Uganda (Spring) 2013
After returning to the UK a few days ago after travelling round Kampala and Entebbe, I want to give my reflections on this Project We set off with a team of 8 guys to Entebe, to begin our project, teaching Cricket and giving our Aids/Hiv message to those we met. It was hot. At 2.00...
Reflection on time well spent
Uganda for me proved to be far more than I expected,the sites the sounds and the people have left a permanent inprint in my memory. I was preverliged to be part of a great team,who throughout the 2 weeks pulled together and proved equal to the many challanges which presented themselves. Whilst the trip was great...
Nick’s Uganda 1 HIV/AIDS Wrap-Up
A bit later than anticipated this blog, due both to Hotel Brovad’s aversion to supplying functioning internet (although given the lack of functioning water for 2 days this should not have come as a surprise) and the dangerous slip back into the work/pub/sleep cycle that for a too-short fortnight seemed a world away. A!B!C!(T!): Q:...
Gavin’s post Uganda 1 wrap up!
Wow, well that was Uganda – the first time in the country for myself and the rest of the team. And having been back home in the UK, I can now take a moment to reflect on what an amazing trip we all experienced. I guess you may have heard of the expression “African...
Interview: Uganda Under-19’s
Ephraim Batambuze and Juma Gabula are Ugandan Under-19 cricketers who have been travelling around Uganda with Cricket Without Boundaries. Volunteer Freddie Wilde took fifteen minutes out of coaching to talk to the promising young pair about Ugandan cricket and their personal apirations. So, Juma, can you introduce us to Ugandan cricket? This is Juma Gabula,...
Media Coverage Knows No Boundaries
Cricket Without Boundaries volunteer Dave Jepson takes a considered look at the intense media coverage surrounding CWB. Well, it’s not every day one gets to share the back pages of a national newspaper but today is the day. Nestling alongside a picture of a very unhappy Frenchman showing the thumbs down, presumably as the Gunners...
Day Six: Bull Stops Play
Day six of the Uganda team visit began with allowing the Junior members of the team, Freddie, Samuel, Paul and somewhat middle aged boy Nick a day off to recharge their batteries…more on that to follow below. So the veterans carried the can onto the field of play at our latest venue in the lovely...
Day 4: Celebrities, Rain and ABC’s…
Rain. We like to think we know it well in Britain. A thousand tragically wet days, ruining games of cricket and forcing Cliff Richard to ‘entertain’ crowds at Wimbledon. Yes, rain. We know it all too well. Well, we don’t. It rains in Kampala like you wouldn’t believe. It rains so hard it makes grown...
Days 2 and 3 – Ndejje: This Is Not A Holiday
Nick Bawden Days 2 and 3 of CWB’s Spring 2013 Uganda trip and now it’s into the heart of the matter. On Monday our intrepid team convened at 7am for breakfast, the early hour almost completely mitigated by an extraordinary sunrise over Lake Victoria. A short while later we were on our way to Ndejje,...
A Journey Into The Heart Of Ugandan Cricket
Freddie Wilde, volunteering with Cricket Without Boundaries is given a rare insight into the bizarre and fascinating world of associate-nation cricket. It is just six days before Uganda host the 50-over African Pepsi Cup and on a golden Sunday evening, the Lugogo National cricket stadium is alive with activity. In the middle of the playing...
Day One: “Welcome To Africa”
I'm struggling to decide what is slower. The Ugandan internet or Virender Sehwag running between the wickets – or perhaps more appropriately, our journey here to Uganda. Yes, we have arrived. All eight of us, all just about in one piece and all very, very tired. We realised the outrageous duration of our journey when...
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