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2010-01-22 Condolences to Hanlon family

Message sent by Cliff Cox
It is with a very heavy and sad heart that I advise the passing of one of our closest cricket pals, Peter Hanlon. He passed away peacefully in Royal Columbian Hospital.... New Westminster at 8.30am today at age 66. Those of you who knew him no doubt have spent many joyous times being entertained by his humour and happy spirit...........an absolutely delightful gentleman and good cricketer for many years with Vancouver Cricket Club.

2010-01-09 Condolences to Akbar family

It is with the deepest regret that we announce death of Nazneen Begum, mother of Taslim and Nasim Akbar of Salim Akbar Cricket Club, who passed away in Vancouver on Wednesday January 6th. We would like to extend our heartfelt sympathy and condolence to the Akbar family.

2009-12-06 2010 Management Commitee

The executive committee is pleased to announce that BCMCL has elected 7 management committee members for season 2010 at the November 27th delegate's meeting. The following 7 members were elected:

Sadru Kassam
Ateeq Khan
Muhammad Ashraf
Vikas Sondhi
Gurdeep Ratan
Jim Richards
Alex Turko

2009-12-02 Awards Night 2009

Awards Night for Season 2009 will be held at the Hugo Ray Park on December 6th , 2009 at 5:30 PM. Snacks will be served at $10 per person (cash only). [Season 2009 Winners]

2009-11-23 Membership Application Reminder

All current, new and returning clubs are reminded that the application and the dues must be received by the Secretary on or before the 1st of December, for consideration for membership from January 1st to December 31st 2010. Each application must be accompanied by renewal membership application fee and previous outstanding dues in the form of cheque only. No application will be considered until full payment has been received by league. The payment can be dropped off or mailed at Box 100 - 12886, 96th Avenue, Surrey, BC V3V 6A8. Please contact the League Secretary at secretary@bcmcl.ca for any questions or concerns.

2009-11-22 Club Delegate's Meeting

The BCMCL delegates meeting will be held on Sunday, Nov 29 2009, in Hugo Ray club house at 6:30 PM. The 7 members for the management committee will come up for election at the meeting.

2009-11-09 Help Save Memorial

The Vancouver Park Board did have a series of neighbourhood meetings in September. VPB staff will be reporting next week, so there is really just this week to get people to voice their opinions. If Memorial South Park is to be selected, the oval is NOT the best location. Park Board should be looking at a different location ? perhaps the NW field, for example. Cricket is in a special circumstance with Memorial Oval being the only field in East Van for cricketers to play. This has to be considered by the decision-makers.

Please sign the petition and send email to save Memorial. Thanks in advance for your support.
The petition is created at http://www.PetitionOnline.com/VFSUsers/petition.html
You can also e-mail the Park Board as a group at pbcomment@vancouver.ca or e-mail individual commissioners. The list is here: http://vancouver.ca/parks/board/commissioners.htm
The Park Board staff member who will report next week to the board can be e-mailed: mark.vulliamy@vancouver.ca [Petition]

2009-11-05 BCMCL AGM 2009 Updates

On Tuesday 3rd of November the 2009 AGM of the BCMCL was held At Brockton Pavilion. 90 members attended the meeting which commenced shortly after 7pm as scheduled. The President in his report congratulated everyone on a great season were cricket had been enjoyed by all clubs. However he did emphasised that a greater effort must be made next season to full fill the umpiring assignments and that members must be encouraged to take the level 1 umpiring course . The comments from the members were positive and reflected a very healthy situation with the league.
The Treasurer gave his report showing that the league had indeed recovered from the financial losses of last year, and in fact the league has shown a small profit for the year.
The Honorary president Rod Hesp and Honorary vice president Bill Simms were both re appointed.

A constitutional change to have the voting structure to be one vote per club was defeated.

A constitutional change with regards all monies submitted for application to register teams and or new clubs and payment for cricket balls would no longer be refundable in all cases.
The motion was approved.

