VISUALLY-IMPAIRED CRICKET FESTIVAL 2000

Early day motion 877, tabled 20 June 2000 by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour). Signed by 93 members.

That this House congratulates all the teams which took part in the Visually-Impaired Cricket Festival 2000 at Euxton Cricket Club in the constituency of Chorley on 17th and 18th June; pays tribute to Gary O'Neil, the organiser, for bringing the teams together from all over the country to participate in this highly competitive tournament for blind and visually-impaired cricket teams, with Mr O'Neil playing in the winning team, White Rose, against a strong, competitive Welsh team; notes that the festival was made possible by the committed volunteers, members of Euxton Cricket Club, and the main sponsors BAe Systems, Cheshire Building Society and Multipart; and hopes that this national annual festival continues to go from strength to strength.

Signatures by party: Labour 65, Liberal Democrat 10, Labour/Co-operative 8, Conservative 7, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.