We also sponsor the colts section at Speldhurst Cricket Club, Tunbridge Wells. About 80 boys and girls aged between 6 and 15 are involved.
MB Allen Partner, Peter Colman is one of the founding members and is the Junior Section Chairman.
advice with a straight bat
He said: “We work hard and the club fields three teams in the competitive Border League at ages 15, 13 and 11 and during the summer the younger ones play in various mini 8s series.
“This year the club has started a development team designed for 16-18 year olds and led by a couple of old hands. With two training sessions a week there is always a demand for kit and match balls and that’s where the sponsorship really helps.
“There is a real satisfaction in having a ground full of children playing sport and in seeing the teenagers pick up cricketing skills. One must never forget that the sporting success of the country depends on the sporting strength at grass roots level. Some of the teenagers who are now filtering through to the adult teams are alarmingly good.
“Aside from the action on the pitch the annual MB Allen barbeque at Speldhurst is becoming a regular fixture and is a chance to see village cricket in rural Kent at its best.
