Grand United president Daniel Gaylor has called on the Williamstown and District Cricket Association to shake up its turf competitions.
The Gorillas have been a powerhouse club for years and Gaylor fears that it could be a competition in quicksand if urgent changes are not made.
He has proposed turning the top grades into a one-day only schedule to offer a difference to the predominantly two-day Victorian Turf Cricket Association.
The VTCA is attracting a lot of WDCA defectors with West Newport and Williamstown Imperials likely to join Newport-Digman, Point Cook, Laverton, Wyndham Vale, Deer Park-Ardeer and Williamstown CYMS in that competition.
“The WDCA turf competition is shrinking with clubs exiting the comp at an alarming rate,” Gaylor said.
“The WDCA needs to provide a genuine point of difference from the VTCA in terms of our fixture, otherwise we’re doomed.”
In a letter to WDCA chairman Mark Keating, Gaylor also suggested a move to a best-of-three A-turf finals series, a fortnightly mid-week Twenty20 competition and monthly veterans competition.
