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ATTENBOROUGH CRICKET EVENT
By Nick Allcoat
Our event with The Maasai Cricket Warriors at Attenborough Cricket Club was very memorable! Despite the heavy rain
for most of the day, the players - young and old - and people from the local community who came along to support the
Maasais had a great time. With poor weather forecast for the day ahead, volunteers from the cricket club arrived at the
ground at 8.30 in the morning to put up gazebos to provide shelter for later in the day. By the time the Maasais arrived at
around 1.00pm the facilities were ready.
On arrival, the Warriors played with the young Attenborough cricketers (in the rain with coats on!) before heading into
the pavilion to dry off and for a well-earned cricket lunch with the Attenborough players. Around £1000 was raised for
the Maasai causes through a raffle, programme sales, a cake stall and a sunglasses sale, together with Owzat Cricket, one
of the Cricket Club’s sponsors kindly giving the Maasais lots of new cricket kit. Long Eaton Silver Prize Band performed for
those who braved the weather - with the Maasais having a go at conducting and playing as well.
The local ITV News team also turned up to report on proceedings. Attenborough CC and its players also donated lots of kit
to the Maasais which was very well received. The concern was whether the Warriors would get all of these new ‘goodies’ on
the plane back to Kenya! So, despite heavy rain for most of the day, a good time was had by all. The Maasais finally left The
Strand late in the afternoon saying that they would like to return next year to play some cricket in the dry at Attenborough’s
lovely ground.
Attenborough CC
also very much
look forward to
seeing The Maasai
Cricket Warriors in
action when they
next visit the UK.
CAVALIERS AND CARRINGTON
CRICKET EVENT By Leikeisha Walters
This was a Bank Holiday not to be missed! On Monday
27th August, the Cavaliers and Carrington Cricket Club
went head-to-head with the Maasai Cricket Warriors
for a gripping game. An eventful family day, there was
something for everyone - including the children who were
keen to interact with the Warriors on the boundary, when
not jumping on the bouncy castle! Batting with confidence
and scoring some remarkable runs, the Warriors put
up a fight against their opposition who closed with a
comfortable victory, but, like the sporting gentlemen that
they are, (and of course, not forgetting sporting queen
and Maasai Cricket Ladies’ Captain, Malawua) the Warriors
remained optimistic about the results and congratulated
their rivals.
“It was fantastic – we had fun and the crowd was full
of energy which really spurred us on,” said Memusi
Christopher Ole Ng’ais, Maasai Cricket Warriors’ all-
rounder and Programme Coordinator. “We would love
to return for a re-match next tour, but for now we would
like to congratulate Cavaliers on their win!” Following the
match, both teams and supporters enjoyed a wonderful
fusion of Caribbean, African and Asian cuisines, courtesy
of the Club.