Queensland Cricket could be very pleased with the excellent contribution these volunteers and initiatives make to the success of cricket in Queensland, and the work of those people, golf equipment and associations make on the grassroots degree represents a significant stake within the total energy of the sport.

The eleventh award Queensland Cricket wish to have a good time is the Technology & Media Initiative award. Congratulations to Bundaberg Cricket Association!

The Bundaberg Cricket Association’s partnership with WideBayTelevision engaged the area’s cricket group and even created a brand new supporter base with its livestreaming of video games from the Aussie Bundy Big Bash on Friday night time and a weekly broadcast of The Cricket Show.

The intention was to ship an amazing product, an amazing environment, get bums on seats, improve model & sport consciousness and set cricket other than all the opposite sports activities in Bundaberg – which hopefully assists with participation growing at junior and senior ranges. BCA additionally ran their Junior Blasters previous to the Big Bash to convey households in and among the gamers helped coach the subsequent era.

The WideBayTV  weekly roundup of cricket within the Wide Bay area  – The Cricket Show – is hosted by Rhys Grills and David Boge, with each native and visiting visitors becoming a member of them. This was a good way of sustaining the momentum between Friday night time matches. Studio visitors might be livestreamed in on a panel or hosted within the studio. BCA supplied the panellists/presenters and visitors.

WBTV supplied the area, crew and know-how. This initiative is like nothing seen in Queensland earlier than, and it was definitely no two-bit manufacturing. There had been 4 cameras, commentary, reside graphics on display screen. Basically, it put the area’s cricket “up in lights”. There had been big promotions on social media to drag the spectators and viewers in.

The streaming of video games, in an odd approach, additionally assist spectator numbers at grounds, as individuals needed to be a part of the occasion. The streaming additionally gave nice publicity to affiliation and membership sponsors, which helps put additional worth on the product and makes it simpler to realize partnerships now and sooner or later. Whether it was the streaming of the video games or The Cricket present, the publicity was mainly like free promoting, which helped when it got here to gaining registrations and volunteers!