The Jordan Horrell-captained North Otago have three professional coaches in home-grown Ben Cant and South African pair of Stephan Grobler and Francois Mostert, although Grobler is now settled in the region with his partner and expecting a child.
"The rest of them are locals who are living in and around Oamaru," he said.
The side had come off two eventful seasons so it was a conscious build up to winning the cup.
"To finally come through and win it was thoroughly satisfying for us."
McMurdo said the region was humming from the victory and the code wanted to establish itself there in summer in the same mould as rugby has in the Heartland Championship over winters.
"The town's really excited with displays and the schools also so it's quite a big deal," he said, revealing children, especially those who had players as their age-group coaches, wanted to emulate their heroes.
"You can expect some pretty big support and some parochial stuff here."
With the trappings of the Southern Lakes, McMurdo said youngsters had many distractions, such as waterskiing, to counter cricket, considering the code required lengthy spells on the field.
