In 1987 the Gosnells Cricket Club was admitted as the 16th Club in the Western Australian Cricket Association Pennant Cricket competition – the premier cricket competition in the state. Admitted to the competition in June the club had until October to form 4 new senior sides and 3 new junior teams. Unlike other new clubs, both before and after 1987, Gosnells was admitted straight into the full A Grade WACA competition. All this was achieved while still fielding 6 senior South Suburban sides. Indeed at one time the Gosnells Cricket club fielded 10 senior cricket teams as well as 3 junior teams in two separate competitions and was certainly one of the largest Cricket Clubs in Western Australia. The years since then have been challenging but the club as it has in the past has met these challenges with vigour and initiative. Already in the short years since its inclusion in the WACA competition the Club has won two Fourth Grade premierships under Alan Marsh and Les Saxon and the Shell Colts Under 21 Competition along with success in the under 17 competition. Despite a place in one semi-final success though has eluded the A Grade side. Partly, this has been due to the competitiveness of that competition and the difficulties of forming a side from scratch. Nonetheless the club has continued to produce outstanding juniors who have gone on to make their way in pennant and community cricket. Among those have been Brendan Rayner, Daniel Bennett, Shane Saxon, Steve Mason and Luke Pomersbach.
Of these Pomersbach has arguably been the most successful. Luke has made the State senior side, represented Australia in a 20/20 game and in December 2007 scored a club A grade record score for the club of 192 not out against Joondalup. Encouragingly, there is another exciting group of young cricketers emerging to continue this tradition.
To see more information regarding history of the "Hawks" please visit the following website: http://www.gosnellscc.org/content.aspx?file=527|21910z
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