Community Gamechangers Talia Holloway-Roden

In our final episode for the pilot season, I sat down with Angelo D'Agostino, President of the Leschenault Cricket Club in WA - and winner of the Cricket Australia Community Cricket Club of the Year Award. There is a lot in this episode and we covered everything from partnerships with schools and the local men's shed, starting new programs, how they recruit volunteers through to how they cultivate a strong transition for juniors into their senior program. There is something in here for every club and Angelo really does showcase how the club  really embraces creating the best environment for their community

This weeks episode i sat down with Daniel Smith, our national winner of the young leader of the year, who at the age of 23 is the President of the Sorell Cricket club in Tasmania

We talked about a whole range of topics but most of all we hear the story about how a club goes from premiership success to struggling the following season and the comeback story that is underway (and how they are going about rebuilding). Daniel has a great way of reminding us why we volunteer and join community sporting clubs - in that it is about creating a great place to play sport and create life long friendships.

This weeks episode is with Karen Washington from the Bateman Junior Cricket Club in WA who is also our National Inclusion and Diversity Initiative award winner for her role in the club beginning an integrated cricket team and Star Blast program.

Karen is definitely a breathe of fresh air and this episode has plenty of bite size bits of information for anyone wanting to start a new program whether that be in the disability space or any other idea you may have at your club. 

After the episode if you are keen to know more, Karen is more than happy to assist and lend an ear to help any of you listening at home.

In this weeks episode I sat down with National Community Cricket Award Finalist Nathan Fitzpatrick who is a local teacher and the Junior Coordinator at the Bendigo and District CA in regional Victoria.

We spoke about a range of topics across junior cricket including  


How the Association takes a role in connecting clubs to schools
How the Association Hosts Blast Centres and loops in their clubs to ensure the kids have a clear pathway
Representative Cricket
Starting a flourishing girls program

In this weeks episode I sat down with Kirk Teasdale, President of the Moama Cricket Club to hear about all the work they are doing which led to them becoming a national finalist for Community Cricket Club of the Year.

We spoke about everything from their junior program, connecting with local schools, how they support their sponsors as well as their off season rep program.

Todays guest is National Community Cricket Award winner Leya Wilson from the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association & Charlestown Junior Cricket Club in NSW. Leya won the award for the Women and Girls Initiative of the Year and we sat down post awards to talk about her nomination and how she is helping transform girls cricket throughout the Newcastle region.