Southern Districts Cricket Club
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The Southern Districts Cricket Club ("Stingrays") is a semi-professional cricket club in Adelaide
, South Australia
. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League
, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association
(SACA).
The club entered the SACA A grade competition in season 1993/94 after a steady period of development in the lower SACA grades and also with Adelaide and Suburban Turf Association. The zoned area for the club covers from Hallet Cove to Victor Harbor, and the area out to Strathalbyn and Langhorne Creek in the East.
Southern Districts CC has five senior teams plus two under 16 teams, two under 14 teams plus an under 17 team, Ray Sutton team (primary school) and a Scorpions Shield girls team. The Stingrays play their senior home games at Bice Oval, Christies Beach, South Australia
.
Current club captain Shane Deitz
is the club's first Southern Redbacks
(State) team player.
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. It competes in the South Australian Grade Cricket League
South Australian Grade Cricket League
South Australian Grade Cricket is the semi-professional State league based in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. It is currently the highest level of cricket played in South Australia outside first class cricket...
, which is administered by the South Australian Cricket Association
South Australian Cricket Association
The South Australian Cricket Association is the peak body for the sport of cricket in South Australia. The association runs Adelaide Oval and the Southern Redbacks based in Adelaide, South Australia. SACA is the controlling body for the South Australian Grade Cricket League...
(SACA).
The club entered the SACA A grade competition in season 1993/94 after a steady period of development in the lower SACA grades and also with Adelaide and Suburban Turf Association. The zoned area for the club covers from Hallet Cove to Victor Harbor, and the area out to Strathalbyn and Langhorne Creek in the East.
Southern Districts CC has five senior teams plus two under 16 teams, two under 14 teams plus an under 17 team, Ray Sutton team (primary school) and a Scorpions Shield girls team. The Stingrays play their senior home games at Bice Oval, Christies Beach, South Australia
Christies Beach, South Australia
Christies Beach is a seaside suburb in the southern Adelaide metropolitan area, within the City of Onkaparinga. The area is scenic and hence popular with photographers as Witton Bluff provides a natural vantage point over the entire suburb and beyond....
.
Current club captain Shane Deitz
Shane Deitz
Shane Alan Deitz is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Southern Redbacks. He is a left-handed top order batsman and depending on the availability of Graham Manou may be seen behind the stumps....
is the club's first Southern Redbacks
Southern Redbacks
The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia...
(State) team player.