Pink Stumps Day 2013

Pink Stumps Day 2013

An Introduction to festivities.

The Rosemeadow Reapers Cricket Club,

an entity set up to lobby the local

governing body of cricket the Camden

District Cricket Association for affiliation in

their new 2013/2014 Cricket Season, are

one of just one-thousand clubs across the

nation to have registered to take part in

the 2013 Pink Stumps Day promotion.

An initiative established by the McGrath

Foundation in order to assist in fundraising

so as an organization they are able to

provide more nurses specifically trained in

Breast Cancer and how to deal with

patients who are or have been suffering

from the illness.

Since the Pink Stumps Day initiative has

been launched almost three years ago

now cricket clubs around the country have

raised over $1Million for the McGrath

Foundation with the annual amount of

funds raised growing with each year that

passes.

The Rosemeadow Reapers Cricket Club

elected immediately upon reviewing the

criteria to host a Pink Stumps Day event to

register our fledging club to help raise

funds for this important cause.

Due to scheduling conflicts with the local

Camden District Cricket Association while

many clubs across Australia will be

hosting their event on Saturday 23rd

February 2013 the Rosemeadow Reapers

Cricket Club have been forced to hold our

event on the following day to ensure that

all participants are able to take part in our

Pink Stumps Day.


Pink Stumps Day will instead take place

on Sunday 24th February 2013 and be

staged, thanks to the support of the local

Campbelltown City Council, at the

Rosemeadow Sports Complex off Dickens

Road.

The event is not just about cricket and has

been designed to be a Community Fun

Day which will also see a Sausage Sizzle,

Show bags, cakes and slices, a fully

operational canteen and a raffle with a

large number of prizes taking place on the

day to ensure that everyone who comes

down to support the event has plenty of

ways they can contribute, even if they are

not the biggest cricket fan.


Game Day


Pink Stumps Day program will see two

exciting games of Twenty20 Cricket – with

a twist – being played.

As a club we have sent out invitations to

all playing clubs across the Camden

District Cricket Association to turn out on

Sunday 24th February 2013 to help

support the Pink Stumps Day initiative.

Considering that the Rosemeadow

Reapers Cricket Club do not have

affiliation with the Camden District Cricket

Association and therefore currently do not

have a team a selection of players have

been contacted in relation to playing as

part of the Rosemeadow Reapers

Invitational XI.

In addition to the Rosemeadow Reapers

Invitational XI a further three clubs

covering each end of the Camden District

Cricket Associations boundaries have

been invited to take part in festivities on

the day.

To assist in the fundraising efforts clubs

have been asked that instead of just

coming and having a game of cricket that

they pay a small registration fee

($120AUD) to secure their spot for the

day, this registration will be used as a flat

out donation to the McGrath Foundation

and the Pink Stumps Day appeal.

All matches on the day will be played

under International Twenty20 Cricket rules

using Pink Cricket Stumps and Pink

Cricket Balls to assist in everyone getting

into the spirit of the event.

There is however one change to the

International Twenty20 Cricket rules that

the day will be observing and the rule

change was taken from a cricket game

invented by former New Zealand captain

Martin Crowe called Cricket Max.

Cricket Max was a weird version of

Twenty20 Cricket which saw too many

rule changes, however in the spirit of the

day and the charitable nature one rule that

we have adopted for the day is the MAX

ZONE.

The MAX ZONE is a section of the field

behind the bowler, which off course will be

painted Pink on the day, in which any runs

hit in that region is doubled i.e.: an on

drive into the section where one run is

scored is recorded as two runs. If a

boundary is hit instead of receiving four

runs the batsmen will receive eight and

clearing the boundary in the section is

worth twelve runs.

There will be just two games played on the

day, a slight change from the earlier

proposed three matches including a final,

this is to assist in on-time running and to

ensure that it doesn’t turn into a long day

for supporters.

