Aspiring young cricketers around the region had coaching from one of the sport’s best when Hobart Hurricanes player Corinne Hall visited Tenterfield last week.
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Hall plays for Tasmania Roar in the domestic competition as well as the Hurricanes in the first two seasons of the Women’s Big Bash League.
She grew up in Maitland and hoped her journey to an elite level could inspire a few local kids to pursue the sport further.
"There is a lot of support now,” she said.
"Cricket NSW are doing a great job of getting a lot of money into developing those girls so they are not forgotten.
There is a lot of support now. Cricket NSW are doing a great job of getting a lot of money into developing those girls so they are not forgotten.
- Corinne Hall
"A lot of the time you think 'there's all these great coaches and facilities in the city' but Cricket NSW are really putting a lot of time and effort into getting out into country areas.
"When I was growing up in Newcastle, we didn't have a lot of people come out but we had Belinda Clark come out, the former Australian captain, and it was unreal to know they were interested in how we were going.”
Hall travelled to the region on Wednesday and met more than 40 students from Glen Innes Public School and Glen Innes West Infants School.
Her visit was met by plenty of enthusiasm and she showed the up-and-coming stars some of the skills of the game.
"I am told the children had a great time,” Glen Innes West’s principal Lynn Starkey said.
"They played some games, years one and two played a game of continuous cricket and kindergarten played a game where they learnt some of the basic skills of cricket.”
The local in2Cricket programs have been a hit for the region’s young players and Hall said she would try and give them some training tips throughout the course of her trip.
"We are out here for the T20 Blast so we will see the girls bat and bowl, I am hoping to pass on that even at the level we are playing at we still do a lot of the simple drills,” she said.
"We are still doing a lot of the drop drills and the stuff that seems boring growing up but all that stuff is so important and hopefully we can instill that work ethic in training and let the girls know that even the girls at the top of the game are still doing the same training exercises as them.”
Following her visit from Glen Innes, Hall visited Tenterfield to witness their senior Twenty20 finals and hosted a junior clinic.
She then made her way to Inverell the following day for more clinics before finishing her trip in Moree.