Adam Gilchrist Cricket Development Scholarship
 Adam with Cameron Francis – South Australia |
General Concept:
A scholarship designed to allow a young male country cricketer (Scholarship awardee hereinafter called “The Player”) to spend one (English) season playing cricket in a London-based cricket competition with The Richmond Cricket Club.
Eligibility criteria:
- Age: The Player to be aged less than 20 years of age as at 31st January in the year of the scholarship.
- Residency: The Player must be a permanent resident of Australia.
- Playing qualification: The Player must have commenced his cricket career in a non-metropolitan area.
- Coaching Qualification: The Player is advised to attain at least a Level 1 cricket coaching accreditation through the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme, as well as the Police clearance to facilitate working with children.
- Closing Date: for each year will be the last Friday in January of the year of the scholarship.
Benefits:
- The Player will receive Economy class return Air Fare to London
- Accommodation for the duration of the period spent in London, in exchange for small periods of work as agreed with the Richmond Cricket Club
- All playing fees and sundry costs for the duration of the scholarship
- A small allowance for the duration of the scholarship.
Responsibilities of Scholarship Winner (The Player) will include
|  Mitch Power – New South Wales |
- Purchasing appropriate Travel Insurance.
- Supplying (preferably via e-mail) a clear photograph for publicity purposes.
- In England, undertaking work as agreed with The Richmond Cricket Club in exchange for a small payment to supplement the scholarship allowance.
- Playing in all agreed fixtures.
- Contributing to the development of The Richmond Cricket Club via coaching and public relations events as agreed.
- Furnishing monthly reports to the Scholarship Coordinator.
- Furnishing a Final Report to Scholarship Coordinator no later than two months after the conclusion of the scholarship.
Responsibilities of The Player’s Home Club
will include Conducting fund-raising activities in order to supplement the Scholarship Fund, which may be used to supplement the available “pocket money” for The Player. (Adam Gilchrist will
provide several items of signed memorabilia, which is to be used by the home club to raise these funds. 50% of the funds so raised are to be kept by the home club as an incentive
to helping with the scholarship.) Investigating the possibility of a reciprocal visit by a player nominated by the Richmond
Cricket Club.
The Richmond Cricket Club will-
- Raise funds to provide a small allowance for The Player.
- Provide appropriate playing opportunities for The Player
- Supervise The Player’s cricketing activities
- Provide suitable accommodation, at a satisfactory rate, and casual employment which will pay sufficiently to meet the cost of this accommodation
- Cover all playing fees and costs for The Player.
Comment from Adam Gilchrist:
Every now and then in your lifetime, an opportunity comes along which opens whole new vistas for you. I had one such opportunity when I was awarded a Big Brother Cricket Scholarship, and spent five months in England when I was still quite young. This experience taught me a lot about myself, and assisted me in my cricket development at a crucial time in my career. I am really thrilled that I am now able, with the wonderful help of sponsors such as Nestle MILO, Puma and the Albion Hat Company, to offer such an opportunity to a young cricketer to spend an English summer playing with the Richmond Cricket Club in London. This was the club which hosted me, and I am confident that each player awarded the scholarship will gain immense value both on the field and off from their professional and dedicated personnel. To date we have had scholarship winners from most states. We trust that these young players and all future recipients of the scholarship will flourish in their personal lives as well as in their cricket.
 Leonard Watt – New South Wales |  Gareth Oakley – Victoria |
