IT WAS 6am on Sunday when it was decided that a forecast of rain wasn’t going to daunt an almost 50-year tradition … the Maroon Single Wicket Cricket competition would be held.

“Fire, flood, rain or scorching heat can’t dampen the spirit of our Fassifern community,” said State School Principal Shaan Eldridge.

Only once in the past 46 years has the now famous Single Wicket Cricket comp been cancelled and that was due to a global pandemic.

“A wet forecast wasn’t going to prevent the competitors, volunteers and spe