{"id":79470,"date":"2025-08-19T08:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/79470\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T08:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:35:35","slug":"blackfriars-old-scholars-cricket-club-joins-adelaide-turf-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/79470\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackfriars Old Scholars Cricket Club joins Adelaide Turf Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of Blackfriars old scholars is padding up for its inaugural season in the Adelaide Turf Cricket Association.<\/p>\n

Blackfriars Old Scholars Cricket Club (BOSCC) has become the school\u2019s third official old scholars\u2019 sporting club.<\/p>\n

It joins Blackfriars Old Scholars Association Soccer Club<\/a> (BOSA), established in 1998, and Blackfriars Old Scholars Football Club<\/a> (BOSFC), established in 2005.<\/p>\n

Former First XI Captain and Frassati Sportsman of the Year Dylan Bignell was thrilled the club he started in 2022 to compete in the SACA T20 competition would now be part of the 93-year-old Turf Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe day we\u00a0get\u00a0to play in whites at our home\u00a0ground of St Dominic\u2019s\u00a0will be something I will always be proud of,\u201d said Mr Bignell, who was also President of the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot to me, because I enjoy giving people the opportunity to enjoy themselves with mates playing cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Dylan Bignell, in action for Blackfriars in 2021, is the President of BOSCC.<\/p>\n

BOSCC will field a side in the B1 two-day competition, with St Dominic\u2019s Oval as its home ground, as well as T20 teams in the ATCA mid-week and SACA Super Cricket (Sunday) competitions.<\/p>\n

Mr Bignell hoped the club would \u201cbridge the gap\u201d between school and senior cricket.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlackfriars Old Scholars CC\u00a0has been\u00a0established\u00a0to continue the enjoyment of school cricket and\u00a0mateship\u00a0following school, while\u00a0striving for progress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis season, our goal is to reach finals and see how far we can go, while\u00a0also setting up a successful environment for people to play cricket to the best of their\u00a0ability and\u00a0maximise\u00a0enjoyment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c(But) the main aim of the club is to hopefully create an avenue for Blackfriars old scholars\u00a0to play cricket for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The new club will allow graduates to keep representing Blackfriars.<\/p>\n

Blackfriars Director of Development and keen cricketer Patrick Kelly (BPS\u201990) said after years of playing for other schools\u2019 old scholar sides, he looked forward to \u2013 on occasion \u2013 taking to the field for Blackfriars.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has long been a dream to play cricket for Blackfriars and it will be nice to finish my cricket career here,\u201d said Mr Kelly, who was also on the club\u2019s committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to see the establishment of this club and to add cricket to our suite of old scholar sporting clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Kelly said Blackfriars\u2019 old scholar sporting clubs provided important post-school connections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese clubs extend that sense of belonging, that we so value at Blackfriars, well beyond graduation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey provide a lifelong connection to the Blackfriars community, where past students continue to share in the values, friendships and traditions they first discovered here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"BOSCC\u2019s Division 2 T20 Premiership team.<\/p>\n

Blackfriars links<\/p>\n

The Archer Hotel<\/a> \u2013 owned by old scholars Joe (BPS\u201994) and Ross Calabria (BPS\u201999) \u2013 has come on board as BOSCC\u2019s major sponsor.<\/p>\n

In another Blackfriars link, old scholar Joe Siciliano (BPS\u201901), from Belgravia Apparel<\/a>, has helped develop the team\u2019s uniform.<\/p>\n

Belgravia, the Australasian elite teamwear partner of New Balance, has partnered with some of the top sporting teams in Australia and New Zealand, including the Brisbane Lions, GWS Giants, the BBL\/WBBL and Paralympics Australia.<\/p>\n

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Mr Bignell looked forward to seeing \u201ceverything come together\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur\u00a0training improving\u00a0on-ground performances\u00a0where the players get the best out of themselves.\u00a0The work people on the committee are doing translating into a successful club. And the enjoyment everyone\u00a0can have this season while playing and off the field.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of Blackfriars old scholars is padding up for its inaugural season in the Adelaide Turf Cricket…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-79470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79470","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=79470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}