Sports unite for a good cause

By David Claridge

ON JANUARY 17, Hadspen Oval

saw four sports clubs united as one for an important cause. Hundreds of people came to watch the Bushfire Appeal T20 cricket match on with Hadspen Cricket Club and St Pat’s FC versus the Westbury Shamrocks Cricket Club and Meander Valley Suns FC.

After the event, Hadspen Cricket Club were proud to announce a total of $23,561.50 to be donated to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. Daniel Murfet, the Westbury Shamrocks captain, described how special it was to have the combined event. ‘The amount we raised was beyond anything we could have thought possible when we first started

‘It was great that the four clubs could put on something for the public and rally behind the cause to help those in need at the moment.’ Hadspen Cricket Club president Corey Martin said it was in aid of doing something about the devastation that people were seeing on a daily basis. ‘It’s all around the country including in our own state at Fingal,’ he said. ‘The four clubs were thinking about doing an event, so it made sense to do something together. The support from the community was fantastic, even before the event.’