MAACA
Melbourne All Abilities Cricket Association
Melbourne All Abilities Cricket Association
The Melbourne All Abilities Association (MAACA) was borne out of a desire to provide the opportunity for people of all backgrounds with an intellectual disability to be involved in the wonderful game of cricket.
The idea of a structured All Abilities cricket program stems back to the early 2000’s when a small group of cricket clubs in the south-east of Melbourne decided to hold a semi-formal competition amongst themselves for players with an Intellectual Disability. The games and rules were modified so that all players, irrespective of their Disability were able to successfully play a game of competition cricket. This format enabled more players to successfully participate with the main focus being “Inclusion for All”. Over the next decade the word of this new All Abilities cricket program had spread to such an extent across Melbourne that it became clear a more formalised cricket association needed to be created.
In 2015, with some assistance from Cricket Victoria, the first formal All Abilities cricket association in Australia (MAACA) was established to oversee the development of this aspect of the game. Since then, MAACA has continued to grow with such popularity that it currently boast 16 clubs (24 teams) and over 300 players across the Greater Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat & Bendigo areas………and growing!
MAACA has three divisions which range from high performance (Division 1 and Division 2) to Division 3 which caters for entry level participants. The key to MAACA success is that each division’s format focuses on inclusion and providing an opportunity for every All Abilities player to successfully participate in playing cricket.
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