Fwd: DeDanadhan are the Champions of 18th AID CRICKET CUP -- FALL 2014.

[Satya N. Jayadev]

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From: Srinivas Naga Chadaram <naga...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 6:07 PM
Subject: DeDanadhan are the Champions of 18th AID CRICKET CUP -- FALL 2014.
To: viraj parekh <vir...@gmail.com>
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Dear Teams,

The AID Duke-RTP volunteer team thank you all for your continued support and participation in the 18th AID Cricket Cup conducted on Saturday, November 22nd. We earnestly apologize for not sharing this news earlier.  Request all captains to share this with their teams. Hope by now you may have checked with your employers if they have a matching donation program, if they do your contribution and participation can lead to double the support. Please let us know if you need further info.

We had 16 teams participate in the tournament despite the freezing conditions!  This was extreme cricket at its best.  The tournament was a great success and generated much needed funds to support and sustain crucial grassroots projects in India. 

The games were played in great spirit by all the players with some remarkable individual and team performances.  Sukesh from Seven-and-a-half Saturns won the Best-Bowler award of the tournament for picking up 7 wickets in the tournament.  He had stiff competition from Vijay (DeDanadhan) and Amit (Hunters 4) with 5 wickets and 4 wickets respectively.  

Sameer of Cheetahs won the Best-Batsman trophy for scoring 107 runs, blasting numerous boundaries at an astounding rate.  Ravi (DeDanadhan) scored 89 and Rahul (7.5 Saturns) scored 82 to rank in the Top 3.  There were numerous other commendable individual performances and it was great to see every team stepping up their game.

The final between DeDanadhan and Seven-and-a-half Saturns was a fitting finale to the tournament.  DeDanadhan were the ultimate tournament champions; holding their nerve against a tremendous effort from the Saturns and defending a mediocre target of 40 runs.  Raj of Seven-and-a-half Saturns earned the Man-of-the-Match award for top scoring with 21 and taking his team to the brink of victory.  It is a testament to the quality of cricket when the game hangs in the balance throughout and is decided only at the very last ball.   

We are also very grateful for the generous support from our sponsors Signal Life Sciences, Spice Bazaar, Little India, Cricmax, RB Realty and Apna Bazaar.  The delicious food at the tournament was donated by Tower Indian Restaurant, Spicy & Curry, Inchin Bamboo Garden and Dale's Indian Restaurant.  

Cricmax provided the balls and stumps for the tournament as well as a Spartan MS Dhoni Bullet bat for the charity raffle.  Mr. Suman Basetty (Cheetahs) had the winning raffle and was the lucky new owner of the prized bat. 

We sincerely appreciate all the teams for accommodating the changes in the schedule to allow the tournament to be completed within one day across four fields.  It was a logistical challenge for the organizing/volunteer team and would not have been possible without the understanding and cooperation of the teams.  We are also tremendously grateful to everyone that helped with the various tasks including umpiring and scoring, making the tea and cooking some of the delicious food.  

Once again, we would like to thank all of you for making this another successful event.  We look forward to seeing you again next year for more games, more food and more fun.  

We wish you all a wonderful holiday season ahead. Change Starts with ONE, Be the ONE ..www.oneforindia.org

Best regards

AID Duke RTP team

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Srinivas Naga Chadaram, Ph.D, MBA
Member, Board of Directors, AID
ph: 919-452-7933 (m)       
rao.ch...@gmail.com

www.oneforindia.org

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:15 AM, viraj parekh <vir...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Captains,

We ve attached a set of rules & regulations for your perusal. 

Please do forward the schedule and the rules to all your teammates. 

Each team can directly register at its field of play.

We d really appreciate if all the teams could check in at least 20 min prior to their 1 st game. 

Thanks so much for supporting this worthy cause. 

See you ll tomorrow. 

AID Duke /RTP 

The field addresses are as follows: 

RTPPark Field 3 - Baseball 1

2500 S Tricenter Blvd
Durham,
NC 27713

RTPPark Field 4 - Baseball 2

2500 S Tricenter Blvd
Durham,
NC 27713

Cedar Fork District Park - CFDP

228 Aviation Pkwy, 
Morrisville,
NC 27560

Crabtree Creek Nature Park - CCNP 

151 Keybridge Drive
Morrisville,
NC 27560