Rep cricket starts this weekend

COFFS Harbor’s top cricketers are set to represent their region for the first time this season when the inter-district competition gets underway this weekend.

The Sixers Cricket League and Coffs Harbor District Cricket Association will take on Valley Cricket at Fitzroy Oval this Sunday in the first round of the North Coast Cricket Board inter-district competition.

The Coffs Harbor team will also play the Lower Clarence Cricket Association on Sunday, December 1 at Harwood Oval and will play at home to the Clarence River Cricket Association at Fitzroy Oval on Sunday, January 19.

The top two district play-offs will take place in the grand final on Sunday 2nd February.

The over 40s team will also take part this weekend.

They play Valley cricket at Phillip Hughes Oval in Macksville on Sunday.

They will also play against the Lower Clarence Cricket Association on Sunday 1 December at South Grafton and at home against the Clarence River Cricket Association on Sunday 19 January at Coffs Coast Sports and Leisure Park.

The grand final will take place on Sunday, February 2.

The Coffs Harbor District Cricket Association junior teams will also be representing their region in the coming weeks.

Coffs’ under-14 team will be looking to defend their title, while the under-16 team will be looking to do better after finishing runners-up last season.

The Coffs Harbor District Cricket Association under-16, under-14 and under-12 teams will play their first games on Sunday 3 November.

Aiden Burgess