TEAM KENYA
4TH-18TH October 2014
THE INTERESTING GREEN PARK WAS THE VENUE FOR THE TRAINING WEEKEND.
AFTER A FEW OF US MET THE PREVIOUS EVENING FOR A FW COLD BEVERAGES AT THE BULL INN, THE FINAL FEW ARRIVED SATURDAY MORNING FOR BREAKFAST TO BE GREATED BY THE CHARMING SMILE OF OUR EVER SO HAPPY DINNER LADY FOR THE WEEKEND.
AFTER A NIGHTS SLEEP OBVIOUSLY CLEVERLY PLANNED TO PREPARE US FOR KENYA IT WAS GREAT TO MEET WITH NOT ONLY THE TEAM THAT I WAS ABOUT TO SPEND TWO WEEKS OF POSSIBLY THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE, BUT ALL THE OTHER TEAMS THAT WHERE GOING TO THE OTHER GREAT COUNTRIES WITH CRICKET WITHOUT BOUNDARIES.
WITH PROJECT LEADER CARL FERGUSON AND DAVID ‘GELLERS’ GELLING AS TEAM TUTOR THE TEAM HAD A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT SET UP.
DANIEL PLEDGER A RETURNING VOLUNTEER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND MYSELF (VARDS) WERE THE TWO MEMEBERS OF THE TEAM THAT HAD ARRIVED THE PREVIOUS NIGHT ALONG WITH OUR PROJECT LEADER.
WE WERE GRADUALLY JOINED BY THE REST OF THE TEAM ALISON COLLIER, CLIVE HAWTHORN, JON HAINES, GELLERS AND COLLETTE GOODING. INTRODUCTIONS WERE MADE AND EVENTUALLY FACES WERE PUT TO NAMES. BUT WE WERE STILL MISSING ONE. OLIVER BARNES’S STORY OF HIS BIKE RIDE FROM LONDON TO PARIS IS SECOND TO NONE AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE CRAZY THINGS WE DO TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THIS GREAT CHARITY.
THE TEAM WAS COMPLETE AND THE WEEKEND FINISHED WITH ALL NOW AWARE OF WHAT IS TO COME (REALLY !!!!).
BRING IT ON !!!!