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The Sunshine United Cricket Club (SUCC) is a proud all-inclusive community club with a long successful history. SUCC became a club and joined the Sunshine Cricket Association (SCA) in 1948. Just on 65 years ago it became the sole tenant of the clubrooms it still occupies at Selwyn Park, Selwyn Street, Albion. During its time in the SCA, Sunshine United became one the Associations most dominate clubs wining in excess of 60 premiership flags in the senior and junior grades until the SCA disbanded in the late 1990s.
Sunshine United’s senior grades then joined the Victorian Turf Cricket Association (VTCA) which is the largest turf cricket competition in Melbourne. Now, just on 20 years later, SUCC is still a member of the VTCA currently playing in the Senior Division. After the demise of the SCA, Sunshine United’s junior grades became an inaugural member of the West Metro Junior Cricket Association. Approx. ten seasons ago that competition merged with the Williamstown Junior competition to create the Western Region Junior Cricket Association (WRJCA) which SUCC now continues to compete strongly.
United are affiliated with:
- Cricket Victoria (CV)
- The Victorian Turf Cricket (VTCA)
- Western Region Junior Cricket (WRJCA)
- North West Metro Cricket (NWMCA)
Our home ground is at Selwyn Park, Selwyn St, Albion where all our senior teams complete. Our juniors also complete at Selwyn Park, Kevin Flint Reserve, Furlong Rd, Cairnlea and Bon Thomas Reserve, Quinn St, Deer Park.
To be a sporting institution that provides members and visitors an atmosphere of friendliness and mutual respect in a safe environment.
To be a family friendly club which provides a social environment for all regardless of sex, nationality, religion and age.
Senior Cricket
To play competitive cricket at the highest level attainable in the VTCA with on field success as a clear focus. To compete for that success in a way that embraces the spirit of the game while providing developing cricketers guidance and support that will allow them to achieve their personal goals in parallel with the teams’ ambitions.
Junior Cricket
To understand that junior cricket is about boys and girls learning the skill to play cricket, being part of a team, being allowed to participate and improve their skills. Combined with this is the importance of belonging, sharing and having fun. Junior cricket is not about winning; it is about learning the skills of the game and personal improvement. To clearly understand that winning is a by-product of these factors.
United Teams
Seniors
Playing from our home ground at Selwyn Park, Sunshine United have four Senior Men’s teams playing in the Victorian Turf Cricket Association (VCTA) competition. With our First XI side competing in VTCA’s Senior Division last winning the Premiership in season 2020/21, where we remain.
Our four VTCA Senior Men’s teams for season 2021/22 were:
- Turner Shield Senior Division – 1stXI
- Patrick Quinn Shield Senior Seconds – 2ndXI
- Mick O’Dwyer Shield D1 – 3rdXI
- VTCA Shield D3 Sunday One Day – 4thXI
Our 1stand 2ndXI’s play a mixture of one day (40 overs) and two day (80 overs) cricket on Saturday afternoons from October through to March.
Our 3rdand 4thXI’s play in a one day (36 over) competition on Sunday afternoons from mid-October to mid-February. These teams provide opportunities for a range of ability levels, and best suit those wishing to improve their skills, players returning to cricket from some time out, junior players looking to transition into senior cricket and parents / junior coaches who are looking for a little time in the middle themselves.
An additional senior team and an inaugural women’s team are planned for the 2022/23 season.
Juniors
Sunshine United have always had a strong junior cricket program with junior teams from U11 to U17.
A fun, supportive and nurturing environment and culture has seen our program be highly sought after, and it has produced many Western Region representative players in the U12, U14 and U16 age groups over the past few seasons.
Age group: 9 to 16
Teams: U11 (Monday, Wednesday & Friday), U13 (Monday, Wednesday & Saturday), U15 (Monday, Thursday & Saturday)
Game Length: 2 to 2.5 hours
Season: mid-October to end-February
Benefits: Play fun games of cricket with new and old friends
- Shorter game time
- Training provided on weeknights by Level 1 and 2 coaches
- Individually numbered player shirts
Contact: Terry 0418 392 180
Introductory
Junior Blasters is the perfect introduction to cricket for boys and girls aged from 5 to 7. With an action packed hour of activities, players have the opportunity to learn and develop their skills in a family-friendly environment. Our Junior Blasters program is conducted at Selwyn Park on saturday mornings showing the Junior Blasters the next step on their cricket journey.
Age group: 5 to 7
Program Length: 60 minutes
Season: 6-8 weeks between October and Christmas
Time: 10am Saturday morning
Location: Selwyn Park, Selwyn St, Albion
Benefits:
- Learn new skills including catching, throwing and teamwork
- Make new friends or organise a group to learn together
- Own Blasters Pack and wear the colours of their favourite Big Bash heroes
- All equipment supplied, parents join in the fun
- It’s safe – we use plastic bats and a rubber ball
Contact: Terry 0418 392 180
