{"id":11383,"date":"2018-04-24T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T10:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=11383"},"modified":"2018-04-25T06:07:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T09:37:38","slug":"2017-school-cricket-award-winners-announced-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=11383","title":{"rendered":"2017 School Cricket Award Winners Announced in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey is presenting a High School Boys winners award to North Park Secondary School<\/p><\/div>\n

Updated with video of Andrew Laidlaw’s speech<\/em>
\nBrampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey headed the cast of distinguished guests when the Brampton school cricket awards for cricket were announced in The Conservatory, Brampton City Hall on Monday, April 23, 2018. The event also served as notice that outdoor cricket tournaments will commence in May. John Moore, host of \u201cMoore in the Morning\u201d on Newstalk 1010 Radio acted as Master of Ceremonies for this event.
\nThis year Canadian Tire has increased sponsorship support for these school cricket events and is title sponsor of the Canadian Tire Schools Trophy in various cities and at the regional level within the Greater Toronto Area. Jeffrey Orridge, Senior Vice-President Community & Partnerships, Canadian Tire, outlined this much appreciated sponsorship increase to an appreciative large crowd of school cricketers, teachers, guests and media,
\nDistinguished guests in the stage party included Helen Berhane (Chair, CIMA Canada), Regional Councillor Martin Medeiros and City Councillor Gurpreet Dhillon. There are two school boards serving schools in the Peel Region: Peel District School Board (PDSB), which has a broad public schools mandate, and the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (DPCDSB). The DPCDSB serves those seeking education in Roman Catholic schools in the Peel Region and in the neighbouring county of Dufferin.
\nGuests from the DPCDSB were Anna da Silva (Vice-Chair) and Shawn Xavier (Trustee). Four trustees from the PDSB attended as part of the stage party: Sue Lawton, Kathy McDonald, Carrie Andrews and David Green.<\/p>\n

Brampton is part of Ontario\u2019s Region of Peel. Some of the qualifying competitions hosted in Brampton included provision for participation by schools from the<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Mayor Jeffrey<\/p><\/div>\n

more rural Caledon region, to the north of Brampton. So some events include a \u201cNorth Peel\u201d label. Last year awards were presented in Mississauga and this year some of the 2017 Mississauga school cricket award winners were also honoured in this Brampton event.
\nJoe Grdisa, the PDSB\u2019s Coordinator Physical Education & Athletics, and Andrew Laidlaw, North Peel Physical Education Association both spoke at the Brampton awards event. Andrew Laidlaw outlined his involvement in bringing school cricket to various elementary schools after taking up a teaching role in Mississauga before a move into Brampton some 13-14 years ago. Mr. Laidlaw gained awareness when completing education training in Australia.
\nAbou<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Jeffrey Orridge, SVP Community and Partnerships, Canadian Tire<\/p><\/div>\n

t two years ago I met Andrew Laidlaw when he lead two North Peel Middle School cricket tournaments, one for girls and the other for boys. Sunny View PS advanced from the North Peel championships to the Greater Toronto Area school cricket championships for boys and for girls in 2016.
\n