Cooper Cricket is proud to announce the Cricket Bat Making Program for Schools, a complete program for Year 10, 11 and 12 students beginning in Term 1, 2027.
Over a series of lessons, students take a pressed English willow cleft and shape it into a finished cricket bat they can take onto the field and play with.
“There is something special about holding a bat you have shaped yourself, and then walking out to play with it,” said Rod Grey, Head Bat Maker and Managing Director of Cooper Cricket.
“We wanted to give young people the chance to experience that,” said Rod.
“We know teachers are stretched, so we built this to be something they can pick up and run,” he added.
“Teachers bring their workshop experience, and we bring the bat making knowledge,” commented Rod.
The program sits inside a school’s existing design and technology or manual arts workshop. It includes student instructional videos, video resources for teachers, a printed manual, specialised tools and materials required to bring the program to life.
Lessons are modular, so schools can fit the program around their timetable. Students build practical skills in safety, hand tool use, measuring, shaping and finishing. The program is mapped to the Australian Curriculum, state senior syllabi and units from the Certificate II in Furniture Making Pathways (MSF20522), making it suitable for both vocational and academic pathway students.
“The cricket bat is the hook, but the skills are the point,” Rod said.
“Measuring carefully, working safely, finishing something properly. Those lessons stay with you long after the bat has been worn in,” he concluded.
Schools interested in joining the first intake in Term 1, 2027 can register their interest here.
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