WA Community Cricket

Project Inspire 2.0 is now open for community cricket voluneers to sign up! 🏏

Do you want to grow your leadership skills and create meaningful change for women and girls at their local cricket clubs? Then this is the project for you!

Running from September 2026 to May 2027, you'll have monthly online coaching sessions and a face-to-face Immersion Workshop in Melbourne.

Applications close August 17, to sign up at the link below!

🔗: https://shorturl.at/wQQsY

Coach360 is here 🤝

As coaching has evolved, so has coach development. Coach360 gives coaches access to flexible learning, modern resources and personalised development, all in one place.

Find out more ➡️ https://learn.cricket.com.au/home

🎉 It's National Youth Volunteer Week!

Young volunteers bring energy, fresh ideas and valuable support to cricket clubs across Western Australia. We're grateful for the contribution they make to our cricket community every day. 💙

For clubs looking to engage and support young volunteers, Volunteering WA has some great tips 👇

Tips For Engaging With Young People | Volunteering WA Young people bring fresh energy, new perspectives, creativity to your organisation - especially around digital/social media, current culture.

Planning a club meeting, workshop, conference or community event?

The True Sport team is available to deliver engaging, practical presentations that help sporting organisations create safer, more inclusive and more positive environments.

Every presentation is tailored to your organisation, audience and goals.

Whether you're supporting volunteers, educating parents, developing coaches or building stronger club culture, we're here to help.

📩 To request a presentation, email us at [email protected]

🏏 State Squad Open Trials - Intellectual Disability Cricket

Are you a hard ball cricketer with an intellectual disability looking to represent WA?

Join us for the State Squad Open Trials at the WACA Ground Indoor Nets on:
📅 Thursday 21 August | 4:00pm to 8:00pm
📅 Thursday 28 August | 4:00pm to 8:00pm

To be eligible, players must:
✅ Be playing hard ball cricket
✅ Have an IQ of 75 or below
✅ Be eligible to apply for a Sports Inclusion Australia Number

Come along and showcase your skills. We look forward to seeing you there!

Register 👇
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/2szqFzfzn9

True Sport is proud to partner with Butterfly Foundation to deliver the BodyKind Sport for Coaches and Support Staff Workshop, helping create safer, more supportive sporting environments where young athletes can thrive.

Coaches and support staff play a powerful role in shaping how young people feel about their bodies, eating habits and relationship with sport. This interactive workshop will provide practical knowledge and tools to support positive body image, recognise concerns early and foster BodyKind sporting environments.

Facilitated by Danni Rowlands, Butterfly Foundation's National Manager for Prevention Service, this session will explore:
✅ Body image and key influences on young athletes
✅ Disordered eating and eating disorders in sport
✅ Risk and protective factors during adolescence
✅ How to respond when concerns arise
✅ Positive language and communication strategies
✅ Creating BodyKind training, testing and competition environments

Date: Thursday, 20 August 2026
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: SportHQ, Floreat
Morning tea and light refreshments included
Cost: FREE to attend

Registrations close 11:59pm, Tuesday 18 August 2026.

Join us and help build sporting environments where every athlete feels valued, supported and empowered.

Autism in Cricket Come and Try session for cricket lovers of all ages from 4 years old😍

Join us Saturday 5 September, 9am-12noon at the WACA Ground.

RSVP today 👇
https://autism.org.au/event/autism-in-cricket-2026-come-and-try-session/

Autism Association of Western Australia

Are you interested in🏏Coach360🏏 - the new coach development framework due to go live in August?

Hear directly from Cricket Australia at the Club Forum on Sunday 2 August. It's not too late to register 👇
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/PCHw0vwPtX

Forum overview:
👉Resilience Through Sport - building mental health skills for life
👉Sport Governance and Conflict Resolution (breakout)
👉AI in Clubs (Breakout)
👉Introducing Coach360 - coaching development reimagined
👉Networking

Don’t miss these free upcoming workshops:

🏃‍♀️ Why Girls Drop Out | 28 July
Explore why girls leave sport and learn practical ways to create environments where they stay, thrive and lead.

🛡️ Safe Girls, Strong Clubs | 5 August
Gain practical tools to help build safer, more inclusive club environments for children and young people.

These sessions are ideal for club volunteers, coaches, parents, administrators and anyone looking to make a positive impact.

🔗 Register now:
👉https://events.humanitix.com/why-girls-dropout
👉https://events.humanitix.com/safe-girls-strong-clubs

Looking for more information about this year's Club Forum?

Find out more about the day and register 👇
https://www.wacricket.com.au/news/4535990/beyond-the-boundary-supporting-cricket-in-wa

Held in collaboration with Healthway as part of the Think Mental Health initiative, the Forum is designed for volunteers and parents who keep the club running.