British Premier, Flintoff aid cricket

The British Prime minister Gordon Brown and England’s star cricketer Andrew Flintoff are said to be some of the big English names behind the six-day cricket coaches’ clinic that has been going on at Kicukiro Cricket Oval. The clinic that climaxed yesterday with a prize giving ceremony was conducted by Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB), a UK based charity organization, dedicated to helping, educating and developing local communities around the world through the growth of cricket. According to Ed Williams, CWB project manager for the tour, the duo (Brown and Flintoff) are amongst a few other British individuals who provided financial and moral support to make the tour a success. During the six-day course, coaching techniques, a basic introduction to cricket and some umpiring/scoring courses were delivered to over 60 participants who turned up. During a colorful closing ceremony that also attracted the British ambassador to Rwanda, Jeremy Macadie, twelve participants were presented with ICC introductory coaches’ certificates. The CWB contingent for this course included Coach Andy Hobbs, trustee of CWB and head of cricket development at Sussex country Cricket club, Chris Kangis a coach and trustee of CWB, two volunteers Paul Daniels and Nick Lowles and Ed Williams, the project manager. It is the second coaches’ clinic in Rwanda, the first one having been held by Kenya’s Tom Tikolo back in 2004. Besides Rwanda, CWB has also worked with Africa’s finest cricket playing nations like South Africa and Kenya. Ends

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British Premier, Flintoff aid cricket