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Turf sale proceeds - £35,000 - to go into grassroots MCC Media Release - 25 October 2002
All the profits from recent turf sale at Lord's - amounting to £35,000 - are to be invested in youth cricket by MCC. The money is being given to the MCC Foundation, which will then distribute it to a variety of applicants. Announcing the news, the MCC President, Sir Tim Rice, said:
"MCC is committed to increasing the number of children who are introduced to cricket, for the long-term good of the game. Other MCC initiatives to promote youth cricket include: 'Kids 4 Free' (which enables children to attend certain county matches at Lord's without charge); the Buxton Water MCC Cricket Challenge (which takes cricket into primary schools); and 'Final for a Fiver' (under which children have been able to attend the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy Final for just £5). Turf from the old outfield at Lord's was sold to cricket-lovers in early September. It had been removed in the first stages of MCC's £1 million-plus project to install a new, faster-draining outfield at Lord's. This project will reduce the amount of playing time lost to bad weather - to the relief of players and spectators alike - from 2003 onwards © MCC
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