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The 26th annual Bolt Award was won on Saturday night by Sean "Nugget" Arbuckle. The Bolt Award is named for club legend Derek "Bolt" Guye and is awarded to the player receiving most votes from their teammates throughout the season. Nugget polled a very strong 62 votes playing in three different grades in 2020/21.   BOLT AWARD WINNER 2020/21 Sean Arbuckle   Individual Team Vote Winners 1st XI   David Killen 2nd XI   Tre...

Ainslie Park would like to thank our local member David Hodgett MP for his continuing support - every season but particularly for his extra support during this most unusual and difficult season. 

Congratulations to Ainslie Park's T20 team who took out the Trollope shortest-form flag this week. Winning three games out of four in the preliminary rounds, AP finished on top of the ladder then knocked off Templeton for the second time this season to progress through the semi-final. The Grand Final saw them bowling first against South Croydon, the only team to defeat AP so far. After three early wickets South Croydon made a recovery, only to collapse from 3/72 to all o...

The Ainslie Park committee and the club have committed to conducting season 2020/21 under COVID conditions according to the APCC COVID Plan, which outlines the way forward for cricket in the time of COVID. Senior Coach Leigh 'Leroy' Jones has developed the club's COVIDsafe Training Plan. The club's plans have been developed with the assistance of Cricket Victoria's Return to Train Guide and Return to Play Guide.

The RDCA has released the Senior Fixture for season 2020/21. Ainslie Park will have five senior teams this season. 1st XI - Trollope Shield 2nd XI - Pascoe Shield 3rd XI - A Grade 4th XI - M1 Grade 5th XI - M4 Grade      

Welcome to Season 2020/21 at Ainslie Park. First and foremost, I hope everyone is well and making it through these hard times ok. Our highest priority this season is to support each other wherever we can. Of course, we’re hoping for some cricket. It looks now like we might be able to train at the end of October and the RDCA plans to start games in mid-November (weekend starting Friday Nov 13th). The season will be different on-field and off. We appreciate all the work done by Cricket Victori...

The new season is upon us and Junior Registration is open at Ainslie Park.   Timelines: Training sessions are scheduled to commence from the 26th Oct (Coaches will advise once confirmed) Junior Cricket games expected to start from Friday the 13th of November (Coaches will advise once confirmed)    2020/21 Registration Please go to www.playcricket.com.au to register. Fees for 2020/21 have been reduced across the board and in particular we ...

Ainslie Park Cricket Club invites all members to attend the Annual General Meeting. The meeting will be held at 7:30pm on Wednesday 26 August 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions the meeting will be held online via Zoom. Members should have received an email with meeting login details. If not please notify the Secretary Should members wish to nominate themselves or others for executive positions (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer) or wish to raise items for general b...

Ainslie Park 2nd XI has been awarded the 2019/20 premiership. The Grand Final was cancelled due to the current health emergency but our team was the highest placed qualifier, finishing on top of the ladder and winning their qualifying final. Congratulations to co-captains Crooty and Karl and all the team and supporters.

Ainslie Park Under 14/2 team has been awarded the 2019/20 premiership. The Grand Final was cancelled due to the current health emergency but our team was the highest placed qualifier, finishing on top of the ladder (undefeated) and winning their semi-final. Congratulations to captain Tige and all the team and supporters.

Ainslie Park Under 12/3 team has been awarded the 2019/20 premiership. The Grand Final was cancelled due to the current health emergency but our team was the highest placed qualifier, finishing on top of the ladder (undefeated) and winning their semi-final. Congratulations to co-captains Taj and Rosie and all the team and supporters.

The 2019/20 Junior Presentation night scheduled for this Wednesday has been cancelled due to the current health emergency. Congratulations to the award winners and to all junior players, officials and families on a great season.  Congratulations to our two junior premiership teams. The Under 14/2 and Under 12/3 sides were awarded the premiership despite the cancellation of the grand finals. Both teams were undefeated through the season, finished top of the ladder and won their semi-fina...