Multi-year support for cricket  

A three-year support agreement will now see all Auckland Cricket Association’s clubs funded through the association, rather than applying directly to ASB Community Trust.

Trustline, November 2010

The $500,000 grant will help Auckland Cricket run its the ‘Club is the Hub’ programme until 2013, promoting the development of cricket throughout Auckland. It aims to empower clubs to recruit, grow, support and sustain the game.

CEO Andrew Eade says the cricket association has already seen a 19% growth in the game in the past two seasons, which it attributes to the growing capability of clubs and the professional and performance-driven culture that the ‘Club is the Hub’ initiative has created.

 “In the next three years we aim to increase player numbers to more than 20,000 and have at least 60 women’s teams in regular Saturday club competitions,” Andrew says. “We also aim to have more than 500 volunteer club coaches upskilled, with at least 1000 active coaches on the ground delivering the game.”

This project is a collaboration between Auckland Cricket Association, New Zealand Cricket, associated clubs, secondary and primary schools and local communities.  

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