Seaford Rotary

Young Cricketer of the Year 2022 Global Scholars

Four years ago, in 2018, we were approached by Seaford Cricket Club, asking if we could support a new award, Young Cricketer of the Year for three years.

This award was intended, not for the best cricket player, but for the young cricketer who had contributed most to the club and to the community. The award was a trophy (a shield) plus cash to pay for his or her membership for a year and some cricket equipment.

The three-year period finished in 2021 (there was no award in 2020 due to COVID), and so we were asked again if we would sponsor the award for a further three years, including the purchase of a new trophy, which we agreed to do.

President Ann Reed, accompanied by the Chair of Youth Services, Paul Vaesen, therefore went to Seaford Cricket Club at The Salts on Friday 2nd September to present our award as part of the Cricket Club’s annual awards evening.

Before the award was presented, Paul Vaesen said a few words about the many ways that Seaford Rotary runs projects to encourage youngsters in the town, and drew special attention to a new award, the Philip Moorey Award for Young Citizen of the Year. This year there were two recipients, a boy and a girl, Riley Street and Elpi Hussain, both of whom had contributed

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Seaford Rotary as host club welcomed two Japanese students, Takayuki Matsumoto and Chihiro Imazu to Seaford. Both students have been awarded scholarships by The Rotary Foundation for their travel, accommodation, and university tuition costs.

Since The Rotary Foundation was founded more than 100 years ago, the Foundation has spent more than 4 billion dollars on life-changing sustainable projects. The Rotary Foundation helps Rotary Members to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty, and to help achieve this, offers scholarships for College Graduates and Professionals to study peace and conflict resolution. Seaford Rotarians are pleased to be able to play their part in these wider international activities by Rotary, and they will be hosting and supporting Takayuki and Chihiro during their year of study.

Takayuki (known as Taka) will be studying at the University of Sussex to complete an MA in Migration and Global Development. Chihiro will be studying at the University of Sussex, School of Global Studies, to obtain an MA in Conflict, Security and Development The role of the host Club is to enable the Foundation Students to experience local culture and understand more of the environment in which they are studying.

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Photos from top: President Ann presenting the smart new trophy to Riley (left) and Elpi (right), with Paul Vaesen behind; Takayuki Matsumoto and Chihiro Imazu.