Cricket Australia Indoor National Championships 2023 has six age groups of U14, U16 & U18 Girls and U14, U16 and U18 Boys, which saw Belridge Secondary College specialist cricket students have a total of 12 representatives throughout the age groups. These students were:

Under 14s Girls:
Finished 3rd in the round games with a record of W4 L3 D1. One Belridge Secondary College representative (Sophie O’Connell) Beat Victoria in the preliminary final 71-109 and made it to the grand final against Qld and unfortunately lost 124-99.

Under 16s Girls:
Finished 2nd after the round games record of W6 L2. One Belridge  Secondary College representative (Eliza O’Conner) Beat ACT in the prelim final 113-41 and made it to the grand final against NSW and won 123-121.

Under 14s Boys:
Finished 2nd after the round games with a record of W6 L2.  4 Belridge representatives (Cameron Houghton, Aaryan Patel, Beau Rebeira and Shaan Darji).

Congratulations to Cameron Houghton was selected for the Australia’s World Cup Team that will complete in Dubai in the Term 3 school holidays. WA beat Qld in the Prelim final 80-81 and then beat Qld in the grand final 93-77.

Under 16s Boys:
Finished 2nd after the round games with a record W6 L2 and one Belridge representative (Josh Hendry). Beat Victoria in the elimination final 139-51 and then lost to Qld in the grand final 92-86.

Under 18s Boys: Finished 2nd after the round games with a record of W8 L2 and 5 Belridge representatives (Ethan Benson - Captain, Nick Hendry, Jayden Rotham, Lewis Benton and Will Hardman).

Ethan Benson also played in the U22s WA side which resulted in him being selected for the Australian Development Squad which travels to Melbourne for 5 days of training. Congratulations Ethan. 

Year 7 Cricket Camp

Year 7 Belridge Secondary College Specialist Cricket students experienced their first cricket camp this term. This is an indoor cricket camp in which schools from across Perth compete over 3 days of competitions held at Bouncers Sports Centre. This  includes overnight stays at Ern Halliday Recreation Facility.

Camp is a great experience to encourage students to practice and increase their skills, especially in winter by playing indoor cricket (for some this being the first time).

Belridge Secondary College had two teams at camp, with one team making it through to the Grand Final.  The game came down to a last ball - a thrilling game  -which unfortunately saw us finish as runners up.  A great time was had by all and students represented Belridge Secondary College with pride. Well done to all involved.

Scott Ogilvie
Cricket Coordinator