{"id":783484,"date":"2026-07-06T22:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/783484\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:00:37","slug":"sixers-celebrate-50-years-of-naidoc-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/783484\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers celebrate 50 years of NAIDOC Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sydney Sixers are proud to celebrate NAIDOC Week,\u00a0recognising\u00a0and\u00a0honouring\u00a0the history,\u00a0culture\u00a0and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and marking this year\u2019s theme,\u00a0\u201cFifty Years of Deadly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme marks a significant milestone \u2014 celebrating 50 years of NAIDOC as a platform, protest,\u00a0celebration\u00a0and powerful statement of survival.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the week, the Sixers will reflect on the role First Nations peoples have played in cricket and across the broader community, while reinforcing the club\u2019s ongoing commitment to learning, respect and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Sixers General Manager Rachael Haynes said NAIDOC Week\u00a0provides\u00a0an important opportunity to celebrate First Nations peoples and their contributions to\u00a0cricket\u00a0and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNAIDOC Week is an important opportunity for us as a club to\u00a0recognise\u00a0and celebrate the history,\u00a0resilience\u00a0and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples\u00a0both in cricket and beyond,\u201d Haynes said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom\u00a0providing opportunities for students from Redfern\u00a0Jarjum\u00a0College to attend home matches\u00a0through\u00a0to\u00a0ongoing\u00a0initiatives such as the First Nations T20 Cup, the Sixers\u00a0remain\u00a0committed to strengthening pathways for Indigenous cricketers from grassroots to the elite level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s theme,\u00a0Fifty Years of Deadly,\u00a0honours\u00a0the generations who have driven change, shared their stories and built a powerful legacy that continues to shape the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledgement of Country\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Cricket NSW and the Sydney Sixers acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional\u00a0Owners and Custodians of the lands where we live, work and play cricket. We\u00a0honour\u00a0Elders past,\u00a0present\u00a0and emerging and\u00a0recognise\u00a0their ongoing connection to Country,\u00a0waters\u00a0and culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Sixers memberships are on sale now via the official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/membership.sydneysixers.com.au\/packages\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Sixers Membership website.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sydney Sixers are proud to celebrate NAIDOC Week,\u00a0recognising\u00a0and\u00a0honouring\u00a0the history,\u00a0culture\u00a0and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-783484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783484","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=783484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}