How did a girl from a small town such as Barnard Castle end up on the trip of a lifetime to teach health & social lessons through cricket in Kenya?!
I’m Lucy, I’m 21 and I work in County Durham as a Youth Worker. Ability to watch sport? Yes. When it comes to playing? Not so much…
So how did this incredible opportunity come about?
Through volunteering with the Girls Friendly Society, I attended a training day with Cricket Without Boundaries & Durham County Cricket Club. I loved it so much that we ran a six-week cricket course with the GFS group in County Durham & CWB invited on their Autumn trip to Kenya!
Enough about me; the training weekend has just passed & we’re days away from heading to Eastern Africa!
You can read more about Day One of the training weekend here.
Day One was fantastic in getting to know everyone, but Day Two was where we really bonded as a team.
It was the first run out of our practical session; we were given some time to come up with a session that we would run to a group of young people based around fielding. Following some quick delegation & team work, we delivered the session to Team Rwanda & the feedback from CWB was amazing!
The weekend is all about education but the real test came with some healthy competition in a practical-based game between Team Kenya & Team Rwanda… Team Kenya won, of course!
All fun & games aside, the training weekend is invaluable & sets the tone for the trip as a whole. You come together from all walks of life & realise people can use their different skills & experiences to make a complete team.
Before the training weekend I wouldn’t have been confident to deliver sessions out in Kenya, now I really can’t wait to get started.
Back to the packing for now; the next time you’ll hear from us, we’ll be there!
Well after another excellent training weekend I can’t wait to get out to Kenya with this lot and deliver an awesome project ? TWENDE! ???❤️ pic.twitter.com/RAoCumSN3E
— Sara Begg ???? (@SaraRBegg) September 23, 2018
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