The election for 2nd vice president of the league had 3 candidates, Jim Richard the 2nd VP from last year, Vibert Jack from Coquitlam Windies and Sarabjit Gill from Arbutus. In a very close result Mr Gill was elected. Thanks were given to Jim for his work this year.
Vimal Hardat was elected by acclamation for the position of President.
The meeting closed at 9:15 pm in an orderly manner.

Thanks go to all members for making the meeting a great success

Thanks to Jim Richards (out going 2nd VP) for his hard work during his tenure.

2009-10-19 Champ Cricket Academy

Located at Unit 105, 12940 80th Ave, Surrey, BC (within the Newton Sports Centre) the "Champ Cricket Academy" will hold weekly training sessions targeted at various age groups. Sessions will be run by ECB Level III Coach, Shaun Miller.

Upcoming programs to include High Performance, Ladies Sessions, Beginners, One on One, Club Sessions, etc. Video analysis will be available at the academy. INDOOR cricket matches are planned for the New Year.

Schools are also invited to involve cricket within their PE curriculum and coaches can either visit the schools or students can experience hard ball cricket at the academy.

Cricket equipment will be on sale. The shop will carry most major cricket brands, with lots of kids equipment and help available. For further details and times please contact Shaun Miller on 778 997 3324 or email @ shaun@cricketcoach.ca. Alternatively please call the academy on 604 507 0669

All introduction sessions on November 10th will be FREE OF CHARGE. Numbers are limited.
Under 12?s Boys and Girls - Tuesday 3.15 - 4.15pm
Under 15?s Boy?s and Girl?s -Tuesday 4.30 - 5.30pm
Open Age Batting Sessions - Tuesday 7 - 8pm

2009-10-08 Annual General Meeting 2009

The Annual General Meeting of BCMCL will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 at Brockton House. The registration will commence at 6:00 p.m. To register, photo identification, i.e., current passport, driver's license, school ID card, or other official document must be presented.

2009-09-22 Inter-League Match - Abbotsford Vs Richmond

The Inter-League match will be played between the 2009 BCMCL Champions Abbotsford CC and the MVCL Champions Richmond CC at Upper Brockton on September 26, 2009.
The game will start at 11:00 AM
The winners from this game will play for the Tomalin Cup against the VDCA Champions, United Victoria CC on September 27, 2009 at Upper Brockton.

2009-08-14 Intercontinental Six-A-Side

The Annual Labour Day intercontinental six-a-side at Stanley Park will be played on September 07, 2009. Entries must be submitted to the League Secretary by email BEFORE August 30th, 2009 with team registration fee of $90, name of the team and list of 8 players. For further information contact Six-A-Side cordinator Harjit Sandhu at hajjsandhu@msn.com. Individual players also can send email to Harjit with their interest in playing for a specific country with thier phone numbers.

2009-08-14 India Vs Pakistan Friendship Game 2009

It was a delightful experience for everyone who witnessed this all prestigous game when BCMCL Pakistan played against BCMCL India. It was a great game that was played with great spirit. Pakistan batted first and made 168 runs in 17 overs due to rain delay. India did great with the chase but lost by only 3 runs.
Well done Sajid and his team for organizing this great event. India was managed by Harjit Sandhu and Pakistan was managed by Muhammad Ashraf.
Pakistan: Imran Khan (Captain), Balqiaz Khan, Hasan Malik, Qasim Dawood, Hussain Dawood, Zeeshan Wahla, Omar Dar, Omar Khaliq, Rashid Masood, Awais Ahmed, Riaz Afridi
India: Vikram Bawa (Captain), Dilpreet Dhillon, Vimal Hardat, Virender Grewal, Atul Nagpal, Gagan Dhillon, Harpreet (Bobby) Dhillon, Parminderpal Malhi, Rash Sharma, Rajdeep Brar, Satnam Randhawa
[India Vs Pakistan Scorecard]

