WASTCA COVID-19 UPDATE - 5 Feb 2021

Good morning WASTCA Clubs

As announced yesterday, the WASTCA Board has abandoned all matches for the coming weekend, 6 and 7 February 2021.

This decision has been made in fairness to all clubs and to uphold the integrity of the entire competition.

The majority of facilities and venues have had limited or no preparation, maintenance or cleaning within the past week due to the lockdown in the Perth and Peel regions. Many playing facilities (including outfields) are not prepared and some reticulation services have not been operational. There has been no consistency across local governments and other institutions regarding staff engagement this week.

The State Government announced last night that the Perth, Peel and South West Regions will be coming out of lockdown at 6pm tonight, Friday 5 February. However, this remains subject to medical advice. The Perth and Peel regions will still have some restrictions in place until 12.01am, Sunday 14 February.

The Board will work with local councils and clubs in the coming week to seek clarity on the revised health restrictions with the aim of the competition being resumed in full for the weekend of 13/14 February. 

This has obviously been a very tough decision to make and we understand everyone’s disappointment in not being able to play this weekend but life will be back to normal sooner rather than later.

For more information or any questions, please speak with your club President or club WASTCA representative

Stay safe and we look forward to getting back out and playing cricket as soon as possible.

WASTCA Board

WASTCA COVID-19 Update

The State Government provided an update today regarding the health directives following the positive COVID case earlier this week. No indication was provided as to what the future position will be until tomorrow, Friday 5 February.

Based on the current restrictions and the uncertainty over what the situation will be post 6pm on Friday the WASTCA board has decided to abandon all matches (turf and artificial turf) scheduled for this weekend - this includes T20 and Colts matches due to be played on Sunday 7 February (these will be rescheduled and clubs notified in due course).

• The T20 and Colts quarter finals will be moved to Sunday 21 February

• The semi finals will be on Sunday 28 February

• Finals will remain unchanged on Sunday 7 March

The above decision on this weekend's matches is based on our commitment to player, umpire and member safety within our competition and the health of the greater general public.

In addition to the above position, the situation this past week has resulted in more than 50% of the turf pitches requiring preparation for this weekend being compromised due to the work restrictions placed on curators by various councils and institutions.

This current round of two-day matches will be treated the same as rained or washed out matches. In other words, if there was a result on the first day, that result will stand. All other two day matches will be drawn fixtures.
Thank you all for your understanding and hopefully cricket can continue in the following weeks leading into a competitive finals series.

Regards
 

Philip Gregson

Executive Officer

WASTCA

WASTCA Player of the Round - Week 3 - Joel Kandiah

I finally had the opportunity to catch up with the Armando sports player of the round from week 3- Joel Kandiah from the Bedford Morley CC prior to his match last week.

Joel won the $100 Armando Sports voucher for his outstanding bowling performance in the third round fixture of one day grade 3 with the fantastic figures of 7 wickets for 9 runs off 7 overs.

Congratulation to Joel and sincere thanks to Armando Sports with store in Stock Road O’Conner and High St Willeton for all your cricket and general cricket/sporting equipment and apparel.

Armando Sports are currently selling these amazing Wicketkeeper Helmets which are available on order directly through Armando so get in touch if you are interested!

Tune into the WASTCA cricket show every Saturday morning at 8.00am on 91.3Sports FM to listen to the round in review, interview with one of our local club presidents, the panels decision on the player of the round and also the Chairman’s “Kiss of Death” tips

BRAD PEARCE

Contact Registers from 5 December 2020

Keeping contact registers from 5 December 2020

With COVID-19 contact registers becoming mandatory for many WA local businesses and venues from 5 December, indoor sports venues and gyms should already be aware of the State Government’s SafeWA app.
 
While not all venues and activities will be effected by these new contact register requirements, all sport and active recreation organisations that hire or lease venues will need to contact their local government or property owner to understand their expectations.

Businesses and venues should also ensure they have an alternative format for patrons to provide their contact details. This could include a paper-based register and/or an electronic sign-in form.

The State Government has developed templates for paper-based contact registers. For these, and other State Government information and advice on COVID-19 for the WA community and businesses, head to wa.gov.au

WASTCA Umpires Advisor - Notice to all Clubs