REGISTRATION INFO
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club is open for registrations now. Please click on Register Here for registrations
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NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club are excited to announce the First of our new signings for the 2021/22 season
Brett Talbot will be joining us as our Club Captain and be a valuable addition to the Sharks family possessing key club values in commitment, equality and integrity.
Brett, or “BT” has played more than 150 first grade games across VTCA second and third division.
He also brings to the Sharks a wealth of leadership experience from his former club – successfully captaining their 1st grade side to finals in each of the past 3 seasons.
In his VTCA career so far as a top order batsman BT has compiled 3,000 runs and taken almost 100 wickets.
As a truly inspirational leader BT will play a pivotal role this year for Sanctuary Lakes as our 1st X1 captain- steering the squad in its quest for finals.
As a member of the wider leadership group Brett will also be a key mentor in the coaching and development of our playing group.
Brett received offers from various clubs for season 21/22 but has decided to make Sanctuary Lakes his home.
NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club would like to announce the second of our new signings for the 2021/22 season.
Joining his brother Jimmy at the Sharks will be the talented all-rounder Owen Doolan. After many seasons playing first grade in 3rd Division, Owen has decided to join the Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club.
Owen is a perfect fit to our great club possessing key Shark values of fairness, inclusion, teamwork, and integrity.
With career stats including 2,335 runs and 149 wickets at Senior level.
Owen will join the Sharks after having a fantastic year in 2020/21 taking 25 wickets at 12.2 – winning the 1st grade bowling award at his previous club.
Despite a great year last season, Owen would call 2016/17 his standout season. In a premiership winning year he took 32 wickets and owned the finals series with the ball taking 7/35 in the semi final, then backed it up with 7/ 57 in an epic grand final preformance.
“O” will be a tremendous asset to the Sharks off field as well – At his previous club last year he was awarded Clubperson of the year and served as a committee member organising a number of club events and functions.
We are proud to have Owen Doolan join the SHARK family for the 2021/22 season. Please take some time to give him a warm welcome.
New Bowling Machine
Thanks to our sponsor Resi Ventures our bowling machine has now arrived.
A few of the boys including rising star Wian Bouwer and our new 1st XI captain Brett Talbot tested it out today, starting their preparations for the 2021/22 season early.
Pre-Season officially starts in just under 4 weeks and we can’t wait to get stuck in to what is going to be a huge season ahead.
NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club would like to announce Wade Kirkwood as our next Shark.
“Kirky” / “The Funktrain” is a man of many nicknames, he comes to the Sharks as an opening bowler and is ready to fire for season 21/22. Wade previously spent the past 6 seasons in higher divisions within the VTCA after beginning his cricketing career in Tasmania. An excellent fielder, and a handy lower order batsman, Kirky adds to the strength and leadership of the club and is approachable in assisting players with any part of their game they wish to improve.
Season 20/21 saw Kirky have a great season with his previous club and was rewarded with 18 wickets and a premiership where he had a man of the match winning performance in the second of the Grand Final games.
Wade is looking forward to joining our club to enhance the club’s direction. He is firmly focused on his leadership role and striving for team improvements across all grades.
NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club would like to announce Tyson Pearce as our 4th signing for season 2020/2021.
Tyson has packed his bags for the Sharks after spending 14 years and over 160 games in senior cricket at his previous club.
After scoring 2300 career runs so far Tyson will add valuable depth and experience to our batting line-up.
Coming from a strong cricketing family and playing a vital part in 3 senior premierships he knows what it takes to build a winning culture.
A great clubman who is always first to put his hand up to help, Tyson will fit right in with the Sharks culture.
With an eye toward the future Tyson is most looking forward to his role as the leader of the Mentoring Program – a junior pathway to assist the development of younger cricketers transitioning into senior cricket.
We believe this strong focus on development will add to our on-field win percentage this season.
NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club would like to announce Rahul Singh for season 2020/2021.
Rahul joins the Sharks after having played last season in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association with Altona. He has already started out his career with Sanctuary Lakes by playing in our Winter cricket side & making 30 on debut.
Rahul is a hard hitting all-rounder & will certainly fit right in at the Sharks, so please make him welcome.