2009-08-13 Club Six-a-side 2009 - August 3, 2009

The BCMCL saw its second Club Six-a-side tournament come to a great a conclusion. Congratulations to Pakcan for their victory.
The BCMCL committee would like to thank Harjeet Sandhu, Inamul Desai and Mama for the great tournament. Click to read full report and view pictures and video. [Report] [Video] [Pictures]

2009-08-13 Gagan Dhillon - New Record

The BCMCL history was recreated on August 3, 2009 when Gagan Dhillon hit 21 sixes in club Six-a-side tournament breaking the old record held by Gogi Dhillon for several years of 18 sixes.
This will be one of many records that will be broken by this young, talented and aspiring cricketer from India.

2009-08-12 JJ and Jimmy Performance Update

The update of JJ and Jimmy's performances are great from Toronto. JJ scored 95 runs and Jimmy scored 46 runs in a warm up game. Unfortunately they got out before reaching indivdual landmarks but it was a great performance and left good impact on Cricket Canada on their first outing with the Canadian squad. Well done boys and make us proud.

2009-08-10 Weekday T 20 Finals

BCMCL's weekday T 20 is seeing its second year of success when the tournament will host its final to be played on August 12, 2009 at Sullivan Heights.
The finals will be played between Delta Cougars and Freinds 11. This is another successful tournament that was well organized by Sajid and his team including Ashraf, Harjit, Dr. Rehman, Raffi.

2009-08-07 Flash News - Jawad Dawood and Amarbir Hansra

BCMCL is proud to announce that Jawad Dawood (JJ) from Salim Akbar CC and Amarbir Hansra (Jimmy) from Abbotsford CC have been picked in the Canadian squad of 15 for the upcoming series against Kenya. We wish them all the success and hope that their current form continues at the national level. JJ has been picked for the ODI squad and Jimmy has been picked for the 4 day game. [Official Press Release] [Jimmy's Stats 2009] [JJ's Stats 2009]

2009-08-01 OBITUARY - Mr Ray Robins

ROBINS Ray Born June 18th, 1928 died peacefully at noon on July 24th, 2009 with Grace, Brenda and Pip at his side. Ray lived a full and happy life in Canada since 1952 when he and Grace emigrated from England. He was a civil engineer and worked on the Arrow Dam among other projects, but fulfilled his fondest dream when he started teaching engineering at B.C.I.T. Ray was a keen sportsman and played soccer, rugby and cricket in his younger days, and he continued to play cricket for many seasons in Canada. He also coached soccer and cricket; and was the President and a coach of the NorWesters Track and Field Club. Ray enjoyed all the young people in his life and was blessed with four wonderful grandchildren: Nikita, Sofia and Matthew, the children of Pip and Barbara; and Jack, the son of Brenda and Pat. The BCMCL conveys deepest condolences to his family.

2009-07-21 Club Six-A-Side

Yet another Club Six-A-Side tournament will take place in Stanley Park on Monday, August 3rd 2009. Entries must be submitted to the League Secretary by email BEFORE July 30th, 2009. For further information contact league secretary at secretary@bcmcl.ca [Rules]

2009-07-20 Junior Coaching in Coquitlam

Junior coaching and demonstration was organized for Coquitlam Presbyterian Church at MaCkin park on Friday July 17th by Coquitlam Windies CC. Special thanks to Vibert Jack, Brian Barker and Sadru Kassam. Please contact Vibert Jack for details at vibertmjack@gmail.com.

