Help Randwick Cricket Club Pitch and Roll

Aim

Randwick Cricket Club want to improve their cricket pitch by purchasing a motorised roller and increasing opportunities for playing cricket.

Who are we?

Against the odds, in 1984 a cricket square was established on the slopes of Randwick playing fields, providing Randwick residents the opportunity to play cricket locally for the first time.  

Since then, Randwick Cricket Club has developed from a Sunday side to a successful league team participating in the Stroud league. 

Why are we crowdfunding?

STOP PRESS: SPORT ENGLAND HAS OFFERED £2,500 MATCH FUNDING! 

Our main goal is to encourage people to play cricket using our unique ground and facilities. Whilst,  we are proud of the cricket square we have created from the slope, for some years now we have increasingly struggled with pitch maintenance due to reliance on a heavy manual push/pull roller. This has not only required significant commitment by volunteer groundsmen it has restricted the number of games we are able to play on the cricket square.  

Increasing the quality of cricket strips we are able to prepare will increase opportunities for people to play cricket.   

Getting Older People Active Playing Cricket

In particular, we would like to encourage older people to get more active through playing cricket, improving physical and mental health, reducing isolation and providing opportunities for socialising and making connections.

We are currently developing a mid-week social team based at local pub, the Carpenters Arms. This team, started by a group of friends and nicknamed Carps Diem, are primarily composed of older players from 45 - 67 years of age.   This team will be Randwick CCs mid-week social team and we will be hosting a number of indoor nets to recruit older players to this team. This  team will play weekly, friendly 20 overs matches with other local (mostly older) social teams. With each match lasting 2.5 hours, our aim is to increase fitness with less active older people, raise health and well being levels , as well as improving cricket skills -hopefully!  

How we’ll spend the money raised

With the funds raised we will purchase a motorised roller. We estimate this to cost £5,000 including a contingency to pay for servicing.  Sport England has offered us £2,500 match funding to purchase a roller. We have plans afoot to boost our fundraising efforts to ensure we reach 50% of our target of £5,000.  Thank you to everybody who has donated so far. We are confident we can raise 50% of our target with your help. Let the good times (and pitches) roll and donate today. See below how you can play a part in developing an important sporting facility in Randwick.

Community impact

By improving local cricket playing facilities we are also investing in our cricket assets for future generations.  Increasing the efficiency of wicket preparation will benefit all who play cricket on the playing fields.  Randwick Cricket Club will continue to be open to everybody who would  like to be involved - young and old.  As well as a mixture of cricketing ability and age, our players and volunteers at Randwick CC  come from a wide range of economic and cultural backgrounds. As such , we are more than just a cricket club. We are part of our local community and offer opportunities to get active, socialise, reduce isolation, and for inter-generational engagement.

Another beneficial community impact is when there are cricket matches on at the playing fields, the footfall in our local pubs increases with both home and away players. and spectators, visiting the pub after the game, for a drink, for food and to socialise. 

How you can play your part

There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.

1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!

2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.

3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!

4. Fundraise for us. If you want to run your own fundraiser – maybe a sponsored activity or similar – use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made