They've waited plenty of time and now Tamworth's Veteran Cricketers are ready to explode out of the blocks this weekend.
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All three age groups will hopefully be hitting the fields this weekend - which is all dependent on whether the rain forecast comes to fruition - to kick off their respective seasons.
"We're full on now - particularly this week. 50s, 60s and 70s - the whole lot - are playing," Tamworth Vets president Greg Kellett said.
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The over 50s and 60s will both be playing in Tamworth against New England.
The 50s will be playing a Doug Walters Cup game while the 60s match will be a friendly.
Meanwhile, the over 70s will be off to Maitland to play two days of cricket over the weekend.
It makes for a massive couple of days of cricket for the Tamworth players.
"We're really stretched to the limit but we're playing cricket - everyone's excited," Kellett said.
There's no slowing down either. There will be veterans cricket every weekend up until Christmas.
Amongst that will be the Over 60s State Championships which will be hosted by Tamworth from November 22-26.
Division one and two matches will be played in Tamworth while division three matches will be held in Quirindi.
Kellett said Quirindi offering to host the division three matches made the whole thing possible with so many teams taking part.
"There's 20 teams coming. That's fairly huge for a state championships," Kellett said.
"Ten teams are in division one which makes it really, really strong as well."
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Ben Jaffrey
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
Ben is a content curator and journalist for The Land. He has been with ACM since 2015 and first worked at The Area News and then at the Northern Daily Leader. Ben first joined ACM Agri as a digital journalist for all seven agricultural mastheads in 2022 before shifting to The Land full-time in 2023.
