BOOM side Dennington will take on Woodford in the Warrnambool and District Cricket Association U17 grand final on Sunday at Reid Oval. WDCA junior committee chairman Gordon McLeod said the 50-over game will start at 10am with the game featuring some of the best junior players in the south-west. "There's a number of boys playing who have been involved in the Western Waves this season," he said. "Woodford has Nick Butters, Darcy Keast, Adam Wines and Zapper Jenkins while Dennington's leading players include Matty Gunther, Liam Youl, Jake McKinnon and Kory Howlett. There's some really good young cricketers involved in the match and it should be a great contest." Woodford scored a 61-run win in last weekend's semi-final against Russells Creek at Brierly. The Eels made 9-194 thanks to a standout 54-run knock by Wines and a crucial 46 to Jenkins. The Creek bowlers shared the wickets with Billy Moyle, Dylan Cumming and Billy Quinlivan taking two each. Nick Butters proved the difference between the teams taking 5-30 off 10 overs while Jenkins was tight late claiming 2-45 off 10 overs. Cumming was best of the Creek batsmen with 54 and Moyle chipped in with 25.
In the other semi-final Dennington just lost the wicket of Gunther (23) is getting past West Warrnambool's batting effort of 73 runs. Youl made 30 not out.
THE Warrnambool and District Cricket Association board of management has decided to combine the presentation night on March 25 with a sportsmen's night. The Australian Cricketers' Association masters players will provide the entertainment. It was felt that two functions on consecutive nights was not an ideal situation so they were combined and will be held on the Thursday from 6.30pm in the Wannon Rooms at the Warrnambool Showgrounds. Tickets will be $30 each, with supper provided. The masters team is expected to feature former Test players including off-spinning allrounder Greg Matthews, opening bat Matthew Elliott and mullet-cut quick Jason Gillespie.
PURNIM is still celebrating a win in the C grade grand final decided last Sunday. The Bulls lost the toss in the 40-over clash but not much else to earn a seven-wicket win. Hawkesdale made 6-101, with Kevin Cameron top-scoring on 42 and Matt Hausler chipping in with 18. Stuart Trott took 3-18 off seven overs.
Purnim lost just three wickets in the run chase, with Jeshua Ross making 36 and Jack Kelly was not out 25 with four overs to spare.
GRASSMERE Cricket Association has released its semi-final draw for A and B grades this weekend. Yambuk takes on Panmure Pups at Winslow in A grade while Purnim clashes with Panmure Bulldogs at Purnim No. 1 oval. In B grade Hawkesdale plays Wangoom at Killarney and Mailors Flat meets Purnim at Purnim No. 2 oval. Yambuk finished the home-and-away A grade ladder on top with 65.07 points, from Purnim 60.60, Panmure Bulldogs 55.65 and Panmure Pups rounding out the top four on 39.54. Killarney finished fifth on 32.04 followed by Mailors Flat 22.44 and Wangoom 11.19.
In B grade Hawkesdale finished on top with 67.26 followed by Mailors Flat 61.38, Purnim 56.39 and Wangoom earned a place in the semi-finals on 52.79.
Then followed Panmure on 50.55, Yambuk 32.23, Killarney 25.21 and Woolsthorpe 6.94.
VENUES for South West Cricket semi-finals have also been announced. The division one clash on Saturday and Sunday between Terang and Mortlake will be held at the Terang turf, while Pomborneit takes on Noorat at Camperdown. Division two semi-finals on Saturday see Bookaar and Ecklin clash at Leura Oval, with Boorcan and Princetown doing battle at Boorcan. In division three on Saturday, Pomborneit plays Simpson at Pomborneit while Noorat clashes against Princetown at Noorat.
THE SWC colts trophy winners have also been announced with Cobden's Kaplan McCann taking out the batting aggregate on 417 runs. The bowling aggregate went to Camperdown's Mitchell McLaughlan after he claimed 25 wickets and Mitchell also took out the cricketer of the year with 689 points. In the north division the batting aggregate was taken out by Westmere's Andrew Fay who scored 224 runs. Lismore's Coby Dudman snared the bowling award with 19 wickets and the cricketer of the year was Woorndoo's Joe Muir. Westmere won the north division grand final after scoring 86 runs to 75.
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