Hi Guys,

Take a group of almost fit cricketers, put a 10 mile cycle, 2 mile kayak and a mountain in front of them and you may not see all of them return!

On 25th/26th of September myself, Pierce O’Mahoney, Matt Higgins, Peter Swinford, Sam Cook, John Paul Brooker and Jon Murray will be taking on the Triple Challenge of Snowdon! 

All jokes aside, I’ve put this challenge in place to raise some funds for one of our team mates and his amazing family who have had to deal with an awful lot these last few years.

Sadly, having previously known that Johnny’s daughter was battling leukaemia, we found out early in this season that little Ellaria has unfortunately relapsed meaning that her cancer has returned. As you can imagine, this has made a terrible time for the family even more devastating and decided that we had to do something as a club to support them in any which way we could!

Through the early weeks of the news, Johnny used cricket as a means of release from it all but again, adding to his list of bad luck, he sustained a season ending and immobilising injury by rupturing his Achilles’ tendon a few games into the season. 

As you can imagine, this put even more stress on the family during an already tough time and so, if anyone could do with a change in luck and fortune, it’s this family - and we plan to bring this change in luck as best we possibly can.

By completing the challenge above, we hope to raise enough money to purchase and install a brand new air conditioning unit for Ellaria who has trouble regulating temperature throughout her treatment, especially as the weather in the UK seems to be getting warmer each year! Any additional funding raised will go to the family to help cover some of the costs of care and expenses to and from the hospital...which will only increase in the coming months as she takes on a new path of treatment. 

Johnny, a guy who is always the joker on and off the field, was completely humbled by this proposal and was initially a little bit reluctant about it all as he didn’t want to seem like a sob story and, even in his very difficult times, knows that there are still people worse off than him. However, as a club, and knowing that they have baby number two on the way this year, we just felt like we needed to dish out bit of good fortune their way by helping them in whatever way we possibly can to make the coming year(s) just a little easier if possible. 

So now, it’s over to you and me! We really hope you can support this amazing cause and give a bit of a feel good factor back to a family who are going through a really though time. It’s something that’s really close to our hearts as a club and we really want to get this going! Every little bit in the kitty makes a huge difference to a great cause! 

Many thanks

Daniel & the team