Egham Cricket Club has received a £5,000 sponsorship from Cala Homes as part of the housebuilder’s Community Pledge initiative.

The sponsorship will fund the club's junior training sessions for 2024, including bringing five additional coaches on board who will be training local children aged 9 to 17 from Egham and the surrounding areas.

Cala Homes is due to announce breaking ground on its highly-anticipated Thorpe Lea Manor development in Egham, immediately next door to the cricket club, with sales expected to launch in spring 2025.

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Joe Legge, Head of The Juniors Team at Egham Cricket Club, said: ‘Egham Cricket Club is a thriving cricket club at the heart of the local community and our number of junior members have grown rapidly over the last few years. As well as providing a safe and fun environment for the girls and boys to learn cricket we've wanted to be able to provide them with high-quality coaching to help develop their skills, and the partnership with Cala Homes has been a fantastic opportunity to do that.

We have cricketers of all ages and abilities, including several playing representative cricket, all of these aspiring cricketers are now getting the benefit of learning from Dan Lincoln, a county cricketer, and his team of coaches. It’s a fantastic opportunity for the club and the kids and we’re really appreciative of Cala Homes for making it possible with their support. Egham Juniors train every Friday night from 6pm during the summer months and all local kids are welcome to come along and join in.’

The Community Pledge is a key Cala initiative through which the homebuilder is committed to delivering positive, measurable social impact for the local communities in which it builds homes. It covers a range of tailored engagement activities such as volunteering, learning programmes, bursaries and donations.

Kevin Flint, Senior Land Manager at Cala Homes Thames, said: “Our Community Pledge programme is at the heart of all our developments, and we are delighted to have made progress so early in the development’s lifecycle. It is especially satisfying to be working with Egham Cricket Club which is our immediate neighbour at Thorpe Lea and we look forward to seeing the development of youth cricket in this part of Surrey

“We always strive to become a part of the communities we work closely with, whether it's supporting local sports through sponsorship, creating a variety of job opportunities supporting local primary and junior schools through our Stay Safe Stay Away programme”

For more information on Cala’s Community Pledge visit www.cala.co.uk/pledge