GLASSHOUSE Cricket Club has imported an international batsman for the division one senior men’s team, emphasising the club’s focus on winning premierships in the 2023/24 season.
The senior men’s teams kicked off their season last weekend, and although senior registrations have dropped this season, junior numbers have stayed strong.
“I think we have four men’s teams, two women’s teams, and I think we will have the same junior numbers which is about eight teams,” Glasshouse Cricket Club president, Jeremy Schultz said.
“We’ve gone down a men’s and women’s team but we’ve held steady on our juniors which is good.
“Sign ons were pretty slow to start with, to be honest we were a little worried, but in the last week or two they’ve really picked up now that most winter sports are finished.”
The club has had a number of charity initiatives in the past years, including a club calendar launch in 2022, and is planning to continue rounds such as the indigenous and men’s mental health rounds.
Jeremy said the club is now focused on improving their results this season, including making more finals and winning titles.
“Over the last couple of seasons we have done heaps, so this season we are really just concentrating on just trying to bed those down, so we have no big plans this season to do all that much,” he said.
“We just really want to keep the family vibe going, and working with community groups and that sort of stuff from a club level.”
“That’s probably our biggest focus, because we’ve done a lot off field. We are now putting a big focus on field this season because last year our results weren’t fantastic. As a club, we are really working hard to try and win a couple of titles, that would be really nice.”
The division one senior men’s team has recruited English batsman Charlie Prudence, to help secure a premiership this season.
“He will play in the senior men’s team, and will also do some coaching with the juniors so he looks quite handy and that’s exciting for our club,”
“We haven’t had an import in for a fair while, so to reach out and grab one to fill a spot that we were lacking in the first grade side is pretty cool.”
As for the juniors and senior women’s competitions, they won’t begin until October 7.
