Kit Perera - Life through CricketWe are excited to be supporting Kit Perera, who is running after school coaching twice a week for Year 9 and 10 boys from Avondale College. He is looking to expand participation and grow the number of teams at the school. To help, we gave Kit $10,000 as part of our QSCC funding programme. Kit's philosophy extends to "whole of life" and becoming better people through cricket. When we visited we were really impressed with the turnout, enthusiasm, and skills of the boys. Kit also engages the boys by organising visits from cricket players such as Jeet Raval who is Avondale College alumni. Auckland Maori CricketTe Toa Whakaihuwaka 2022/23 - National Champions - Tāmaki Makaurau
Over the Easter Weekend Tāmaki Makaurau Maori Cricket Team competed in the inaugural National Maori Tournament. The Tournament represented all Major Associations of New Zealand with some highly skilled individuals representing the region, iwi, and whanau. Queen Street Cricket Club helped sponsor uniforms for the tournament, allowing players to look and feel professional. Throughout the tournament, Tāmaki Makarau remained undefeated and lifted the trophy at the end. Topped off by Jock McKenzie being named player of the tournament alongside Ben Brady and Fraser Campbell who also made the tournament side. Dan Vann - Evolution SportsThe QSCC granted Dan $2,000 for his coaching programs at Shirley Boys High and Riccarton College. We feel these are important schools to support as the cricketing landscape continues to narrow.
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Solomon VermeerWe contributed $2250 or half of the trip expenses for Sol to join the North Harbour Under 17 team’s tour of Sri Lanka. Pictured below in the first match, a win against the Pandura Cricket Academy. Sol opened the bowling and took two for 12 off his four overs.
Hooked on CricketHooked on Cricket remains our largest continual project with a commitment of $20,000 per annum.
It is widely popular and well supported by the contracted provincial players and the schools involved. Dennis Katsonis from the Cricket Players Assn has put together a fantastic video that captures the spirit and fun of the tournament day. Click on the image above to see the video Abby TreaderWe have again granted the highly promising Abby $1,500 for gear, coaching and travel expenses.
Last season, at the age of 16, Abby was selected for the Manawatu Women’s team, the CD Under 19 team, the CD A women’s team, and the Manawatu High Performance academy. She is hoping to make the CD Hinds this year. Waitakere CCWe again contributed to the Waitakere CC’s coaching program with a $10,000 grant. They employed two full-time Level One coaches going directly into low-decile West Auckland schools, mainly Primary and intermediate.
They also held two cluster days to try and get as many school kids and parents as they could for a fun day of cricket and to introduce the club. De La Salle CollegeIndirectly, though Hooked on Cricket, we were referred to Grant Hobbs who runs two teams at De La Salle. Desperately short of gear, we granted $2,000 for the purchase of equipment through our supportive supplier, Players Sports.
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