By JOLENE OGLE
Support is pouring in for the Betty Blockbuster community cricket day with local businesses and community members lending a hand to help raise funds for breast cancer support.
Local real estate principal Rosemary Callaghan is the driving force behind the McGrath Foundation Pink Stumps Day fund-raising event that will see locals come together for a friendly game of cricket on 21 February at the Tewantin cricket grounds.
Rosemary, who lost her mother to breast cancer, said the event is close to her heart and she hopes to raise funds to help other women who are suffering with breast cancer.
“I have always watched cricket and the McGrath Foundation is close to my heart because my mother was a big cricket fan and I lost my mother to breast cancer,” she said.
Ricky’s River Bar and Restaurant is the latest local business to come on board and lend a hand, offering to supply pulled pork buns on the day as well as a voucher for Ricky’s Wood Fire Grill.
Rosemary has already hit her fundraising target for six by raising more than $1100 just before Christmas and more than $2000 in prizes have been donated.
There will also be face painting and balloons for the kids, plus plenty of action on the pitch as Noosa locals and business owners take to the field.
The Betty Blockbuster Pink Stumps Day will be held at the Mat Thornhill Oval, McKinnon Drive, Tewantin, on Saturday 21 February from noon.
Anyone who would like to sponsor, support or play in the event should contact Rosemary on 0419 236 133 or email rose@rosemarycallaghanrealty.com.au.
Everyone who comes along on the day and makes a donation will go in the draw to win a signed Michael Clarke cricket bat which has been kindly donated by Sportspower Noosaville.
