents and the general community.

The competition is divided into four main competing groups of competition:

TOP TIER LIMITED OVERS
SECOND TIER LIMITED OVERS
BOYS SUPER 8’s CARNIVAL
GIRLS SUPER 8’s CARNIVAL

Limited Overs Competition
All games are played as limited over fixtures and must be completed within term one of the school calendar year. Schools compete on a regional basis, then play-off on a knockout basis, at finals. Early round and regional knockout matches are conducted by mutual arrangement between competing schools. A match consists of minimum 25 six ball overs per innings with a maximum of 50 six ball overs. Each team receives the same number of overs, unless the team batting first is dismissed for less than its specified overs.

Super 8's Competition
Super 8's games are played between two teams of eight players and consist of a maximum of 16 six ball overs bowled by each side. Bowlers are limited to a 20 metre run-up (limit also applies to the wicketkeeper’s position) with eight runs awarded for any ball passing over the boundary on the full.

WACA Ground Grand Final TBA
The competition also offers its usual range of INCENTIVE AWARDS as per the following.

Limited Overs Competition (Top Tier)
Winning Team: $400 cheque from WACA
Runner-up: $250 cheque from WACA.

Limited Overs Competition (Second Tier)
Winning Team: $200 cheque from WACA.
Runner-up: $150 cheque from WACA.

Super 8s Competition (Boys and Girls)
Winning Team: $125 cheque from WACA.
Runner-up: $75 cheque from WACA.

Kim Hughes Shield (Top Tier)
Limited Overs Match Rules and Playing Conditions (PDF)
Match Results Submission Form (PDF)

Graeme Wood Shield (Second Tier)
Limited Overs Match Rules and Playing Conditions (PDF)
Match Results Submission Form (PDF)

Super 8's Competition
Rules & Conditions of Play
Rules & Guide Book (PDF)
Match Results Submission Form (PDF)

Former Test Stars Honoured with Naming of Shields
Western Australian secondary school students will be fighting it out for the Kim Hughes, Graeme Wood, Geoff Marsh and Peta Verco shields in the 2007-08 Sunsmart Secondary Schools Competition.

Schools in the top tier limited overs competition will battle for the Kim Hughes shield, honouring the only WA born Test captain.

This year’s winners John Forrest Senior High School will be looking to claim the shield again, for the third time in a row in 2008, with the final to be played in April.

The Graeme Wood Shield will be the prize in the second tier limited overs competition. 66 teams compete in honour of the prolific former Test opener. Mazenod were the proud winners of the Graeme Wood Shield for 2007. Graeme attended the school personally to present the trophy.

In the Super 8’s boys competitions the Geoff Marsh Shield was won for the third year in a row by the Lesmurdie Boys.

In the Super 8’s Girls competitions the Peta Verco Shield was won for the third time in a row by the Kelmscot Girls.

Matches in the Sunsmart Secondary Schools Competition commence early in term one of the 2008 school year.

Kim Hughes holds the prestigious 'Kim Hughes Shield'

WA Schools Cricket Council Members
Barry Kennedy - Chairman WASCC
Peter Green - School Sport WA
Kyle March - ACC
David Tomlin - Cricket Course Co-ordinator - Kent Street
Senior High School - Schools Representative (SE)
Sam Davis/Peta Verco
John Forrest Cricket Academy - Schools Representative (NE)
John Lucas - Schools Representative (NW)
John Beattie - Schools Representative (SW)
Alby Nuich - Cricket Convenor
Ross Bartlett - WACA

Previous Winners

Limited Overs Competition

Year	Champion School	ASCC Cup Placing's
1984	Mandurah Senior High School	N/A
1985	Carine Senior High School	N/A
1986	Wesley College	N/A
1987	Kelmscott Senior High School	N/A
1988	Wesley College	Winner
1989	Wesley College	Second
1990	Wesley College	Fifth
1991	Wesley College	Joint Winner
1992	Wesley College	Second
1993	Wesley College	Third
1994	Wesley College	Second
1994	Kent Street Senior High School	Third
1996	Kent Street Senior High School	First
1997	Newman College	Second
1998	Kent Street Senior High School	Third
1999	Wesley College	N/A
2000	Kent Street Senior High School	N/A
2001	Kent Street Senior High School	N/A
2002	Wesley College	N/A
2003	John Forrest Senior High School	N/A (Top Tier)
2003	Mazenod	N/A (Second Tier)
2004	Kent Street	Top Tier
2004	Ballajura	Second Tier
2005	Kent Street	Top Tier
2005	All Saints	Second Tier
2006	John Forrest	Top Tier
2006	Bunbury Senior High School	Second Tier
2007	John Forrest	Top Tier
2007	Mazenod	Second Tier

Super 8's Competition

Year	Champion School	Division
2000	Ballajura Community College	Boys
2000	Kent Street Senior High School	Girls
2001	Kent Street Senior High School	Boys
2001	Kent Street Senior High School	Girls
2002	Kent Street Senior High School	Boys
2002	Kelmscott Senior High School	Girls
2003	Ocean Reef Senior High School	Boys
2003	Kelmscott Senior High School	Girls
2004	Kent Street Senior High School	Boys
2004	Santa Maria Senior High School	Girls
2005	Lesmurdie Senior High School	Boys
2005	Kelmscott Senior High School	Girls
2006	Lesmurdie Senior High School	Boys
2006	Kelmscott Senior High School	Girls
2007	Lesmurdie Senior High School	Boys
2007	Kelmscott Senior High School	Girls