Hello Everyone,
The Family and the members of Bhutan cricket would like to send the Losar (New Year), female hog year greeting to everyone, May this year bring you more happiness and prosperity. Wishing you all a “HAPPY NEW YEAR”.
Tashi Delek
Bhutan Cricket Coaching department headed by Coaching Coordinator Mr Damber Singh Gurung and Assistant Coach Mr. Thsering Dorji will be on 4 days visit to Sarpang District which is nearby Indian District of Assam in South. The coaches will do assessment of the district and meet with the District Education Officer of Sarpang District and the Secretary of the Gelephu Sports Association.
“The program is mainly to prepare these district for the upcoming school tournaments which will commence from the Month of April 2007 and to set up a base where local trained coaches will be recruited later on to look after ” as quoted by Mr Damber Singh Gurung. The two coaches will go around the country and do the assessment in other district as well.
The main District Bhutan cricket is targeting are Phuntsholing in the south, Paro in the west, Sarpang in the south.
Bhutan Cricket in order to promote cricket clubs in and around bhutan and strengthen the base today announce that the clubs three clubs which are in elite level to registered with Bhutan Cricket Board in a meeting held tomorrow at Bhutan Cricket office.
The main reason for the club registration is to let the club manage their own standard of playing, the clubs which will be registered with the Bhutan cricket Board will be provided with facilities such as cricket gears and provided them with a local coach to train them in weekly basic.
With the Introduction of the clubs, tournament will be hosted every years for different club level and the A Grade clubs to challenge in the Super League series, junior tournament for the clubs will also be organized to strengthen the base. (more…)
Check out the history of Bhutan Cricket at http://ugyendorj.blogspot.com.
Continuing our series of profiles of ACC non-Test playing members, Bhutan is the latest country to be featured.
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Nestled as it is in the heart of the Himalayas, for centuries none but the most intrepid made it through the steep mountain passes to reach proudly independent Bhutan. Archery being the national sport guaranteed the country considerable protection against invaders. But the Bhutanese were helpless before the onslaught of electromagnetic waves carrying television signals.
Starting in 2001, Indian television started threading its way through the highlands and with it an appreciation of movies, soap operas and their ultimate expression – cricket. “Cricket caught on just because of STAR TV and Doordarshan,” says former Indian cricketer Roger Binny who now coaches in Bhutan for the Asian Cricket Council.