Cricket success

Two Grampians Cricket Association members have won selection in a Central Highlands 2018-19 team of the year.

Youth Club’s Nicholas Baird and Cam Kimber were picked in a team including representatives from Ballarat, Castlemaine and Gisborne cricket associations.

Baird recorded 547 runs at an average of 66.38 during the 2018-19 season while Kimber took 35 wickets at an average of 9.40.

In other news, former Horsham Saints junior cricket coach Jeremey Byrne was named Cricket Australia’s Community Coach of the Year at an awards ceremony last week. Byrne now lives in Ballarat.