{"id":78642,"date":"2025-08-19T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/78642\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:16:09","slug":"cricket-camp-bringing-people-together-says-chair-of-cricket-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/78642\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket camp &#8216;bringing people together,&#8217; says chair of Cricket Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said the cancellation of the North Down Cricket Club camp had been a disappointment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As a sport, cricket is for everyone, but while today&#8217;s camp offered a chance for many local kids to try cricket for the first time, it also allowed them to experience each other&#8217;s sports in a fun and supportive setting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mr MacNeice added that the &#8220;power of sport&#8221; was a &#8220;means to bring people together, promote inclusiveness and strengthen community bonds, particularly among the next generation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are committed to support plans for future improvements here, and look forward to ensuring the local community can enjoy a diverse range of sports,&#8221; Mr MacNeice said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He said the cancellation of the North Down Cricket Club camp had been a disappointment. &#8220;As a sport,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-78642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}