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Adam Hopkins: Rain can’t dampen spirits at LGBTQ+ showcase game

Adam Hopkins speaks to Joel Langley from beacon club Backworth CC in Northumberland

Backworth Cricket Club in Northumberland recently became the first club in the North East to receive beacon club status as an LGBTQ+ inclusive club.
To celebrate this and Pride Month, they held a game last weekend against a No Boundaries CC XI, an organisation championing and enabling diversity and inclusion in cricket.
“North of Leeds, there was no provision or safe space for LGBTQ+ players to play cricket,” says Backworth CC’s Joel Langley, organiser of the showcase game and the person behind Backworth ach...

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