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THE PRESIDENTS, THE TEAMS & OTHER INTERESTING TRIVIA |
Inter-Association Cricket Tournament 2011
The"BIG"FriendshipCup
The Friendship Cup is a unique concept for South Florida, and is primarily
inspired and modeled on the huge success of the DLF Indian Premier League
T20. Its primary aim being to bring all our various Indian Associations
together on a common platform – “Cricket” the sport we all love – create an
excitement and relive our cricketing days here in South Florida
– by having a Cricket Mela !
"thefriendshipcup" is a
non-profit organization. A few of the many aims of
thefriendshipcup organization is to sponsor Indian "youth cricket programs"
and encourage the game within all age groups. “thefriendshipcup” is funded
by monies that come in from individuals, corporate and
small
business sponsors and the Associations participating.
TFC Cricket - this third year, we have five associations participating
namely SAF, TASF, SCOF, SFTS & BAPS. We welcome our new teams and we
understand two other associations are interested for 2012 and are getting
their teams ready. The 2010 tournament was a huge success and we hope that
TFC III will be fully supported by the community and our sponsors.
This year we have a strategic partner -
BIG LEAGUE USA.
We thank them for everything they are doing for us and for cricket in South
Florida and in the USA. TFC III - will be "theBIGfriendshipcup" ! The finals
- a night match, will be played in the Main Stadium at
Central Broward
Regional Park ..............the Cricket Capital of USA !
We thank all our supporters and sponsors and wish all the teams the best of luck
- may the best team win! Go get the “CUP”!
Vinod Gulati
President – “thefriendshipcup” organization
February 14, 2011
contact: info@thefriendshipcup.org
www.thefriendshipcup.org
P.S. Do support the TFC - all of us doing our little part in bringing our
great community together. Become an annual member.
Click for
Application Form.
The Friendship Cup Board
Vinod Gulati
Amita Singh
Rajat Verma
Chummar Maly
TFC III 2011 Cricket Council
Chummar Maly - Chairperson
T.K. Singh
Bipninder Singh
Manoj Patel
Ramesh Rapelly
BAPS - what is it ?
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS)
is a socio-spiritual Hindu organization with its roots in the Vedas. It
was revealed by Bhagwan Swaminarayan (1781-1830) in the late 18th
century and established in 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj (1865-1951).
Founded on the pillars of practical spirituality, the BAPS reaches out
far and wide to address the spiritual, moral and social challenges and
issues we face in our world. Its strength lies in the purity of its
nature and purpose. BAPS strives to care for the world by caring for
societies, families and individuals. This is done by mass motivation and
individual attention, through elevating projects for all, irrespective
of class, creed, color or country. Its universal work through a
worldwide network of over 3,300 centers has received many national and
international awards and affiliation with the United Nations.
Along with the spiritual aspect, the social wing of BAPS is BAPS
Charities. It is a nonprofit international charity organization
committed to sincerely serving the world by caring for individuals,
families and communities. Among social service charities, BAPS Charities
is a respected and trusted name. It has amassed over 50 years of
firsthand experience in initiating, managing and sustaining over 160
humanitarian activities throughout the world in such diverse fields as:
Medical Services, Educational Services, Environmental Services,
Community Services, Tribal Services and Disaster Relief Services.
The Teams for our "theBIGfriendshipcup" day - March 26th, 2011
THE TEAMS:
| TEAM ROSTER FOR BAPS
LIONS FOR TFC III 2011 |
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ALPESH |
MISTRY |
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BHARAT |
PATEL |
NO |
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BRIJESH |
SHAH |
NO |
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CHIRAG |
PATEL |
NO |
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HEMANT |
BHAVSAR |
NO |
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HITESH |
PATEL |
NO |
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| 7 |
JIGAR |
PATEL |
NO |
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KSHITIJ |
VYAS |
NO |
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MANAN |
PATEL |
NO |
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MANOJ |
PATEL |
NO |
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NIBODH |
PATEL |
NO |
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NIMESH |
PATEL |
NO |
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RAJAT |
VERMA |
YES |
FSCL (TOOFAN), MAQ (WORLD XI), BIGLEAGUE USA
(MARLINS) |
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SANJAY |
PAHARIA |
YES |
FSCL (TOOFAN) |
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SULAY |
SHAH |
NO |
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SURENDRA |
PERERA |
NO |
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SURESH |
PATEL |
NO |
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for OTHER team rosters click on the "TEAMS" on home page "POINTS TABLE"
Submitted by Amita Singh
The "LIONS" are looking to maul the "SEAMERS" this
Saturday, March 5th, 2011. The "WARRIORS" are in the
battle of their lives. The "DECCAN CHALLENGERS" are
ahead of all. The "PIRATES" are looking to plunder
and have only one chance left to prevent their ship
from sinking ! The "Seamers" being the KINGS last
year have a challenge on their hands !
