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Maghera Parish Caring Association was founded by the Church of Ireland Parishes of Maghera and Killelagh, in response to a vision over the needs of our local community. The MPCA employs staff to cover multiple project areas, including Youth, Children & Family, Seniors, and Community Outreach.

This blog brings together writing from many different people on our staff team and beyond. As such, what appears here may not always represent the viewpoint of the MPCA or the joint parishes!

For more on the MPCA and the churches it works with, click to the main website here.

If you're familiar with our work, and would like to contribute to this collaborative blog, just e-mail your scribblings, photos, links, etc. to blogs@magheraparish.co.uk. We can't promise that everything will get past our Basement-dwelling censorship elves, but if it's good, we'll share it with the world!

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23 June 10

Howzat! Ampertaine Cricket comes to a smashing finale

This week saw the conclusion of the Introduction to Cricket programme, run by the MPCA in Ampertaine Primary School, Upperlands.

Beginning back in April, every Tuesday a group of P5-P7 pupils took part in the scheme, which aimed to introduce newcomers to Kwik Cricket.  This accessible programme saw the students learn all the basic skills, including batting technique and even overarm bowling.

To bring things to a close, the last session saw an exhibition game, between the aptly named Ampertaine All-Stars and the Unbeatables, come down to the very last over and a 75-73 victory for the All-Stars, with Garth Bolton hitting the winning runs.  The All-Stars top scorer was Daniel Ballentine who hit 30, and the best bowler Jordan Hassan, who got 2 wickets for 19 runs, and also a run out.  The Unbeatables top run scorer was Ben Goddard with 22, with Chelsea Evans taking 2 wickets for only 9 runs, and Bethany Scott pulling off one of her now trademark catches to add to her own bowled wicket.

The MPCA would like to thank Ampertaine Primary for the opportunity to work with the school so closely on this project, and in particular all the young people who took part for their enthusiasm and fantastic attitude - and we hope to see you all again very soon!

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh