Traf seeking WDCA move
The Trafalgar Cricket Club will vote on a potential move to the Warragul District Cricket Association at the end of the month.
Notice has officially been given that the Trafalgar Cricket Club will hold a special general meeting on Wednesday May 31, where a motion to join the WDCA will be voted on.
The special recommendation is: “The Trafalgar Cricket Club affiliate with the Warragul District Cricket Association for season 2023/24 and beyond”.
“After a lengthy review by a sub committee appointed by the Trafalgar Cricket Club (TCC) committee, the recommendation was unanimously approved by the TCC committee members in attendance at the Monday May 8 2023 committee meeting to seek affiliation with the Warragul District Cricket Association (WDCA),” the meeting notice stated.
“It is the view of the TCC committee that a move to the WDCA would deliver a number of benefits, including A grade matches at Trafalgar Recreation Reserve, reduced travel for senior grade players, changed playing conditions that shorten match days including capped two day overs, increase in potential benefits to sourcing a second oval in Trafalgar, and participation in the club's home shire.”
Trafalgar has competed in the Latrobe Valley District Cricket League since the league was formed in 2018. This came about after five clubs from the Traralgon District Cricket Association joined to create the expanded competition, branching off from the old Central Gippsland Cricket Association.
However, with the LVDCL mandating for the vast majority of A grade games to be played on turf wickets, and with Trafalgar Recreation Reserve only having a synthetic, it has meant the Ships have been financially burdened with travelling away to play matches for the best part of five years.
Trafalgar will need a three quarters majority of eligible members voting in favour of affiliating with the WDCA for the move to go ahead.
The WDCA would then need to formally accept Trafalgar at its AGM in June.
Just where Trafalgar fits into WDCA grading would also need to be determined. Last season, the Ships fielded senior teams in A grade, B grade and C grade, as well as juniors in under 16s, 14s and 12s.
Talk of Trafalgar moving back to the WDCA has been doing the rounds for years, although this is the first time discussions have come to a formal vote since the Ships left the WDCA in 2010.
Trafalgar originally competed in the WDCA from 1932/33 until 1990/91, and again from 2001/02 to 2009/10, switching to Central Gippsland on both occasions.