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Quiz Night Raises Funds For BLV Tigers Players
November 6th 2024
IIT / Blind Cricket Tas staged a Quiz Night fundraiser and people are still talking about what a great night it was! Congrats to the winning team – ‘The Dickie Birds’ (pictured above). – Image above depicts the six person winning team holding their framed winner’s certificates and $25 BWS vouchers, along with Quiz Master Matt Clayton […]
BCT Coaches The Coaches at Cricket Tasmania
August 17th 2024
We continue to build a meaningful relationship with Cricket Tas (CT). This year we’ve secured an updated MoU with additional advantages including training access to the indoor nets at Blundstone Arena. We have also achieved ‘Community Club’ status which now offers BCT equal opportunity in terms of receiving some administration funds and access to their […]
Blind Cricket Coaching Manual Launched
May 26th 2024
After years of development, Inclusive Innovations Tas is excited to share that in partnership with Blind Sports Australia (BSA) and Blind Cricket Australia (BCA), we’ve delivered the most extensive ‘Beginners Guide’ to Blind Cricket Coaching ever produced in the country. BSA led the development team, including Blind Cricket Tas, in producing a detailed document that […]
Print Radio Tas Interviews BCT
May 25th 2023
Listen to a recent interview with Blind Cricket Tasmania (BCT) – conducted by Tony Freeman on behalf of Print Radio Tasmania (PRT). Listen in to this exciting conversation with these remarkable individuals; Phillip ‘Sunny’ Drury (CEO of Inclusive Innovations Tasmania), David Hughes (Tigers State Team Captain), and Dylan Gangell (Tigers representative Player) – and what they are […]
Hutchins & Collegiate students test their skills
March 26th 2023
IIT / BCT had a great day session with a mix of students from The Hutchins School and St Michael’s Collegiate School who approached us to find out what blind and low vision cricket is all about. B&LV cricket is a highly inclusive sport – accessible to all abilities, genders, and ages. You can even play as a […]
Clarence B&LV Multi-sport Come & Try Day
March 17th 2023
The first IIT/BCT blind and low vision multi-sport Come & Try Day on Hobart’s Eastern Shore was a great success. Big thanks go to Clarence City Council for their fantastic support, and Blind Sports Australia for the audio balls and equipment. We had 20+ people attend the event (some sighted, some with low vision) on […]
2023 NCIC photo videos and radio interviews
February 25th 2023
Below are a variety of MP4 photo based videos of the team’s experiences at the 2023 NCIC, and also Mp3 radio interviews of some of the Tigers players from the championships. TAS Tigers representative players fly out to the 2023 NCIC (MP4 video): BCT Tigers fly out to the 2023 NCIC Team cap presentations to […]
The TAS/ACT ‘CATS’ NCIC wrap-up!
February 19th 2023
Bringing together TAS and ACT blind and low-vision players in an inaugural representative ‘CATS’ team for the 2023 National Cricket Inclusion Championships has been an extraordinary accomplishment for all involved. From three long years back, firstly establishing IIT and then BCT, to forming an MoU with Cricket Tasmania building the program, acceptance by the national […]
TAS/ACT NCIC team nickname announced
February 6th 2023
After some deliberation with the playing group, we can announce that the dual TAS/ACT NCIC blind and visually impaired cricket team now has a nickname – the ‘CATS! Our players made many suggestions, but in the end, it was unanimous that the CATS was the most appropriate nickname on many levels. It’s a balanced combination […]
BCT Wins CA National Community Partnership Award
February 5th 2023
Blind Cricket Tasmania initiative WON the Cricket Australia Community Cricket Partnership of the Year Award for the 2021/22 season! A BIG thanks to all players, supporters, volunteers, partners, sponsors, and donors who have contributed to achieving this outstanding result. As a national award, it’s a significant boost to BCT and blind and visually impaired sports […]
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