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CIMA Canada today announced its plans for the seventh annual CIMA
Mayor’s Trophy to be held on the 25th June 2011, a t the Sunnybrook
Park in Toronto. CIMA has extended official invitations to Toronto
Mayor Rob Ford to be the Chief Guest at the event and Finance Minister
Jim Flaherty and MPP Christine Elliott as special guests representing
the Federal and Provincial governments. A school cricket tournament
initiated by Councillor Doug Ford will also be held at the Summerlea
Park in Etobicoke on the June 11th and June 18th, as a preliminary
event leading up to the Mayor’s Trophy. The school cricket
tournament will feature West end schools competing with East end
schools for the inaugural Mayor’s School Cricket Trophy.
The CIMA Board officials have met with Mayor Rob Ford, Councillor
Doug Ford and MPP Christine Elliott to discuss plans for the upcoming
Mayor’s Trophy cricket event. “CIMA Canada is thrilled
to continue our partnership with the City of Toronto and our corporate
sponsors to make the CIMA Canada Mayor’s Trophy 2011 a reality,”
said Mr. Amal Ratnayake, Deputy President of CIMA. “MPP Christine
Elliott and Minister Flaherty have been very supportive of CIMA
community initiatives and we look forward to welcoming them as special
guests at the Mayor’s Trophy”
CIMA partnered with the Access & Diversity Unit of the Toronto
Parks, Forestry & Recreation to launch Toronto Annual Celebration
of Cricket – CIMA Mayor’s Trophy in 2005. The event
uses cricket as a vehicle to bring Toronto’s vastly diverse
communities together and helps raise funds for Cricket Across The
Pond Scholarships (CAP). CAP aims to reach out to youth from Toronto's
diverse communities through cricket and create role models in our
communities. Over the last three years, CAP has provided young Toronto
cricketers with the leadership and communications skills and an
opportunity to learn life skills as ambassadors of Toronto in England.
CAP scholarship program is also supported by the Marylebone Cricket
Club (MCC) UK. As members of the Toronto Mayor’s Cricket Team,
the young Torontonians were given the opportunity to visit Lord’s
Cricket Grounds in the UK to learn the history and heritage of cricket.
The CAP program has had a tremendous impact on youth in our communities
and has helped inspire young Torontonians towards positive pursuits
in life.
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