Tour Highlights
The LA KRICKETS tour of the UK, 1995, laid the ground rules for future tours, sponsorship and partners and engered a movie deal with Disney. Since then, the Compton Homes and the Popz (CCC) 1997, 1999 and 2001 tours included games against the Windsor Castle Staff cricket team, "Rap" session rapping for HRH Prince Edward at Windsor Castle, a visit with His Royal Highness at Buckingham Palace, and with the Rt Hon Mo Mowlam at Stormont Castle, a cricket bat presentation to Gerry Adams at Stormont, Belfast and a Hurling Stick to the David Pringle,to help broker the peace accord in Northern Ireland. so.
A 2001 Game against the Legendary Lashings team, with Brian Lara playing on the CCC cricket Club side.
In 2003, Warwickshire cricketer Paul Smith spent three weeks helping train the CCC. The trip was a part of Smith's work with 'Cricket Without Boundaries', a charity that seeks to empower communities through cricket.
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