Cricket For Cubs 2019 Spring Inter-School Cricket Tournament

Cricket For Cubs(CFC) 2019 Spring Inter-School Cricket Tournament

Cricket for Cubs, a nonprofit organization that promotes the game of cricket in East Bay successfully conducted its eighth Inter-School Cricket Tournament in the Tri-Valley this weekend.

Fourteen teams from the Pleasanton, Dublin and San Ramon school districts participated in the tournament of which eight were from elementary School, four from Middle School and two from High School.

Over 200 players played 27 matches in the past two weekends. More than 20 were girls were among the players in the tournament.The matches were played at five different locations in Dublin, Pleasanton and San Ramon.

John Green elementary School won the trophy for the Elementary School Division beating Dougherty Elementary School in the finals. Dougherty Elementary was the runner up for the second time. The team's manager Ayush Ganeriwal said that his team showed an excellent team spirit and worked very hard to reach the finals. He is really proud of his team.

Shuaib Hasan Khwaja, team manager of the Alisal Elementary Cricket Club said, "Cricket for Cubs is giving kids an opportunity to experience cricket as well teaching them the meaning of team work. As first-timers in the tournament, I can see that kids are communicating with each other effectively to achieve their goal. With time, they will learn a life lesson of working together as a team."

Ramesh Immadi, president of CFC announced that this event wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our sponsors, Karewell MD, Panache Academy, Xoriant, Arkrit LLC, Cyber Inc, Love Organics, Panache Enfants, Ellie Mae and auto dealers Dublin Chevrolet, Dublin Buick, Dublin GMC, Dublin Caddilac, and Dublin Infiniti. ThinkPalm was the event sponsor.

Award ceremony emceed by Ramaan Vijay Yedavilli wrapped up the tournament. CFC board members Ajay Immadi, Anish Reddy Kolan, Shamith Pasula, Varun Yedavilli, Ramesh Immadi, Ramaan Yedavilli, Surya Pasula, Nadia Gruny, Sirhari Dasarathy, Suresh Kolan, Sridhar Verose, Sunny Singh , were also present.

During the ceremony, Jean Josey, City Council member announced that she is extremely happy to see how this sport is becoming popular in the community and that the City of Dublin is committed to supporting the sport. She announced that city is planning on building five batting cages at Fallon Sports Park which will be completed by couple of years.

City Mayor David Haubert closed the ceremony and thanked all the parents for supporting their kid’s passion. He said," In my eyes, you all sitting here are winners."

Steve Berberich of Ellie Mae said," What an exciting event this was in supporting the game of cricket. The Ellie Mae Cricket Club supports youth cricket in the Tri Valley Area at such events. We were especially happy to see that the Alisal Elementary School Team is sponsored by Ellie Mae’s Cricket Club."

In addition to Dublin Mayor David Haubert, Jean Josey, Dublin City Council Member, the closing ceremony was attended by Susanna Ordway, Board of Trustee, SRVUSD along with the sponsors.

Winners for Elementary school division:
Best Fielder, Anay Sharma; Best Wicket Keeper, Ranbir Panech; Best Batman,Varish Doma; Best Bowler, Zafir Kasim; MVP, Akhil Venkatesh

Winners for Middle School Division:
Best Fielder - Shravan Ramanand, Best Wicket Keeper - Aadi Jawargi, Best Batman - Shreyas Putanae, Best Bowler - Prabhav Doma,MVP – Nirav Rawal

Winners for High School Division:
Best Fielder,Rohan Gulhar; Best Wicket Keeper, Jitra Shah; Best Batman, Skanda Rohit Sharma; Best Bowler,Srivatsan Srikanth; MVP,Rishab Jayaram

Dougherty parent, Anuja Katkol made sure that Dougherty families get to enjoy the tournament with delicious food items. She has been initiating great potluck menus for most of the matches.

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