Tracey and Gwyn met the happy crowd at Derbyshire Cricket Foundation's Monday Mates monthly café. It was a special occasion once again: this month the Central CoOp came with a fascinating session on the history of the CoOp that started a lively and hugely enjoyable discussion. There was a lovely bingo session along with the presentation, with many prizes. The best prizes though were the smiles of the participants.

Tracey and Gwyn met Alex and the happy crowd at DCF's Monday Mates for a special gathering. Lovely people from the Hindu Temple came with great chat, an informative presentation about Diwali, celebrated this month, and delicious food. One of the participants with dementia said "I can't remember why I came here but I've really enjoyed myself". That's a mark of success!

It was a later start than usual for the cricketers who had to contend with a full car park. Tracey and Gwyn set about helping with the various cricket activities, focusing on length then length and line. We had lovely chats with the players and families then had tea with them.

It was cold in the hall when Tracey and Gwyn met Alex for DCF's Parkinson's Cricket group. We opened the doors to let the warm outside air in. Cue the rascals batting balls out of the hall. The bunting didn't put them off. We finished with very welcome teas and coffees.

Gwyn and Tracey joined their chums at the DCF’s Monday Mates session, getting there early to set up the chairs. We were in a different building to our usual one, so Gwyn gave directions in the car park, while Tracey took the register. Everyone enjoyed tea, biscuits, wordsearches and a quiz, followed by a game of seated cricket, with the GoodGymmers on fielding duty. Once the mates had gone home, we put all the chairs back again.

Tracey and Gwyn met the cheerful group at Parkinson's Cricket. Alex had brought a new gadget today: a bowling machine. The group batted the balls into the ceiling, the lights and the curtains. We finished with tea and biscuits.