Therefore each team when taking part in

their one scheduled match for the 2013

Pink Stumps Day will be playing for a

trophy to help commemorate their

participation in the day.

While as it stands each club already

receives a Certificate of Appreciation for

taking part in our inaugural event this

offers a chance to win some sort of trophy

that they are able to hold bragging rights

to for the next twelve months where they

will hopefully return to defend their trophy.

The objective of the matches on Pink

Stumps Day is for everyone to have a

good time, playing within the spirit and

laws of the game of cricket, while also

remembering that they are playing for a

good cause.

It is encouraged that every club attempts

to seek their own sponsorship for the

event to help raise further funds with some

ideas for the sponsorship being a certain

donation for every run, four or six hit by

the particular club.


will continue to work hand-in-hand with the

clubs that participate, and those who

come to support, over the year following

the event to see how as the local

cricketing community we are able to

improve the event and help it get

established as an annual event on the

cricketing calendar for the region.

While the Rosemeadow Reapers Cricket

Club are the team who has registered to

run the event the McGrath Foundation are

well aware that it is an event staged on

behalf of many teams.

Matches on the day will begin at 9:30am

while the second match will commence

following a half an hour break from the

completion of the opening match.

Players, teams, officials and spectators

understand that images will be taken on

the day and could be used for publicity

purposes by the McGrath Foundation

and/or the Camden District Cricket

Association.


Off the Field Action

While on the field action will be seeing two

Twenty20 Max Cricket Matches being

played it is off the field that we are hoping

the community, friends and families of the

players and general supporters will be

helping us reach our target of $1500 for

the McGrath Foundation.

Away from the on-field action the

Rosemeadow Reapers Cricket Club have

organized a Community Sausage Sizzle in

which it is just a gold coin donation to grab

yourself a Sausage Sandwich.

Through the kind generosity of local

Rosemeadow businesses we have a fully

stocked canteen in which soft drinks,

Powerade and Water will be available at

very reasonable prices.

There will be a number of slices and cake

slices that can be purchased for a gold

coin donation (available from the canteen)

but not everything is about the food.


will also have fun things for the children to

do throughout the day (timing of such

events is still to be confirmed).

We will have volunteers walking around

the ground with the McGrath Foundation

tins asking for donations.

The local schools who are behind our

push to become affiliated with the Camden

District Cricket Association will provide art-

work designed by some of their students

which will be available to buy on the day.

However our biggest draw card has been

brought about thanks to the generosity of

local and not so local businesses who

have provided various prizes for us to give

away as part of our Mega Raffle.

Raffle tickets will be $2 each or 3 for $5

and there are a large number of prizes to

be given away from DVD’s to Movie

Vouchers, Hair Dressing Gift Vouchers to

a High Tea for four at the Rydges Hotel

plus much MUCH more.

So don’t forget that after your on-field

contributions have finished to sit back and

relax and enjoy the atmosphere while still

supporting a good cause.

This is a great day and great opportunity

to bring your friends and family for a good

time, and some great laughs.

ROSEMEADOW REAPERS INVITATIONAL XI

The Dawn of an Era

The 2013 Pink Stumps Day will see the

Rosemeadow Reapers make their debut,

well in some ways.

Due to not being an affiliated club with the

Camden District Cricket Association we

are unable to field a team and we have

therefore approached players from teams

who aren’t participating in the day to build

an Invitational XI to play on our behalf.

Players have not been selected for their

on-field talent, instead being selected as

players who play within the spirit and the

laws of the game of cricket.

To commemorate the day, and the

occasion that they are effectively the first

team to ever play under the Rosemeadow

Reapers banner – despite being registered

to other clubs in the Camden District

Cricket Association, all players taking the

field as part of the Rosemeadow Reapers

Invitational XI will be receiving a Pink

McGrath Foundation cap, and a cricket

shirt with the McGrath Foundation logo on

it.

Each player who has agreed to take part

as a member of the Rosemeadow

Reapers Invitational XI has agreed to pay

a registration fee of $20, which like the

clubs who have paid an overall registration

fee this is seen as a flat out donation to

the McGrath Foundation.

