A pair of Tasmanian Cricket League sides will have upgraded facilities in the near future, announced as recipients of the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund.
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Hagley-based side Diggers and Trevallyn received the grants for upgrades to their respective synthetic pitches, named as two of 14 clubs around Tasmania to be assisted by the 2020-21 round.
This round of the ACIF saw $170,000 of the $593,000 pool provided to clubs, going towards projects like the TCL pair as well as turf wicket, net and changeroom and toilet upgrades.
Cricket Tasmania's general manager of communications and government relations Tim Lovibond congratulated the successful applicants.
"We are really pleased to be able to offer ACIF funding to clubs, associations and councils for projects that improve the quality of cricket in Tasmania," he said.
"Infrastructure projects can be costly, yet we know that the better the facility; the better the cricket."
Funded in partnership with Cricket Tasmania and Cricket Australia, the ACIF also goes alongside the Tasmanian Government's Improving the Playing Field grants, with sports minister Jane Howlett pleased to see the clubs rewarded.
"I am delighted to see so many community cricket clubs around Tasmania ... set to benefit from the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund," she said.
"These funds will not only help to improve cricket facilities in the state, but hopefully encourage more Tasmanians to get involved in cricket and live healthy and active lifestyles.
"The ACIF will complement our Government's infrastructure funding programs, such as Improving and Levelling the Playing Field, which cricket clubs across Tasmania have benefited from."
Trevallyn is one of the TCL's biggest clubs, fielding four senior men's sides, a TCL Boom outfit and two teams in Cricket North's junior competition last year.
The Diggers had three men's teams - A-grade, B-grade and C-grade.
Both clubs' top-tiered sides made grand finals, with Trevallyn's premier league and TCL Boom teams and Diggers' A-grade side all tasting defeat.