Beaudesert Cricket Club

10/06/2026

Congratulations Declan all the very best

Gold Coast District Cricket Club is excited to announce our 2026 Lord’s Taverners (U17 Male) squad!

We’re looking forward to these boys playing for the Dolphins this summer.

Congratulations! 🐬🏏💪

This year we will introduce a BMC squad who will train along side our U17 Taverners. Selections are ongoing and the BMC Squad will be announced at a later date.

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26/04/2026

Congratulations to our Top Performers for the season.

26/04/2026

16/03/2026

Well, that’s the season done and dusted for 2025/26 and it turned out to be a pretty successful season at that. Some successful team achievements and several individual achievements can be recognised.

The Premier XI
In just their second season playing 2nd Grade in the Gold Coast competition finished in 5th spot on a 12 team ladder. They narrowly missed out of a maiden finals birth but is an improvement on the previous season. Some standout individual performances from Dan Samphier who sits in the prime position at picking up the Championship Player for 2nd Grade. James McClure and Sean Fitzsimmons also finished in the top 10 for this award. McClure was the 2nd highest wicket taker for the season while Geoff Klease and Andrew Stains also finished in the top 10. Sean Fitsimmons finished the season 2nd in the most runs with Samphier right behind him at 3rd.

The team finished their season on a high with a convincing win over Alberton. Batting first it was a slow start on a tough batting track with Beaudesert in trouble at 4/49. Keegan O’Donnell and Sean Fitzsimmons dug in and added a 96 run partnership before O’Donnell was dismissed for 67. Fitzsimmons scored 38 and Beaudesert completed their 40 overs at 7/188.

Opening bowlers Geoff Klease and James McClure were far too strong for the opposing top order claiming regular wickets and restricting the runs. They both finished with identical figures of 3/8 off 6 overs, a bowling economy of 1.33 each. Dan Samphier also bowled well taking 3/20 off 5 while Joel Hughes chipped in with a wicket. Alberton were bowled out for 85 in the 29th over.

2nd XI
Playing in the Logan Districts A Grade competition the 2nd XI didn’t get to celebrate too many victories, but they certainly had an enjoyable season. Alex Darton finished 4th place in the running for Championship Player for A Grade and was also in the top 10 for both most wickets and most runs.

Colts
The Colts finished the season in 3rd place in the Logan Districts C Grade competition which was a fantastic team achievement. Unfortunately, losing to Springwood in their Semi-Final puts an end to their season. Several players finished the season in the top 10 for the Championship Player, including Archie Foster, Declan O’Donnell, Isaac Ralston and Elijah Markham. Top 10 wicket takers included Foster and Ralston while O’Donnell, Foster and Markham were in the top 10 run scorers. However, individual achievements don’t guarantee team results so credit to the entire squad and Coach Grant Ralston for their dedication throughout the season. It certainly sets an exciting future for Beaudesert Cricket as we hope to see many of these young players playing amongst our Premier XI and 2nd XI next season.

Their season ended with a home Semi-Final verse Springwood on Saturday. Batting first Elijah Markham and Archie Foster made a partnership of 52 before Markham was out LBW for 15. Foster continued batting making an aggregated partnership of 165 with 6 partners before being caught out for an impressive 80. Nixon Bridges scored 26 not out while Declan O’Donnell added 24 for a total of 196 with the loss of 9 wickets off 40 overs. Springwood took to the run chase and proved too strong for the young Colts bowling attack. Springwood secured the win in the 36th over with the loss of 3 wickets. All 3 wickets were picked up by Isaac Ralston who finished with the impressive figures of 3/24 off 8 overs.

10/03/2026

BCC Finals hopes now rest with the Mighty Colts! They will take on Springwood in the Semi-Final on Ray Antcliff oval at Everdell Park on Saturday, starting at 12pm.

Premier XI
Although the Premier XI took out a great victory against second placed Mudgeeraba, their hopes for a maiden finals birth this season were dashed midweek when Palm Beach had one of their losses overturned and picked up enough points to keep them out of Beaudesert’s reach.

Batting first, Beaudesert were off to a disappointing start finding themselves at 2/13 in the 4th over. Joel Hughes joined opener Jaxon Hohl and tried to steady the innings, adding a further 28 to the total before Hughes was caught out on 23. Hohl contributed 27 before being dismissed with the score 5/71 after 22 overs. Luke Bostock and Sean Fitzsimmons built a handy 45 run partnership before Bostock was out for 15. James McClure then partnered with Fitzsimmons and the pair added 76 runs which ended with Fitzsimmons falling for 74 off 67 in the final over of the innings. McClure remained unbeaten on 25, scoring at a run a ball. Beaudesert’s innings closed at 9/192.

