Magazine - Marysville Cricket Rises from Ashes

By Editor in Schools on 1st Mar 2010 21:00

Like the rest of its fire-ravaged town, Marysville Cricket Club is putting runs on the board again.

"We're slowly getting back, just battling along," president Travis Gleeson said this week. The club fields two senior teams -- one of which is hoping to make the F-grade finals -- and one under-12. Several old players have been welcomed back, but with some families moving away there are no longer enough kids for two junior teams.

The Black Saturday inferno claimed the clubrooms at Gallipoli Park and all the playing equipment. The Commonwealth Bank has given the club $1000 and equipment worth $750 through its Grants for Grassroots Cricket program.

A new clubrooms will be built soon and a bowling machine and new practice pitch are on the shopping list. Cricket Victoria provided some gear and other clubs have raised money.


The Commonwealth Bank's sponsorship of Cricket Australia, now in its 23rd year, has helped more than 200 clubs through the grassroots program. It is also the naming sponsor for the one-day internationals and supports the national men's and women's teams, community cricket and the Imparja Cup, the national indigenous competition played in Alice Springs every year.



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