{"id":188271,"date":"2025-10-03T21:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/188271\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T21:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T21:19:16","slug":"come-and-try-cricket-morning-for-juniors-launches-an-afternoon-of-senior-cricket-for-rowdo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/188271\/","title":{"rendered":"Come-and-try cricket morning for juniors launches an afternoon of senior cricket for Rowdo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOREE senior and junior cricket clubs launch their seasons the same day, with an innings overlap at Ron Harborne Oval next Saturday, October 11.<\/p>\n<p>From 9am until 1pm, Moree Junior Cricket Club will conduct a come-and-try morning for aspiring young cricketers thinking about padding up for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the afternoon, Moree District Cricket Association\u00a0will host Rowdo\u2019s Day, starting at around 12.30pm with a barbecue lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Cricketers young and old will be catered for as the 2025-2026 season gets into full swing.<\/p>\n<p>The junior cricket come-and-try morning is a perfect opportunity for junior players to try a new sport. For returning players, it\u2019s an ideal way to get back into the swing of things, in readiness for a big season ahead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12607\" class=\"wp-image-12607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/USEJuniorCricket.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1953\" height=\"1178\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-12607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moree Junior Cricket Club will conduct a come-and-try morning on October 11 for aspiring young cricketers thinking about padding up for the season, ahead of senior cricket\u2019s day for Rowdo (Image: MJCC).<\/p>\n<p>The morning is being organised and run by Cricket NSW, with representatives travelling to Moree specifically to host the event.<\/p>\n<p>There will be fun, engaging activities, designed to give newcomers a taste of cricket and help existing players dust off their skills before the season officially starts.<\/p>\n<p>Senior cricket club president Grady Sinclair said Rowdo\u2019s Day honours former senior club president Chris Rowden, who sadly passed away in December, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a special day to remember Chris, and everything he did for senior cricket in Moree,\u201d Sinclair said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRowdo was big on involvement and having fun, and that\u2019s what this day is all about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be on the barbecue from around 12.30pm and the whole community is invited to come along for an afternoon of fun cricket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a big turn-out last year with family and friends coming down and getting involved, and we would love to get that support again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Games will start from around 1pm, with six teams registered to pad up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe competition will be round-robin style format, with a final at the end,\u201d Sinclair said.<\/p>\n<p>The senior cricket season will start the following Saturday, October 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe comp will most likely run for eight rounds with a grand-final round on December 13,\u201d Sinclair said.<\/p>\n<p>The junior cricket season is scheduled to start on Sunday, October 19, with children encouraged to head to the October 11 come-and-try day for a great day of fun and cricket.<\/p>\n<p>The junior cricket competition will rest during the Christmas school holidays and resume in Term 1 next year.<\/p>\n<p>Senior cricket will have a short break over Christmas and New Year, and resume on Saturday, January 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/USEFINALFacebookQR-7-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1348\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOREE senior and junior cricket clubs launch their seasons the same day, with an innings overlap at Ron&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,119712,85],"class_list":["post-188271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-season-launch","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}