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<\/p>\nThe Goulburn Valley trailblazer has received the call-up to represent her home state at the Cricket Australia Masters Over 40s Women’s National Championships in Launceston, Tasmania from November 15 to 20.<\/p>\n
The participation cost to each player is approximately $2000, with this figure including uniform, accommodation and administration costs.<\/p>\n
Lothian has been a stalwart of the cricketing scene in the Goulburn Valley for several years, with the all-rounder having earned a reputation as a reliable right-handed batter, combining this with her talents as a spin bowler.<\/p>\n
Having previously represented Shepparton Youth Club United on the field in a playing capacity with distinction, she also has broke new ground for women in the sport after taking up umpiring duties in the past year.<\/p>\n
At club level, she will take up the reins as Cooma captain moving forward, in what represents an opportunity to lead the Titans into a new era, with this being a challenge that she is \u201cgreatly looking forward to\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cCricket in this area is really growing and there\u2019s plenty of opportunities for women to play, Cricket Shepparton are trying hard to get a Girls Association up and running too,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Over 40s space is something that is really starting to take off too and that could be a great way to get more people involved in the game in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Shepparton Youth Club United’s Stacey Lothian (right) pictured with Leah Manson.
\n Photo by
\n Megan Fisher<\/p>\n
In addition, the 39-year-old plays winter cricket for Blackbridge, with an organised tour of New Zealand also on the horizon for 2028.<\/p>\n
Now, Lothian is seeking sponsorship to enable her to represent Victoria in Tasmania, as she looks ahead towards the National Championships following a successful trial.<\/p>\n
She described what it would mean to her to be able to don Victoria\u2019s colours up against the best players from across Australia in November, especially after receiving the call-up following a recovery from a knee injury.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very excited and honoured to have been given the opportunity,\u201d Lothian said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first I was in a little bit of disbelief as I have worked very hard since coming back from fracturing my patella about 18 months before and I had only picked up a cricket ball a couple of months before starting the trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo come back from that and to get in the squad was really special to me and the opportunity to experience that with a few of my friends that managed to make the squad was really fantastic.<\/p>\n
Lothian also outlined the importance of players from regional areas getting the opportunity to play on the big stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a sprinkling of players from regional areas, including one from my association who has made the squad,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut many are from city areas and so it was really good that they did three regional trials, meaning opportunity was spread around to give people as much of a chance to get into the squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny donation would be greatly appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n
You can donate to Stacey Lothian\u2019s fundraiser by emailing her directly: stacky565@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Goulburn Valley trailblazer has received the call-up to represent her home state at the Cricket Australia Masters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-869850","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\/869850","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=869850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}