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Junior Cricket
2023/24 CHAMPION CLUB OF
THE YEAR
The Weston Creek Molonglo Junior Cricket Club is a community cricket club that welcomes girls and boys from 9 to 17 years of age to learn and play cricket in ACT junior competitions.
Our introductory Cricket Blast program introduces cricket to kids from 5-10 in a fun and energetic way.
With both girls, boys and mixed gender teams, and grades for all abilities, come and give cricket a try.
It's good to be green!!!
Our Values
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Our club teaches children how to play cricket, have fun and play within the spirit of the game
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We coach the fundamentals of the game and encourage all of our players to become better cricketers.
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All kids get an equal chance.
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We rely on parents to volunteer to help run the club, including coaching, umpiring and scoring.
Our Cricket Programs
Junior Cricket
We play in the Cricket ACT competitions for children in Canberra and surrounding parts of Southern NSW and use the Junior Formats Stages and rules of play which have modified rules for children.
There are three stages relevant to different ages:
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Stage 1 for children who are 9 and 10 years old: 7-a-side, 20 overs a side, played on 16 metre pitch with a softer ball, everyone bats, bowls and fields played on Friday nights and Saturdays.
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Stage 2 for children who are 11 and 12 years old, 9-a-side, 20 overs a side, 18 metre pitch with a leather or hard ball), with aged base Under 12 and U13 competitions on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
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Stage 3 for youth who are 14 and older, 11-a-side, 30 or 40 over games, played on a standard pitch with a leather or hard ball on Saturdays and Sundays with aged based competitions from Under 15s to Under 18s played on Saturday and Sundays.
Girls Cricket
WCMCC is truly committed to engaging and supporting girls and women's cricket. Girls can play in our mixed teams with boys or in our girls-only teams:
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Stage one (Girls Cricket ages up to 12)
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Stage two (Girls Cricket for ages 12 and up)
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Stage three (Girls Cricket for ages up to 17)
Uniforms and Equipment
All players must wear club shirts and caps or wide-brimmed hats at games. These can be purchased when registering.
Cricket Blast Program
Weston Creek Molonglo Cricket Club has partnered with Cricket ACT to deliver a newly developed Cricket Blast experience for season 2024-25 for players 5-9.
There are 3 categories of Blasters -
ROOKIE
Kids starting out in Cricket Blast and are learning the basic skills.
PROGRESSION
Kids understand the basics of cricket and are developing their skills in readiness to play modified games.
TRANSITION
Cricket Blasters have learnt the foundations of cricket through modified games and are prepared for Junior Cricket.
A 13-Week & 9-Week program will be offered. Programs run for 60 minutes with multiple sessions offered.
• Monday 4pm-5pm & 5pm-6pm (Stirling)
• Friday 4pm-5pm & 5pm-6pm (Stirling)
• Saturday 8am-9am & 9am-10am (TBC)