Thanks to the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund (ACIF) and the Glenorchy City Council, Glenorchy Cricket Club has received some much-needed upgrades to their nets at KGV Oval.<\/p>\n
As part of the ACIF, Cricket Tasmania and Cricket Australia partner with clubs, associations, schools, and councils, offering the opportunity to apply for funding for cricket facility projects.<\/p>\n
Glenorchy Cricket Club has used an ACIF grant to expand the size and capacity of the training nets creating a multi-purpose outdoor training area with retractable cricket nets.<\/p>\n
Prior to these upgrades through the ACIF, the nets did not meet the needs of the junior program at Glenorchy Cricket Club, particularly for its growing junior and female programs.<\/p>\n
An additional three nets were added to help support the growth of the game at Glenorchy and cricket in the northern suburbs, via a $40,000 grant from the ACIF, with strong support from the Glenorchy City Council, which helped deliver the project.<\/p>\n
Glenorchy Cricket Club President Brett Geeves is pleased to have seen the ACIF support the growth of the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe upgrade of our old, unused turf nets into a four-lane synthetic facility has provided a safe space for youngsters in our expanding junior cricket programs to learn and experience cricket in what feels like a high-performance environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has also allowed our broader club greater connectivity, with CTPL, HJL, and Women\u2019s teams now able to train at the same time, which has always been problematic,\u201d stated Geeves.<\/p>\n
Glenorchy City Council Mayor Sue Hickey is proud to have supported this project.<\/p>\n
\u201cGlenorchy City Council is proud to have supported and delivered the upgrade of the cricket facilities at KGV Oval.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvesting in quality sporting infrastructure is vital to encouraging participation across all ages and abilities, and this project will provide lasting benefits for our community.<\/p>\n
“We look forward to seeing local players, from juniors through to senior teams, make the most of this fantastic upgraded facility,\u201d said Hickey.<\/p>\n
The Glenorchy City Council received a separate ACIF grant in 2024-25 to replace and expand outdated training facilities at Abbotsfield Park. These facilities support the Claremont Cricket Club which has seen growth in its women\u2019s programs over recent years.<\/p>\n
Throughout the 2024\u201325 round of ACIF funding from Cricket Australia and Cricket Tasmania, a total of nine projects were supported with $225,000 allocated to Tasmanian projects with a total estimated value of $2.26 million.<\/p>\n
The funds allocated last year builds to a total Australian Cricket investment of $1.31 million with a total value of $16 million over the six years of the ACIF, demonstrating the commitment to and impact of quality facilities on quality experiences for participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thanks to the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund (ACIF) and the Glenorchy City Council, Glenorchy Cricket Club has received…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-334357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}