Two girlguides from Woodthorpe were bowled over to be selected as trophy bearers during recent matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
12-year-old Ruby Neil and Charlotte Holford, 14, were invited to walk out with teams during the Australia v Bangladesh and India v New Zealand matches at Trent Bridge.
Both Charlotte and Ruby are members of 1st A Woodthorpe Guide Unit and also promising cricketers: Ruby is a member of Gedling Colliery Cricket Club’s Girls U-15 and U-13 squads as well as Nottinghamshire Cricket Board’s U-13 squad while sports-mad Charlotte has just completed her Baden-Powell Challenge – the highest award a Guide can achieve – and is already planning to train as a PE teacher when she leaves school.
The girls were nominated as trophy bearers by Woodthorpe Guide Leader Elaine Davey.
She said: “I heard that the hunt was on for youngsters who had done something special in a cricketing context.
“Charlotte and Ruby had demonstrated such potential and enthusiasm for cricket when our Guides and Brownies took part in coaching sessions given by Notts CCC at our meeting place in Woodthorpe last year last year that I knew they would be the right girls for the job!”
“Sadly the girls couldn’t wear their Guide uniforms for the occasion. Kit on the day comprised special shirts which they get to keep as mementoes of the part they played in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. “
Enquiries about membership and volunteering opportunities with Girlguiding Nottinghamshire are always welcome: for details call County HQ on 0115 987 7220 or visit www.girlguidingnottinghamshire.org.uk
