Media
Release
from
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
and
the Southend Cricket Festival Committee
Ref: 139/ETE/ETR/19 |
Tuesday 26th
June 2007 – For immediate release
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Hundreds of free
tickets for 2007 Southend Cricket Festival
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Community groups, schools and charities across Southend are being given
the chance to get their hands on hundreds of free tickets for the 2007
Essex Ford Southend Cricket Festival.
The free
give-away looks set to bowl local groups and schools over as Southend
gears up for the 2007 summer festival.
This
year’s event will again be held at the
Garons
Park venue for five days from Wednesday 8th August to
Sunday
12th August 2007.
The four-day game will see
Essex
playing against Gloucestershire from
Wednesday to Saturday, with Sunday’s challenge being the NatWest Pro40
match against the Warwickshire Bears
A
number of free tickets are available for every day and will be allocated
on a first come first served basis.
Essex
and Southend Sports Trust (EASST) and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
have been working together to ensure other community groups based
elsewhere in
Essex
can benefit from the free ticket give-away also. EASST is a charity that
supports sport in Essex and Southend and is granting £7,500 towards the
project.
In
previous years there has been a big demand for the free tickets for the
festival from a wide range of local community groups. Some of these have
included:
·
University of the 3rd Age – a group for the elderly (Southend
branch)
·
Southend
PHAB – social club for adults with and without disabilities
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John
Grooms – a national disability charity
·
Avro Day
Centre (for adults with learning disabilities)
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Hindu
Association (Southend & District)
·
Southend
& District Reform Synagogue
·
South
East Essex
Multicultural Association
Councillor John Lamb, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s Executive
Councillor for Enterprise, Tourism & the Environment, says: “We would
like as many community groups, schools and charities in Southend to take
advantage of this free offer, for what is truly a first class event. The
Council has been working together with EASST to ensure that as many
community groups across
Essex
are given the opportunity to attend the festival as possible. I would
advise people to book early to avoid disappointment, as this is always a
very popular event in Southend’s calendar.”
Mr
Peter Butler, Chairman of the Essex Ford Southend Cricket Festival
committee, says: “Essex
play exciting cricket with Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneira in great
form. EASST is delighted to offer free entrance to a wider audience of
deserving groups who can then have a great day out watching top class
cricket live in Southend”.
If you
are a community group or a school and you would like to take advantage
of the free cricket festival ticket offer for 2007, please contact
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council on 01702 215119, or you can email
southendcricketfestival@southend.gov.uk
For more
information about the 2007 Cricket Festival please visit
www.southendcricketfestival.org.uk
Notes
to journalists:
The
Essex and Southend Trust (EASST) is an Essex based charity that supports
charitable sporting objectives in Southend and Essex. For further
information please visit the website at
www.easst.org.uk
Southend
Cricket Festival Committee is a committee of
Essex
County
Cricket Club.
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For more information
about this media release please contact the Council’s Communications
Team on 01702 215020 or email
media@southend.gov.uk |
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