Community & Business
8 July, 2023
Donation for cricket club repairs
A massive $2000 has been donated by the Mareeba Leagues Club to the Mareeba Cricket Club to help repair the extensive vandalism on their Firth Park clubhouse.
A massive $2000 has been donated by the Mareeba Leagues Club to the Mareeba Cricket Club to help repair the extensive vandalism on their Firth Park clubhouse.
Recently, the club was broken into in during a crime spree, where youth stole a four wheeler, tore up the field and broke into the clubhouse through the roof, stealing several ice blocks and trashing equipment.
The damage overall will cost more than $10,000 but thanks to the local leagues club, Mareeba Cricket president Irene Roy says the volunteer-based group can begin making repairs sooner than they hoped.
“We are very grateful for the leagues club because without their help, we wouldn’t be able to do our repairs,” she said.
“We have got to make the outside more secure before we begin making repairs to the inside and with this donation that is what we will do.”
The club wants anyone who witnesses antisocial behaviour and vandalism in and around the clubhouse to contact them and the police.
