Support Safer Cricket at Burnside Park!

$3,055 of $5,000 goal

Given by 22 generous donors in 8 weeks

Support safer cricket at Burnside Park! We are raising funds for much-needed maintenance and upgrades our training and storage facilities.

Burnside, Christchurch

Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club is growing, and we need to continue investing in our facilities to ensure we have suitable and safer training facilities for our members as we ll as the general public who also use our park.

This Spring, Christchurch City Council has agreed to take on the refurbishment of our artificial net run-ups - this is a much-needed upgrade to make these community facilities safer and fit for purpose.

In addition to this upgrade, we need to continue to invest in the nets and lanes themselves. This work includes extending the netting to make them safe for all park users, and replacing any damaged artificial turf and netting which has become quite tired and damaged after heavy community use since they were last refurbished in 2019.

As we grow our club we also have realised a need for more gear and equipment storage. We are building a shed under the deck, which requires shelving and power installation.

And finally, in honour of the Late Gerry Cross, we are installing a memorial water fountain, which will benefit all park users (and dogs!)

We need your help to assist with the costs of some of these projects. Thanks for watching the video, and thanks for every contribution you can make.

Ngā mihi nui,

Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club

Use of funds

Funds will be put towards:

- Extending the height and upgrading the netting on our three artificial nets

- Replacing damaged artificial turf in the batting areas in our artificial nets

- Installation of a shed under the balcony, shelving, and power

Help our players to get in the zone! 30 August 2022

The final component of our fundraising campaign is to complete the refurbishment by tidying up the player's viewing area in the front of the pavilion and immediately under the balcony with the addition of a player's viewing zone.

Tenatively dubbed the Lion's Den (after our club crest featuring the cabbage tree and a rampant lion), our goal is to make viewing cricket more enjoyable for our players and opposition when waiting to bat. The Player's zone will allow players to shelter from the sun on a hot day, and from the biting easterly wind on a cold one! You'll also notice an artist's impression of the Jerry Cross Memorial drinking fountain in this image... More on that in our final campaign update.

Thank you to all our generous donors so far. Please help support out campaign by donating if you can, and sharing this link with your friends and community. We can't get there without your support.

Thanks!

Burnside Cricket

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