What
is all this about - Cricket of
course. The exciting - "theBIGfriendshipcup"
TFC III, an Inter-Association
Cricket tournament is on !
Once again it is that time of the
year & we bring to you 'The
Friendship Cup' - a time to
celebrate cricket. The Friendship
Cup (TFC) is a culmination of a
great idea to bring together
families to a
fun-in-the-sun sporting event.
Indian Associations are invited to
participate in a 20/20 format
Cricket tournament played over a few
weeks.
The
finals this
year are
being
held
at in
the
"Main
Stadium"
on
Saturday,
March
26th
2011
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from
noon
until
10:00 pm at
Central
Broward
Regional
Park.
This
year we
are of
course
planning
a much
bigger
and
grander
event,
centre
stage. Fun
for the
whole
family...........clowns,
raffles,
great
Indian
food,
cotton
candy,
children's
games.......and
much
much
more....hope
to see
you
there !
Come
early so
you do
not miss
the
half-time
show...HURRICANE
BHANGRA
by the
UM
folks,
ACE Dj
and Dhol
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A Cricket Mela !
Entrance to the
stadium is FREE!
Looking forward
to hearing from
all of you -
come join us and
let's have some
good old
DESI FUN !
The
finals start at 6 pm ! Will it be the "Lions", the
"Pirates", the "Deccan Challengers"' the "Seamers" or
the "Warriors"..........come and cheer the teams and
have a fun entertaining evening !
Letter by Amita Singh
2010
Hi Everyone,
Once again it is that time of the year & we bring to you 'The Friendship
Cup' - a time to celebrate cricket. The Friendship Cup (TFC) is a
culmination of a great idea to bring together families to a
fun-in-the-sun sporting event. Indian Associations and Clubs are invited
to participate in a 20/20 format Cricket tournament played over a few
weeks. All the day/night matches are played at the Central Broward
Regional Park . Last year we had 4 teams and this year for TFC - II we
have grown to 6 teams.We
already have 2 other teams interested in joining us next year. A
schedule of TFC II - 2010 matches is attached.
The teams
participating this year in TFC II are:
BABS
A religious
Organisation "Lions"
PASF Punjabi
Association of South Florida "Tigers"
SAF Sindhi
Association of Florida "Warriors"
SCOF Samundar
Club of Florida "Pirates"
SFTS South
Florida Tamil Sangam "Seamers"
KACF Kerala
Association of Central Florida "Strikers"
The finals this year are in the
"Main Stadium" on Sunday, March 28th 2010
from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Central
Broward Regional Park, 3700
N.W.11th Place, Lauderhill ,
Florida, Corner of Sunrise and 441.
www.broward.org/parks/cbrp.htm
In the TFC tournament's short life
span, there is a lot of interest and
competition and all teams dream of
winning the prestigious TFC trophy.
For those of you who missed out on
last year’s event, you can find
pictures and more details on - (also
check the photos page)
This year we are of course planning
a much bigger and grander event,
centre stage. It will be held on
Sunday, March 28th from 10:00 AM to
6:00 PM. We are also planning a fun,
energetic, spectacular "half-time"
show starting at 1:00 PM. Anita Amin
of Nrityanjali International
Performing Arts (NIPA) and a
Bollywood and Folk Dance Instructor
and Choreographer is the Chair
Person of the half-time show. I will
be personally helping her as much as
I can. We are interested in folk and
popular dances of India - by
children and adults too! You can
contact Anita Amin at 954-282-1266,
also .anita@nrityanjaliarts.com or
contact the undersigned.
