Orange City batter Blake Weymouth to play grade cricket in Sydney

It had long been thought that the star Orange City star batter would make the move to one of many Sydney grade clubs eager to slot him into their top order once he graduated high school this year.

Penrith had been the club many would have guessed with Weymouth being part of the organisation for the past three years, but instead, he chose to begin the next stage of his career with Randwick Petersham Cricket Club.

"I'm super keen and it gives me an opportunity to get out of Orange for a bit and test my skills against some of the best in Sydney so I'm very keen. Plus it's near the beach," he said with a smile on his face.

"It's all happened so quickly. I wasn't even sure that I was heading down, but now it's a definite."

In terms of young talent to come out of the Central West in recent years, Weymouth may just boast the best resume. Just last season he competed for Orange's Western Zone Premier League team, the Western team at the McDonalds Country Colts carnival, the Country Thunder during the under 19 men's state challenge while also averaging a cool 43.6 with Orange City in their Bathurst and Orange District Cricket Association premiership winning season.

Now with his next stop locked in, Weymouth is looking forward to just enjoying his cricket again.

"Obviously the weather down here hasn't been ideal so I haven't been playing much. I've also been injured so I think it's just about me getting in there, doing the hard yards and going from there. Then if I do well, I do well and that's a bonus," he said.

"There's obviously nerves there, but I think it's more excitement than anything. It's just a really good opportunity to show everybody what I can do again."

He informed his City teammates last Saturday before what could prove to be Weymouth's last match for the club this season and possibly his life.

"They were excited for me," he said.

"They were hoping I'd obviously stay, but they also know that if I want to get better and improve that I have to go down there."

Asked what he'd miss most about leaving the Orange cricket scene, his answer came to him in a heartbeat.

"The banter. A couple blokes like Ed Morrish and Andrew Gordon and all of those boys giving me a hard time," he said.

"Also playing with my best mates Harry McGregor and Jarryd Seib for years and years. It's going to be a big change, but I've got to do it. I might as well do it while I'm young and I'm keen."

His first game for Randwick will come on January 8.

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