Established in 1987 the club was originally known as the Kingston Beach Cricket Club and played its...
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Established in 1987 the club was originally known as the Kingston Beach Cricket Club and played its Channel Cricket Association home games at Woodbridge due to the lack of available grounds around the Kingston area.
In 1989 the club relocated to the Lightwood Park #2 oval and submitted a team into both the A and B grade competitions. Instant success was seen with two premierships being returned to the club. The club was represented by a C grade team which was entered into the "Ted Tylutki Cup"
The club changed its name to the Kingston Crows Cricket Club in 1993
In 1999 the club official opened its new "Nest" with the development of the new clubrooms change rooms and toilet facilities completed. The club experienced success in all grades taking out a total of seven premierships in its short history, one in A Grade three in B Grade and three in C Grade.
As the size of the community continued to grow so did the club with the 1999/2000 season seeing the inclusion of an under 15s team and a side in the Womens Cricket competition. A second side in the B Grade competition followed in the next season.
The club was on the verge of its most successful period to date as the Channel and Huon Cricket Associations looked to merge to form the competition known as the HCCA.
2002/2003 saw the club take out its second under 15s premiership with C Grade adding to their trophy cabinet. Three premierships in the 2003/2004 season were followed by another two in the following year. 2004/2005 added another three while 2005/2006 saw A grade take the chocolates for the third year in a row, B grade made it two from the past three seasons and C Grade and unprecedented four in a row. B Grade continued to add to the clubs success in the 2007/2008 season as did the under 15s.
At the conclusion of the 2008/2009 season the club had won four A Grade, six B Grade, seven C Grade and two under 15 premierships.The club was well positioned as one of the more successful clubs in recent times within the region in a competition that is regarded as the premier competition outside of the TCA and NTCA.
As the the popularity of the T20 format grew around the globe the inaugural HCCA T20 was held during the 2007/2008 season. The club was again successfully and won the competition. The following season the club was also successful in the shorter form of the game and progressed onto the statewide championship which saw us make it through to the semi finals.
The 2009/2010 T20 state-wide championship saw us progress through to the quarter finals where we were defeated by a star studded TCA side the North Hobart Cricket Club including the likes of state players Dan Marsh and Michael DiVeneuto.
2009/2010 also saw the club field a team in each of the four grade competitions. The year was considered a success with all four teams featuring in their respective Grand Finals. This period produced two flags with our B1 and C2 grade teams coming home with the silverware..
The following year saw a large number of players leave the club in the off season which effected our ability to field four teams as we had done previously. Due to the quality of players remaining at the club the decision was made to move away from the traditional A, B and C grades and put teams into the A, B1 and B2 competitions to further develop those younger players who had progressed the previous year. All three teams featured in the finals but unfortunately no one represented the club in the big dance. It had been a long time since the club was not represented in any grade Grand Final however the year was considered a success as players further developed their games in higher grades.
The 2011/2012 Season sees the possibility of us returning to our "spitritual home" the Kingston Beach oval. An opportunity made possible with the development of the Twin Ovals project behind the Kingborough Sports Centre.... watch this space as history unfolds..........
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