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Name: Sally Johnston (Project Leader\/Welfare)\u00a0\"bridge<\/a><\/p>\n

Nickname: Spad<\/p>\n

Where do you live: Ringmer, a village in East Sussex featuring a curry house no less, more than one cricket pitch, various random organisations too quirky to mention and the South Downs & Glyndebourne on our doorstep<\/p>\n

Age: 47<\/p>\n

Describe yourself in three words: Sugar and Spice<\/p>\n

What made you apply to volunteer for CWB: It was because I had a philanthropic itch to scratch. I went to Rwanda with CWB in 2010 & I\u2019m still itchy<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to: Smiley children, meeting fascinating people, pushing myself outside of my comfort zone, unfamiliar smells, sights and noises, big African skies, the inevitable reality check, two weeks off work, sun & rain, a bank load of good memories<\/p>\n

Advice you would give your younger self: Don\u2019t sweat about the small stuff<\/p>\n

Non researched fact about HIV\/AIDS: HIV is a condition that can be controlled with meds<\/p>\n

Can you give a pledge for CWB\u2019s 10th anniversary year in 2015: I will host a CWB profile and fundraising event, plus eat 10 cakes in 10 minutes<\/p>\n

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Name:\u00a0 John Brown (Umpiring & Scoring)\"John<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nickname: JB- my preferred choice from several less favourable alternatives<\/p>\n

Where do you live:\u00a0 Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire \u2013 a small village in West Oxfordshire<\/p>\n

Age: 65<\/p>\n

Describe yourself in three words:\u00a0Tall, grey, sports-nut<\/p>\n

What made you apply to volunteer for CWB: I got talking to someone at a party who had volunteered; he told me all about CWB<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to: Returning to Uganda and to see how the project has progressed since I was there in 2012 and to hopefully meet up with some of the local coaches again<\/p>\n

Coaching and\/or volunteering experience: I qualified as a level 2 coach about 20 years ago when my club first introduced a youth section and have coached U11-U17 age groups during that time. I have been a cricket volunteer for 40 years; I have been secretary or Chairman of my present club, OBNCC who play in the Cherwell League, for the last 35 years<\/p>\n

Advice you would give your younger self: Take it all in<\/p>\n

Hero, living or legend: Cricketing heroes were Barry Richards and Malcolm Marshall who I had the privilege of watching play for Hampshire. Wes Hall, when I was taken to watch the West Indies as part of the school cricket team and made me double the length of my run up as a result!<\/p>\n

Non researched fact about HIV\/AIDS:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The pattern of sexual behaviour in Africa is very different to that in Western countries and that is something that needs to be understood when seeking to understand why it is so prevalent in Sub Sahara countries<\/p>\n

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Name:\u00a0 Paul Rallings (Monitoring & Evaluation)\"Paul<\/a><\/p>\n

Nickname:\u00a0Rollo (aren\u2019t cricketers original!!)<\/p>\n

Where do you live: Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire \u2013 a small village on the Thames<\/p>\n

Accent: Hint of old Oxfordshire<\/p>\n

Age: 55<\/p>\n

Describe yourself in three words:\u00a0Adventurous immature sportslover<\/p>\n

What made you apply to volunteer for CWB:\u00a0I had been looking for some sort of charity work where my skill set could be useful for quite some time. I came across CWB and realised that my coaching skills could be put to work<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to: Coaching juniors in an entirely alien environment<\/p>\n

How are you raising funds for the trip:\u00a0 I initially sent a mail-shot to friends simply asking for sponsorship for the work I will be doing in Uganda. I am currently looking at corporate sponsorship from local firms<\/p>\n

Advice you would give your younger self:\u00a0Enjoy it all<\/p>\n

Hero, living or legend:\u00a0 Martin Johnson \u2013 the real reason England won the World Cup in 2003.<\/p>\n

Non researched fact about HIV\/AIDS:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIV can exist in the body for quite some time before \u2013 or even if \u2013 that body starts to suffer from AIDS. (As I said at my interview, I know very little about HIV\/AIDS)<\/p>\n

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Name:\u00a0Peter Yates (Blogs & photos)\"Peter<\/a><\/p>\n

Nickname:\u00a0Yatesy<\/span><\/p>\n

Where do you live: Dunstable, on the Chiltern Hills. Biggest town in the South without a\u00a0railway station (Beechingnised). Henry VIII divorced Catherine of Aragon in Dunstable\u00a0<\/span>Priory (first known example of a cricket widow, apparently)<\/span><\/p>\n

Accent: The Oval<\/p>\n

Describe yourself in three words: I really can\u2019t count<\/p>\n

What made you apply to volunteer for CWB: They promised pancakes. And tickets to\u00a0Lord\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to: Pancakes. Have a bad feeling about the tickets<\/p>\n

Coaching and\/or volunteering experience: Played most of my cricket on the wonderful\u00a0village grounds of Somerset and Devon. Handle Ebay listings for British Heart Foundation in\u00a0<\/span>my area. Volunteer at Foodbank and CALM<\/span><\/p>\n

