Several Wimmera and Grampians region junior cricketers are among Western Waves Country Academy cricket squads announced this month.
The academy program, run by Cricket Victoria, enables talented juniors to train at regional hubs during winter, with an aim of furthering their development in mental, physical, technical and tactical aspects of cricket.
Academy-affiliated juniors are also given an opportunity to try out for the Western Waves squads to compete in next season’s Cricket Victoria Country Cup.
Among the players named in the Waves academy program were Homers’ Phoenix Hopper in the boys under-16 squad as well as under-15 girls Danielle Armstrong, Grampians; Clair Crute, Horsham Saints; Milla Mitchell, Swifts-Great Western; and Grace Robertson, Tatyoon.
