It’s been a whirlwind eight weeks but everything is on track for Roxburgh Park Falcons Cricket Club.
After its decision to pull out of the Victorian Sub-District competition because of a lack of players at the top end, the club has set about reinventing itself.
A new committee was elected last week and Tyson Sinclair has taken over as president.
Sinclair said that while he had only officially been in the role a couple of days, the new committee had been working hard for two months.
“There’s been a bit of rushing about, but we’ve got the board and committee going,” he said. ”There are 14 committee members [plus four office bearers], which I think is the highest the club has had.
“We’ve already signed a coach and already got sponsors on board.”
Sinclair said the Falcons were looking to field at least two senior sides in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association in the upcoming season, with the top side to play in the north B1 division.
He said they had retained about 20 per cent of last season’s players, mostly from their Third and Fourth XI’s.
The Falcons had four senior teams in the VSDCA last season, when they called themselves by their official name, Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows.
They won a total of four games, with the thirds and fourths failing to win.
“At the moment we have enough players to field two teams and we’re looking at reaching out to find a few more players,” Sinclair said.
“If we have the numbers, we’ll consider more teams.”
Andrew Spencer has returned to the club and will be senior coach for the next two seasons.
A handy cricketer in England before moving to Australia, Spencer has coached and played at several clubs in Victoria, including coaching Roxburgh Park in the North West Metropolitan Cricket Association in 2011-12.
Sinclair said one major focus of the new committee would be the junior program.
While the club already had a successful program, Sinclair said the Falcons had struggled to keep players once they reached senior level.
He said the new committee believed that using the name Roxburgh Park Falcons resonated with the community.
