Over the winter months, your Mont Albert Cricket Club Committee has commenced meetings to discuss planning for the 2021/22 cricket season. We wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with an update about the current circumstances and some of this planning.
The current situation in Victoria is highly stressful. This can trigger feelings of fear, boredom, frustration and sadness. Please reach out if you need assistance of any kind – our committee members can help you source the assistance you need. Or, you could reach out to a teammate, coach or mentor within the Mont Albert CC community.
As a club, we strongly believe in providing a fun and safe environment for persons of all ages and abilities to play competitive cricket. This applies to all at every level of cricket, no matter what your personal or financial circumstances might be. As always, if you’d like to be a part of Mont Albert CC, all you have to do is come along.
As we are all aware, nothing has gone to plan this year and winter community sport has been cancelled prematurely.
Return to Play & Training
At this stage, the Eastern Cricket Association (ECA) has advised us that the resumption of junior and senior cricket is planned for early November 2021 as a best case scenario.
We plan to keep the Mont Albert CC community informed as new updates are provided to the committee. Please keep checking your emails, our social media pages (Facebook, Instagram & Twitter) and our website for updates as they come to hand.
Our Junior Coordinators – Howard Bertus and Michael Massey – have recently sent out a very detailed email about the juniors. Please refer to that for specific details.
Registration
Registrations are now open for all junior and senior players for 2021/22.
Given the unprecedented circumstances of this period of COVID-19, we understand some players and their families may be facing financial difficulties. We are committed to ensuring that everyone gets an opportunity to participate in cricket in 2020-21, irrespective of your personal or financial circumstances. If you are unable to pay the registration fee, please select the “Pay Offline” option on the registration link and get in contact with Luke Galtieri (galtiel95@gmail.com or 0433 403 051) or another KEY CONTACT who will be able to assist you with a suitable arrangement (all arrangements will be confidential). All arrangements will be considered (e.g. paying in installments, part payment or no payment), so please do not hesitate to contact us.
Our goal in 2021/22 is to welcome every player and family back to our club.
Club Financials
Similar to last season, the Mont Albert CC committee believes that we are very well positioned to combat the financial challenges that inevitably come when we’re in a pandemic. We thank the ongoing support of our members, our sponsors and local government in helping us achieve this financial position.
The current circumstances are affecting everyone, and our sponsors are not immune to these impacts. If you have the capacity to do so, please reach out to our current sponsors.
We thank our sponsors for their ongoing support:
The Bendigo Bank – Surrey Hills Branch; 2U Grocer; Miller Hannaker & Middleton; Breadstreet Bakery; Melbourne Oral & Facial Surgery; Crepes for Change; Harp of Erin Hotel; Masuri; Life Risk Insurance Solutions.
We look forward to welcoming you all back when possible.
Please reach out if you have any questions or need support in any way.
Warmest Regards,
Mont Albert Cricket Club Committee