Name a random skill that you have that you could deploy in Uganda: Barbequeing<\/p>\n

Advice you would give your younger self: Grow up<\/p>\n

Hero, living or legend: Harold Pinter. Heroine (in the interests of equality): Patricia Kaas<\/p>\n

Non researched fact about HIV\/AIDS: Freddie Mercury, RIP. And those ads were scary<\/p>\n

Can you give a pledge for CWB\u2019s 10th anniversary year in 2015: I will interview Sir Ian\u00a0<\/span>Botham<\/span><\/p>\n

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Name: Reece Brant (Blogs & Media)\"Reece<\/a><\/p>\n

Nickname: Tangles<\/p>\n

Where do you live:\u00a0 Sutton-on-Sea in Lincolnshire on the East Coast.\u00a0\u00a0 Most people have heard of Skegness which is half an hour away<\/p>\n

Accent: Lincolnshire<\/p>\n

Age: 23<\/p>\n

Describe yourself in three words: Fun, Energetic, Bubbly<\/p>\n

What made you apply to volunteer for CWB:\u00a0 I have always wanted to do some kind of charity work involving cricket.\u00a0 CWB will enable me to pass on any knowledge of cricket I have to the youngsters in Uganda who are less fortunate than myself<\/p>\n

How are you raising funds for the trip: Carried out a Van Pull through my town, organised a cricket match, a large raffle, private donations and sponsorships<\/p>\n

Coaching and\/or volunteering experience: Level 2 ECB Cricket Coach.\u00a0 Coach all three junior teams at my local club in Sutton-on-Sea<\/p>\n

Name a random skill that you have that you could deploy in Uganda: Crazy Dancing<\/p>\n

Advice you would give your younger self: You only live once<\/p>\n

Hero, living or legend:\u00a0 Bumble\u00a0 – David Lloyd \u2013 A great guy<\/p>\n

Non researched fact about HIV\/AIDS: HIV is the virus that can lead to AIDS<\/p>\n

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Name: Steve Wells (HIV\/AIDS lead)\"Stephen<\/a><\/p>\n

Nickname: Gwandad<\/p>\n

Where do you live? Claygate, Surrey. Five pubs, one cricket team. Fair balance<\/p>\n

Accent: Compromised Home Counties, but lapses back into Worcestershire\/Archers when I\u2019ve had a few\u2026<\/p>\n

Age: 67, 68 the day before we depart\u2026so I\u2019ll be really old then\u2026<\/p>\n

Describe yourself in three words: On the go\u2026can\u2019t risk stopping<\/p>\n

What made you volunteer for CWB? Love cricket, loved my time volunteering in Rwanda<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to? Sharing enjoyment of cricket in a completely new environment<\/p>\n

How are you raising money for the trip? Sponsorship of the \u2018Wells Family Marathon\u2019 involving running 85 laps of the boundary at Claygate Cricket Club<\/p>\n

Coaching and\/or volunteering experience. Set up colts section at local cricket club. Mentoring of ex-offenders, and facilitator of restorative justice<\/p>\n

Name a random skill that you have that you could deploy in Uganda: Facilitation of problem-solving\/mediation\u2026but I hope not!<\/p>\n

Advice you would give to your younger self: Get a nose job when it was cheap!<\/p>\n

Hero. Living or Legend? Tom Graveney and Basil D\u2019Oliveira watched at New Road as an awestruck schoolboy<\/p>\n

Super Power? To play a shot through mid-wicket like Tom Graveney<\/p>\n

Non Researched Fact about HIV. Prevention is better than control, especially in poor countries<\/p>\n

Can you give a pledge for CWB\u2019s 10th anniversary year? I\u2019ll get sponsored by fellow members of the Surrey Over 60\u2019s squad for every wicket I take<\/p>\n

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Name:\u00a0 Philip Silvester (Kitty Monitor)\"Phil<\/a><\/p>\n

Where do you live:\u00a0Ashprington, Devon<\/p>\n

Accent:\u00a0Terrible<\/p>\n

Age:\u00a063<\/p>\n

Describe yourself in three words:\u00a0Nothing is serious<\/p>\n

What made you apply to volunteer for CWB:\u00a0Love cricket, love volunteering, CWB sounds so worthwhile<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to:\u00a0Smiles and teamwork<\/p>\n

How are you raising funds for the trip:\u00a0Blackmail, selling earplugs, bicycles and cream teas<\/p>\n

Coaching and\/or volunteering experience:\u00a0London Ambassador from 2012, ICC cricketeer, PGA golf host and hopefully a St Mungo mentor<\/p>\n

Name a random skill that you have that you could deploy in Uganda:\u00a0I can clear streets with my singing!<\/p>\n

Advice you would give your younger self:\u00a0There’s no way out so go for it<\/p>\n

Hero, living or legend:\u00a0 Cricket \u2013 Jack Robertson, other – Laura Trott<\/p>\n

Non researched fact about HIV\/AIDS:\u00a0A potion of fried elephant and rhino poachers’ testicles cures HIV\/AIDS<\/p>\n

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Name: Steve Williams (Tutor)<\/p>\n

Info to follow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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