TWEED Heads Hospital’s children’s ward will have several new pulse oximeters thanks to a donation by the Cudgen Cricket Club last week.
Club president John King, A Grade captain Terry Wilson and Titans rugby league player Greg Bird handed over a cheque for $2644 to buy the new equipment.
King said the money had been raised late last year when Cudgen hosted rounds of the Gold Coast Twenty20 competition at Reg Dalton Oval, Kingscliff.
Bird had been a member of the home side, which finished equal third in the competition and featured Gold Coast Dolphins and Queensland players.
“Thanks to Terry who did a lot of the organisation for the event and to Greg Bird from Titans who played and had some fun,” King said.
“I think we are very proud to be able to give the hospital this money.”
Acting Tweed Hospital general manager Ann Schefe thanked the club for its efforts.
“We are very, very grateful to everyone,” she said.
“We can use the equipment to help with the care of our little children and that’s always very well-received.”
Terry Wilson, who works in pathology at the hospital, said the club chose the children’s ward because so much got done for larger hospitals.
“We hope to do it all again later this year and hopefully it will be bigger and better,” he said.
The event was marketed as the second-biggest Twenty20 competition in Australia behind the Big Bash competition, and carried $20,000 prize money.
Bird said he really enjoyed the games but had no plans to make the switch from league to play cricket for the Gold Coast Dolphins or Queensland.
“I’d have to train for four years to do that,” he laughed.
“I enjoy it as a pastime and watch it on TV.
“But the competition was a lot of fun and I’m keen to come back and play with the club next season.”
As well as its success in the short-form of the game, Cudgen capped off a successful season taking the A Grade premiership in the LJ Hooker League, becoming the first Tweed team to do so.
