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Saturday June 23rd, 2012
Sunnybrook Park, Toronto
"Once again, the annual CIMA Mayor's Trophy
tournament brought together teams from across
the city for a great day of cricket," said
Mayor Rob Ford. "Cricket seems to be getting
more popular every year in Toronto."
Among the many enthusiastic spectators at the
event were Gulzari Babber, President of Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and
Amal Ratnayake, Chair of CIMA Canada, along with
City of Toronto staff and representatives of many
Toronto businesses and community organizations
that support cricket.
"CIMA Mayor's Trophy is a unique Toronto
community event that brings communities together
through the shared passion for the game of cricket,"
said Ratnayake of CIMA Canada. "As a global
professional body of management accountants, CIMA
is proud to be associated in promoting cricket
in Toronto, a sport that is passionately followed
by billions of fans around the world."
The Mayor's Trophy, with the help of a myriad
of sponsors and community partners, helps to bring
cricket to the broader Toronto community.
In two other trophy games at today's tournament
at Sunnybrook Park, Metro News won the CIMA Media
Trophy and KPMG won the CIMA Accountants Trophy.
Another CIMA initiative, the newly inaugurated
CIMA Mayor's School Cricket Tournament for the
new CIBC Trophy, was played in May of this year.
CIMA, in partnership with RBC Royal Bank and Tom's
Place, also sponsors the Cricket Across the Pond
scholarship program, which is sending 12 young
players to Surrey, England this summer for a cricket
training program.
CIMA is a membership body that offers an internationally
recognized professional qualification in management
accountancy, with over 195,000 students and members
in 176 countries. CIMA members and students around
the world are involved in community activities.
A significant majority of CIMA members in Toronto
have roots in cricket playing nations.
More information about the scholarship program
and the CIMA Canada Mayor's Trophy 2012 is available
from Michael Lam, 905-553-0346, and at cimacanada.org.
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