Harris Shield
The Harris Shield competition is for U15 players who are making the transition from junior girls cricket to senior cricket. Many Harris Shield players aspire to play in the Paul Pink Shield U15 premier competition, and in women’s grade cricket. Some Harris Shield teams roll into the Paul Pink Shield U15 premier competition, so the standard is strong and provides players and club with an ideal opportunity to build young player’s skills in preparation for PPS and grade cricket against strong U15 opposition.
With the new Rebecca McCoombes Cup one day women’s comp, the Harris Shield provides a great opportunity for aspiring players to play a second game of cricket each weekend. Harris Shield games are played in the evening under lights, mainly on Friday nights and some Saturday nights.
The Harris Shield is named in honour of the Harris sisters – Laura and Grace Harris, both of whom have made significant contributions to women’s cricket in the Brisbane region. Both are stalwarts of the Queensland Fire and Brisbane Heat women’s teams, and Grace is also a current Australian representative player.
Kirsten Pike Plate
The Kirsten Pike Plate is an open-age womens community cricket competition for older teenagers and women players who prefer to play short-form cricket in the evenings (as opposed to longer format one-day cricket in the daytime), and for players looking for opportunities to develop their skills for the women’s second grade premier cricket and the Rebecca McCoombes Cup one-day community women’s cricket competition.
With the advent of the new Rebecca McCoombes Cup one-day womens comp, the KPP provides a great opportunity for women’s community players and women’s second grade players to play a second
game of cricket each weekend and build their T20 skills. Kirsten Pike Plate games are played under lights at night, mainly on Friday and some Saturday nights.
The Kirsten Pike Plate is named in honour of former Queensland Fire and Australian womens cricketer Kirsten Pike. In addition to playing 86 games for Queensland in the WNCL, Kirsten represented Australia in 37 games across the three major formats of the game.
Rebecca McCoombes Cup
The newly-minted RMC women’s community cricket competition gets its first outing during the 2022-23 season. Teams have been formed from ground-breaking partnerships between community and premier cricket clubs, and we’re gearing up for a big season with 10 clubs and six teams participating, with more looking to join.
Rebecca McCoombes Cup matches are one-day 35-over format, and will be played on Sunday afternoons. Players will be drawn from a combination of community clubs and premier club players who are not selected to play women’s grade cricket in any given week.
The Rebecca McCoombes Cup is named in honour of Brisbane women’s grade cricketer Rebecca McCoombes. Bec has played over 250 games of women’s cricket in the Brisbane premier grade comp over a period spanning 21 years, and is a fine example of a player who plays every game in the community spirit of cricket.