Blast off for junior cricket

By Rohan Aldous

Nov 7, 2022

Having a ping: Max Mclay at Kyabram Recreation Reserve during the Kyabram Redbacks’ junior cricket Blasters program on Friday.

It was blast off for Kyabram junior cricketers on Friday evening with a start to the Woolworths-backed Blasters program.

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Participants this year could choose the traditional Woolworths outfit or the colours of Melbourne’s two Big Bash League teams, the Melbourne Renegades or Melbourne Stars.

The participants will spend two months involved in skills training with the Kyabram Redbacks Cricket Club and the Kyabram Fire Brigade Cricket Club.

The Redbacks will field two Under-10 teams in the Shepparton competition.

Its two Under-12 teams and one Under-14 team will play in the Goulburn Murray competition.

The club’s new Kyabram Recreation Reserve nets are expected to be in use for the first time this week, in the lead up to the delayed start to the season. All three nets have been replaced, creating a much safer environment than was the case in the 20-year-old nets.

The Redbacks B-grade team will open the season on the recreation reserve on November 12, with the A-grade team at Deakin Reserve.