2025-2026 Cricket Blast (Fridays & Saturdays) Registrations Are Now Open!
For kids with basic cricket skills we run 90 minute modified games in a fun-filled team environment on Saturday mornings from 9am.
The training sessions are each Monday from 5pm – 6pm, starting Monday 13th October 2025.
We also run sessions on Friday nights (from 5pm) for those younger boys and girls who are new to the game – this is called Friday Night Blast. We also regularly run social evenings, make good use of the clubhouse facilities and fire-up the BBQ for parents and kids on these Friday evenings.
The Cricket Blast incorporates what was formerly known as ‘Junior Blasters and Master Blasters’ into one program, but importantly is still split across the same two age groups. The growth in our junior program, the transition of juniors into seniors and the increase in representative players has all stemmed from the great foundation our kids get in our introductory programs.
Grounds
Both programs are run up at Boss James Reserve.
The Friday night program runs from 5pm to 6pm, while the Saturday morning games start at 9am and generally run for about 1 hr 30 mins (although as the players develop the games get quicker). We also run a weekly training session for those in the Saturday program to ensure that they are getting the best grounding for their eventual move up to hard ball cricket
Relevant dates:
- Saturday program (Saturday Blast) starts on Saturday 18th October 2025
- Friday program (Friday Night Blast) starts on Friday 24th October 2025
Volunteers – we need your assistance
We always need extra hands to help with the early days of your child’s cricket career. On Saturdays everything runs pretty smoothly but we do still need some parental assistance to make it work – generally it is a parent to umpire (which is very simple), one to score (which is also very simple) and one to make sure that each team and their members go to the right game (generally the hardest part!). If you can assist, please let us know as the games really can’t function without your help. Plus it’s honestly more fun to get involved!
On the Friday sessions with the slightly younger kids – we strongly encourage parents to also get involved and help to lead drills and support the kids. Apart from a desire to help, no specific skills are required – but we will gladly pay for you to do accreditation courses to support you, if this is of interest.
Key contacts
Cricket Blast (Friday) – Ben Kezilas, 0423 780 723, email: hcccricketblastfriday@gmail.com
Cricket Blast (Saturday) – Luke Galloway, 0411 456 624, email: hcccricketblastsaturday@gmail.com
Junior Manager – Michael Curtis, 0428 648 738, email: juniorshamptoncc@gmail.com
