Cricket for Change's Sky Sports and ECB National Young Coach of the Year

Jan 26, 2010

Cricket for Change’s Sky Sports and ECB National Young Coach of the Year

Adam Hall, a young cricket coach working for Wallington based cricket charity, ‘Cricket for Change’, has been further rewarded for his dedication and hard work in helping the lives of disadvantaged young people through the medium of cricket.

Following his success in 2009 as Regional Award Winner, Adam (Hall) won the award for National Young Coach of the Year, supported by Sky Sports and the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Adam says on his fine achievement, “I am extremely honoured to have won such a prestigious award. I have been challenged with some really difficult areas of work and this award shows that cricket is for everyone, whether I coach someone with a disability or someone at risk of committing crime offences, it to me is the most rewarding work I can do and this award shows the impact I am having. It’s fantastic”.

Adam is also embarking on a 15 mile run from Lord’s cricket ground to the Oval cricket ground and then onto Plough Lane in Wallington on April 3rd in a effort to raise much need funding for the charity.

Cricket for Change, as a leading community cricket organisation, also gained further recognition for its project work for by winning the Europe Pepsi ICC Development Award for Best Spirit of Cricket Initiative, in Partnership with UNAIDS and UNICEF. The award is in respect of the charity’s continuing ‘Cross Border Cricket Project’ in Israel.

Cricket for Change will be invited later in the year to collect their award at a ceremony at Lord’s Cricket Ground.

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Notes to Editors:

  • ‘Cricket for Change’ – “Using cricket to change the lives of young disadvantaged people"
  • ‘Cricket for Change’ was born as the London Community Cricket Association (LCCA) in the aftermath of the 1981 Brixton riots to use cricket to bring back some harmony among the different ethnic groups in the Inner City. It has since become the world's leading community cricket charity.
  • The main work of ‘Cricket for Change’ is carried out through its ‘Street20’ and ‘Hit the Top’ programmes, both within the UK and internationally.
  • ‘Cricket for Change’ has instigated a number of global cricket projects including in countries such as Sri Lanka, Israel, the West Indies, Cuba, Zimbabwe and South Africa
  • Website: www.cricketforchange.org.uk and E-mail: office@cricketforchange.org.uk
  • Adam Hall’s Fundraising Donation page - www.justgiving.com/adam-hall

Contact Details
Andy Sellins, Acting Chief Executive, Cricket for Change
Mobile: 07960476733
E-mail: andysellins@cricketforchange.org.uk

Adam Hall, Development Manager
E-mail: adamhall@cricketforchange.org.uk

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