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THIMPHU’S TIME TO SHINE
U-15, U-17 and U-19 cricketers were in attendance at the Bhutan
cricket ground in Thimpu when Roger Binny, the ACC Development Officer
for the country paid a visit at the start of October.
He spent three days at the ground and another two days in the Board
of Control for Cricket in Bhutan’s offices on budget utilization
strategies.
Roger Binny commented approvingly on how “well organised the
programs are by their coaches and how very closely they follow the
coaching manuals of the ACC. Their children are very keen and serious
on the game.”
Indeed, even though the seniors took a hammering in the recently
concluded ACC Trophy and their age-group cricketers too, find the
going tough in international competition, we have all observed a
steady rate of growth in their cricketing abilities since their initial
emergence.
It is still a minority sport in Bhutan, but the ones who do play
cricket “do so with the right spirit and considerable enthusiasm” said
Roger Binny. “They see a lot of cricket on television I’d
like to see them organise more tournaments for school-children and
they need a full-time coach to work with them.”
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Filed October 9 2006
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