Target reached!
We have so many ideas, projects, dreams and goals.In 2023, we are launching our firs...
Highnam Court Strollers Quad Marathon Hike
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Aim
To raise funds for the Pied Piper Appeal and to raise funds for a equipment to allow us to keep running.
Who Are We?
Highnam Court Cricket Club, in its current guise, was formed in 1976. However, cricket has been played at our delightful ground adjoining Holy Innocents Church since at least the 1850s.
In simple terms, a few of us are mad. Mad about cricket, mad about life...just mad, really. So we've thought it'd be a good idea to walk from our ground at Highnam and visit the every cricket ground we will play at in 2023. That's every ground of every team in the Cheltenham Gloucester Forest West Leagues 1 and 2. That's 105 miles, 4 marathons, 17 clubs all in 4 days.
Walking from Highnam Court around Gloucester then out through the Forest of Dean to the Welsh border and back again along the River Severn and camping each night.
We have 6 "Strollers" taking part in this challenge with others joining for smaller stints
Antony Gerken, Jim Homer, Jason Mosley, Alex Howard, Tom Holbrook, Tim Gordon.
Why are we doing this?
We are undertaking this challenge to raise funds for the Pied Piper Appeal, a local charity whose mission is "To improve the quality of life, well-being and social development of any sick or disabled child in Gloucestershire by raising the level of care; providing access to quality services so children do not need to travel out of the county unnecessarily and focusing on supporting the whole family." As well as raising funds for this fantastic charity, we will use some of the donations to fund much needed equipment to allow our club to keep operating, we hope to start a youth section and hold a Dynamo youth coaching cricket camp this season to open up sporting opportunities to young people in the local community.
How you can play your part
There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.
1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!
2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.
3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!
4. If you want to run your own fundraiser to support us, maybe a sponsored activity or similar, use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!
This project successfully funded on 6th May 2023