Brewin Dolphin Cheltenham Festival
8 May 2014
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is looking forward to its annual Brewin Dolphin Cheltenham Cricket Festival, which has been revitalised for 2014, to provide members, hospitality guests and ticket buyers with even more entertainment and excitement, to complement the first class cricket programme.
Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK’s largest independently-owned private client Wealth Managers, has been the Festival’s principal sponsor since 2012. They have been involved with Gloucestershire Cricket for over 15 years, supporting the Club and its development.
Gloucestershire have been playing in the stunning grounds of Cheltenham College for over 140 years, making this the world’s longest running cricket festival on an outfield. The ground’s idyllic setting has provided a perfect backdrop for the Festival throughout its history, a great attraction for cricket fans, new supporters and big cricketing stars.
This year’s Festival runs from Monday 14 July to Sunday 27 July and includes two NatWest T20 Blast matches as well as two LV= CC four day games. T20 cricket is the most exciting form of the game, with big hits and non-stop action. After two sell out T20 matches last year, supporters are being urged to buy their ticketsin advance to avoid disappointment!
2014 Brewin Dolphin Cheltenham Festival Fixtures:
Monday 14 July – Thursday 17 July LV=CC v Derbyshire
Friday 18 July NatWest T20 Blast v Surrey
Sunday 20 July NatWest T20 Blast v Essex
Monday 21 – Thursday 24 July LV=CC v Worcestershire
Sunday 27 July Royal London One-Day Cup v Northamptonshire
Throughout the two weeks, guests will also enjoy music and games around the ground on match days, keeping everyone of all ages entertained. Each day at the Festival, guests will enjoy free, professional cricket coaching at the Abercrombie & Kent Coaching Zonealong with a chance to experience the new inflatable bowling cage. Festival supporters, Mercedes-Benz of Cheltenham & Gloucester, are once again supporting the annual event with some of their latest models on display at the ground. The dealership are also working in partnership with Gloucestershire Cricket to provide selected local schools with the opportunity to be part of the “Smart Cricket in Cheltenham” project, with the grand unveiling taking place on Sunday 20 July.
Cricket fans will be able to meet a Gloucestershire legend at a special ‘Cricket Memories Game’ on Friday 18July during the NatWest T20 Blast match against Surrey. Mike Procter will be making an appearance at a stall set up by Sporting Memories Network (SMN) who are helping organise the special game as part of their work to support people with dementia. Fans will be able to ‘donate’ their memories, bring along memorabilia for signingand even have the chance to share stories with the man who is the subject of so many.
The Festival will once again be hosting Ladies’ Day on Tuesday 15 July. Following the success of last year’s glamorous event, guests can look forward to cocktails and canapés on arrival, a two course buffet lunch, afternoon tea and cup-cakes, with a millinery display from Lisa Von Hallwyl.*
This year guests can also look forward to a new addition to the Festival calendar, with a T10 Tournament taking place on Friday 25 July. The four teams competing include a Brewin Dolphin XI, a Gloucestershire Cricket Old Boys’ team, captained by Mark Alleyne, some big names in a Gloucester Rugby XI and then we’ll see some great cricket talent from across the County as the Gloucestershire Cricket Board hope to take home the silverware. Tickets and hospitality details will be released in due course.
Following this one day tournament, another high profile event taking place on Friday 25 July is the Brewin Dolphin Sports Question Time Evening. Tickets will be available to buy for this star studded evening, where guests will have the chance to meet some of the UK’s brightest sports people, and to question them about their successful careers.
Gloucestershire Cricket’s Chief Executive, Will Brown, said: “2014 is a landmark year for the Brewin Dolphin Cheltenham Cricket Festival with 12 days of cricket planned across 2 LV=CC matches, 2 NatWest T20 Blast fixtures, a Royal London One-Day cup match and our inaugural T10 tournament. We have never had so much high quality cricket played at the Festival in recent times and this is made possible by the continuing support of all our Festival partners and, in particular, Brewin Dolphin as our title sponsor.”
Paul Nurden, Divisional Director of Brewin Dolphin, added: “We are very excited about this year’s Brewin Dolphin Cheltenham Cricket Festival. This is our third year of sponsorship of this historic, prestigious event and each year it has improved and grown in popularity. Last year was one of the best ever and this year promises to be even better. We very much look forward to supporting Michael Klinger and the boys for what we hope is a very successful Festival, both on and off the field.”
For full fixture information and big savings on advance tickets please go to https://www.eticketing.co.uk/glosccc or call the Ticket Office on 0117 910 8010.
*For more information on hospitality - including Ladies’ Day – please contact Julie Waite on 0117 910 8022 or email julie.waite@glosccc.co.uk.
