The Women of MCC (WOMCC) special interest group was created in 2006.
A number of functions have since been held, include an annual Women in Football Luncheon, Women in Cricket Test Breakfast and Women in Wine cocktail party.
OUR MISSION
- To build a network of women MCC members to promote the MCC.
- To encourage the use of MCC facilities by women members.
- To create and enhance opportunities to network and build friendships.
- To profile and promote the achievements of women in sport.
- To provide support to groups using sport to improve the confidence and skills of women and girls.
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Women in Football Function
The Women of the MCC is holding their fifth Women in Football Function on Friday June 18 in the Committee Room, prior to the Hawthorn-Essendon match.
Guest speaker for the evening is Dr Susan Alberti, board member of the Western Bulldogs Football Club. Dr Alberti will speak on the pioneering role she has played as a woman involved in football, and her contribution towards changing the culture of the sport towards women. She will also discuss how the Western Bulldogs are strategising towards a premiership in 2010.
Please click here for full details and to book.
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Women of the MCC fields a Womens cricket team - December 11
The WOMCC has been asked to field a team for Andrology Australia’s Cricket Day — Merv’s Have a Crack Day.
Andrology Australia aims to bring the issue of mens health - prostate and testicular cancer, infertility, etc. —out into the wider community, as has been successfully achieved with breast cancer. Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men.
Former Test cricketer and Australian selector Merv Hughes is ambassador for the cricket day, which will be held on Friday December 11 at Trinity Grammar’s sporting grounds at Bulleen.
Although MCC cricket has no formal female representation, it will on this day as young women cricketers, who are just starting to make their mark at state and international level, showcase their skills and act as great ambassadors for the sport. The WOMCC team will include significant participation by MCC members.
The WOMCC is delighted to announce the sponsorship by BHP Billiton which is enabling the WOMCC to field this team. Such sponsorship highlights the company’s commitment to corporate responsibility to all its employees and sits well with its charter of good citizenship within the communities in which it operates.
FUNDING PROJECTS
2009 - The River Nile
The River Nile Learning Centre supports young Sudanese women who are single mothers. WOMCC is currently funding a project with the support of Cricket Victoria’s community and backyard cricket program to facilitate members of the River Nile to become involved in their local community via active recreation and backyard cricket.
Cricket Victoria and the MCC hosted a group of Sudanese women for a picnic and cricket day at the MCG on June 23, 2009. After a complementary guided tour of the MCC Museum and ground facilities, Victorian cricketers Kristen Beams, Aiden Blizzard and Damien Wright showcased their skills in a batting and bowling display in the Bill Lawry Centre.
2008 - Harmony 8s Program
WOMCC assisted Cricket Victoria via the Harmony 8s program to get young indigenous girls to play in a cricket team. As part of the project, these girls had the opportunity to come from Gippsland and visit the MCG and meet the Vic Spirit team and watch a match.
