Cricket: Be bowled over at fundraising festival
A CHARITY cricket festival for six-a-side teams is being held on Sunday, June 8 at Beaufort Rugby Club and teams can book their place now.
Entries are open for any team up for the challenge of the cricket event being held as part of a family fun day that will be raising money for the Shark Biscuits.
The Shark Biscuits are a group of young people from Blaenau Gwent who are travelling to South Africa at the end of June to work with disadvantaged children in Durban.
The group has been working hard all year to raise the funds necessary to ensure the trip goes ahead.
The six-a-side cricket event will begin at 10.30am on Sunday, June 8.
Teams will be forwarded their timetable closer to the day entry to the tournament will cost £30 per team.
As part of the family fun there will be many other attractions - a BBQ, bouncy castle, raffle, stocks and other fun activities.
Local radio station BRFM will be broadcasting live, there will be a licensed bar and all of the proceeds from the day will go towards sending the Shark Biscuits to South Africa.
For further information on the event please contact the organisers at the Ebbw Vale and District Development Trust on 01495 353100.
