Bowled over by the ladies’ team at Palmwoods Cricket Club, captained by Julia Brown, centre, and including Club President Melinda Shelley (far right)
Cricket season is upon us, and how refreshing to see a vibrant and determined female team, showing a perfect blend of hard work and humour at the popular Palmwoods Cricket Club.
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the PCC ladies’ team has 17 in its squad and 13 main players, based out of Palmwoods. At the helm is young Captain Julia Brown. she is confident and tenacious, never taking her eye off the ball when it’s in play and leading her team. Julia has been playing cricket for over ten years, starting out with boys’ school cricket for most of her life before excitedly moving into women’s cricket at sunshine Coast Grammar. “i was just one of the boys with them, it was great. i was the only girl playing cricket for most of my junior cricket, before Grammar and until i got into the state competition. i also went on to play for Queensland in 2012 before injury meant i had to stop playing at that level,” she says proudly. Julia says women in cricket are really supportive of one another and celebrate in each other’s successes. “there is
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