THE tier one women’s Glasshouse Cricket team have made club history on February 12 for making the finals for the first time following a slow start to the year.
Glasshouse Districts Cricket Club president Jeremy Schultz said although the team lost the semi-final by 18 runs against Coolum, the Glasshouse team’s performance improved throughout the year.
“We had to win like three or four games in a row and we won all those games, the girls made it into the finals and then we lost to Coolum who are the top team in the competition,” he said.
“Their performance has really improved in the back end of the season so just another really good learning experience for them, and I’m sure next season they will be even better.”
Schultz highlighted the standout players from the Glasshouse squad were 13-year-old Payton Meredith, and Camryn Barnett.
“Payton ended up with 16 runs, she held the innings together and got us quite close… and she also got four wickets,” he said.
“The other standout player, Cameron, took three wickets, so they both bowled and fielded really well.”
The club president said it was great to see how much the group of girls have grown over the last few years, with their last stint in the tier one division being underwhelming winning no matches.
“It was our first venture back to tier one this year, we were tier one probably three years ago and we didn’t win a game and then we went back to tier two for two years and really built it up,” he said.
“Just before Christmas and after Christmas we won all our games and snuck into the finals, I think it looks really good for us next season.”
Despite the loss, Jeremy was really happy with the team’s efforts throughout the season and praised their dedication to developing their skills.
“The ladies’ commitment to the season was really fantastic, that’s the reason why they improved so much from the start of the season, because they worked really hard on their game,” he said.