MEMBERS of the Meredith Cricket Club are looking to boost their numbers with a come-and-try event next weekend.<\/p>\n
Following attempts last year to build junior and women’s sides, the group will be showcasing the sport to attendees from 10am on Sunday 8 September.<\/p>\n
President, Terry Hart, said the club is especially looking to form an under 13s side.<\/p>\n
“That age group in particular is what we’re looking to get up and running for the year,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There’ll be a barbecue afterwards and we’re having our first seniors training on the same day so people can come along and see what we’re about and get introduced to the cricket club.<\/p>\n
“We’ll be running a few clinic days at the local primary school to build some interest around it.<\/p>\n
“We had our come-and-try last year where a lot of children turned up from various ages between five and 13. We’ve identified that under 13 age group is probably where we’ve got the most numbers available.”<\/p>\n
The club consisted of about 40 members across their senior men’s player base last year.<\/p>\n
Mr Hart said the come-and-try is about furthering the group’s goal of becoming a more family-oriented club.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had feedback from local people that there are kids who want to get involved so it’s about creating that opportunity for them,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We couldn’t get a side up last year but the families that came are really keen to continue for this season.<\/p>\n
“We probably have about five or six women that have indicated they’d like to see a women’s side this year so having more juniors means we might be able to get some mums around the club and interested in participating.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEMBERS of the Meredith Cricket Club are looking to boost their numbers with a come-and-try event next weekend. Following attempts last year to build junior and women’s sides, the group will be showcasing the sport to attendees from 10am on Sunday 8 September. President, Terry Hart, said the club is especially looking to form an […]<\/p>\n