Porritt School

Why we should receive the grant:

Kia ora. First of all, what an awesome initiative ANZ! Porritt School located in Tamatea, Napier is a school that use to have a vast number of cricket teams, but in the recent years, has struggled to pull together a first 11. The only gear that is currently available to players is very old/broken and often to small. Being a new teacher to the school, and with Cricket and sport my passion, I want to enter on a high and be able to provide our school with some gear. I have a goal to lift cricket at our school and get the beautiful game rolling again. We have a wealth of talent in our school but unfortunately lack of resources and being a low socio economic area, we struggle to provide opportunities for these wonderful children. I personally also play 3rd grade cricket for a team full of Hawke's Bay teachers, we too often have to borrow gear or use the gear we inherited from Napier Girls High School team from 1980. Thank you so much for considering my application. Our local community and the beautiful game of cricket will continue to grow with the passion I bring, regardless of whether we are successful in our application or not. Thank you once again. Jayden Austin.

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