The Ringwood and District Cricket Association (RDCA) made the call last week to cancel all cricket for the weekend of 28, 29 and 30 October due to excessive water and dangerous conditions making play unsafe.
RDCA juniors secretary Bill Stafford posted to social media making players and parents aware of the first cancellation for the weekend on Friday 28 October.
“With reports coming in from grounds and based on the weather forecast for the rest of the day we have called off all cricket tonight,” the post read.
“In fairness to all teams the match results for all games will be abandoned.”
Mr Stafford said the junior cricket competition would follow the lead of the senior teams for the Saturday and Sunday play, with senior clubs issuing reports to RDCA on the state of the grounds.
The call to cancel all senior and junior cricket was made on Friday afternoon.
“Thank you to all the club administrators who took time to ensure we had up to date condition information, unfortunately the weather is continuing to cause ground condition issues,” the RDCA advised on social media.
“We sincerely hope we can commence our season as soon as possible.”
Players and parents were pleased with the decision to cancel cricket given the conditions but were saddened to be delayed yet again by the weather.
“Well done RDCA. It’s been a real tough start for you guys but you have tried your absolute best to make the best of the situation for all concerned. Let’s hope for some dry weather soon,” one person posted.
“Good call guys. Last week playing in Warburton on Friday night we had flash flooding and lightning and thunder. Much safer to stay off flood roads,” another person wrote.
“Very wise choice. Here’s hoping we get some good weather in the coming weeks.”
Round 5 in the senior competition is scheduled for Saturday 5 November.
