🏏 ELITE GIRLS HIGH PERFORMANCE ACADEMY  – Selection Intake

🔥 This Is Not a Program.

This Is a Selection Pathway.

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The landscape of girls cricket in Victoria is evolving rapidly — but until now, there has never been a truly elite, selection-focused academy created specifically to prepare female cricketers for representative, Premier and state pathway opportunities. That changes now.

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Introducing the Elite Girls High Performance Academy by Elite Cricket Academy — a ground breaking high-performance development system built exclusively for ambitious girls who are serious about cricket.

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• This is not a participation program.

• This is not holiday cricket.

• This is not a casual clinic.

• This is a professionally structured, selection-focused academy designed to prepare players for the next level of the game.

• And right now, it stands as one of the only programs of its kind in Victoria.

• A New Benchmark For Female Cricket Development

Girls cricket in Victoria has grown enormously over the past few years. Participation is booming. Competition for representative and Premier pathways is becoming tougher every season.

Yet there are still very few elite environments dedicated specifically to developing female cricketers in a professional pathway system.

The Elite Girls High Performance Academy has been created to fill that gap.

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Built around the crucial selection period leading into:

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• Representative cricket

• Premier Cricket opportunities

• Talent Identification programs

• Marg Jennings Cup pathways

• Cricket Victoria-aligned development systems

 

…the academy gives female cricketers access to a level of coaching, preparation and athlete development rarely available outside elite state systems.

Led By Proven Female Pathway Experts

The program is led by highly respected Premier Cricket coaches with extensive experience in talent identification and elite player development.

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George Shaw

• Talent Identification and Head of Academy at Essendon Maribyrnong Park Ladies Cricket Club

• Director of Coaching at Elite Cricket Academy

• Elite female player development specialist

• Proven experience developing and identifying players for representative pathways

 

George Shaw has become widely respected for his work in female cricket development and pathway progression, helping young cricketers transition from club cricket into representative and Premier systems.

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Dale McDonald

• Head Coach Footscray Cricket Club

• High Performance Coach

• Specialist in youth and female pathways

• Renowned for structured elite development systems

 

Together, they bring Premier-level standards, accountability and pathway expertise directly into a girls-only high-performance environment.

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This Is For Girls Who Want To Be Selected

Every element of the academy is designed around preparing players for selection environments.

Every session has purpose.

Every drill has intent.

Every player is monitored and challenged.

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This academy is aimed at girls who:

• Aspire to representative cricket

• Want to play Premier Cricket

• Are targeting Marg Jennings Cup selection

• Want elite-level coaching standards

• Want to train in a professional environment

• Are serious about long-term development

 

This is where serious cricketers separate themselves. Built Around The Marg Jennings Pathway

 

The Marg Jennings Cup remains one of the most important pathways in Victorian female cricket and a major stepping stone toward higher representative opportunities.

Selection standards continue to rise every year.

The Elite Girls High Performance Academy has been strategically designed around those timelines to ensure players are physically, technically and mentally prepared before selection season begins.

 

The academy focuses heavily on:

• Match awareness

• Tactical understanding

• Pressure batting

• Fast bowling management

• Spin bowling development

• Elite fielding standards

• Wicketkeeping development

• Strength & conditioning

• Mental resilience

• Cricket IQ

• Selection readiness

 

More Than Coaching — A Complete High Performance System

This academy goes beyond standard coaching sessions.

Players receive access to a complete high-performance environment including:

• Spin specialists

• Pace bowling coaches

• Wicketkeeping coaches

• Fielding specialists

• Strength & conditioning support

• Sports psychology guidance

• Nutrition support

 

In addition, all player progression is delivered and monitored through the academy’s new “Pathfinder” Elite Player Development Portal — creating a modern, professional athlete development experience rarely available at junior level.

 

Key Dates

📅 EOI Opens – 13 May 2026
📅 Information Session – Sunday 31 May 2026 at 9:00 AM
📅 Program Starts – 8 June 2026
📅 Final Squads – July 2026
📅 Tournament Pathway Target – January 2027

 

Limited Intake. Elite Standards.

The academy is intentionally selective.

Numbers are capped to ensure:

• Smaller elite training groups

• High accountability

• Maximum coach interaction

• Genuine player development outcomes

 

Not every player will be accepted. That is exactly what makes this academy different. The Future Of Female Cricket Starts Here. Victoria has never seen a female cricket development program quite like this.

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The Elite Girls High Performance Academy is setting a new benchmark for female pathway cricket — combining Premier expertise, elite coaching standards, athlete tracking and genuine pathway preparation into one integrated system.

For girls who dream bigger, train harder and want more from their cricket…

this is the academy built for them.

Submit Your Expression of Interest Today using the below form

 

📍 Elite Cricket Academy, Hoppers Crossing
🌐 www.elitecricketacademy.com.au