Mace hosts Celebrity Cricket Challenge for Charity

Media

02/06/2009

Mace Group's utilities sector is to host ‘The Mace Group Celebrity Cricket Challenge, in aid of WaterAid' at the BritOval on Friday 24 July.

The event will see the UK water industry take on the infamous Bunburys - the world's number one celebrity cricket team. The Bunburys, founded by David English MBE, include personalities such as Rory Bremner, Eric Clapton and Ian Botham amongst many other famous cricketers and sporting celebrities.

Monies raised from the event will support the work that WaterAid carries out in the developing world to enable some of the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. Just £15 can provide a person with a lasting supply of water and sanitation.

Following Mace's successful sponsorship of the WaterAid cricket event at the BritOval in 2007, the utilities team were keen to establish a pan industry event to help it raise money for this very worthy cause.

Mace utilities director, Andy Sharples said: "We are planning the day to be an informal and enjoyable day and we wanted to offer the water companies an event with a difference."

The event will bring together senior executives from the UK's water companies and key industry suppliers. Companies confirmed so far include Thames Water, Scottish Water and Veolia Water. Each team will consist of six players who will play three games each throughout the day, with the winning team playing against a full Bunburys team for the trophy.

New Civil Engineer is the media partner for the event and will provide coverage of the day.

WaterAid enables the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. Our vision is of a world where everyone has access to these basic human rights which underpin health, education and livelihoods and form the first, essential step in overcoming poverty.

Registered charity numbers 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)