Experienced cricketer Ryan Tindale takes reins as new Albany and Districts Cricket Association president

Ryan Tindale has stepped into the top role of Albany and Districts Cricket Association, replacing outgoing president Ryan Kinnear. The ADCA held its annual general meeting on July 22 where Tindale took the reins as president after Kinnear stepped down following two successful seasons in the top job. In the other big news to come from the AGM, a new club will join the competition with Sharks Cricket Club, under the Albany Sharks Football and Sporting Club, nominating a C-grade team for 2024-25. The ADCA A-grade competition is set to remain at five teams for next season, with Denmark remaining in the minor grades despite being the dominant club in B-grade over the past couple of seasons. Tindale, a vastly experienced cricketer and long-time servant on junior committees, was excited by the new challenge as president. “It was always something I’ve been interested in and something I was going to do after doing the juniors,” he said. “One thing I have wanted to do is make the 17s club aligned and hopefully we can do that with the 14s in the future. “I want to continue the good work Ryan has done but get the association running how it should be and not make it such a taxing burden on the bloke at the top.” Former president Terry Eaton has moved into the senior vice-president role and Melanie Harrington joins the executive as secretary while Tess Air continues as treasurer. John Miell who was the senior vice-president and Jim Walters who was in the representative cricket portfolio have both stepped away. Kinnear will remain involved as he takes on the grants and fundraising portfolio and Sam Slater continues in his pavilion and match day role. The representative cricket role was not filled at the meeting. Sharks will join the C-grade competition after the club nominated a team in the ADCA for the first time. Royals, Mt Barker, Collingwood Park, Manypeaks and Railways will field A-grade teams and the same five plus Narrikup and Denmark will play in B-grade. Mt Barker is the only club not to field a C-grade team and the addition of the Sharks makes it a seven-team competition. Another change will be the move of the under-17s competition to fall under the senior cricket banner, run by the senior sub-committee and becoming more closely aligned to senior clubs.