Overview

Cricket Australia and Cricket Victoria are committed to making it easier for people with disabilities to participate in cricket  ie cricket needs to be more inclusive and improve access to a wide range of non-traditional participants including women, indigenous communities, non-English speaking people and of course people with disabilities

The Barwon Region has a senior disability League consisting of 6 club based teams (Newcomb, Collendina, Geelong City, Sth Barwon, Colac and Werribee). It is called the Barwon All Abilities Cricket League (BAACL) and plays a series of matches at central venues during the cricket season. Barwon also enters teams in the State All Abilities Day held in Melb in Feb – Barwon won the first 2 super league cups

The Special Schools program consists of several school clinics being conducted in the 3 schools (Colac, Barwon Valley and Nelson Park) and culminates in the all abilities day that was held at Kardinia Park.

Its main aims are to:

• Introduce cricket to new participants in a safe and fun way
• Increase awareness that cricket is a game for all including those with a disability
• Act as a feeder of new players in to the BRAACL