The Southport School has a proud tradition of over a hundred years of excellence on the Cricket field. TSS Cricket is a pathway to the professional level of the sport providing the opportunity for boys to represent both their State and Country. The TSS Cricket department works hard with coaches to develop a progressive and dynamic program to advance the boys in their cricketing aspirations. We are fortunate to be blessed with many level 2 & 3 coaches as well as teaching staff who are involved.
Cricket is a popular summer sport and TSS Cricket provide for all levels of participation, with over twenty eight teams in the School. TSS Cricket offers many opportunities including the T20 Blast for boys in the Preparatory School and Specialist Program for Junior Preparatory boys. Additionally, TSS boys from Year 5-12 have access to progressive training and compete at a high level of schoolboy cricket each week in term 1, under the Queensland GPS competition which provides for a wide range of cricket abilities.
Selection as a member of the TSS First XI Cricket Team is a testament to hard work and determination. Boys who achieve this pinnacle do not achieve this without toil, vision and sweat. They don the Baggy Red, White & Blue and represent the ‘Firsts’ with pride.
The Southport School has had great success in GPS Cricket winning this title 24 times. TSS has won the coveted GPS Cricket Premiership most recently in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024. Moreover, the TSS First XI have won the coveted State Cup 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2021, as well as touring each year to play challenging opposition. We are fortunate to play NSW Cricket U17 Training Squad each year in Sept holidays and tour in January each year with high performing Cricket Schools.
Training for the pre-Christmas high performance component of the program starts August each year for Prospective First XI, “A Team” and Representative cricketers and current Year 4-6 Prep cricketers. The sessions include skills remediation, strength and conditioning and many games/camps to look forward to. Additionally, there is a host of training conducted at the School by Gold Coast Cricket and Qld Cricket each season. Peruse the updated training times and upcoming calendar of events links for the latest information
With GPS Rugby and Basketball finished mid-September each year and the commencement of GPS Cricket Saturday games not starting until late January the following year, TSS Cricketers will have the availability to play much of the club season and have access to more game experience in regular Cricket to progress their talents. Club cricket starts in Sept-Oct each year. Club under 11s-Seniors is played on Saturdays. TSS Cricket looks to compliment club Cricket whereby we encourage TSS boys to participate to experience game play coupled with expert specialist coaching at TSS. If you have a vision to play Cricket for Qld & Australia, playing club Cricket makes you eligible to trial for Rep. Teams (and higher) who play State titles from U12-U16 each year. If you wish to be involved, clubs sign on in the last week of August/early September. To join a Cricket club (7 years and up) contact your nearest club detailed on the attached link: http://www.cricketgoldcoast.com/club-information/club-news (Gold Coast) or search www.Cricket.com (Cricket Aust website)
There are optional TSS Cricket Camps in the September, December and January holidays with expert coaching and a host of practice matches... registration will be VIA MYTSS to Parent Lounge
The Sept-Oct TSS Cricket ‘Skills’ camp normally in the 2nd week of these holidays has a focus on skill development with video analysis and strength and conditioning backed with expert and invited coaches towards introducing and developing techniques used in the upcoming club competition and Representative Trials. This camp is also ideal for students who are looking at starting out playing Cricket. This camp caters for a wide range of ages (Year 4-12) and various abilities.
The December TSS Cricket ‘Skills’ camp normally in the 2nd week of December has a focus on skill development with video analysis backed with expert coaching of each player's batting and bowling technique. This camp caters for a wide range of ages (Year 4-12)/cricketers outside of TSS and various abilities. This camp assists players to have their game ready for the upcoming GPS Season and State Carnivals.
The Pre-GPS January TSS Cricket camp normally in the week before school comes back has a focus on skill refinement and game sense strategies with expert team coaches then practice matches vs GPS Schools. This camp is for all Year 5-12 GPS Cricketers only to be run at TSS Senior Campus.
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