Cricket Trip Of A Life Time

On Tuesday, local Darfield High School student Austin Earl, from Kirwee, flew to India for a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity to play cricket. Austin and his dad, Simon, are members of the North West Youth Cricket (NWYC) Club, which provides boys in Canterbury the chance to play cricket at a higher level, made up of players from the following High Schools; Burnside, Papanui, Lincoln, Rolleston, Cashmere, Middleton Grange and Darfield. Simon currently coaches the NWYC Colts Club team and is part of the Tour management team. Austin started off playing cricket for the Kirwee Cricket Club, and was recruited to play in the Darfield Year 9/10 team when he was still only in Year 7. He is also a Canterbury Country representative player. Austin has shown great ability from a young age, he really understands the game and works well in any team dynamic. Two teams (U16 and U18) are touring in India, where Austin and Simon are part of the Under 16/Colts team, of which Austin is the youngest. The teams flew to Bengaluru and the first game was on Thursday, September 29th. While away they will play the majority of their games against St Francis School, in a variety of different formats, including T20, 30 overs and 50 over matches. In between games they will have coaching sessions by specialist Indian coaches. The teams will stay and play in Bengalura until Sunday, from there they will travel 6 hours by bus to Mysuru, to do a bit of sightseeing and shopping, as well as playing a couple of games of cricket. They will then travel back to Bengaluru before flying to Goa on Thursday, October 6th, for a couple of rest days. To finish off their cricket tour, they will play two more matches in Bengaluru and attend the Presentation Ceremony at St Francis School, before flying to Singapore on Tuesday, October 11th. The players, parents and management then get to relax and explore before flying back to Christchurch on Thursday, October 13th. The trip, which has been in the planning stages since March, has been made possible by various fundraising activities and sponsorship. “Austin and I are excited with what ‘adventures’ are ahead of

Austin Earl wearing his ‘Have My Back’ India Tour Training Top which gave friends, family and local businesses the opportunity to support Austin on his trip of a lifetime. us. Thanks so much to all of you who have helped Austin in way of supporting the fundraising events we held,” commented Simon. “This trip has only become a reality due to the endless hours of communication and organisational skills that have gone into making it all happen. “The experience or travelling, touring, playing and getting some amazing coaching sessions is an amazing opportunity, one that Austin and I are extremely grateful for,” concluded Simon.

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