Southern Highlands veteran cricketers are in for a very busy 2021/22 season.
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Formerly known as Highlands Over 60s, the vets underwent a name change during the off-season and are now known as Southern Highlands Cricket Club.
The club recently held a very well attended Annual General Meeting, with David Wells re-elected as president and Grant Lewis assuming the role of secretary, previously held with distinction by Peter Jensen, who is now fixtures secretary and club captain.
Highlands have again entered the Vintage competition run by Sydney Masters and will defend the title won last year as well as the Spirit of Cricket Award, evidence of both successes on display at their home of Chater Oval, continued use of which the club is very grateful to the owners, Anna and Neil McConnochie.
The picturesque ground will again be the venue for Vintage matches as well as an extensive program of other games against old foes including ACT, Port Jackson and Western Wildfires.
Already a social game against Port Jackson has been played with the visitors proving too strong but inclement weather has forced cancellation of games against ACT and Wildfires.
The players will however be in action next week in the State Over 60s championships being played in Tamworth.
A very strong side has been nominated featuring some new (and somewhat younger) inductees and although they meet strong opposition in the pool games, Highlands will be confident they can perform strongly as they have in the past when being runners-up and third place getters.
Highlands warmed up for the state carnival with a convincing win over Castle Hill at the weekend in the first of the Vintage games.
Highlands made 220 for the loss of three wickets batting first, with Pete Jensen, Ian Bradburn, Ian Sinclair and Glyn Chivers all retiring at the compulsory score of 30.
Tight bowling by Alistair Little (7 overs for 3 runs) and John Lindsay (1 for 8 from 5 overs) restricted Castle Hill's scoring while Tim Dibdin picked up two wickets and Grant Lewis one to see the short-staffed home team dismissed for just 79.
After a season disrupted by inclement weather and the pandemic, the players are just delighted to be playing cricket again!
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