AN automated external defibrillator will give one cricket side added support when travelling to games this summer.<\/p>\n
The Ballarat Veterans Cricket Club used sponsorship money from McGrath real estate and a $1000 state government sporting groups grant to purchase the AED earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m sitting there watching a game of cricket and someone goes down, I know exactly where to go and what to do,\u201d club president Max Drew said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat should be a comfort to the playing group as well, that they know if something does go wrong, we will be quick to act on, as well as ringing triple zero and all those other basic things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vice-president Wayne Hinchcliffe said the portability of the defibrillator was important, particularly playing at away venues that are unfamiliar.<\/p>\n
The club played fellow veterans sides on grounds across the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to unknown territory, some grounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe might be playing a team we played last year but we\u2019re playing another venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt becomes more important that we take this with us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Secretary John Penhall said the defib would enhance the safety, confidence and participation of members.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt strengthens the club as an inclusive and community-focused organisation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Wendouree MP Juliana Addison said the sports group grants encouraged participation.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnowing that some over 60s cricketers have a defib now, that\u2019s just peace of mind,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully, they\u2019ll never have to use it and hopefully everyone will continue to be fit and healthy.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you prepare for the worst and hope for the best and the best outcome would be this defib doesn\u2019t have to be used, but if it does need to be used, they\u2019ve got it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She commended the club for the leadership they had shown purchasing the defibrillator.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really going to enable a much better outcome for their whole club whether they\u2019re playing at home or away,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AN automated external defibrillator will give one cricket side added support when travelling to games this summer. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-764360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764360","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=764360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}