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Cheltenham Cricket Festival 2010
@ Cheltenham College

‘A day with’ - Jeremy Coney | Friday 30th July 2010

The Cheltenham Cricket Festival is the most famous of all cricket festivals. In the beautiful and historic setting of Cheltenham College, the festival is one of the highlights of the sporting calendar. For the 7th consecutive year, Finders Keepers are once again offering the chance to entertain clients in our luxurious appointed marquee on ‘A Day With’ day. On Friday 30th July, at Gloucestershire’s meeting with Glamorgan, you and your guests can relax in our marquee whilst watching top class cricket.



A fantastic opportunity to entertain clients in a relaxing marquee whilst enjoying top class cricket.

Corporate Hospitality Package:
Marquee Package includes >

o Reserved Table in Finders Keepers Marquee
o Tea, coffee and biscuits on arrival
o 2 Course Curry Lunch
o Afternoon tea
o Private viewing area outside the marquee
o Sporting guest speaker
o Car park passes (1 per 4 guests)
o Match day programme and scorecard
o Private bar facility
o Drinks paid for as per consumption
 

Jeremy Coney > During the lunchtime interval, enjoy the company of Former New Zealand Cricket International Captain Jeremy Coney

prices per person + VAT
Bookings can be made for 2 guests upwards, private table are available for 8 to 12 guests, smaller numbers on shared tables.


Jeremy Coney MBE -

Jeremy Coney MBE was a New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88 ODIs for New Zealand, captaining them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs. He was one of New Zealand's most successful batsmen, at least by average, and he made 16 fifties, but centuries often eluded him and he had to wait nine years to make his first - by that time, he had turned 31. He only lost one Test series as captain, against Pakistan away, and he became Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1984.

Coney was the captain who in 1986, after the England wicketkeeper Bruce French was injured by a Hadlee bouncer, allowed Bob Taylor to leave the sponsor's tent and play as a substitute. It was one of the great sporting gestures of all time. New Zealand won that series with the bowling of Richard Hadlee only slightly more potent than the captaincy of Coney.


His medium-pace bowling was often used in ODIs, where it yielded 54 wickets, including four for 46 against Sri Lanka in 1985. During his playing days, Coney's height, reach, and reactions as a slip fieldsman, earned him the nickname "The Mantis". He now lives in the UK and works as a commentator/ summariser for Sky TV and Test Match Special.