Playing from our home ground at Kevin Shorten Reserve, the Druids have four Senior Men’s teams playing in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association (VCTA) competition.  With a First XI premiership win and T20 champions in season 2018/19, the Druids were promoted into the VTCA’s Senior Division in season 2019/20, where we remain.

Our four VTCA Senior Men’s teams for season 2020/21 were:

• Turner Shield Senior Division – 1^stXI
• Patrick Quinn Shield Senior Seconds – 2^ndXI
• Glen Scarborough Shield D2 – 3^rdXI
• Glen Scarborough Shield D2 – 4^thXI

Our 1^stand 2^ndXI’s play a mixture of one day (40 overs) and two day (80 overs) cricket on Saturday afternoons from October through to March.

Our 3^rdand 4^thXI’s play in a one day (36 over) competition on Sunday afternoons from mid-October to mid-February.  These teams provide opportunities for a range of ability levels, and best suit those wishing to improve their skills, players returning to cricket from some time out, junior players looking to transition into senior cricket and parents / junior coaches who are looking for a little time in the middle themselves.

An additional senior team and an inaugural women’s team are planned for the 2021/22 season.

The Druids have fast become the destination club for girls in Melbourne’s inner west.  Our girls program commenced in season 2017/18 and has grown to include more than 40 girls in season 2020/21. In addition to girls only teams, we have many girls also playing in our mixed U11 and U13 teams.

A fun, supportive and nurturing environment and culture has seen our program be highly sought after, and it has produced many Western Region representative players in the U12, U14 and U16 age groups over the past three seasons. We also have Level 1 & 2 female cricket coaches delivering the girls program.

Age group: 9 to 16
Teams: U11 (Friday), U13 (Monday & Saturday), U16 (Wednesday)
Game Length: 2 to 2.5 hours
Season: mid-October to end-February
Benefits: Play fun games of cricket with new and old friends

• All girls and mixed team environments
• Shorter game time
• Training provided on weeknights by Level 1 and 2 coaches
• Individually numbered player cap

Contact: Libby Howe 0408 707 757 or Alison Whan 0408 758 740

The Druids reintroduced junior cricket to the club in 2013/14.  Since then, we have grown from strength to strength with the junior program catering for in excess of 130 players across 14 junior teams from U11 to U17 (girls, boys and mixed teams) in 2020/21.

A fun, supportive and nurturing environment and culture has seen our program be highly sought after, and it has produced many Western Region representative players in the U12, U14 and U16 age groups over the past three seasons. We also have Level 1 & 2 female cricket coaches delivering the girls program.

Age group: 9 to 16
Teams: U11 (Friday), U13 (Monday & Saturday), U16 (Wednesday)
Game Length: 2 to 2.5 hours
Season: mid-October to end-February
Benefits: Play fun games of cricket with new and old friends

• All girls and mixed team environments
• Shorter game time
• Training provided on weeknights by Level 1 and 2 coaches
• Individually numbered player cap

Contact: Libby Howe 0408 707 757 or Alison Whan 0408 758 740

Junior Blasters is the perfect introduction to cricket for boys and girls aged from 5 to 7. With an action packed hour of activities, players have the opportunity to learn and develop their skills in a family-friendly environment.  Our Junior Blasters program is conducted at Shorten Reserve on Friday nights and will run side-by-side with our U11 Cubs teams, showing the Junior Blasters the next step on their cricket journey.

Age group: 5 to 7
Program Length: 60 minutes
Season: 6-8 weeks between October and Christmas
Time: 5:15pm Friday evenings
Location: Kevin Shorten Reserve, Market Street, West Footscray
Benefits:

• Learn new skills including catching, throwing and teamwork
• Make new friends or organise a group to learn together
• Own Blasters Pack and wear the colours of their favourite Big Bash heroes
• All equipment supplied, parents join in the fun
• It’s safe – we use plastic bats and a rubber ball

Contact: Gary Tilton 0409 199 830