AN IMPORTANT FUNDRAISING MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

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The Covid Year of 2020 was tough for all of us; disrupting lives and livelihoods. The timing could not have been worse for East Bergholt Cricket Club. 2019 was the greatest year in the club's history; we were promoted to Division One for the very first  time and our second team won our first ever championship. Momentum was with us and expensive preparations were made for an exciting season. Sadly, the Two Counties Championship season was not cancelled until very late so we incurred most of the costs of preparation but no income. We lost nearly £10,000 during 2020 and now we doing everything we can to raise funds to fill that hole and come out stronger.

In the New Year, we plan to begin a crowd-funding matching programme. This means if we can raise £14,000 ourselves then we receive a contribution of £6,000 from Sport England to make £20,000. We must do this in an 8-week period and have 100 donors so please help in any way you can. We are setting up a number of rewards to thank you for your donation which are pretty generous if you can commit now.