Also, if anybody is interested in
sponsoring or advertising for this
event, there are many opportunities
available to suit various budgets.
Please get in touch with me and I
can send you some information on
rates/possibilities or you will find
it on this site.
Let's all come together and have
tons of fun and a fun day of cricket
with a festival like atmosphere.
There will be food, drinks, booths,
shops, Ace DJ, Dhol walla and
various activities for the whole
family - children too.
A Cricket Mela ! Entrance to the
stadium is FREE!
Looking forward to hearing from all
of you - come join us and let's have
some good old DESI FUN!
Take care,
Amita Singh
772-485-7937
pinkspinks@hotmail.com or info@thefriendshipcup.org
P.S.: Do support Cricket & the TFC - All of us doing our little part in
bringing our Indian community together. Become an annual member.
Team Rosters
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TEAM NAME : BAPS Lions |
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Name of Player |
Member Since |
League Player? |
| 1 |
Rajat Varma |
2005 |
Yes |
| 2 |
Chirag Patel |
1991 |
No |
| 3 |
Hemant Bhavsar |
2005 |
No |
| 4 |
Kunal Patel |
1980 |
No |
| 5 |
Manoj Patel |
2000 |
No |
| 6 |
Nimesh Patel |
2000 |
No |
| 7 |
Rajesh Bhavsar |
2006 |
No |
| 8 |
Devang Kamdar |
2005 |
No |
| 9 |
Hitesh Patel |
1990 |
No |
| 10 |
Divyang Patel |
2005 |
No |
| 11 |
Bharat Patel |
1980 |
No |
| 12 |
Nibodh Patel |
1970 |
No |
| 13 |
Sulay Shah |
2004 |
No |
| 14 |
Akshay Kamdar |
2004 |
No |
| 15 |
Alpesh Mistry |
2005 |
No |
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TEAM NAME : KACF Lakeland Strikers |
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Name of Player |
Member Since |
League Player? |
| 1 |
Philan Mathew |
2006 |
No |
| 2 |
Joseph Philip |
2006 |
No |
| 3 |
Jobin Philip |
2006 |
No |
| 4 |
Bibin Kurivilla |
2006 |
No |
| 5 |
Allen Mathew |
2006 |
No |
| 6 |
Deny Xavier |
2006 |
No |
| 7 |
Jason Jatti |
2006 |
No |
| 8 |
Jesvin Thomas |
2008 |
Yes |
| 9 |
Jithin Joseph |
2006 |
No |
| 10 |
Charlie John |
2006 |
No |
| 11 |
Aji Thomas |
2006 |
No |
| 12 |
Jaison Jose |
2008 |
Yes |
| 13 |
Rexa Abraham |
2006 |
No |
| 14 |
Jim John |
2006 |
No |
| 15 |
Tijo Ouseph |
2006 |
No |
| 16 |
Ajeesh Joseph |
2006 |
No |
| 17 |
Jeffery John |
2006 |
No |
| 18 |
Samson Abraham |
2006 |
No |
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TEAM NAME : SCOF
Pirates |
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Name of Player |
Member Since |
League Player? |
| 1 |
T.K. Singh |
2006 |
No |
| 2 |
Ranjan Dutta |
2006 |
No |
| 3 |
K. Singh (Jolly) (Capt.) |
2006 |
No |
| 4 |
Neville Dias (V.Capt) |
2006 |
No |
| 5 |
Rohit Puri (Manager) |
2006 |
No |
| 6 |
Mark D’Sa |
2006 |
No |
| 7 |
P. Karnik |
2006 |
No |
| 8 |
L. Sequeira |
2006 |
No |
| 9 |
Dilip Sawant |
2006 |
No |
| 10 |
S.Yadav |
2006 |
No |
| 11 |
Vinod Gulati |
2006 |
No |
| 12 |
Chetan Amin |
From Pool |
No |
| 13 |
