BUDDING cricket players in the Woodenbong and Urbenville communities were treated to a coaching clinic from a cricketing expert.
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On Australia Day, children were delighted to be offered a Cricket Coaching Clinic which was arranged by Stan Gilchrist the Chairman of the Northern NSW Lord’s Taveners.
Lew Cooper, a retired cricket player and President of the Wanderers Queensland Club helped organise the session.
Through the Wanderers club and Lord’s Taveners, money is raised to help communities and kids in many towns.
They hold the belief that it’s important to give young, underprivileged, disabled and disadvantaged children a sporting chance.
Cricketers, Adrian Schooth, Jarad Seiffert and Gary Rossington were the coaches of the clinic, along with some local volunteers, Ray Smith and Travis Musicka.
Woodenbong holds the Australia Day ‘City versus Country’ cricket match every year and had added input from the visiting coaches.
The kids also put to trial the new cricket equipment purchased by Woodenbong Progress Association for this local ritual. The match was won by ‘Country’.
Lew, being a charitable person and associated with a fabulous bunch of cricketers who care, came equipped with a cricket bat that was signed by the “Brisbane Heat” team for 2015-16.
A fundraiser raffle, drawn at the Woodenbong Hotel Australia Day celebrations, gained over $800 being raised for the Woodenbong Rural Fire Brigade and Woodenbong Public Hall Trust.
