Welwyn Garden City charity draw up batting order for Harpenden cricket match after being knocked for six by £500 donation
HAD's Paul Bishop receives the sponsorship money from Lady Ann Parkinson from the Jarvis Charitable Trust. Supplied by HAD - Credit: Archant
A disabled persons’ charity are drawing up an impressive batting order for their second annual cricket match at Harpenden cricket club, after being knocked for six by a £500 donation.
Hertfordshire Action on Disability, based in Welwyn Garden City, received the yorker of a sum from the Jarvis Charitable Trust.
HAD fundraiser Paul Bishop said: “For many of the players this will be the highlight of their season. For them to play in front of a big crowd would make it even better.”
The public game, being held on Sunday, August 6, will see top disabled cricketers, some with learning difficulties, coming to the crease.
Hip amputee Chris Foster, 27, from Bishop’s Stortford, does not use a prosthetic limb, instead hopping in to bowl at 70mph.
Last year, he took two wickets, and scored 30 when batting.
Paul said: “Chris’s performance was definitely one of the highlights of the day and all the spectators were asking who he was.”
Most Read
- 1 Club night revival in St Albans
- 2 Woman assaulted by teenage boys in Hemel Hempstead underpass
- 3 St Albans woman stops British Grand Prix at Silverstone
- 4 Man stabbed in St Albans
- 5 St Albans District pupils power to success in the pool
- 6 Aldi prioritises St Albans for new store
- 7 Daughter taking the plunge in mum's memory
- 8 Cock fight ends Company of Ten's first-rate season at the Abbey Theatre
- 9 St Albans paedophile jailed for trying to arrange online abuse
- 10 10 reasons to visit this sustainable, family-owned farm shop in St Albans
For more information on HAD visit www.hadnet.org.uk or call 01707 324581.
