Lisa Smith played for WA Team for over-40s division one women’s cricket in Geelong

Manjimup local Lisa Smith played for the WA Team for the over-40s division one cricket and played in Geelong for a five-day tournament on November 26 to December 1. Smith said the weekend’s tournament was a success for the WA team, given the circumstances of the team and the goals they were wanting to achieve. “We ended up winning three out of five games and we did pretty well, seeing how we never played together before, so we are pretty proud of ourselves,” she said “We beat Victoria, which was our main goal going over there, we beat Tasmania twice as well, we came up to a strong New South Wales team twice as well.” She also said the team was discussing preparing to warm up for future tournaments next year. “There’s been talks about catching up with the group and getting a few more training sessions in before next year’s tournament.” “I guess just the fact that a lot of us growing up, especially in the country areas, never got the chance to play cricket and for me, it gives me an opportunity that I never though I’d get and just making the most of the opportunities I never got growing up. “If you got an opportunity to do something like this, go for it. Just make the most of every opportunity that comes your way.