No cricket but plenty happening

By Casey O'Connor

Cricket fixtures scheduled for last weekend was forced to be called off due to the rain earlier in the week. There weren’t any games played but there was plenty going on in the Stanthorpe Cricket precinct as the synthetic turf in the nets and on the High School Oval pitch were re-laid. The Senior Cricket Association responsible for the work in the nets and the Junior Cricket Association and High School P & C combining to upgrade the pitch at the High School. The work completed by the team from Andersen’s Stanthorpe,

Reports indicate that the new synthetic (Urban Turf) is quite a bit livelier than what was insitu. That should come as no surprise. It is more years than I care to remember since it was laid. (Back when the earth was flat, and I was playing. If my memory serves me correctly).