It's only been three weeks since Blake Weymouth played cricket but the 17-year-old all-rounder is already champing at the bit to get his next taste of action.
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Luckily for the Orange City gun, he'll get that opportunity at Albury this week as the under 18s Country Colts are set to play a trio of games in the Bradman Cup.
Alongside Orange studs Harry McGregor and Ben Schofield, Weymouth will look to make an impact on the side as he'll bat from the number three spot.
Weymouth was quick to address his batting ahead of the Albury competition as he feels that's been area where he's slightly lacked throughout the first half of the Bathurst Orange Inter District Cricket competition.
"I've been going OK but there's always room for improvement," Weymouth said.
"I need to make sure that when I get off to a good start, I'm going on and making a big score.
"I'll be batting and bowling this week."
ACT, Riverina and Greater Illawarra are the opponents set to line-up opposite the Western Zone side this week as the first clash is slated for Tuesday.
While last year's campaign was sound, Weymouth wants his side to make it a priority to win their pool.
The Bradman Cup tournament acts as a good segue into the return of the BOIDC competition where Weymouth's City side sits atop the ladder as it shoots for three titles in-a-row.
The Warriors' start to the season perhaps wasn't as sharp as skipper Ed Morrish would have liked but the premiers have come into their own in recent times.
"We're in a pretty good spot," Weymouth said.
"It's a great position to be in because you never know what's around the corner. If we can maintain that first position until the finals we've got that advantage."
As for where the champions can improve? Well, it starts with mentality.
"Our batting is good and so is our bowling but sometimes if we drop a catch we drop our heads as well and the other side can get on top," he said.
"If we don't drop our heads and stay positive, it will benefit us a lot more."
Orange City will re-commence its BOIDC journey with a Saturday January 9 clash against Centrals at Wade Park.
The semi finals will kick off on March 13.
The match kicks off a soft part of their schedule as Kinross and Rugby Union follow on from that.
As for the Western Zone side, begins its Bradman Cup campaign on Tuesday against ACT Southern Districts at Alexandra Park in East Albury.
After that will be match against Riverina on Wednesday at Billson Oval in Albury, before concluding the carnival against Greater Illawarra on Thursday at the Urana Road Oval in Lavington.
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