NSW Blues players Trent Copeland and Scott Henry will visit the Western Zone next week to support cricket in the region as part of the Toyota Country Blitz (September 17-19).
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A Cricket NSW initiative, the aim of the Toyota Country Blitz is to help promote the sport in regional areas at the grass roots level, and to encourage boys and girls of all ages to sign up and play for their local club this summer.
Children can find their local club by visiting www.playcricket.com.au.
As part of their visit, the NSW Blues players will join members of the local Good Sports cricket club and the Mayor of Dubbo to commission the new “What’s Your Plan B?” sightscreens at Lady Cutler Oval in Dubbo, which have been made possible thanks to the generous support of Cricket NSW’s Major Partner, Transport for NSW.
These sightscreens will also carry the important “What’s Your Plan B?” community message which encourages people to find an alternative way to get home after a few drinks, instead of driving.
“Plan B is all about making safe, smart choices on how to get home when your night out comes to an end. Whether it’s a taxi, a lift home from your mum, walking with friends or something left-field like catching a lift with the pizza delivery guy, any Plan B beats drinking and driving,” said Marg Prendergast, General Manager Centre of Road Safety.
“We hope that the Plan B sightscreens will be a reminder to get home safe if you’ve been drinking after the game.”
The players will also take the time to meet with other important members of the local cricket community, including volunteers and local councils.
Below is a schedule for the NSW Blues players for the duration of their Toyota Country Blitz visit:
Wednesday 17 September 2014
11:00am – 2:30pm: Appearance at Lithgow MILO T20Blast Gala Day and Mega Clinic (Tony Luchetti Sportsground)
3:30pm – 4:00pm: Appearance at Lithgow Toyota
4:30pm – 5:30pm: Coaching clinic with local junior cricketers (Watsford Oval)
Thursday 18 September 2014
Scott Henry
9:30am – 11:00am: School visit at St Mary’s Primary School
11:30am – 1:00pm: School visit at St Laurence’s Primary School
1:40pm – 3:00pm: School visit at Dubbo South Primary School
Trent Copeland
9:30am – 11:00am: School visit at Orana Heights Primary School
2:20pm – 3:10pm: School visit at Dubbo Primary School (Vic Park 1)
3:30pm – 4:15pm: Copeland and Henry will join members of the local Good Sports cricket club and the Mayor of Dubbo to commission the new “What’s Your Plan B?” sightscreens at Lady Cutler Oval, Dubbo
4:45pm – 6:00pm: Appearance at the Dubbo Junior Cricket Association Come and Try Day (Lady Cutler Oval, Dubbo)
Friday 19 September 2014
Scott Henry
9:30am – 11:00am: School visit at Middleton Primary School
1:30pm – 3:00pm: School visit at Parkes Christian School
Trent Copeland
9:30am – 11:00am: School visit at Parkes East Primary School
11:30am – 1:00pm: School visit at Holy Family Primary School
1:30pm – 3:00pm: School visit at Parkes High School
3:30pm – 4:15pm: Appearance at McDonald’s Parkes
About the Good Sports Program
The Australian Drug Foundation’s Good Sports program works in communities to make sports clubs safe and healthy through the responsible management of alcohol. Good Sports is working with Cricket NSW and TfNSW to prevent drink driving amongst NSW cricket clubs.
For more information visit Goodsports.com.au.
About the Players
Trent Copeland
After a phenomenal 2013 winter in which he starred for Northamptonshire in the English County Championship, helping them to promotion to Division One, ‘Copes’ returned to Australia to find that with all the pace bowlers available, he could only manage one match in the 2013/14 Ryobi Cup.
He shrugged off this disappointment quickly, however, as he made his mark in the Sheffield Shield, playing in nine matches where he picked up 24 wickets at an average of 32.08.
He also contributed well with the bat, including a defiant 35 in the Shield Final against the Warriors, where he helped secure a NSW victory.
Scott Henry
2013/14 was a year of consolidation for this mature left-hander as he fought to hold his spot in an imposing Blues batting line-up, where competition for places is the challenge that all players absorb.
A winter spent overseas in England honing his skills in the environment of Hampshire meant that Scott came back full of enthusiasm, but he was forced to sit out most of the Ryobi Cup, playing only one match as the NSW Blues made the Final.
Once the Test players had disappeared, Scott came back into the reckoning for one of the opening batting spots and ended up playing for the majority of the season as he scored 501 runs in nine matches at an average of 33.40. Unfortunately, he missed out on a place in the Final, but was rewarded when he skippered his club side Sydney University to another First Grade Premiership.