2009-07-09 2009 Club Six-a-side

The BCMCL saw a well contested Club Six-a-side to a great a conclusion. Congratulations to Salim Akbar for their victory. A special congratulations to all the participating teams for playing this tournament in a great spirit. It was a beautiful atmosphere where friends met each other, cracked jokes, discussed cricket and hit each other for sixes when put against each other in a game.
The BCMCL committee would like to thank Harjeet Sandhu, Inamul Desai and Mama for the great tournament. A special thanks to everyone for their help, Nasim and Taslim for giving cash money for most sixes and Harjit for giving gift passes to all the winners and runners up. Click to read full report and view pictures. [2009 Club Six-a-side Report] [Pictures] [Video]

2009-07-08 Naseer Jamali - A BCMCL player and future of team USA

BCMCL is proud to have current USA cricket team player as its member. Naseer Jamali of Centurians CC is regarded as the next big bowler for USA. Read the attached article from a leading cricket website praising Naseer and don't miss the BCMCL crest on his shirt and cap. [Article]

2009-07-02 Congratulations - Cliff Cox and Jack Kyle

BCMCL is pleased to announce the recognition received by Jack Kyle and Cliff Cox from the International Cricket Council. Jack and Cliff have dedicated their life for the development of cricket in lower mainland and Canada. Jack has served as the President of Canadian Cricket Association for several years and Cliff is currently the Vice President of CC. It is indeed a proud moment for the BCMCL as Jack and Cliff will certainly be regarded as greats in the history of the BCMCL. [Official Press Release]

2009-07-01 Cricket Camp

A weeks cricket camp is being held July 13th - 17th July at McMillan Park (Yale Secondary school) Abbotsford, from 10 am to 3.30 pm each day. Targeted age group is 15 and under. Open to both boys and girls. Equipment will be provided. Cost is $95 per child for the week. For more information, please contact Shaun Miller by email at shaun@cricketcoach.ca or 778 997 3324

2009-06-29 Club Six-A-Side

The Canada Day Club Six-A-Side will be held at Sullivan Heights ground in Surrey on July 1st, 2009. For further information contact league secretary at secretary@bcmcl.ca [Rules]

2009-05-07 SATURDAY MORNING CRICKET LEAGUE

The Saturday Morning Cricket League will start play in approximately 2 weeks. The League Co-coordinator is Jack Kyle (former President of Canadian Cricket Association) and the games are played on Saturday mornings from 9 to 11:30 am. Most games were played at Lower Brockton, Memorial and Douglas Park.

West Vancouver Cricket Club has entered one team in the league (Under 16's) , but if there is sufficient number of players, another team can be entered . Please note that the age limit is not strictly enforced by the League and older players can play in the Saturday Morning League, provided they do not play senior Club Cricket. All equipment will be provided by the club. Please email if you are interested in playing in the Under 16's team. The fee to play in the Saturday Morning Cricket League is $50.

2009-05-07 KANGA CRICKET PROGRAM - SOFTBALL CRICKET @ HUGO RAY PARK

West Vancouver Cricket will offer a Kanga Cricket Program at Hugo Ray Park. Kanga Cricket is geared towards younger and inexperienced kids from the ages of 6 to 12. All equipment is provided and the first session is scheduled for Saturday, May 16th from 10:00 - 11:30 am. The coach/program administrator is Bob McKay and Rhodri Rees-Jones will help coach the kids.

The Kanga Cricket program will run for 8 weeks - every Saturday from 10-11:30 am until July 4th. Juniors can register at the first session at Hugo Ray Park and there is a nominal fee of $35 (to cover the user fees assessed by the Municipality).

2009-05-06 Jack Kyle Programs

Please find attached Programs from Mr. Jack Kyle, regarding 2009 Summer Camp and Saturday AM Junior Cricket League. [2009 Summer Camp] [Sat AM Junior Cricket League]

2009-04-21 Twenty-20 Results

Congratulations to Pakcan and Arbutus for winning their respective divisions and thanks to all the teams that took part and made this tournament a success.

