Sadat Welfare & Sports Association

26/09/2026

Celebrating Our Kids, Our Community & 10 Years of Sadat

Last Sunday was a very special night for Sadat Welfare & Sports Association as we held our 2026 Awards Night and also celebrated 10 years of Sadat Welfare & Sports — 2016–2026.

The night was mainly about our young players from Sadat Academy of Sports. Seeing the kids come forward with big smiles to receive their awards, and seeing how proud their parents were, made all the hard work worthwhile.

For us, these awards are not just about trophies. They are about giving kids confidence, recognising their effort and motivating them to stay active and involved in sports. We see that motivation ourselves — whenever we announce another session, many of these kids can’t wait to get back on the field and are already asking their parents to bring them.

Every child who regularly attended our sessions and joined us on the night received an award, because to us, every one of them is a winner.

A special congratulations to Rahim Hamidi, who received the Best Player Award. Rahim has been hardworking, committed and a talented young player throughout the season.

The Golden Boot Award went to Masab Majidi, another very talented young player who has shown great potential and enthusiasm for the game. Well deserved to both of them.

The night was also an opportunity to briefly share with our community what Sadat Welfare & Sports has achieved over the past 10 years.

Since 2016, through our sporting and community activities, we have brought together thousands of people from different cultures, religions and backgrounds. We have organised many sporting events and community programs, always with one main purpose — bringing people together.

Especially in today’s world, including here in Australia, we can see how important sport is. Sport is one of the most powerful ways of connecting people. On the sporting field, it doesn’t matter where you come from, what language you speak or what your background is. People play together, compete together, shake hands and build friendships.

That is why we believe in sport, and that is why we continue doing what we do.

As we also explained on the night, Sadat Welfare & Sports is a non-profit and non-charitable association. We have never collected charity donations. We are a small group, and sometimes we have even contributed from our own pockets to make things happen. We do it because of our love for sport, our kids and our community. We may be small, but our goals have always been big.

Of course, ten years of work and memories cannot fit into one Facebook post. We simply want to thank everyone who has supported us, worked with us and stood beside us during this journey.

A special thank you to Councillor Ouf for joining us at very short notice and making time to be there with our kids and community.

We also invited Sheikh Ruhollah Bakhtiari to join us and speak about the importance of sport from a religious perspective, and the positive role sport can play in bringing people together and building a stronger community. We appreciate him taking the time to be part of our night.

Thank you also to our community elders, parents and everyone who attended and helped make the evening special.

We finished the night together by cutting our 10th Anniversary cake, surrounded by the kids, parents and members of our community — a simple but special way to celebrate ten years together.

We did miss some of our supportive friends who couldn’t be with us because of busy schedules or being away. We truly appreciate their continued support and hopefully we can have them with us at our next event.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of these 10 years of sport, community, unity and friendship.

2016–2026 — and the journey continues.

This project is supported by the Australian Department of Home Affairs.

20/09/2026

Award Night

20/09/2026

09/09/2026

Another great season of bringing our kids together through sport.

Sharing some special moments from last Sunday at Sadat Academy of Sport, where we organised friendly soccer games for our kids as another successful season gets closer to an end.

After running two terms of free kids’ sports training last year, Sadat Welfare & Sports Association continued the program again this year with another 9 weeks of completely free soccer and cricket training. Once again, the response was amazing, with more kids attending than we expected.

For us, this program has always been about more than just soccer and cricket. Our aim is to keep kids active, involved and connected, while also encouraging respect, discipline, teamwork, good behaviour and learning how to support and respect each other.

One of the best things has been seeing how much the kids looked forward to Sundays. Many of them simply couldn’t wait for the next session. Some parents even told us their kids enjoyed these free sessions more than some private soccer programs they pay for, which means a lot to us and shows the positive environment that has been created.

During the friendly games, Champion and Runner-Up Cups were presented to the teams.

Rahim Hamidi received the Best Player Award for his great talent and performance, while Masab Majidi received the Best Shooter Award.

