Riddells Creek Junior Mixed Basketball Association (RCJMBA) has received a $1200 grant from the state government’s sporting club grants program.
Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas announced the grant on May 23, which will go towards providing training for RCJMBA coaches, through the government’s commitment to make community sport accessible and inclusive.
RCJMBA president Debra Taylor said the grant makes a big difference and will help the development of the coaches at RCJMBA.
“We applied for the grant because we have a lot of new coaches at our association and it was one of our main priorities, to provide extra training,” Ms Taylor said.
“It’s our way of saying thankyou and giving them a bit of extra help.”
Ms Taylor said RCJMBA can now book in multiple training programs with a coach from the Sunbury Basketball Association.
“We’ve actually booked in a coach from the [SBA] to come out and run some sessions with our coaches,” she said.
“Without this grant we probably wouldn’t run such an extensive coaching program… to have someone come out multiple times.
“We wouldn’t have access to somebody who could give us all their knowledge.
“Now we know we have the money, we will lock in the coach.”
Ms Thomas said the program helps to support local clubs and get community members involved in sport.
“The sporting club grants program is giving grassroots sports clubs in Macedon the support they need to grow their ranks,” she said.
“[This will] help more people than ever play the sports they love.”
Zoe Moffatt
