The second annual Lord’s Taverners Super 8’s Cricket Gala Day was held on Wednesday 16th February 2011. This year saw the introduction of Karabar High School who joined Queanbeyan High School to contest the day at Freebody Oval in Queanbeyan. There were 65 high school students competing in 7 teams. The concept of the day is to engage both indigenous and non-indigenous youth through the pathway of cricket.
Each round saw six of the teams competing against each other, while the seventh team was put through cricketing drills delivered by ACT indigenous representative players, Danny Tye and Malcolm Towney, who had just returned from representing the ACT in the Imparja Cup in Alice Springs.
All teams competed in four matches of Super 8’s cricket, which saw team Mark Higgs going through the day undefeated. The day was played in great spirit and good sportsmanship, which was a credit to both students and staff of the two schools.
Cricket ACT and The Lords Taverners are committed to using such events as The Lords Taverners Indigenous Super 8’s day to promote Cricket to the local indigenous community and to encourage harmony amongst participants of Australia’s greatest game
SUPER 8 INDIGENOUS SCHOOLS DAY 2010
On 17 February 2010, a successful inaugural Super 8 cricket day was organised by ACT Cricket and funded by Lord’s Taverners. Some 65 mostly indigenous students from Queanbeyan High participated in a program aimed at allowing indigenous youth the chance to play a shortened form of cricket in a fun environment.
It is hoped that through this activity more young people in school years 7-12 will come to play cricket and feed into senior cricket teams. Several members of the ACT Imparja Cup team participated in the day acting as role models for the school children.