More awards will be presented at our upcoming Awards Night, but for us, every child who attended regularly, participated, improved and gave their best is a winner.

Snacks and drinks were also provided throughout the games whenever needed, making it an enjoyable day for everyone.

We are proud of what these kids have achieved and hopefully we can continue creating more opportunities to keep our young people active, connected and involved through sport.

This program is supported with funding from the Australian Government’s Department of Home Affairs.

10/08/2026

Multicultural Community Cricket Cup 7.0 comes to an end!

Another free community event organised by Sadat Welfare & Sports Association Australia has come to an end, and overall it was a great competition played in good spirit.

Congratulations to Smashers Cricket Club, champions of Cup 7.0. They chased down 192 in just 18.1 overs with only one wicket lost. Smashers were a complete package this time and their strong batting lineup made the chase look comfortable.

One of the highlights of the final came from young Shayan Raza. With his team struggling at 34/5, he played a brilliant innings under pressure and scored a century to take them to 192. Great sportsmanship from Smashers as well for recognising Shayan as Player of the Match, even though he was from the opposition. It was an innings that deserved the recognition.

🏆 Awards
• Player of the Series – Sajjad Qaiser, who led Smashers from the front as captain
• Best Batsman – Amanyjot Singh
• Best Bowler – Syed Naqvi
• Player of the Final – Shayan Raza

It was also great to have Julia Finn MP, come past and watch some of the game despite the short notice. She couldn’t stay until the presentation, but we really appreciate the support she has shown Sadat Welfare over the past 10 years.

Thanks also to Karen, AFP Community Liaison Officer, for joining us on a rainy day and presenting some of the awards.

A special mention to Ian Fletcher for his exceptional umpiring throughout the competition. He was always there early and put in extra effort to help make this free community competition run smoothly.

At Sadat Welfare & Sports Association, our aim has always been to make sport accessible to the community and use it to bring people together. Through our free sporting events, we want to promote harmony, unity, respect, friendship and the real values of sport — because community sport should always be about more than just winning.

This project is supported with funding from the Australian Government’s Department of Home Affairs.

08/08/2026

We do more than we promise!

When we announced the Multicultural Community Cricket Cup 7.0, some teams were surprised that a proper cricket competition with free jerseys, official umpires, booked grounds and no entry fees could really be completely free.

Now, as we head into the Grand Final, we have one more surprise — something we never promised.

The Player of the Tournament will receive an Imperial Lion Player Edition Premier Bat.

Because sport should be about passion, respect, friendship and bringing communities together — not just money or prizes. And for the player who lets the bat do the talking… here’s a new one to score even more runs with! 🏏

06/08/2026

🏏 Grand Final – This Sunday! 🏆

Another successful Multicultural Community Cricket Cup is coming to an end this Sunday, and we’re proud of how smoothly the tournament has been played. More importantly, we’re proud of the respect, sportsmanship and friendships shown by every team throughout the competition.

At Sadat Welfare & Sports Association Australia, we believe sport is about much more than winning trophies or collecting prize money. It’s about bringing people together, building friendships, promoting respect, inclusion and giving everyone the opportunity to play.

That’s why this tournament has been free for all participating teams. Our focus has always been on strengthening our community and celebrating the true spirit of sport.

The Grand Final between Smashers and PK47 promises to be a great day of cricket with a fantastic atmosphere and refreshments available.

Thank you to everyone who has helped make this tournament such a success. Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the Grand Final with us.

23/05/2026

🏏 Multicultural Community Cricket Cup 7.0 is BACK and once again it’s COMPLETELY FREE! 🏏
Organised by Sadat Welfare & Sports Association

In a time where grassroots cricket is becoming more expensive and many community teams struggle to find affordable competitions, we’re proud to once again bring back something unique for the community — a professionally organised cricket tournament with absolutely NO registration fees.

After another successful Multicultural Community Cricket Cup, we’re excited to officially launch the 2026 edition and continue creating opportunities for communities to come together through the love of sport.

