Buckley Ridges Cricket Club is one of 93 grassroots clubs across the state benefiting from more than $250,000 in facility upgrades, equipment and programs to encourage even more people to strap on their pads.<\/p>\n
Member for Dandenong, Gabrielle Williams, said the club will receive more than $2,500 in funding from the Victorian Government\u2019s Community Cricket Program\u2019s Club Capacity and Workforce Development Grants.<\/em><\/p>\n The funding will be used by the club for the installation of a new concrete slab for the practice nets and the central wicket, as well as the purchase of pitch covers.<\/p>\n It\u2019s part of a broader Victorian Government initiative with Cricket Victoria and Cricket Australia to deliver a $12.4 million program to give our cricketers the facilities they deserve and build Victoria\u2019s status as the sporting capital of Australia.<\/p>\n The Community Cricket Program: On Common Ground<\/em> is creating new opportunities for Victorians of all ages and abilities to enjoy our national summer pastime, no matter where they live.<\/p>\n As part of the program, the Club Capacity and Workforce Development Grants<\/em> will deliver $800,000 over four years to help clubs undertake minor facility upgrades, buy equipment or run programs that build the base of players, coaches, umpires and volunteers.<\/p>\n Projects funded in this round include upgrades to practice nets, training for club administrators and coaches, and equipment such helmets, rollers, mowers and pitch covers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Buckley Ridges Cricket Club is one of 93 grassroots clubs across the state benefiting from more than $250,000 in facility upgrades, equipment and programs to encourage even more people to strap on their pads. Member for Dandenong, Gabrielle Williams, said the club will receive more than $2,500 in funding from the Victorian Government\u2019s Community Cricket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9466,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8572\/revisions\/9466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabriellewilliams.com.au\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}