Adelaide Hills Junior Cricket

Above: 2014/15 Under 12s SACA Lightning Carnival Champions – (L-R): Max Chapman, Shelley Nitschke (then-SACA officer,  past Australian International Womens Cricketer & current Australian International Women’s Coach), Hayden Elsworthy, Andrew Landon, Duncan Rogers, Jake Aish, Cooper Kupke, Ian Landon (coach), Will Spain, Thomas Butler and Oscar Chapman

Welcome to our Junior Cricket page.  We are a member of the Alexandra & Eastern Hills Cricket Association (AEHCA).

We are the reigning Premiers in Under 16’s and were also Grand Finalists in Under 14’s for the 2023/24 season.

For the 2024/25 season we are fielding teams in Under 16’s, Under 14’s, Under 12’s and Under 10’s.  We are also running the Cricket Blast program for children aged 4 to 9 during Term 4, 2024.

A short history of junior cricket at Wistow

Wistow has fielded teams in junior grades for every season since the then Mt Barker & Eastern Hills Cricket Association (MtBEHCA) first commenced an Under 16’s ‘Colts’ grade in 1970/71.  Prior to the 1983/84 season, the MtBEHCA merged with the Alexandra Cricket Association to form the AEHCA and by the second half of the 1980s, the Colts competition had been expanded to include both Under 16’s and Under 13’s. 

Commencing with the 1998/99 season, the Colts competition was again expanded to include teams in Under 16’s, Under 14’s and Under 12’s, with an Under 10’s competition (featuring modified rules) being added by the 2012/13 season.

We have won three (3) Under 16s premierships, in 1978/79, 1986/87 & 2023/24 as well as a number of lower age premierships, including back-to-back Under 12s SACA Lightning Carnival victories in 2013/14 and 2014/15.

At present we compete in junior cricket against fellow AEHCA sides from Ashbourne, Echunga, Hahndorf, Macclesfield, Mt Barker, Nairne, Langhorne Creek, Lenswood Ranges, Lobethal, Strathalbyn & Woodside, with Gumeracha (whose senior sides compete in the Torrens Valley Cricket Association) fielding an Under 10s team together with Meadows & Onkaparinga (whose senior sides compete in the Hills Cricket Association (‘HCA’)).  This season, our Under 16s competition has also seen an influx of sides from the HCA, including Stirling, Onkaparinga, Uraidla & a combined Scott Creek/Ironbank/Aldgate side.

Playing times

Under 16’s and Under 14’s games are both played on Saturday mornings from 8.45am until approximately 11.00am whilst Under 12’s and Under 10’s are played on Friday evenings from 5.30pm until approximately 7.30pm. 

The Cricket Blast program will be held on Thursday afternoons from 4.30pm to 5.30pm during Term 4, 2024.

Coaches

Our junior coaches for the 2024/25 season are:-

U16’s:                     Brett “Barrel” Lynn, former two-time ‘A’ Grade Premiership Captain and long-time ‘A’ Grader

U14’s:                     Brad Caust, long-time Echunga cricketer 

U12’s:                     Connor Burgess, current First XI player

U10’s:                     Jordan Grooby (“Groobs”), current First XI player & Luke Kimber, former District Cricketer

Cricket Blast:      Jordan Grooby (“Groobs”), current First XI player

To register for U16’s-U10’s, please click here:  PlayHQ – Junior Grades

To register for Cricket Blast, please click here:  PlayHQ – Cricket Blast

This season’s Junior Cricket Co-ordinator is Anita Burgess who can be contacted for more information on 0412 868 227 or via email to wistowcc@outlook.com.au

Above: Past Australian Test Cricketer, Damien Fleming (“the Bowlologist”) running a juniors clinic at the Hill attended by WCC youngsters including current players Holly Paech, Jaxon Lynn, Ryan Davies & Declan Bell