Our senior side had a hit in the nets today, click below to check them out in action:

24/8/2021

New Player Announcement!

We would like to introduce Rochelle Wilson who is our 12th player for the inaugural women’s team.

A little about Rochelle:

Bat – right
Bowl – right
Previous cricket club – none
Other sports – calisthenics
Kids – none
Occupation – early childhood educator
Fav sporting moment – winning Calisthenics state titles as coach and a competitor
Fav sportsperson – Jimmy Stynes
Looking forward to- being part of the inaugural team of Wallington women

Welcome aboard Rochelle and great to have you part of the team! 

27/7/2021

New Player Announcement!

We are excited to introduce Haley Eyles as our eighth player of the inaugural Women’s team.
A little about Haley
Bat- right
Bowl-right
Previous cricket club- none I’m a newbie.
Other sports- netball
Marital status- single
Kids- no
Occupation- Myotherapist & public servant
Fav sorting moment- Collingwood beating Richmond to play in the 2018 Grand final.
Fav sports person- Mason Cox, Geva Mentor, Ask Brazil
Looking forward to- playing a new sport.
Welcome aboard Haley!

24/7/2021

New Player Announcement!

We are getting some real momentum now with girls committing to the inaugural Women’s team. The sixth player is Melanie Kelsall, who joins her sister Sarah in the team. This is the second set of sisters.

A little about Melanie:

Bat – right
Bowl – not sure I can with either arm!
Previous cricket club – only ever been at Wallington – as a supporter only!
Other sports – Many in the past but nothing for a long long time. Baseball for Bellarine Bears as a teenager at Wallington; tennis, swimming, surfing, hockey, basketball, netball, gaelic football and water polo.
Marital status – happily living in sin (good bloke apparently).
Kids – two adorable daughters Ava nearly 8 and Tilly 2.5.
Occupation – Practice manager and mum.
Fav sporting moment – Ash Barty winning Wimbledon. Also personally getting two feet on my surfboard and riding some great waves.
Fav sportsperson – Lisa Curry-Kenny
Looking forward to – getting back into sport, training, road trips and having fun with some great chicks without children!

22/7/2021

New Player Announcement!

We are excited to introduce Sarah Kelsall as our fifth player of the inaugural Women’s team.

A little about Sarah:

Bat: right
Bowl: left
Previous club: none
Other sport: hockey, surfing, running
Marital status: married
Kids: ohhh yes
Occupation: Support Coordinator- Disability
Favourite sporting moment: lots of different moments but especially when the underdog gets up, always good to watch
Fav sports person: Steph Gilmore
Look forward to: being part of the first chix cricket team for Wallington!

21/7/2021

We are excited to introduce Ash Van Loon as our fourth Women’s player of the inaugural team.

Ash has played some Senior Cricket a couple of years ago and joins her sister Maddy in the team.

A little about Ash:
Bat – Right
Bowl – Right
Previous cricket club – Leopold
Other sports – Football
Marital status – In a relationship
Kids. – No
Occupation – Student/Budding AFLW star!
Fav sporting moment – Playing in the Geelong Falcons finals
Fav sportsperson – Ellie Blackbourn
Looking forward to – having fun playing sport and playing with people that won’t drop catches like my dad!

20/7/2021

New Player Announcement!

We are excited to introduce Michelle Jones as our third committed Women’s player of the inaugural team.

Michelle is a valued volunteer around the club and can often be found cooking the BBQ on Friday night.

A little about Michelle:

Bat – Right
Bowl – Right
Previous cricket club – none
Other sports – golf, softball
Marital status – Married
Kids. – yes
Occupation – HR Consultant
Fav sporting moment – Tigers Premiership 2017, 2019 & 2020
Fav sportsperson – Ash Barty, Dusty Martin and the great man!
Looking forward to – getting through at least one game.. hehe

12/7/2021

Player Announcement!
I’m pleased introduce Kara Conduit as our 2nd player for our inaugural Women’s team.
A little about Kara:
Bat- Right
Bowl- right
Previous cricket club- none
Other sports- Table Tennis
Marital Status – Single ready to mingle or just Single.
Kids – 1 Furr baby
Occupation – pharmacy Assistant / Technician
Fave sporting moment- won finals with my team at table tennis
Fave sportsperson- don’t have one
I’m looking forward to is making friends along the way and most importantly having fun
Welcome aboard Kara Conduit!

6/7/2021

We are delighted to announce that Maddy Van Loon is our first official Women’s Player.
Maddy has been floating around the club the moment she was able to walk with her dad Justin (Life Member) and uncle Marcus as past players.
A little about Maddy:
Bat – left
Bowl – left
Previous cricket club – n/a
Other sports – footy
Marital status – no
Kids. – no
Occupation – nursing/midwifery student
Fav sporting moment – semi-final playing footy
Fav sportsperson – Tom Stewart
Looking forward to – having fun with the girls
This is the first of many player announcements and we are so excited to bring Women’s cricket to Wallington!

24/6/2021

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Simon Perry will be the coach of Wallington’s Inaugural Women’s side. Pez is excited to build the women’s program from the ground up and wants to make it a fun and inclusive environment to learn the game of cricket. Pez will be on hand at the Information Night on Thursday 5th August at Mr Grubb’s Oakdene to meet prospective new players. Coach = tick Grant funding approved to purchase women’s playing kit = tick Announcement of first players = will be announced later this week. If you want to get on board to be part of the inaugural team, let me know.

17/6/2021

We are pleased to announce that Damien Biemans will coach the Wallington cricket club in season 2021/22.

Damien “Boof” is a man of much experience and his passion for the club will drive it to success. Damien is a life member of the club and comes with a wealth of knowledge about the game, but also brings a tremendous amount of respect to the game, players and club.

If you are after the life blood of the Wallington Cricket Club, you can not go past Damien.

We look forward to him bringing success to the club over the next 2 seasons.