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December 24, 2007

Harrovian cricketers return to tsunami scene

Posted on 12/24/2007 in Sri Lankan cricket





Julian Ayer’s widow, Harriet, and her son, Spencer Crawley, at the ground in Galle © The Daily Telegraph
A cricket tour by Harrow School ended in tragedy when they were caught up in the 2004 tsunami, and Julian Ayers, one of the players’ fathers, was among those who died. As a result, the Harrow Tsunami Relief Fund raised more than £475,000, a large part of which was spent rebuilding a local school, Vidyaloka College. The Daily Telegraph reports on how some of that side returned to Galle for the Test.
"It was a very emotional moment. After all that destruction and loss of life, to see England as the first Test team to play on the ground really brought a lump to my throat."

Click here for details on the Harrow Tsunami Relief Fund

October 12, 2006

Botham's tireless city crusade

Posted on 10/12/2006 in Charity

The Telegraph's Robert Philip joins Ian Botham on a ten-mile leg of his latest fundraising walk in aid of Leukaemia Research and the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Beefy, I should explain, walks faster than most joggers and so after setting off at his right shoulder below the castle ramparts in Edinburgh's Princes Street on a pleasantly nippy autumn morning ... I frequently had to rest my aching limbs slumped in the back seat of the support car. There can never be any such respite for Saint Ian. "When I started these walks in 1985, there was a 20 per cent chance of people surviving leukaemia. Now the survival rate is 80 per cent and I won't stop walking until it's 100 per cent."

July 19, 2006

Roll up for Botham's testimonial

Posted on 07/19/2006 in Charity

No, not that one ... When Liam Botham took five wickets on his county debut aged 18, England thought they’d found a chip off the old block. Sadly for the cricketing fraternity, Liam thought better of trying to cope with the expectation of emulating his father and headed instead for rugby, where he ended up playing both codes. Cricket’s loss was rugby’s gain, until injury cut short his career aged just 29. To that end he’s been rewarded with a testimonial match … of cricket … which will see Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen line up against Shane Warne at the Rose Bowl this Sunday in a Twenty20 fest. Well, if your dad’s Ian Botham and he can’t pull in a few favours, who can? He’ll be there, too, of course. If you fancy heading down there, tickets are priced £10 for adults and £5 for children.

June 7, 2006

All out for India

Posted on 06/07/2006 in Charity

One of Sport Relief's projects, All Out for India, is to be televised on BBC One tonight and tomorrow and 9pm. The event, involving thirteen celebrities - including Chris Evans and Phil Tufnell - took place in March. More info can be found at their site

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