Karori Cricket Club :: Club Foundation

The Karori Cricket Foundation has been one of the real success stories over the period from 1980 to 2008.

The Foundation was the brainchild of former club president, the late Ian Nimmo. The concept was to establish a separate identity from  the junior or senior clubs and charged with actively promoting the game in the area at all levels.

Specifically the Foundation’s objectives focus on: providing coaching opportunities for schoolboy and club cricketers; funding the development of permanent cricketing facilities; purchasing junior and schoolboy playing gear and equipment; providing additional opportunities for players to further their cricketing experience; and fostering the interests of the club in promoting and developing the game in Karori.

Over the last 25 years  funds have been allocated to all the above including player scholarships for tertiary tuition fees, playing overseas and/or playing gear; funding coaching seminars and payments for coaches; playing gear for junior and schoolboy teams; and facilities to help in the player development. Contributions towards the cost of practice facilities and bowling machines are examples of facility provision.

Around the time of the millennium, the Foundation also provided a loan of $30,000 to the senior club to assist it in maintaining  financial viability. The loan was crucial to enabling the club to continue operating as a distinct and legal identity. and has been repaid in full.

Foundation assets with which to meet its objectives, which have grown from around $3,000 to currently around $90,000, were built up over the years from membership subscriptions, community grant applications and bequests. One initial source of funds, junior player subscriptions have since been waived. 

For much of the last 25 years, the Foundation’s management was led by Doug Catley, probably one the game’s (and the club’s) strongest supporters assisted by a secretary/treasurer and a small team of trustees. The chairmanship of the Foundation is currently in the hands of David Bain , a long serving Karori Cricket Club player, administrator, member and supporter  with Dave Hooley acting as secretary/treasurer and Evan Gray and Bob Murdoch as fellow trustee's

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