A cricket fundraising event in Queenstown last month raised almost $27,000 which is to be donated to sports organisations affected by Cyclone Gabrielle in Tairāwhiti and the East Coast. The event, called Bat for the Bay,  was organised by a Queenstown social cricket team known as Southland Development Squad (SDS). SDS contacted The Sunrise Foundation in Gisborne and asked it to identify where the highest need was and to distribute the money to sports clubs and organisations which needed to replace or repair equipment.

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