Setting a target of 193 for Mudgeeraba to claim victory, Beaudesert would need to restrict them to less than 4.8 runs per over. With Selwyn Park’s lights taking effect, BCC was off to a reasonable start claiming 3 wickets in the first 10 overs, with the visitors at 3/52. Over the next 25 overs Beaudesert was able to continually build scoreboard pressure by restricting the run scoring opportunities. At the 35 over mark Mudgeeraba were 6/153. The required run rate now at 8 per over for the final 5 overs. Hohl bowled a valuable 2 (0/7) while Andrew Steindl (0/23 off 8) drew on his experience bowling an eventful final over which found Mudgeeraba closing their run chase at 6/183. James McClure, once again the star performer with the ball taking 3/37 off 8. He was well assisted by Geoff Klease (2/41), Kye Condrick (1/28) and Andrew Staines (0/17 off 5).

The win keeps them in 5th spot which is just out of finals contention with one game remaining in the regular season.

2nd XI
The 2nd XI wrapped up their season with a loss against Brisbane Napoleons at Everdell Park on Saturday. They scored 8/110 off their allotted 40 overs and were unable to contain the visiting team who passed the target score in the 22nd over.

Stuart Groom top scored with 21 while Michael Fletcher 1/17 off 6 and Alex Darton 1/26 off 8 bowled well.

Colts
Beaudesert Colts played Beenleigh Pirates at Dauth Park in the final game of the regular season. Beenleigh won the toss and elected to bat first. Beenleigh got off to a great start with 2 batsman making half centuries. With great bowling and fielding the Colts were able to fight back and contain Beenleigh to 9/172 off 40 overs. Nixon Bridges was the standout taking 3/11 off 7 overs. Archie Foster was also great with the ball claiming 3/31 off 8. Elijah Markham (1/21) and Isaac Ralston (1/25) chipped in with a wicket each. Foster and Robert McClure took 2 catches, Declan O’Donnell 2 catches and a run out.

In reply, Beaudesert were 4/173 off their 40 overs. Declan O’Donnell 56, Aidan Overell 41 and Robert McClure 32 not out. It was a great win for the Colts who now play the semi-final this Saturday on Ray Antcliff Oval at 12 pm against Springwood Gold.

07/03/2026

With credit to the Gold Coast Bulletin, Saturday 7/03/2026 kindly provided by long term supporter, former player and umpire of Beaudesert Cricket, Mark Parry.

Local newcomer to the Beaudesert Cricket Club, Sean Fitzsimmons is featured in QLD’s Bush Cricket Team of the Century.

Fitzsimmons is playing his first season with the club and has had an immediate impact for the local club playing in the Gold Coast 2nd Grade competition. Batting in the middle order, the veteran has scored 448 runs at an average of 32 for the season so far.

Beaudesert was lucky to pick the former QLD Country legend after he moved to the region following a long and successful association with the Broadbeach Cricket Club on the Gold Coast.

Fitzsimmons will be playing in Beaudesert’s Day/Night clash with Mudgeeraba at Selwyn Park today starting at 3pm. This will be the final Home Game for the BCC Premier XI.

02/03/2026

The Premier XI will be in a Day/Night battle for the season, up against an explosive 2nd placed Mudgeeraba on Saturday 7th March. A win keeps the season alive for the local lads.

Game will start at 3pm and be the final Home Game for the season.

Get down to watch some great cricket getting played under lights and support your local club in their aspirations of earning a maiden finals birth in the Gold Coast 2nd Grade competition.

02/03/2026

It was a disappointing round for the BCC Senior teams this weekend with all 3 teams going down in convincing losses.

Premier XI
The Premier XI had the opportunity to jump opponents Helensvale and take forth spot. However, in a game which was reduced to 30 overs due to a delayed start, Helensvale proved too good for Beaudesert and took a convincing win. BCC retains their 5th spot on the ladder but now with smaller margins separating them from 6th, 7th and 8th place. They are left with the need to win both remaining games, and if some of the higher placed teams have favourable results, they can still find themselves in the finals.

They take on 2nd place Mudgeeraba this coming Saturday at Selwyn Park in a Day/Night must win clash.

2ndXI
The 2ndXI hosted Waterford under lights at Selwyn Park and could not restrict their run scoring. Waterford amassed 348 runs in their allotted 40 overs which proved too big a task for the Beauy lads.

Colts
BCC Colts played Springwood Gold on Ray Antcliff Oval on Saturday. After winning the toss, Springwood elected to bowl. Beaudesert started slowly and lost frequent wickets with good bowling and fielding from the opposition which restricted Beaudesert to 10/119. Top scorers were Archie Foster (35) and Robert McClure (15).

Springwood started with constant runs flowing and reached Beaudesert total in the 22.3 over with the loss of only 4 wickets. Cody Oppermann took 2/27, Isaac Ralston 1/22 and Robert McClure 1/31 while Archie Foster and Decland O’Donnell took a catch each.

The Colts a clinging to their 2nd place on the ladder by a solitary point with only one game left in the regular season.

27/02/2026