SECA Signing Tracker: Every off-season move, every club
- Sarah Radlow
- Jul 15
- 3 min read
Clubs are securing talent, luring familiar faces home, and assembling line-ups primed for 2026-27.
Bentleigh Uniting
IN
Jayce Morgan (ex West Bentleigh) — Captain; 412 runs @ 37.45, 25 wkts @ 4.31 econ; Longmuir Shield Team of the Year
Riley Morgan (ex West Bentleigh) — Longmuir Shield debut last season
Ryan Pappin (ex Moorabbin) — scored 122 in sub-district 3rds in 2024-25
RETAINED
Malin Silva — Longmuir Shield Champion Player; Team of the Year
Buddhika De Alwis — left-arm spin all-rounder
Coaching
Lukas Galanopoulos — Head Coach (3rd season)
Peter “Monkey” Milner — Assistant Coach
Michael Cove — Specialist Coach
East Sandringham
RETAINED
Matt Harris — Captain
Jordan “Sauce” Hesline — Vice-Captain
COACHING
Shane Hesline — Head Coach; shifting focus to development squad & junior coaches
Jack Simpson — Assistant Coach (new role); fielding & junior keepers
NEWS
Went undefeated in the final nine matches to claim the club’s 20th premiership last season
Le Page Park
RE-SIGNED
Oshan De Silva — Season 15; all-time leading wicket taker; 6× SECA Team of the Year (club record)
Pete Mentiplay — returns as Longmuir Shield Captain (replaces Andrew Trease)
Steve McConchie — Director of Coaching
Lachie Carroll — Wicketkeeper-Batter & T20 Captain; avg. 30 last season
Ky Rabadi — 1sts batting average & club aggregate (412 runs) last season
Kasun Weerasinghe — 15 wickets last season
Jacob Apted — left-arm paceman
Omega
IN
Luke Healy (ex West Bentleigh) — top-order batter
APPOINTED
Brad Atholwood — 1st XI Captain
Jarryd Wilson — 2nd XI Captain
Joel Wylie — Head Coach; ex-Frankston Peninsula Premier Cricket; 10+ years coaching experience
NEWS
Promoted to Longmuir Shield after winning the Woolnough Shield premiership and Champion Club award in 2025-26.
Washington Park
RETAINED
Luke Foley — leading wicket taker
Kasun Niranjana — all-rounder
Tim Oaten — 1st XI opener
Chanaka Silva — 40 avg with bat, 14 avg with ball over past three seasons
Brighton Union
IN
Austin Heldt (ex West Bentleigh) — classy left-handed top-order bat & former junior at the club; scored 3 centuries last season including against Brighton Union
Matt Freeman (ex Hampton United) — returns to junior club; hard-hitting middle-order bat and handy medium-pacer
OUT
Phillip-Vincent Falvo — to Bentleigh ANA
APPOINTED
Matt Vorbach — 1st XI Captain
Darian Kuzma & Robert Blair — Vice-Captains
ADMINISTRATION
Matt Young — President
Robert Blair & John Donohoe — Vice-Presidents
Bentleigh ANA
IN
Phillip-Vincent Falvo (ex Brighton Union) — explosive top-order bat; hammered 100 off 91 balls (8 sixes) against ANA last season
Chelsea Heights Aspendale Gardens
IN
Afan Sheriff (ex West Bentleigh) — 1st XI Captain; first-class cricketer (India); Longmuir Shield Player of the Year; back-to-back Doug Quick Vote Count winner
Josh Shawel (ex West Bentleigh) — Wicketkeeper; led competition dismissals in 2 of the past 3 seasons; 35 dismissals for Liverpool CC in England last season; Woolnough Premiership medallist
Brad Lockhart — returns; 13+ years as club captain; 3× premiership player; multiple SECA representative caps including as captain
Kingston Heath
RE-SIGNED
Lakshina Rodrigo — Wicketkeeper-Batter; scored 117 in Round 11
Tom Grech — Wholehearted paceman; 3 consecutive seasons in Longmuir Shield top-10 wicket takers; back-to-back 1st XI bowling awards
Andrew Birt — Club Champion & life member; 348 runs & 14 wickets last season
Tom Richards — key 1st XI bowler
NEWS
Relegated from the Longmuir Shield. Building a well-rounded squad for a Woolnough Shield campaign aimed at an immediate return.
Hampton United
IN
Will Bowden — appointed Captain-Coach; ex Hampton CC 1st XI all-rounder; Championship Division premiership player; multiple SECA & CSB representative honours
Utpal Patel (ex West Bentleigh) — left-arm quick; destructive middle-order bat; one of the Longmuir Shield’s premier all-rounders
Joel Reid, Drew Bird, Jackson Green — all ex Cheltenham Park CC
Cluden
RE-SIGNED
· Mark McLean — overseas all-rounder
West Bentleigh
OUT
Jayce Morgan — to Bentleigh Uniting
Riley Morgan — to Bentleigh Uniting
Luke Healy — to Omega
Utpal Patel — to Hampton United
Afan Sheriff — to Chelsea Heights Aspendale Gardens
Josh Shawel — to Chelsea Heights Aspendale Gardens
Austin Heldt — to Brighton Union
NEWS
Was in discussions regarding a possible amalgamation with Hampton United — nothing came of it. Significant player losses mean the club will likely compete in lower grades. SECA has confirmed the situation remains fluid, with a deadline of end of July for club to clarify intentions.
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