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. Rob Sims is the current WAVC President.
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.
| Contacts | ||
| State Over 50s | National Championships - Perth 16 – 23 November 2019 |
Rob Sims (President WAVC) Mobile: 0417 875 517 Ross Broun Mobile: 0417 184 139 |
| State Over 60s | National Championships - Adelaide 3-7 November 2019 |
Darrell Ramponi Mobile: 0408 321 268 |
| State Over 70s | National Championships - Albury 18-25 November 2019 |
David Horsley Mobile: 0408 934 585 |
| CricketWest | Senior Community Competitions: • Perth Swan Cricket Association • WA Suburban Turf Cricket Association • North Suburban Community Cricket Association • South Metropolitan Cricket Association Inter Association Competition: • Belt Up CricketWest Cup (Veterans) October 2019 – March 2020 |
Matt O’Mara Mobile: 0417 924 006 |
| Premier Cricket (Veterans) | O/35s Competition Five rounds November 2019 – March 2020 |
Christian Bauer Mobile: 0407 991 611 |
| Country Masters Carnival | 3-5 April 2020 | Rob Marshall Mobile: 0416 033 335 |
| WA Country 0/50s versus WA Metro 0/50s Match |
9 February 2020 | Rob Marshall Mobile: 0416 033 335 |
| Other Community Veterans Competitions | Metropolitan Veterans Cricket Association O/35s eight team competition October 2019 – March 2020 |
Tony Watson Mobile: 0429 076 035 Email: TonyWatson64@gmail.com |
| Perth Veterans Cricket New 0/45s four team competition October – February 2019/20 |
Derek Mott Mob: 0478 006 636 (after 3pm weekdays) Facebook: Southern Outlaws Cricket Website: https://www.southernoutlaws.club |
Female Veterans Cricket
Planning meetings are also underway to establish a National Female Veterans Cricket group with some games planned between NSW and Victoria later this season and a National Championships planned for 2020/21. 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 – rithom@iinet.net.au
A Facebook page has been established for WAVC. This page mainly contains information about the Over 50s upcoming tournament but will be broadened to include information about the many exciting activities taking place in WAVC across Western Australia.
