Tara Murray
Donnybrook will only get better after its first season in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association season.
The club moved its top two sides to the VTCA this season after the construction of a turf wicket at their new ground in Kalkallo.
Their first XI which played in division 5, missed finals, while the second XI will need results to go their way in the final round which was set to be played on Saturday.
President Noel Seipolt said it had been a mixed first season at the club in the higher competition.
The first XI are sitting in eighth heading into the final round.
They are set to finish their season on Saturday against Barkly Street Uniting, which was after deadline.
“It’s been a bit up and down,” he said. “It’s been not too bad for the first season.
“It was something different and a bit more professional. We’re getting used to it gradually.”
While the club is slowly adjusting to life in the VTCA, Seipolt said things overall at the club were going really well.
He said like many clubs it had been made harder by the COVID-19 pandemic and changed priorities.
“The numbers we’re getting are pretty good,” he said.
“We’ve had nine senior teams across synthetic and turf, plus our junior sides are growing rapidly.
“It’s full steam ahead. We’ve won one premiership and the under-12s are looking good.”
Seipolt said the club was hoping next season their turf wicket would be better, while the facilities at their new ground would also be completed.
He said ideally they would look to add a turf wicket to the second oval in the next couple of years.
“Things will only get better.”
Roxburgh Park, in division 5, and Greenvale Kangaroos, in division 2, are the two Hume teams that will play finals this season.
