CRICKET North discussed the future of its first-grade competition and the involvement of a sixth team from next season at its board meeting on Wednesday night.
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The competition was reduced to five teams this season necessitating a bye after George Town was unable to field a first-grade team.
The board wrote to all clubs in the Northern region seeking expressions of interest from any club willing and able to field a sixth team from next year.
A spokesman for the George Town Cricket Club expressed confidence at the board meeting that the club would be in a position to field four competitive sides, including an A grade side, in the 2015-16 season.
"We are doing a lot of preliminary work to ensure that we have the financial structures and the playing strength to be able to continue in the premier competition in the North of the state," he said.
"The club has a proud history of producing players who have gone on to represent their state and country and we want to see that continue well into the future."
Cricket North president Paul Clark said that there had been significant interest shown by a number of clubs playing in other competitions in the North, but no firm proposal had been presented to the board, apart from the commitment by George Town to rebuild in time for next season's competition.
"Whilst we have certainly not closed the door on discussions with other clubs, the George Town club are an existing part of Cricket North and if they are able to recruit sufficient players of quality in order to field competitive teams in each grade, we would be supportive of that plan," Clark said.
"Should the George Town club not succeed in its intentions for the coming season, further discussions will continue with other clubs to find a long-term solution to maintaining our competition."
