Tracey and Gwyn met the cheerful gang at DCF's Parkinson's Cricket. There were eight cricketers, three named R and five not, and all were on form today. I counted 3600 steps recovering the balls! There was a close team game with a score of 11-10 and a lovely friendly chat before and after the session.

Tracey and Gwyn met the happy crowd at Monday Mates. There were old friends there and they made new friends too. We helped with setup, drinks and biscuits, and with the clock cricket. This time, the bowlers were the group, and they all enjoyed it. After a bit of tidying up, we went on to do a Freedom parkrun.

Tracey, Gwyn and the happy band came together again to chat and enjoy games, tea and biscuits. The first game was hard, with the players trying to hit cones over a "net" by bowling a ball that insisted on bouncing over everything. A game of boccia and then of cricket brought some relief. We had a lovely talk with the players and the other volunteers over tea.

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.