Pre-Season is not far away which will be the start of what promises to be an exciting season ahead.
NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club would like to welcome another new player joining the Sharks for the 2021/22 season Syed Rayyan Ali.
Syed Rayyan has already joined the Sharks in our inaugural MYCA season and has had a big impact for the team so far. In his 5 games has scored 146 runs at an average of 36.5 and has scored two fifties cementing his spot at number 4 in the batting line-up.
We look forward to having Syed Rayyan plus all our new & old Sharks at our first training session on Friday the 6th of August at the Elite Sports Academy.
NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
We are delighted to welcome James Garnham to the Sharks family, reinforcing the clubs concentration on being family friendly and focussed on junior development.
James is a very talented 17 year old wicket keeper coming off an outstanding season. Last year across all grades (juniors and seniors) he took an amazing total of 39 catches and 8 stumpings. As a result James was rewarded with the WRJCA Under 17B Champion Player.
James is looking forward at the chance to join our newly formed Under 18 team playing in the VTCA this season.
Club coach Jimmy Doolan is thrilled to have James choose to join our club saying “James has the right talent and temperament to be a future leader at the Sharks. He works hard at developing his own game and enjoys helping others with theirs”.
Beginning last week the club is exceptionally pleased with the level of early registrations and pre season signings already. The growing numbers show the Sharks are rapidly developing as the club of choice in the Point Cook region across all Junior and senior formats.
VTCA - Under 18s Turf Team
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club is pleased to announce that this season we will be entering an Under 18 team in Victorian Turf Cricket Association.
This will give our juniors a fantastic opportunity to play Turf cricket every week and call our new turf wicket at Featherbrook Reserve their home as well as our 1sts & Seconds.
Our senior assistant coach Wade Kirkwood has taken the job as Coach of our Under 18 team and is looking forward to mentoring our younger players as they get their first experiences in a turf competition.
All games are played on Sunday Afternoons starting at 12pm and are 36 over per-side one day games.
Any returning players interested in playing in this team please let Senior Coach Jimmy Doolan know.
For any players outside of SLCC interested in joining our Under 18 team please send a Message to our Facebook page and we will give you more details on how you can join.
We will still have 2 teams of under 17’s competing in the WRJCA for our second team and/or any players unable to play Sunday Cricket.
2021/22 PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE
Some positive news! We can head back into training after some easing of restrictions. Here is the pre season schedule for the Seniors.
GET READY FOR THE SEASON START !!
Some positive news! We can head back into training after some easing of restrictions. Here is the pre season schedule for the Seniors.
With round 1 just over 6 weeks away please make sure you register as soon as possible.
NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club would like to announce Shaukat Bhamji (Sunny) as our latest signing for season 2021/2022 and we are tremendously excited to welcome Sunny to the club.
Sunny is an excellent hard-hitting opening batsman who enjoys the battle of every innings, a great fielder and will offer handy contributions with the ball for the upcoming season.
Sunny’s previous season saw him as the highest run scorer and leading the batting average for his previous club.Over the past few seasons, Sunny has been plying his trade at a high level and having him as part of the growth of the sharks family culture, he will assist in the development of many individuals at the club including himself.
Sunny is local in the community and may be known to some as he has a local business nearby.
Sunny is a wonderful signing for the sharks and proves they we are a well-established club on the cusp of a successful era and combining with the signings we have made over the past two seasons, we believe with hard work and dedication we will progress in season 2021/22.
Please join us in welcoming Sunny to the Sharks family.
NEW SIGNINGS 2021/22
The Sanctuary Lakes Cricket Club would like to announce Arif Hussain as our latest signing for season 2021/2022 and we are tremendously excited to welcome Arif to the club.
Arif is hard-hitting all-rounder who scored over 200 runs & took 7 wickets playing in Division 2 first & second XI teams at his previous club last season. Arif loves to work hard improving his skill in the nets & will be another great addition to the growth of the Sharks culture.
With Arif’s signature and already seeing his dedication, it shows the Sharks intent to surround themselves with excellent cricketers but more importantly people who want to be part of our continued growth.
We are pleased that Arif is joining the Sharks & we know he will play an important roles for season 2021/22. Please join us in welcoming Arif to the Sharks family