The Torquay Tiger Drop is back

TORQUAY’S football cricket and netball clubs have teamed up again for the fifth Torquay Tiger Drop fundraiser, to be held next month.

Entry is free to the family fun day of festivities at Spring Creek Reserve, with food stalls, live music, a petting zoo and more.

The main event of the day is the Tiger Drop raffle, with the 1,000 available tickets being sold at $100 each.

At 3pm, 1,000 numbered golf balls representing each raffle ticket will be dropped out of a helicopter over a golf pin.

The ball that lands closest to the golf pin wins $15,000, with second- and third-closest balls winning $3,500 and $1,000 respectively.

Torquay Netball Club president Meagan Mifsud said the clubs were looking forward to finally being able to host the Tiger Drop in person for the first time in three years.

“It’s really about the community. After the year that we’ve had, everyone’s trying to get back and socialise, meet up with family and friends … it’s a beautiful day, you can just put the picnic rug down on the oval and listen to music and watch the kids have a bit of fun, it’s really nice,” Ms Mifsud said.

“We’d love to see lots and lots of people there.”

Torquay Cricket Club president Rob Dunne said the day was the perfect way to build relationships across sports clubs and in the wider community, as well as provide a place for members to come and see the funding going back into the community.

“There’s music, kids’ activities, as much as it’s an opportunity to fundraise, it is to get the community together with the three clubs,” Mr Dunne said.

“It is a day that anyone can come down to, it’s not just if you’re a football affiliate or play cricket or netball, but an opportunity to come to a community event … it’s an opportunity to be able to see that the fundraising we do is for the community.”

He said the cricket club’s share of the funds this year would be going towards a new roller and experiences for the junior cricketers.

The Torquay Tiger Drop will be held at Spring Creek Reserve, Torquay, on February 20, between noon-5pm.

To find out more about the day or to purchase raffle tickets, head to torquaytigers.com or torquaycricketclub.com.