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  The following advice has been received from BHRDCA Secretary Michael VanZuyden regarding resumption of cricket after the 11:59pm 17 Feb '21 end to a five day stage-4 statewide lockdown imposed by the Victorian government.   "Hello All, Good news, the five day lockdown has ended and the restrictions in place prior to the lockdown remain. The CoM met tonight to discuss Senior Cricket Round 12.  Based on the feedback received from clubs, and Cricket Victoria's suggestion not to cr...

  Under intense pressure from  a raft of world leaders  (business and political, living and dead)   our long suffering President (chief cook and bottle-washer) has conceded that plans announced over the Christmas break for his imminent retirement were premature and entertained with a total lack of empathy for the rest of us. Hence he is staying on the ticket   (bugger) . Besides, nobody else wanted the job(s).   Thanks to those responsible (you know who you are and...

  Blackburn North Cricket Club has adopted Cricket Victoria's "COVID-19 Plan v3-2" (22 Oct '20) in addition to our own "COVID-19 Plan Supplement" (10 Nov '20) for a return to cricket that together satisfies local government requirements. This is the third version adopted by the Club since it was first circulated in early September '20 whilst the supplement was only added to the latest offering. Please read the plan and accompanying supplement (links following) and when at the club adhere t...

  Take a look at the Club's various sponsorship options for 2020/21, discover the difference between a sponsorship "Partner" and "Supporter" (essentially an entity/business or individual respectively) then consider joining us at Blackburn North CC through one of our "Diamond" - "Bronze" packages. Clubs need sponsors in order to survive, more now than ever so if you are in a position to be a part of our partnership/supporter programme then don't hesitate, contact us now. Likewise if you are...

  Even though some clubs don't currently have junior teams in the field there is still a need for due diligence concerning 'Child Safety'. Many younger players competing in open-age teams at clubs like Blackburn North are very much under our responsibility in this area and for that reason cricket organisations across Australia at all levels have been required to adopt "Australian Cricket's Child Safety Policy" which incorporates three key documents - AC Policy for Safeguarding Children and...

  With the kind permission of our major sponsor, Blackburn Hotel , the club's valued volunteers (read Ross Kainey) have been afforded an exclusive opportunity to conduct a meat-tray raffle among patrons in their Sports Bar, Beer Garden and Atrium once each week all year 'round . This arrangement has now been a regular feature at the hotel on most Friday evenings since mid-year (2019) and with their continued good will, by the grace of 'god' (read Ross Kainey)  it will continue indefin...

  Make sure that you have a MyCricket Participant Login so you can keep your own profile details current. Also check that you have only one MyCricket ID number registered and if you discover more than one please contact the Club  Webmaster to have a merge request submitted. It is important that  in your profile  you provide a valid email address to which you have ready access because if you are ever locked out or in need of a re-set, for example if you are seeking a cle...

  2022/23 will be our Club's 75th season of formal operation after being constituted as "Meadow Cricket Club" during a meeting held at the home of Percy Yeomans ( 27 Brougham St Box Hill Vic 3128) on Monday  16 August 1948 .   Blackburn North  (formerly Meadow)  Cricket Club is actively seeking any past records of the Club. These may be in the form of scorebooks, minutes of meetings (or even simple notations taken by someone in attendance) , newsletters, annual reports,...

DIAMOND JUBILEE (75yrs).   As part of our advance preparations for the Club's 75th Anniversary celebrations during season 2022/23, we will henceforth feature the names of two 'estranged' past members around each fortnight in an attempt to re-establish contact and update our database. Please note that where we have given an 'age now' it will generally be only an estimate at the time of posting. Follow the links to Facebook for an expansion of each pair.   Gary O'Loughlin & Fergus M...

  Most of the Club's information is published via the internet so make sure you are not only a regular visitor to this, our main website , but also use links provided to our Facebook page   (public) and closed group   (subject to join approval, essentially for club members & supporters) . To get full service you will need to register with Facebook but it is free and simple. All are invited to "Like" and "Follow" our page whilst members and supporters are also invited to "Join...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 'cricket', and the Word was good!   An answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything was found to be "42" by the super computer "Deep Thought" after seven and a half million years of calculations. Deep Thought qualified its answer by identifying the obvious, that the actual question itself was never known. Nevertheless, as there are 42 'laws of cricket' there can be little doubt that this was an overriding factor ...

At the Annual General Meeting held Wednesday 7 August 1968 Blackburn North CC (formerly Meadow CC) elected its first two Life Members.   Len Toogood, Don Watts and their families had served the Club in every capacity since migrating from Morton Park to Surrey Park in the early 1950s. Both also played in Blackburn Football Club's 1948 premiership team which comprised a number of others who would soon make the same move to a recently established Meadow CC for their 'summer distractions'. &nb...

As part of their "Community Sports Heritage Project" The Heritage Network has selected Blackburn North CC to feature during June 2015. This is in recognition of our ongoing commitment to research, maintain and promote our history to the wider community. Check out their item on  Facebook .   Feel free to review others that have been similarly featured during the past twelve months in their  dedicated folder .       Image: The accompanying image (courtesy of John Too...