Our Man in Africa
Posted by on 14 December 2016
WINCHESTER CRICKET CLUBS DONATE KIT AND EQUIPMENT TO AFRICA
Masses of cricket equipment, donated by 7 Winchester cricket clubs has been shipped off to the East Africa Cricket Foundation (EACF) programme, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Jim Ley, Youth Chairman of Sparsholt Cricket Club has coordinated the collection after having a clear out from his own Club shed, together with kit donated by other clubs in the Winchester Warriors district - Twyford, Easton and MW, Otterbourne, IBM Hursley, Hedge End, and Compton & CF.
David Waters MBE, Project Director of EAC Foundation, and lifelong Sparsholt member, was delighted and incredibly appreciative of the amount of equipment collected and stated ‘We are working with over 6000 boys and girls from extremely deprived backgrounds and in slum schools in Nairobi and beyond – this equipment will make a massive difference to those children and young people in Kenya and we really appreciate all the Winchester Clubs’ efforts’.
Sparsholt Cricket Club is well known for its charitable work, having donated CALA HOMES sponsored team shirts to the Rwanda Women’s Cricket Team ‘White Clouds’ and annual fundraising activities including a 2016 Bike Ride in aid of the Hampshire Air Ambulance.
Jim Ley (left) pictured with David Waters MBE with donated cricket equipment
For further information:
Sparsholt Cricket Club: Jim Ley jimhelenley@gmail.com / 07787 893869
East Africa Cricket and Educational Foundation: www.eacfoundation.org.uk