The reason behind charging a $20

registration fee for each player rather than

an overall team fee is to help cover the

cost of the shirt and the hat that each

player will receive as part of their

contribution to the day and for helping us

piece together a team to represent the

host team.

There are still a small number of positions

left in this Rosemeadow Reapers

Invitational XI and therefore if a club has

missed out on registering their team and

would like to nominate one of their players

to be part of our Invitational XI they are

invited to contact the Rosemeadow

Reapers Cricket Club.


Sponsorship Opportunities

While much of the planning is well

underway in the interest of making the day

bigger and better there are still a number

of Sponsorship Opportunities available.

It is important to remember that neither the

Rosemeadow Reapers Cricket Club, the

Camden District Cricket Association nor

any other participating club receives any

money from staging this day all monetary

donations are given directly to the

McGrath Foundation.

Monetary Donations

A business, company, or individual is able

to provide a flat out monetary donation to

the Pink Stumps Day event.

As previously mentioned this money goes

directly to the McGrath Foundation, along

with every other donation and raised funds

that is made on the day.

Every donation over $2 is tax deductable

and receipts will be issued once receipt

books are received from the McGrath

Foundation closer to the event.

Sponsorship

We welcome businesses, companies or

individuals to come on board as sponsors

for the event.

It is easy to take part in sponsoring the

event you can donate a set amount per

each run scored, for each boundary hit

and for each six hit during the day’s play.

Alternatively to help reduce out of pocket

expenses, and therefore giving us more

money to be able to donate at the end of

the day a business and/or company may

donate goods and/or services that can be

used on the day in lieu of any monetary

donation.

Raffle Donation

One of our biggest draw cards for the day

is our Mega Raffle. Tickets for this are not

only being sold on the day at the venue

but also on the internet.

Therefore we invite all

businesses/companies to donate

something worthwhile to be placed as a

prize for our Mega Raffle.

Trophy Sponsor

There will be two trophies given away on

the day to the winning team of each

match. We are currently seeking a

sponsor as naming right holder to the

Trophies.


A look at the future

While it has previously been stated that

the Rosemeadow Reapers Cricket Club

are working hard to gain affiliation to the

Camden District Cricket Association for

the 2013/2014 cricket season the club

see’s this – the Pink Stumps Day – as an

event that we will be able to stage

annually.

With the nurturing from established teams

it is believed that together working with

each other on an event this can be an

annual event which will hopefully grow in

popularity and stature as time goes on.

At the completion of Pink Stumps Day

2013, our first attempt at the event, we will

be able to liaise with fellow cricket fans,

and established clubs in an attempt to

gain feedback on what parts of the day

could be improved.

Once feedback has been received we will

be working on our 2014 Pink Stumps Day

to ensure that it is bigger and better.

Already there are plans to introduce an

official program for the day which will be

just a couple of dollars to buy but will

feature a full glossy history of the event as

each year passes by.

Previous results will be in the program

along with statistics and player profiles in

relation to the clubs that are taking part in

that year’s Pink Stumps Day events.

Behind the scenes all of this information

will be stored which means that if a player

were to change teams and his new team

took part in our next instalment his player

profile in the program will already have

Pink Stump Day statistics.

Future editions of the Pink Stumps Day

will also hopefully see us working better

with the Camden District Cricket

Association to ensure that all clubs feel

welcome to come and take part in

festivities.

ROSEMEADOW CRICKET CLUB

ROSEMEADOW SPORTS COMPLEX (Off Dickens Road)

SUNDAY 24th FEBRUARY 2013

FROM 9AM

HTTP://WWW.CLUB-ROSEMEADOW.COM

TWENTY20 CRICKET COMPETITION, FACE PAINTING, PUBLIC BARBEQUE, SHOWBAGS, RAFFLES!

Pink Stumps Day 2013

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