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Club ditches traditional teas to be more inclusive.

London Daily Telegraph.

Wednesday, 14 August 2019.

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The Earley Cricket Club, who play in Divisions 2 and 3 of the Berkshire Cricket League, has become the first in the UK to go vegan after Muslim and Hindu players were excluded from tea between innings.  Following a campaign by chairman and opening batsman Gary Shacklady, The club’s committee voted in favour of replacing the traditional platter of sandwiches and cake with a menu featuring vegan-friendly Moroccan tagine, curries and rice, lasagne and garlic bread and spaghetti bolognese.

Shacklady, 33, a primary school teacher who set up the club 12 years ago and is vegan himself, felt that the club's meat-based catering meant Muslim and Hindu players were being excluded from joining in fully with club life.  He said: "We had one member who was very against it.  He felt that it was quite exclusive and against people's right to meat”.  Four of his teammates have been inspired to switch to plant based diets entirely as a result of the move”.