Suffolk County Cricket Board

We hope you enjoyed NatWest CricketForce 2011.

Thanks to your support, this year was our most successful ever and saw a record 1,914 clubs and thousands of volunteers take part alongside NatWest staff and cricket stars including Steve Finn, Charlotte Edwards, Laura Marsh, Chris Tremlett, Holly Colvin, Ajmal Shahzad, Katherine Brunt, Jenny Gunn and Michael Vaughan.

Incredible projects were completed across England and Wales which could only happen with your help. To re-live some of the highlights visit www.natwest.com/cricket.

At this stage of the season, the ECB are excited to announce that registrations for the NatWest CricketForce Fundraiser are now open! Taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend 26th – 29th August 2011. This year every club that registers before 1st August will be automatically entered into a prize draw for the chance to win one of the following great prizes from NatWest to help with your club’s fundraising activities:
•An England Player visit to your club (one prize to be won)
•Pairs of NatWest ODI Tickets – England V India at The Emirates ICG Durham, The Kia Oval, Lord’s and SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff (40 pairs to be won)
•Signed 2010 NatWest ODI Series England Bats (15 to be won)
•Signed 2010 NatWest ODI Series England team photos (15 to be won)
Terms and conditions apply.

Last year’s inaugural NatWest CricketForce Fundraiser saw 150 clubs organising events ranging from T20 dads v lads games to BBQs, quiz nights and mini music events, which all helped to raise over £200,000. Clubs taking part used the money raised to fund NatWest CricketForce short term improvements and also longer term development projects. This year, get ahead and raise money now for your NatWest CricketForce 2012 projects!

Brian Lorenzini, Prestwich Cricket Club, said: “The 2010 NatWest CricketForce Fundraiser really gave us a chance to put Prestwich Cricket Club on the map as we became the first showcase club for the event. The amount of support we received from the ECB, NatWest staff, club members, the local community and businesses was fantastic. On the day we raised a total of £3,700 through a T20 tournament, raffles, bbq and donations. The money raised has been put towards new practise nets, which will benefit the adult and junior teams at the club. Everyone at Prestwich Cricket Club is looking forward to the August Bank Holiday already and repeating last year’s success.”

Joining in the action this year, NatWest Ambassador and BBC Commentator Michael Vaughan will create a unique cricket quiz, which clubs will be invited to download closer to the event, and raise funds by charging a small fee to teams entering a Quiz Night at their club.

» So sign your club up to the NatWest CricketForce Fundraiser weekend from 26th - 29th August here :

http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/natwest-cricketforce/natwest-cricketforce-fundraiser,2259,BP.html

All registered NatWest Cricket Club members will receive regular emails about our great membership offers and prize draws, latest interviews with our cricket ambassador Michael Vaughan and the legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar.

The NatWest CricketForce Fundraiser Team