Torquay Tigers to field junior and senior women’s teams

THIS season the Torquay Tigers Cricket Club will be fielding both junior and senior women’s sides for the first time.

Women’s cricket coordinator Sarah Boak said she was delighted with where the club was headed.

“Here at Torquay Cricket Club we’re looking to build a family orientated club and the more women we get for the club, the better it will be for future generations.”

Club president Rob Dunne agreed the women’s teams would help make the club more inclusive.

“It really involves the community more,” he said.

The Tigers have previously fielded junior sides, but the newly formed Barwon Women’s Cricket Competition offers them their first chance to have a senior side as well.

The seniors will play one twenty20 game each Sunday over eight weeks.

Ms Boak said that despite it being early days, she was very encouraged by the amount of people who had expressed interest in the new competition.

The Tigers are holding “Come & Try” sessions for both juniors and senior women sides at the Barwon Valley Activity Centre on September 6, 13 and 20.

The sessions will run from 4pm-5.30pm, and open to people regardless of experience and skill. The club will also be holding an information session on Sunday August 25. Junior girls will be from 4.30pm-5.30pm, Senior women’s will be from 5.30pm-6.30pm.