It will be the first time the free community event, which will run in Hamilton’s Monivae College on Sunday, September 30, will be run.

Western Country Cricket manager Tony Caccaviello said it catered for every aspect of cricket.

“There is a lot of off-field stuff but as well as on-field stuff so it’s not just for players,” he said.

“We have stuff in there for coaches, curators, captains, committee members, basically everything and it’s an event that will run over a whole day but it is really made up of smaller parts.

“Everyone is combating the same problems in country cricket and there is heaps of ideas of how to go about these challenges and it’s about sharing those ideas with people from all over country Victoria coming over.”

The day is split up into eight different focus sessions focusing on wicket management, female cricket, leadership, sustainability, child safety, umpiring and bat making. 

The turf curator course will involve two hours of practical learning on how to prepare cricket wickets.

Emma Kearney and other Western Waves female cricketers will help run a female cricket workshop that teaches clubs how to create women and girls teams and competitions and how to make them strong and vibrant.

The art of leadership course focuses on game and training strategies as well as how to attract top leadership and how to develop from within.

Clubs also have a chance to learn about sustainability and ensure their club is alive and thriving in years to come.

A batting masterclass will form the innovation in cricket seminar and focus on strategies to coach players on the shorter formats of the game.

The safeguarding children and young people teaches clubs on how to create a safe place for children.

Discussions on strategies to recruit more umpires and increase the quality of club-based umpires will form part of a seminar on the games officiators.

An on-site demonstration and display by master craftsman Lachlan Fisher will show visitors the art of making a cricket bat.

“People can pick what they want to attend,” Caccaviello said. “What I would love to see is a club send down two members, say like a coach or committee member or another member and they can tag team and see all the events.”

Caccaviello said registrations were still being excepted on the Western Waves website and through their form at https://cricketvictoria.wufoo.com/forms/country-cricket-expo-2018/ 

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