Welcome to The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation - a charity dedicated to enhancing the landscape for youth cricket in East Durham.
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Former Pools midfielder Ian Clark’s brilliant half century led Spike’s Sloggers to glory in the Roy Simpson MBE Trophy on Sunday.
Read our full report from a memorable afternoon in Peterlee here…
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The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation retweeted
Absolute pleasure to play in for a fantastic cause for @roysimpsonfdn 👏👏
The big cricket story of the day came in Peterlee, where a number of @Official_HUFC golden oldies turned out for the annual @roysimpsonfdn match between Spike's Sloggers and Barron's Blasters. @5Spike avenged last year's defeat with @Clarky74 the star with a half-century
The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation retweeted
The big cricket story of the day came in Peterlee, where a number of @Official_HUFC golden oldies turned out for the annual @roysimpsonfdn match between Spike's Sloggers and Barron's Blasters. @5Spike avenged last year's defeat with @Clarky74 the star with a half-century
Who will get their hands on this trophy later today?
Get yourself down to Peterlee Cricket Club today to find out.
The sun is shining and the bar will be open so come and join us from 1pm!
The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation retweeted
Former Hartlepool United players will reunite for a charity cricket match in aid of the Roy Simpson MBE Foundation 🏏💙🤍
#Pools | #HUFC | #BBCFootball
The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation retweeted
Moors boss Tommy Miller along with Matty Dolan and Dan Jones, Graeme Lee and Ian Clark are playing in a charity cricket match on Sunday!
The match is taking place in Peterlee and is raising funds for @roysimpsonfdn - why not pop along?
Info: tinyurl.com/y5c65nuh
#Moors
The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation retweeted
Some familiar faces are returning to action this weekend 👀
Former Pools players will reunite for a charity cricket match at Peterlee Cricket Club in aid of The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation 🏏❤️
Thanks once again to our friends at @Motif8ltd and @surridgesport for providing us with these stunning shirts for our teams to wear in Sunday’s charity cricket match. We really appreciate it.
Make sure you’re there to enjoy the event at Peterlee Cricket Club!
Game on! 🏏
We are delighted to confirm that our Cricket Match will return to Peterlee in June after the success of last year’s inaugural event!
Come along and enjoy another great afternoon of footballers turned cricketers!
Full story: tinyurl.com/4hcjxs6e
The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation retweeted
First donation from The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation helping Peterlee Cricket Club youngsters play trib.al/oo5TiwA
We are proud to announce that we have made our first ever donation to help Peterlee Cricket Club with their All Stars and Dynamos programme.
The perfect project and it means a lot that our first donation is to Roy's beloved Peterlee. ❤️
Read more: 🔗 tinyurl.com/4659wau4
The Roy Simpson MBE Foundation retweeted
Congratulations to Dezy Ward who was crowned as the winner of the 2026 World Egg Jarping Championships in the Sports Bar on Good Friday!
Thanks to all who stayed for the fun - and helped us raise £100 for the @roysimpsonfdn 👏👏👏
#Moors
Thank you to everyone who came to our Evening with Grant Leadbitter at Castle Eden Golf Club.
It was a cracking night and raised lots for the Foundation and Peterlee Cricket Club.
Massive thanks to Grant too, who donated his entire fee to the Foundation. An amazing gesture. ❤️
We're delighted that former Sunderland star Grant Leadbitter is to be guest speaker at our fundraising event in Castle Eden on Thursday 2nd April.
A handful of tickets still remain so get in touch now to join us for a cracking night!
Full info: 🔗 tinyurl.com/ytu97twv
We were honoured to be invited up to @NissanUK on Friday lunchtime as a nominated charity to receive a £2,000 donation from the workforce savings fund.
It was a humbling experience to share the room with 14 other incredible charities doing some astonishing work across our area.
What an amazing night!
Thank you so much to every single person who came along to support our first Christmas Quiz event – we raised £750 for the Foundation!
Massive thanks to @iangeldard for putting together and hosting an absolutely superb quiz for us! 👏
