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.

Tracey and Gwyn met the team at Derbyshire Cricket Foundation for their summer (haf) holiday Holiday Activities and Food session. The weather was typically summery as expected: it was haf o hyd after all. We had a nature treasure hunt, animal encounters (with a tarantula, ball python, bearded dragon and more), a light lunch and an art session.

Tracey and Gwyn had another good morning at DCF's Parkinson's Cricket in Allestree today. After a long warm-up, everyone got down to cricket, including getting balls way up the stage, followed by tea and biscuits and the all-important chat!

Tracey and Gwyn met Alex and the friendly crowd at Monday Mates. We had a slow start because one of the participants had a flat tyre which took some arranging to sort. Additional excitement was a visit by a cyclist cycling between all the county cricket grounds for charity. He'd started in Chester-le-Street! There was an opportunity to watch cricket practice on a hot summery day. We all had a great morning, despite a rumoured cake not appearing.

Becky, Tracey and Gwyn met Alex from DCF and the friendly group at Parkinson's Cricket. It was great to see Becky: welcome to the group! We had a lively chat at the start, then got down to Boccia! It was a tight game, with a 2-1 split of wins, one of them by a centimetre. We then proceeded to cricket, with fine form displayed by the players. A chatty tea and biscuit session brought our enjoyable morning to a close.