Over the years, this tournament has become more than just cricket. It has become a way for communities from different backgrounds to connect, build friendships, enjoy the game, and represent their communities in a positive and respectful environment.

This year, we originally hoped to bring back a bigger 16-team competition like last year, or even expand it further to give more teams and players the chance to participate and enjoy more matches. Unfortunately, due to what we believe was unfair allocation of grounds by Cumberland City Council staff, we were unable to secure enough grounds to run the larger competition we had planned, despite Cumberland City Council being aware of our free community sporting event. We have worked with the council for more than 10 years and they have supported and helped us at different times in the past, but on this occasion we were genuinely disappointed.

As a result, this year’s competition will run in a Super 8 & Knockout format. While we know many more teams were hoping to participate, we still wanted to make sure the tournament goes ahead rather than cancel such an important event for the community.

As a non-profit community organisation, we organise these sporting events purely for the community and for the love of sport. We dedicate our own time and effort to create opportunities for young people and communities to stay connected through positive sporting activities. Challenges will always exist, but our goal remains the same and we will continue pushing forward and growing these important initiatives, even if that means expanding future events into other LGAs.

Last year, teams represented themselves exceptionally well, and the respect and sportsmanship shown throughout the tournament made us proud. This year, we hope to see the same positive energy, unity, and even stronger behaviour both on and off the field because at the end of the day, this tournament is about respect, community, and playing for the love of cricket.

🏏 Tournament Details:
✅ COMPLETELY FREE Registration
✅ Super 8 & Knockout Format
✅ Official T20 Matches
✅ Professionally Booked Grounds
✅ Official Umpires
✅ Team Jerseys Provided
✅ Award Night Reception
✅ Trophies & Rewards
✅ Open to All Communities

Spots are extremely limited. Last year, all spots were taken within just 2 days. If you want your team included and want us to begin organising your team jerseys early, register as soon as possible before spots are gone.

Let’s continue bringing communities together through the love of sport.

Julia Finn MP
Lynda Voltz MP

22/05/2026

⚽🏏 Sadat Academy of Sports is back for 2026!

What started as a small community initiative has now become something many kids and parents genuinely look forward to. After successfully completing 2 great terms in 2025, we continued receiving messages from parents asking when registrations would reopen again.

Because of the strong response and demand from the community, we decided to make changes to some of our other programs so we could bring this academy back for another term. One thing we noticed clearly was that many kids were struggling to find this kind of positive sporting environment and opportunity elsewhere. That’s exactly why we felt it was important to continue.

At Sadat Academy of Sports, we believe sport is one of the best tools to keep kids active, healthy, focused, and away from negative activities. Sport brings people together, builds confidence, discipline, teamwork, and creates friendships between kids from different backgrounds and communities. We strongly believe programs like this help break barriers, reduce racism, and create a stronger and more connected community for everyone.

This academy is completely FREE of cost and open to all communities.

This term will include both soccer and cricket sessions in a safe, welcoming, and energetic environment with professional coaches monitoring and guiding participants throughout the program.

✅ FREE soccer & cricket coaching
✅ FREE jerseys provided
✅ Separate sessions for kids and adults
✅ Professional coaches monitoring sessions
✅ Positive and supportive atmosphere
✅ Open to all communities
✅ Limited spots available

At the end of the term, participants will also take part in friendly matches and games, with trophies and awards presented to participants.

Registrations are now officially open. If you would like your child to join from the beginning and receive their own jersey in the correct size with their name on it, message us as soon as possible before spots fill up.

📩 Message us now for registrations and more information.

26/01/2026

This Australia Day, Sadat Welfare and Sports Association turned the day into a celebration of sports, unity, and togetherness 🇦🇺🏏⚽
Because nothing reflects the true Australian spirit better than accepting one another, standing against racism, and building a strong community.

Kids from Sadat Academy played a friendly game, showing great teamwork and sportsmanship. Trophies and awards were also presented 🏆

A free sports day for kids and youth, showing the true face of real Australian spirit — keeping it simple with kids, youth, and sports 🇦🇺