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Weipa\u2019s indoor cricket competition season is keeping athletes dry and active during the wet season. Photo: Supplied.<\/p>\n
Weipa athletes are not letting the rain dampen their competitive spirits as they take the cricket indoors for a third year.<\/p>\n
The competition, which began on 28 January, is at full capacity once again, highlighting the community\u2019s hunger for sport during the wet season.<\/p>\n
Coach Brendan Coleing said the idea initially came from fellow coach Kurt Gane, who suggested utilising the Weipa Aquatic and Sports Precinct (WASP) for an indoor cricket competition.<\/p>\n
The competition started with adult teams. But in 2025, it opened to juniors and has been supported by community volunteers assisting with umpiring, scoring, and behind-the-scenes work.<\/p>\n
\u201cNearly every game, it\u2019s pouring rain this time of the year. So the kids are stoked to get in and have a good competition amongst their mates in a really good facility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt coincides with the Australian cricket season, so all the kids are right into that. It\u2019s perfect for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said while it was great to see so much interest in the competition, time constraints meant demand for spots exceeded availability.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year I\u2019ve had too many people. We couldn\u2019t accommodate everyone to ensure we were finishing at a reasonable time at night,\u201d Coleing said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was such a hit last year \u2026 the numbers went through the roof.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love to see everyone participate, but we just don\u2019t have the time to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
With eight players per team, he said the indoor competition was easier to pull together than the outdoor cricket season later in the year, which came with its own challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cOutdoor cricket is 11 a side and unless you have two teams of similar-aged children, it\u2019s hard to actually have a competition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCricket runs at a time when Weipa is out camping, it coincides with people\u2019s shift work, so it\u2019s harder to get the kids together.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndoor cricket has been great for the wet season. It\u2019s very interactive and everyone\u2019s involved because you\u2019re in a smaller space.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weipa\u2019s indoor cricket competition season is keeping athletes dry and active during the wet season. Photo: Supplied. Weipa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-456774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456774","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=456774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}