Cricket Returns to Long Island with 4th Annual Shelter Island Cricket Club Charity Cricket Match on July 25, 2015
Shelter Island, NY, May 23, 2015 --(PR.com)-- On Saturday July 25, 2015, the Shelter Island Cricket Club (SICC) will again play its annual cricket match to raise money for the Shelter Island Ambulance Corps.
Over 300 people came to support last year’s match and helped raise over $15,000 for the local Ambulance Corps as the Rest of The World team triumphed over Shelter Island for the first time in the Club’s history. Photos from prior year’s matches are on SICC’s website at www.SIcricket.com.
In writing about the SICC in the Wall St. Journal last year, Ralph Gardner observed that “the vast and unbridgeable gulf between two peoples, even those with a common language, can be summed up in one word: cricket.”
The 2015 game will take place on the large field next to the Island Boat Yard. The game will commence at 9.00 AM with food, drink available from 11.00 AM. A kids cricket game will take place during the lunch break from 12.00 to 1.00. The game will end at 4.00 PM. Food, drink and SICC merchandise will be on sale throughout the day. There is no admission fee but donations on the day are encouraged. All proceeds go to the Shelter Island Ambulance Corps. SICC can also be found (and liked) on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ShelterIslandCricketClub.
On January 1, 2012 the Shelter Island ambulance corps was transferred from the Red Cross to the Town. At that time it was the only ambulance corps in the country operated under the auspices of the National Red Cross. The cost to run the service is estimated at about $100,000 a year. The corps was founded in 1931 by local residents under a charter issued by Herbert Hoover, then honorary president of the National Red Cross. It is staffed by about 30 unpaid volunteers who service the needs of the 2,400 permanent residents and the nearly 10,000 residents during the summer months.
The match organizers, David Shillingford and Gareth Jones explained that “something that started as a bet around the barbeque one night has morphed into a great annual event thanks to the support of the Shelter Island community. One of the greatest things about this event it that it allows visitors and part-time residents to give back to a community that brings us and our families so much joy. We’d also like to acknowledge the Shelter Island Boat Yard for providing such a perfect venue and SALT (http://www.saltshelterisland.com) for organizing the food and drink."
Over 300 people came to support last year’s match and helped raise over $15,000 for the local Ambulance Corps as the Rest of The World team triumphed over Shelter Island for the first time in the Club’s history. Photos from prior year’s matches are on SICC’s website at www.SIcricket.com.
In writing about the SICC in the Wall St. Journal last year, Ralph Gardner observed that “the vast and unbridgeable gulf between two peoples, even those with a common language, can be summed up in one word: cricket.”
The 2015 game will take place on the large field next to the Island Boat Yard. The game will commence at 9.00 AM with food, drink available from 11.00 AM. A kids cricket game will take place during the lunch break from 12.00 to 1.00. The game will end at 4.00 PM. Food, drink and SICC merchandise will be on sale throughout the day. There is no admission fee but donations on the day are encouraged. All proceeds go to the Shelter Island Ambulance Corps. SICC can also be found (and liked) on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ShelterIslandCricketClub.
On January 1, 2012 the Shelter Island ambulance corps was transferred from the Red Cross to the Town. At that time it was the only ambulance corps in the country operated under the auspices of the National Red Cross. The cost to run the service is estimated at about $100,000 a year. The corps was founded in 1931 by local residents under a charter issued by Herbert Hoover, then honorary president of the National Red Cross. It is staffed by about 30 unpaid volunteers who service the needs of the 2,400 permanent residents and the nearly 10,000 residents during the summer months.
The match organizers, David Shillingford and Gareth Jones explained that “something that started as a bet around the barbeque one night has morphed into a great annual event thanks to the support of the Shelter Island community. One of the greatest things about this event it that it allows visitors and part-time residents to give back to a community that brings us and our families so much joy. We’d also like to acknowledge the Shelter Island Boat Yard for providing such a perfect venue and SALT (http://www.saltshelterisland.com) for organizing the food and drink."
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Shelter Island Cricket Club
David Shillingford
917 553 7990
www.SIcricket.com
David Shillingford
917 553 7990
www.SIcricket.com
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