Saturday, 26th May, 2012: It was a perfect day and a great setting for Cricket…Beautiful sunshine, a very light breeze the temperature in mid 20’s and a cricket pitch in the heart of the city with picture perfect surroundings of Waterloo Park. Excitement arose as the bus pulled into the Park with NYPD as well as Toronto Police cricket teams and accompanying families on board. After the customary greetings and hand shakes,everyone got down to business at hand. The two Captains, the two Umpires and Mike Kendall of the OCA conducted the coin toss and the tournament was on. After very competitive round robin matches, the Toronto PD and the NYPD teams made it to the final.
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\nAn exciting hard fought match was won by Toronto PD team and were crowned champions. The best Batsman was Hasan of NYPD, the best bowler was Rehan from Toronto PD and Habib From NYPD was declared as the MVP of the tournament. <\/p>\n
The Championship trophy was given away by Mr. Peter Braid MP from Waterloo Region, The MVP award was given away by Mr. Mark Whaley, Deputy Mayor and city counsellor of the city of Waterloo. <\/p>\n
The NYPD and Toronto PD teams exchanged gifts and tokens of appreciation amongst themselves as well as with WRPS team members. The WRPS Superintendent Mr.Barry Zehr presented plaques of appreciation to NYPD as well as Toronto PD teams. <\/p>\n
Superintendent David Mcleod of Toronto as well as Sgt. Mahaan Chandu of NYPD made presentations to Mr. Mike Kendall, appreciating the OCA’s efforts for the improvement of Cricket in this province. <\/p>\n
The other OCA executive members present and on hand were Mr. Tauqir Uddin VP, Saqib Sheikh Secretary, Mr Melvin John Sr.Coordinator as well as many other visitors from Toronto area. The tournament was well attended by local residents as well. <\/p>\n
Mr Peter Braid brought greetings from the Parliament hill, Mr Mark Whaley had a message from the city of Waterloo and Mike Kendall thanked everyone on behalf of the OCA especially the city of Waterloo as well as Mr.Parveen Sharma and the Sunrise Cricket Club for their valuable support in providing the volunteers and getting everything done on time including freshly prepared lunch for all. <\/p>\n
The tournament concluded with a promise of even a bigger Championship event in 2013 in which six or more teams are expected to participate. The tentative date agreed is the third weekend in May 2013. …Please contact OCA for more information <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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