Two cricket clubs in the region have received a funding boost to improve their clubroom facilities.
Anglesea and Corio cricket clubs both received grants through the 2024-25 CitiPower and Cricket Victoria Canteen Grants program.
The local organisations were two of the 21 accepted clubs out of 175 applicants to receive funding totalling $78,000, which is intended to deliver projects that develop or improve electrical safety in club canteens.
Anglesea Cricket Club secretary Janet Lister said her club would use the money to replace its outdated commercial fridge, which poses a “serious and immediate hazard”.
“It was a second-hand fridge initially… it’s leaking, it’s got exposed elements at the back, so for safety it doesn’t really fit the purpose anymore,” Ms Lister said.
“We got a grant for $5000, and with about $1000 from the club that will allow us to purchase a replacement fridge that is slightly bigger, a lot more functional and a lot more safe.”
Anglesea fields five men’s teams in the Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association, as well as a women’s team and four junior teams. The club also hopes to get a girls team up and running next season.
Applications for the next round of the Canteen Grants program open in October and Ms Lister encouraged any clubs needing to update canteen facilities to apply.
“The application process was really straightforward, almost so easy that I thought perhaps I’d missed something,” she said.
“But we were really very grateful when we got notified by CitiPower and Cricket Victoria that we’d won the grant. These types of things are really important to clubs to keep things moving.”
Visit cricketvictoria.com.au/citipower-canteen-grant for more information.
Matt Hewson
