Females in cricket
Women's Cricket: Season 2010-11 and beyond
Women's Cricket stakeholders were invited to a Forum in March 2010. Participants were asked a range of questions, including:
- How do we get more girls playing cricket?
- What is the role of the SACA?
- What is the role of the clubs?
Over 200 responses were provided on the evening.
Since the Forum in March, the Women's Cricket Committee has considered every suggestion/issue raised, with four key themes identified:
- Profile and promotion of women’s cricket
- Volunteers
- Participation and development pathway
- Coach education
At a follow up Women's Cricket Seminar in September 2010, the following strategies were presented and will be implemented during the 2010-11 cricket season:
Profile and Promotion of Women’s Cricket
- Schedule women’s Twenty20 matches as curtain raisers to men’s Twenty20 matches at a state and grade competition level
- Raise the media profile of women’s cricket by:-
- Including a ‘double page spread’ in each edition of SACA’s Between Wickets publication
- Each A Grade club (seven clubs) to target a ‘special interest’ article in the Messenger Press
- A women’s cricket summary to be included in SACA’s submission to the weekly Sportsbeat publication
- SACA to produce ‘advertising banners’ for clubs and WMPF advertising women’s cricket
- Incorporate participants from SACA’s Boy Free Zone program in a pre match event at Scorpion’s matches at Adelaide Oval
- SACA to investigate communication opportunities through social media (ie Facebook and Twitter)
- Promote ‘It’s a family affair’ whereby grandparents, parents and brothers/sisters are targeted as key volunteers for women’s cricket
- SACA to coordinate a volunteer education session including ‘how to recruit volunteers’
- Conduct a volunteer recognition day
- Implement the Boy Free Zone Program in selected schools
- Introduce a community cricket competition similar to Para Districts Cricket Association women’s competition in the north east metropolitan area
- Provide financial support in the form of team playing equipment from the ‘Women in Cricket’ (WIC) Fund for clubs or schools that create new women’s or girl’s teams
- Continually review the format of the SACA women’s grade competition
- Conduct a ‘women’s only’ coach, umpire and scorer education session
- Consider using WIC Fund to assist in reducing cost of Level 1 and/or 2 courses for women’s coaches
- Ensure that all coaches in women’s cricket are accredited coaches
- Develop a women’s cricket mentor program and submit a proposal to the WMPF Trust for financial support
For more information of women's cricket programs, please contact the appropriate SACA member of staff within your area by clicking here