Today the gang at Parkinson's Cricket warmed up with a game of boccia & then moved on to working on their batting skills.

We finished the session with tea & biscuits, & making plans for future activities.

It was our first session back at Parkinson's Cricket after the bank holidays, and so good to see the gang again.

Today Alex had the team focusing on a variety of bowling techniques, and which kept the volunteers on their toes retrieving the balls.

We all enjoyed a lovely hot drink and some biscuits afterwards.

Gwyn and Tracey popped along to Derbyshire Cricket Foundation's Monday Mates session. We helped Alex to set up the room, and then joined in the fun with jigsaws, games, a quiz and some seated cricket.

There were a few extra seats for the cricket, so Gwyn persuaded Tracey to play for a change, rather than just fielding as usual. We were each bowled three balls, trying to get the highest score, and Tracey was jammy enough to get three sixes.

We'll be back again in February for more fun and games, do come along and join us.

Today was the festive fuddle at Derbyshire Cricket Foundation's Parkinson's Cricket session, and what a feast we all had!

To warm up, the players had target practice. Alex had set up cones representing the different coloured lights on a Christmas tree, and two teams each threw balls at them. The cones that were hit were then removed from the game and stashed in two piles, one for each team. I looked after the orange team, and another volunteer collected for the yellows. Alex had secretly assigned points to each different coloured "fairy light", including (rather ingeniously) negative points for one of the colours. We then totted up the results, and it turned out that the team that hit the fewest cones actually won. Quality counted more than quantity.

We then had a quick game of cricket before tucking into our delicious food.

That's the end of Parkinson's Cricket for 2024, but we'll be back again next year, and are looking forward to it already.

This morning I helped out at Parkinson's Cricket, where the main focus was on bowling. Alex from Derbyshire Cricket Foundation laid out cones marking zones for short, medium and long bowling, just like in the professional game.

Everyone had a turn at bowling, batting & fielding, & we all thoroughly enjoyed the morning.

Looking forward to the fuddle after next week's session.

Tracey and Gwyn met Alex and the old and new friends at Derbyshire Cricket Foundation's Monday Mates get-together. There was a festive theme and a celebration of one of the friends' birthday. We started with tea and a chat with some fun activities including pass the parcel. The themed quiz was popular, as were the seasonal games. My favourite was quoits thrown by a team at the antlers of their relevant reindeer: I was one of the reindeer. We celebrated John's birthday with delicious cake and a song, part of a live music session.