Seymour District Cricket Association, SDCA, is celebrating the addition of Marysville Cricket Club to its B Grade competition as it prepares to kick off the 2022-23 season.
The association last week announced Marysville would cross from the Ringwood District Cricket Association.
SDCA president Ben Trezise said Marysville’s addition would bolster the association’s ranks after the departure of Kilmore for the Gisborne and District Cricket Association.
He said Marysville, nicknamed the Villains, would play in B Grade in its first season with the SDCA.
“We’d love them to be in A Grade, but it’s probably a bit unfair on them and everybody else if we don’t know what their standard is,” he said.
“They’ve come from the Ringwood association, and they weren’t sure where they should be.
“They prefer to play one-day cricket as well, because it’s what they’ve traditionally done, and obviously our A Grade competition is a combination of one and two-day matches.”
Trezise said the SDCA was approached by Marysville about the move.
“We didn’t have it on our radar – it was initiated by Marysville themselves. They contacted us to see if we’d be interested,” he said.
“I think they’d been struggling with playing in Melbourne. There was a lot of travel, and they decided that if they were going to do kilometres, they’d rather them be country kilometres.
“They’re also close to Alexandra and Yea, so there are a couple of close games for them.”
Trezise said the move was unanimously approved by SDCA clubs.
“We’d like to expand again next year, so we’ll be contacting clubs from other associations around the area to see if they’re interested as well,” he said.
“We’re looking forward to the start of the season, which is hopefully about two weeks away, weather permitting.”
