11U & Celebrity Cricket Teams Announced
The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] and Hiscox, the specialist insurer, jointly announce plans for the 2017 Hiscox 11&U Celebrity Cricket Festival.
The Festival is designed to celebrate community based 11&Under cricket and to raise money for the BCB youth programs. This year, the Festival will take place on Saturday 15 July at the National Sports Centre, North Field.
The line-up is as follows:
- 11&Under League Skills and Drills Tournament starts at 8.00am
- FREE Kid’s Zone opens at 11:00am
- Free BBQ lunch & T-shirt stall opens at 11.45am [until supplies last]
- Celebrities vs. 11&U All Star Team starts at 1pm
Celebrity Team: Premier Michael Dunkley, Leader of the Opposition David Burt, Minister of Social Development and Sport Nandi Outerbridge, Power Girl, DJ’s Chubb and Nikita Robinson; former WWF Wrestler John Layfield, Dwayne Sluggo Leverock, 2 team Bermuda America’s Cup Stars, Hiscox CEO, Jeremy Pinchin, and lots more.
Once again the annual Bermuda Cricket Board raffle will be drawn on the day. All proceeds will go towards the BCB Youth Development Program which provides free cricket opportunities to Bermuda’s youth reaching boys and girls aged 5 – 19. The raffle tickets are $5 each and include many prizes valued at over $1,000. Prizes include:
- Samsung Galaxy S8 – One Communications
- 6 months free gym membership – The Athletic Club
- 2 * $500 travel vouchers – Watlington and Conyers
- $500 of vouchers from Lindos
- 2 * $200 vouchers from SOL
- 1 night stay at Cambridge Beaches and Elbow Beach
- Playstation 4 and 3 Apple TV’s
- Gift vouchers from Belco, Willow Stream, and many more
During the day there will be free children’s entertainment during the day including face painting, bouncy castle, zip lines, cricket games and slide. Lunch and free t-shirts will be provided until supplies last.
Jeremy Pinchin, Chief Executive Officer, Hiscox Bermuda said, “Hiscox is once again delighted to be sponsoring the Hiscox Celebrity Cricket Festival, now in its 9th year. This event was the brainchild of our current Chairman, Rob Childs, as a way to celebrate Bermuda’s 400th anniversary in 2009.
:The celebrity cricket day is a day the players and their families all look forward to. The support of so many senior island figures in giving up their time to support the cricketers is part of making the day so special and sets an example to our future leaders some of whom we hope will come from these fantastic young players.”
Lloyd Fray, President of the Bermuda Cricket Board, stated, “I would like to take this time to thank Hiscox, and particularly Jeremy, for his leadership role in developing this event during his time in Bermuda.
“I also appreciate and thank all the supporters of the event including Barritts, Goslings, Undercover Tent Rentals, all our raffle sponsors and promoters. This is a great day out for the family and I would like to encourage everyone to come out to support our U11 boys and girls take on the Celebrities.”
Mr. Fray continued, “The 9th Annual Hiscox Celebrity Cricket Festival starts with the Hiscox U11 Skills and Drills Tournament in which well over 100 Bermuda 11&under players take part. This competition tests both the skill level of both individual players and teams.
“The BCB uses the results to assist with national selection as results are a good measure of technical ability. The BCB provided the opportunity for all youth league coaches to attend a coaching session in which the skills and drills were demonstrated.
“They also received coaching packs, training plans and guidelines to assist them with training during the season. This is part of the BCB’s continued efforts to establish standards for coaching and to improve the overall level of cricket on the island.”
The BCB is pleased to announce and congratulate the Hiscox 11&Under [11&U] All-Star team selected to compete in the Celebrity Cricket Festival on Saturday 15 July, National Sports Center, North Field, 1pm.
11&Under Celebrity Festival 11&Under All Star Team
- Sanaa Berkeley & Sophie Card of Axis Angels
- Grace Amaradasa & Alexander Smith of Axis WA
- Zende Butterfield & Daion DeSilva of Bailey’s Bay
- Zeri Thomlinson & Cadence Douglas of Cleveland
- Kimon Lawrence & Sekou Rabain of Flatts
- Amara Richards & Jayden Symons of PHC
- Zakai Minors & Enrique Minks of St. David’s CC
- Ahri Daniels & Jahkoda Maryam of St. George’s CC
- Katherine Bean-Rosario & Khy Bean of Somerset CC
- Samir Tavares-Place & Samantha Knights of Southampton Rangers
- Noel Johnston & Callum MacFarlane of Warwick Knights
- Kieron Place & Sage Sousa of Warwick Workmen’s
- Kush Butler & Dakota Gilbert of Western Stars
The Festival line-up is as follows:
- Hiscox 11&U League Skills and Drills Tournament starts at 8.00am
- Free Kid’s Zone opens at 11:00am
- Free BBQ lunch & T-shirt stall opens at 11.45am [until supplies last]
- Celebrities vs. 11&U All Star Team starts at 1pm
