Charity quiz night at Lord's - sold out

Date released: 8 October 2007

The charity quiz night at Lord's - to help two MCC staff who are trekking to Everest Base Camp to raise money for the PCA Benevolent Fund is now sold out.

Adrian Morgan, part of the famous Lord's ground staff and Cameron King who works in the Dressing Rooms and world-renowned MCC Indoor School are joining a trek to Everest Base Camp.

The group will be raising money for the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) Benevolent Fund.

The evening's entertainment includes: a raffle; charity auction and the quiz. Some of the prizes/lots on offer are not available anywhere else:

Top auction lots:

• Private Tour of Lord's: Lunch for six and a private tour of Lord's with Andrew Strauss and a signed bat for each person
• Shane Warne signed photo montage: depicting each of 'Warney's' landmark Test wickets: 100th, 200th, 300th, 400th, 500th, 600th and his record 700th
• Classic FM experience: with John Brunning (ex Mungo Jerry). Watch a live show with John in the studio; get a tour of the studios; a great goody bag and the chance to have yourself recorded with pointers from John

Raffle prizes

Top coaching sessions to be won - Dinner for two at Michelin starred Indian Restaurant
- Dinner for two on Bateaux London Thames cruise
- Tickets to matches at Lord's next year
- Tickets to Premiership football
- Tickets to Premiership rugby
- Coaching sessions with MCC's Head Coach
- Personal training sessions to the value of £180
- Coaching sessions with professional cricketers
- Beauty therapy courses to the value of £150
- Tickets to see Frank Skinner Live
- Fantastic cookery course
- Magnums of champagne
- Lots of cricket and rugby memorabilia

...and much, much more! Many of these raffles are included in your ticket price.

If you can't make it to the Quiz Night, please sponsor Cameron and 'Morg' through their JustGiving websites (see right). When the snow is falling, the temperatures dropping and the saucer-sized blisters seem too much, every penny donated adds extra motivation.

PCA Benevolent Fund

The group will be raising money for the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) Benevolent Fund. The fund helps with a wide range of causes.

One real example is former Glamorgan player Owen Parkin's daughter, Rosie.

Rosie was born with a serious respiratory condition. A grant from the PCA fund paid for specialist breathing equipment so she's not hospital-bound and can live with her family, as normally as possible.

Another is Jamie Hood, a former Yorkshire cricketer. Jamie's neck was broken in a car crash.

Paralysed from the neck down Jamie cannot breathe unaided. The PCA fund paid for a holiday in a specialist hotel, where Jamie and his carer got a much needed break.

There are loads more examples on the PCA website - but the common link is "cricket" and "time of need".