PREMEIR DIVISION

WINNERS - PAKCAN
RUNNERS-UP - COSMOS
MAN OF THE SERIES - MANOJ DAVID(SALAK)
MAN OF THE MATCH - OMAR DAR(PAK CAN)
BEST BATSMAN - MANRICK SINGH(WEST VAN)
BEST BOWLER - VIKRAM BAWA(NORTH SHORE)

FIRST DIVISION

WINNERS - ARBUTUS
RUNNERS-UP - CRESCENT
MAN OF THE SERIES - JASWINDER JHANJUA(ARBUTUS)
MAN OF THE MATCH - GAGAN MAHAL (ARBUTUS)
BEST BATSMAN - AHMED BUTTAR(CRESENT)
BEST BOWLER - JASPAL BHATTI(ARBUTUS)
[Photos]

2009-02-04 Premier Division Colored Clothing

BCMCL management is pleased to inform that it has taken a big step forward and hope to reach new dimensions by introducing Colored Clothing with Kookaburra White Ball in its Premier Division.
Due to our level of cricket and some Premier teams rejoining the BCMCL we will expand our Premier Division to 10 teams for Season 2009.
BCMCL accomplishments to follow soon.

2009-01-06 Coach Training Clinic

Cricket BC is sponsoring a coach training clinic on Jan 17 and 18th. We encourage a member from each club to attend this session as this is a great opportunity to learn new coaching techniques which will benefit your club. The registration fee is $40. [Details]

2009-01-06 Youth Indoor High Performance Coaching & Training

Cricket BC is offering an exciting opportunity for Juniors in your team to further improve their skills. Cricket BC is sponsoring an indoor training sessions for all the juniors. [Details]

2008-11-12 Over 4.5 Million Hits

For the first time in the BCMCL history, BCMCL's website had a record breaking 4.5 million hits since December 2007. Please visit our website regularly to keep yourself updated about upcoming events.
Thank you for your support throughout the season of 2008 and for visiting the BCMCL website.

2008-11-05 The BCMCL Elects New Executive Committee

The Annual General Meeting of the British Columbia Mainland Cricket League was held on November 4, 2008. Thanks to everyone who attended this meeting. The following members were elected as the Executive Committee:

President - Vimal Hardat (1 year)
1st Vice President - Inamul Desai (2 years)
2nd Vice President - Jim Richards (1 year)
Treasurer - Mahbubul Islam (2 years)
Secretary - Adnan Ali (2 years)

Thanks to Ateeq Khan (out going treasurer), Wasim Khan ( out going 1st VP) and Muhammad Ashraf (out going secretary) for their hard work during their tenure.

2008-08-25 BC Juniors at National U-19

We would like to congratulate the Under 19 squad for being the runners up in Winnepeg for the National Tournament.

2008-06-13 Use Of Parks

The Parks Board is committed to providing the cricketers of Lower Mainland with quality park and recreational opportunities in a safe, healthy and enjoyable environment. To fulfill this commitment they have instilled a lot of faith in the British Columbia Mainland Cricket League who have further given this ground to its responsible members. The Code simply requires that members of the BCMCL must conduct themselves in a rational and reasonable manner, in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Park Board of each municipality. We play cricket that is quite rightly called a gentleman's game and we should be very careful in maintaining the trust that the Parks board of different municipality has kept with the BCMCL for almost 100 years.
Here is the link to parks policy in details. [More]

2007-05-07 Dress Code Reminder

Reminder: Governing Rule No.37 states that "All players must wear white or cream coloured clothing including a shirt with a collar and long pants. Players who do not comply with this rule will not be allowed to play in the match." Umpires will be reinforcing this rule. [Governing Rules]

2007-05-07 Cricket Ground Usage

Clubs are reminded that the use of grounds for games or practices is not permitted without a permit from the issuing authority. Other sports groups also have permits and municipalities are extremely unhappy when conflict arises. Please treat this as an important issue.

2006-10-13 Building a better club

The Canada Cricket website has recently re-posted an article written by John McCabe, past-president of the BCMCL. The article is intended to be a guide to building a better cricket club. [Article] [Canada Cricket]

2005-10-12 Reminder: Add your photo to your BCMCL Profile!

Please send player and club contact photos to webmaster@bcmcl.ca or inamul@bcmcl.ca. Photos must be 120 pixels high by 100 pixels wide. Please name player photos with a 'p' followed by the player id (for example - p3569.jpg).

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