Ravi Mehta |
2006 |
No |
| 14 |
JJS Yadav |
2006 |
No |
| 15 |
Subir Mukerjee |
2006 |
No |
| 16 |
George Verghese |
2006 |
No |
| 17 |
D Matta |
2006 |
No |
| 18 |
Salil Kapoor |
2006 |
No |
| 19 |
Prakash Nanduri |
From Pool |
No |
| 20 |
Sandeep Sohal |
From Pool |
No |
| 21 |
Ramesh Rapelly |
From Pool |
No |
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TEAM NAME : SFTS |
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Name of Player |
Member Since |
League Player? |
| 1 |
Rajesh Kaniyur |
2003 |
Prior to 2006 |
| 2 |
Hari Muthusamy |
2003 |
Prior to 2009 |
| 3 |
Krishna Sridhar |
1997 |
No |
| 4 |
Ravikumar Masilamani |
2004 |
No |
| 5 |
Venkat Raghav |
2007 |
Yes |
| 6 |
Venkatesh Jayaraman |
2003 |
No |
| 7 |
Karthik Sundaram |
2003 |
Prior to 2007 |
| 8 |
Raj shanmugam |
1999 |
Prior to 2008 |
| 9 |
Ramaji Ganesh |
2001 |
No |
| 10 |
Murali chandrasekar |
2003 |
No |
| 11 |
Natarajan Palani |
2008 |
No |
| 12 |
Chummar Maly |
2006 |
No |
| 13 |
Ezhilan |
2008 |
Prior to 2009 |
| 14 |
Raja Sampath |
2009 |
No |
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TEAM NAME : SAF |
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Name of Player |
Member Since |
League Player? |
| 1 |
Vashi Khemlani (Capt) |
2003 |
No |
| 2 |
Vic Shroff (Vice Capt) |
2003 |
No |
| 3 |
Arun Gidwani |
2003 |
No |
| 4 |
Gaurav Dixit |
2004 |
No |
| 5 |
Raj Amarnani |
2003 |
No |
| 6 |
Naresh Tolani |
2003 |
No |
| 7 |
Danny Bipninder Singh |
Pool |
No |
| 8 |
Haresh Gurnani |
2004 |
No |
| 9 |
Vivek Mishra |
2006 |
No |
| 10 |
Girish Kumar |
2006 |
No |
| 11 |
Vikas Bhadauria |
2007 |
No |
| 12 |
Sunil Khiyani |
2003 |
No |
| 13 |
Aditya Gir |
Pool |
No |
| 14 |
Nick Vora |
2004 |
No |
| 15 |
Kaushik Padala |
Pool |
No |
| 16 |
Mohammad Nayeem |
Pool |
No |
| 17 |
Amaresh Manthena |
Pool |
No |
| 18 |
Dhanunjay Mudragada |
Pool |
No |
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TEAM NAME: PASF |
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Name of Player |
Member Since |
League Player? |
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Raj Data* |
2009 |
N |
| 2 |
Dalip Madnani* |
2009 |
Y |
| 3 |
Felix Campos* |
2009 |
N |
| 4 |
Mukesh Kumar* |
2009 |
N |
| 5 |
Deepak Khanna* |
2009 |
N |
| 6 |
Imran Yusuf* |
2010 |
N |
| 7 |
Akbar Mateen* |
2009 |
Y |
| 8 |
Praveen Y Kumar* |
2009 |
N |
| 9 |
Krishna Rangam* |
2009 |
N |
| 10 |
Digant Shah* |
IRCC |
N |
| 11 |
Govind Raj* |
SFTS |
N |
| 12 |
Srikant Mavanur* |
SFTS |
N |
| 13 |
Anand Ramasamienger* |
SFTS |
N |
| 14 |
Ramji Rengarajan |
SFTS |
N |
| 15 |
Appu Rathinavelu |
SFTS |
N |
| 16 |
Ashok Vijay* |
2008 |
N |
| 17 |
Tushar Batra* |
2009 |
N |
| 18 |
Baldev Singh* |
Life |
N |
| 19 |
Nindi Chhabbra* |
Life |
N |
| 20 |
Maheswar Dey* |
2010 |
N |
| 21 |
Arjit Joshi* |
No |
N |
| 22 |
Vishant Sharma* |
No |
N |
| 23 |
Anil Nadkarni* |
No |
N |
| 24 |
Vivek Sarin* |
No |
N |
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