TCL outfit Cressy will meet with the NTCA board on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of joining Cricket North ahead of the 2019-20 season.
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The North's only turf competition has harboured bye rounds in first grade since 2016-17, when George Town stepped down to leave just five teams at the top level.
Should the move go ahead, it is understood the Bulldogs would compete in second and third grade for two seasons before adding a first grade side to the mix.
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Cricket North administrator David Fry said discussions with the Cressy committee were still in their early stages.
"We'll just be going through with them what Cricket North's requirements will be, and they'll be providing us with information about the club to let us know what their playing strength and intentions are," Fry said.
"So it's really only at very initial stages at this point - whether it happens or not is a bit up in the air."
The Bulldogs have enjoyed a relatively successful past two seasons in the TCL, qualifying for the premier league semi-final this season and the final the year before.
The club is believed to have a strong wave of juniors coming through its ranks after success in Cricket North's under-15 competition last season, but lacks the key requirement for senior entry - a turf wicket.
Fry said the shortage of turf pitches in the state's North was an ongoing struggle, and confirmed the installation of a new wicket at Cressy would form part of Tuesday's discussions.
"We would be negotiating something with them - obviously the intention would be at some point that they would have to have a turf wicket at their ground," Fry said.
"That's going to be a matter of time and how long it would take them to get that organised.
"They're obviously going to need to negotiate with the Northern Midlands Council and the state government to get funding to do that because it's not an inexpensive exercise.
"In the meanwhile, it's really a matter for discussion and negotiation for what concessions we would allow the club in the meantime and whether Youngtown was available, or whether we would play lower grades on astroturf at Cressy in the meantime.
"They're all things that need to be discussed and decided."
Cressy president Damian Whybrow said the club believed the move was in the best interests of its juniors, and would work closely with the NTCA to make it happen.
"We've decided as a club that we're looking at heading towards NTCA and in three years' time to have an A-grade side to make us the sixth team in the competition," Whybrow said.
"We've got a lot of good young kids coming through, and instead of seeing them go to town we thought as a club maybe we should enter the NTCA to look after our kids.
"We're happy as a club to work with the NTCA to do what we've got to do."
TCL president Darrell Whyte said he preferred not to comment on the situation until more details had emerged.
It is believed Cricket North has approached TCL heavyweights Longford and Hadspen in recent years about the possibility of leaving the North's 40-over synthetic competition.