Cricket Shepparton has named its eight junior squads which will represent the association at this weekend’s Wangarratta Challenge.
More than 80 young stars from the competition’s junior clubs will compete in eight teams from under-16 to under-12.
The squads will take on their counterparts from the neighbouring Wangaratta and District Cricket Association.
Cricket Shepparton junior organiser Peter Holland said the challenge was the perfect opportunity to gift more representative cricket to junior players before the new year.
“We’ve got 80 kids playing for Cricket Shepparton,” Holland said.
“It’s a well-received challenge for the local organisations and it gives the local kids an opportunity to play more representative cricket ahead of Junior Country Week in January.
“We’ll be using the competition as a trial to Junior Country Week, we’re pretty keen to get these kids across the park, we’ve been washed out a few times this year and the forecast is looking good.”
Holland said a large number of players in under-12 and across the board would play representative cricket for the first time on Sunday.
“A lot of the kids in the under-12s will be playing for the first time, it’ll give them a chance to play with and against some real good kids within the association,” he said.
The under-16s will take on Wangaratta at Deakin Reserve, while the under-15s will go head-to-head with their WDCA counterparts at Kialla Main Oval.
Under-14 Blue is at Euroa’s Friendlies Oval, while under-14 Black will host Wangaratta at Katandra.
Both under-13 squads are at Numurkah, with Blue to play its first game on Numurkah’s Main Oval, while Black will get started on Numurkah Oval 2.
The under-12 squads will play two Twenty20 formats at Mooroopna.
All games will start at 10.30am on Sunday, December 4.
CS Wangaratta Challenge U16
CRICKET SHEPPARTON TEAMS
UNDER-16
Andre Gagliardi, Cooper Child, Ethan Beck, Nate Earl, Noah Muir, Sam Holland, Sammy O’Brien, Will Trower, Blake Ezard, Mitchell Walters, Zac Bathman, Tyler Nolen.
CS Wangaratta Challenge U15
UNDER-15
Aden Schreck, Angus Kerr, Archie Wilson, Baxter Plunkett, Caleb Aitken, Faigyn Southwell, Hayden Kruise, Jake Davidson, Kaleb Gilmour, Leo Murphy, Rayaan Mirza, Walter Jackson.
CS Wangaratta Challenge U14 Blue
UNDER-14 BLUE
Alex Robertson, Balraj Singh, Bayden Hutchins, Cooper Sleeth, Harteaj Singh, Jack Walters, Maelan Allan, Nathaniel Timson, Tanner Miller, Thomas Hudgson, Thomas Mellington, Archie Harrison.
CS Wangaratta Challenge U14 Black
UNDER-14 BLACK
Archie Loughran, Ben O’Brien, Ben O’Connell, Ethan Saxon, Flynn O’Brien, Jayden Thorne, Joban Dandhu, Kyren Dawson, Nash Siermans, Max Thomas, Ollie Swain, Oscar Buckland.
CS Wangaratta Challenge U13 Black
UNDER-13 BLACK
Bodhi Lee, Cameron Liddell, Clancy Keenan, Dayne Wilson, Jack Mahoney, Lloyd Akers, Max Willoughby, Patrick Murphy, Ryder Dudgeon, Tait Buckland, Usman Hassan, Xavier Waters.
CS Wangaratta Challenge U13 Blue
UNDER-13 BLUE
Austen Hogeboom, Bailey Chenery, Cooper Goodall, Gus Byrne, James Mawson, Jimmy Blekic, Nate Yze, Oliver Wilson, Sam Huggard, Toby Keady, Tyson Glover, Ryan Ezard.
CS Wangaratta Challenge U12 Blue
UNDER-12 BLUE
Charlie Hudson, Gus Willouby, Hudson Allen, Hunter Corbo, Joel James, Kade Rogers, Levi Berry, Nate Malcolm, Ridhaan Chaudhari, Tully Young, Ty Davidson, William Mathers.
CS Wangaratta Challenge U12 Black
UNDER-12 BLACK
Aston Campbell, Blake Bunfield, Callan O’Dwyer, Callum Thornton, Charlie McDonald, Jackson Crouch, Noah Hawker, Tate Thorn, Tyler Knight, Harrison Whitford, Luke Calvett, Tyson Jeffers.