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Chance to shine is the Cricket Foundation’s drive to bring competitive cricket to state schools…
Chance to shine is addressing the decline in competitive school cricket. The single biggest sports-development initiative ever undertaken in the UK, Chance to shine will reach one third of all schools in England and Wales over ten years and engage two million young people.
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Cricket collaboration to help combat Capital’s youth crime
Cricket charities teamed up with the Metropolitan Police Service, the Home Office and Barclays Spaces for Sports to launch a new initiative on Tuesday 15 July to help tackle youth crime in London. …
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Chance to shine and MCC Spirit of Cricket national competition winner revealed
Lord’s will today host an inaugural MCC Spirit of Cricket day at the England v South Africa npower Test match today (Friday 11th July) to celebrate the growth of the campaign to spread the…
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Chance to shine to benefit from Stanford 20/20 for 20
Following Wednesday’s Stanford 20/20 for 20 launch at Lord’s, cricket charity the Cricket Foundation confirmed yesterday (Thursday 12 June) that Chance to shine will also be a beneficiary…
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British Army & Cricket Foundation join forces for summer cricket camps
School pupils from across Warwickshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Worcestershire will enjoy special Chance to shine cricket camps this month, thanks to the support of the British Army.…
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4,000 State School Kids Watch Middlesex vs Essex at Lord’s!
On Friday 6th June 2008, 4,000 state school pupils came to Lord’s to watch the LV County Championship match between Middlesex and Essex, from The Compton Stand. The children were from…
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Six in the Swamp
Whilst the financial markets may be short of liquidity there was no shortage of water at Dulwich College last week.…
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National Cricket Day - 20th, May 2008.
The first-ever Chance to shine National Cricket Day launched on Tuesday 20th May in style at The Royal Exchange, London, and around the country. …
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Chance to shine launches the Big Run Chase
The Big Run Chase is a summer-long fundraising initiative requiring participants to ‘score’ cricket runs as a team.…
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England Women coach for Chance to shine
The Cricket Foundation has offered coaching contracts to eight members of the England Women’s Cricket team. …
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City Teams Line up for ‘Six in the City’
24 teams have entered the 2008 ‘Six in the City’ competition. A Gala Dinner will take place on the 3rd July hosted by Mervyn King, President of Chance to shine, at the HAC Club in the…
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Batting Order |
| 01 | tony marks London |
|---|---|
| 02 | Lance Feaver Bedford |
| 03 | enter...Caroline enter...Williamson enter...St Davids, Pembrokeshire |
| 04 | enter...Steve and Shelley enter...Lewis enter...Berks |
| 05 | David Nicholson Hemel Hempstead |
| 06 | Oostvogels Pfister Feyten .. London |
| 07 | Oostvogels Pfister Feyten Oostvoegels Pfister Feyten London |
| 08 | Simon and Maria McLeod London |
| 09 | enter...aidan enter...freyne enter...cirencester |
| 10 | enter...Jane and Simon enter...Allen enter...Halstead |
| 11 | enter..Simon and Elizabeth . enter..Eccles-Williams. enter...Essex |
2007
Statistics
| Children Participated 99,119 |
| Hours of Coaching 44,201 |
| Matches Played 9791 |
| Skills Awards Achieved 6622 |