One Tree Hill Cricket Club

To our Billies family,

On behalf of the Committee and the One Tree Hill Cricket Club, we pay our deepest condolences to the family of Campbell Thorp, a young man who still had so much life to lead, taken too soon.

While Campbell only played the one game for the Billies, his extended family is deeply rooted within the clubs history and this sudden loss has affected many families around the club.

Rest in peace young man.

Sincerely,

The One Tree Hill Cricket Club community

Hopefully everyone has enjoyed a bit of time off, but now planning is starting for the 2026/27 season
At this year's AGM and the following Special General Meeting a new committee has been elected. This year's committee is as follows:
President - Cody Snow
Secretary- Ian Shaw
Treasurer - Craig Bartlam
General Committee Members - Bradley Ryall, Jonathon Ryall, Darren Phillis, Chris Binyon, Gareth Mead, Sam Gibbs, Duane Bayram and Luke Lister.

Big thanks to everyone who has put their hand up this season to help out, special thanks to Cody for nominating as Club Chairman. Without people stepping up to volunteer clubs wouldn't exist, volunteers are the lifeblood of what we do as a club.

The planning for the upcoming season has commenced, therell be a few updates coming out over the next few days and weeks so stay tuned!!

And thats a wrap for season 2025/26! Presentation night was a huge success. Congratulations to all the award winners, with a huge shout out once again to our B grade side who took out the LO7 Minor premiership and Grand Final! Special mention to The Blacksmiths Inn for hosting the event, with a nod to the chef and bar staff for the great food and drinks!! Also, again to the Blacksmiths Inn for their continued support throughout the season as the clubs major sponsor. A thanks also goes to Saints Painting & Decorating for their continued support through sponsorship over the last several years, and to the families who contribute through sponsorship. And a final thanks to everyone who has been a part of the club this season whether it be as a player, a coach, a scorer, a volunteer or a supporter... without you all we wouldn't have this great club!!

Congratulations to Craig Bartlam, Graham Watson, Ben Schmidtke and Jay Balloch for being inducted as One Tree Hill Cricket Club Life Members recognising the many years of commitment and service to the club.

Dates for the AGM meeting will be released soon, and we look forward to seeing you all next season to go again in the hunt for success in 2026/27!!

Fear the Goat. The Goat is Coming! 🐐🐐🐐

With a successful season now over we would like to announce the One Tree Hill Cricket Clubs Senior Presentation Night to be Held at The Blacksmiths Inn

Huge win and huge congratulations to the B grade winning their LO7 Grand Final today. Amazing moment for the club to see a Flag won at McGilp Oval. One Tree Hill 6 for 169 (Peter Stewart 69, Jamie Trainor 33*) defeated Athelstone 69 all out (Carl Moorehead 4 for 19, Michael Friel 3 for 20).

The regular 'Home and Away' season has come to an end with 2 victories and a win by forfeit this weekend, but our season continues into the finals series. With the ladders now finalised we'd like to congratulate our B grade side for winning the minor premiership, also our A grade and C grade side for securing a home semi finals with both finishing second in their respective divisions. This means the A grade will be playing their semi final at McGilp Oval, our B grade potentially at Uley Rd (tbc) and our C grade will be at Blake's Crossing Christian College on Saturday 14th March at 1pm. So come out and support the Billie Goats in their quest for 3 Premiership flags in our 150th season!!!

Well this weeks games were all washed out which means 1 game left to play of the regular season and we have all 3 sides guaranteed to play finals. Congratulations to our B grade for sewing up the minor premiership, and with our A grade and C grade its all to play for in the last game with both sides sitting in 2nd place.

Its been an amazing few weeks for the club. Up until 3 weeks ago we hadn't seen a clean sheet of victories over 1 weekend with all 6 sides ( U10s Gold, U10s Green, U12s, A Grade, B Grade and C Grade) getting victories. On the weekend of the 13th/14th of February we achieved it, and then 1 week later on the 20th/21st February we achieved it again!!

The Junior season has now wrapped up, and its been a great success for all involved. Our kids have really stepped up this season lead by coaches Ben Schmidtke, Dan Schultz and Danny Stevens. To cap off the Junior Season, presentation night will be at McGilp Oval on Friday 6th March starting at 5pm with actual presentations to commence from 6.30pm

After the last game of the regular season on Saturday 7th March the A Grade, B Grade and C grade player of the year count will be held at McGilp Oval along with the Billy Goat Races event!! So dont miss that one!! The week after will be the Semi Finals!!!

Unfortunately due to weather conditions the A grade, B grade and C grade games have all been called off today. We are heading up to our major sponsor The Blacksmiths Inn for a feed and a couple of amber refreshments if anyone is keen to join us. Thanks!!!

Well what an amazing day Saturday was!! We have already has some incredible feedback on the cake that we had to celebrate our 150th Birthday! Not only did it look great, but it tasted amazing!! So a huge thanks goes out to Unique Homestyle Foods for making this piece of edible art for us! And a big shout out to Kurt Warmington and Jess Warmington at Unique Homestyle Foods for organising it and delivering it up to us on Saturday! A big birthday definitely needed a big, delicious cake and this one certainly ticked all the boxes 🎂 🎂 🎂