Foundation supports promising cricketer
Champions Fund and would encourage anyone interested in supporting to contact Gary Wallis-tayler, Community Cricket Director.
Udage Diyon De Silva lives in Crawley, schools at Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) and plays club cricket locally for Crawley Eagles Cricket Club.
Gary Wallis-tayler, Community Cricket Director, said: “I am thrilled to be working in partnership with Ned’s Fund to help financially support players through our Champions Fund.
“The fund was created to help remove financial barriers and to support talented players within our boys, girls or disability cricket pathways.
Diyon has been identified by our pathway coaching team as an extremely talented player with potential to progress through the county age group programme, hopefully this financial support will go some way to helping
Diyon to fulfil those ambitions.”
Diyon’s parents have expressed their thanks: “We are truly grateful for the support that Ned’s Fund is providing for Diyon. He really enjoys his involvement on the Sussex Pathway and in the specialist, development groups that he’s been selected for.
“This will allow us to provide more opportunity for Diyon to play the game that he loves so much”.
Jo Marsden, founder of Neds Fund added: “I’m thrilled to be working in partnership with the Sussex Cricket Foundation to support their Champions Fund.
“It was such a pleasure to meet Diyon with his parents and to witness Diyon’s obvious natural talent. I’m really looking forward to an exciting year for Diyon and Ned’s Fund.
“Ned’s Fund exists to help young people find their path through life, whatever that may be."