Brodlach wrote:I thought Kensington juniors were around $350 but I could be corrected.
Last year CLG juniors (footy) were $220 and that was at the lower end of the scale in surrounding clubs
Says $290 on Kensington website for junior fees. Senior men $420 which includes cap and shirt.
What would Adelaide Turf clubs charge junior players?
Quite a few football clubs run their own 'rogue' Under 6 and Under 7 competitions to get around parents having to pay Auskick fees. I know a few primary schools did this with 'Milo' cricket too. Parents just run stuff for the kids that age for free. Saves them having to pay for the kit every year.
I heard that Cricket Australia wants all the states doing the exact same thing for juniors. All doing Milo in2cricket, all doing T20 Blast, all doing their new junior formats. Same ages, same costs, same programs everywhere. Not sure if I heard this correctly but supposedly they hate that there is primary school cricket and Kanga cricket in South Australia because it is different to everywhere else and takes numbers away from their programs. 'Confuses the pathway' whatever that means.
Rambling a bit but to me there are two problems cricket has:
1) Children/families choosing to do sports other than cricket
This comes down to cost, length of the match, familiarity with the sport, perceived difficulty of cricket (complicated game, skills hard)
2) Children/families not doing any sport at all
Being involved in organised sport is just not as much a part of the weekly family routine as it has been previously. Fat kids, lazy parents, higher divorce rates, screen time, weekend work
There have been some positive signs lately but for years cricket was getting a smaller slice of a shrinking pool