Cricket Spin! Graeme White and the youngsters at this summer’s Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy staged at Harrogate’s Ashville College
Cricket Spin! Graeme White and the youngsters at this summer’s Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy staged at Harrogate’s Ashville College

Spin bowler Graeme White inspires youngsters at Ashville College summer cricket camp

13 August 2018

A spin bowler who played for England at U19 level has helped coach aspiring cricketers at a sports training camp in Harrogate.

Graeme White – who played for Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire – was the guest coach at this summer’s Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy, held at Ashville College,

A total of 41 boys and girls, aged between five and 13, participated in this August’s cricket camp, staged in one of the school’s sports hall and on its cricket pitch.

The youngsters had come from all over the Harrogate District – and as far away from Cleethorpes in East Lincolnshire – to attend the training sessions.

During his visit, Graeme, whose nickname is Chalky, worked with the young cricketers on improving their game, participated in a question and answer session and signed jerseys, bats and caps.

Over the decade that the Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy has been hosted at Ashville College, the sports camp has welcomed some of the biggest names in cricket including Jimmy Anderson, Alex Tudor, Ryan Sidebottom, Dominic Cork and Andrew Flintoff himself.

Anna Rakusen-Guy, Ashville’s events and lettings manager, said:

I’m delighted to say this summer’s cricket camp was a huge success and the children were thrilled to have Graeme teach them.

The Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy has been coming to Ashville for the best part of a decade and these training sessions, now held in the summer and Easter, are always popular and a great way for young cricketers to improve their skills, have fun and make new friends.

And thanks to our sports facilities, we are able to host events such as this either indoors or outdoors so we are not dependent on the Great British weather.

 

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