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                                        Batting For Gold





                 The first ever Mike Gatting Kwik Cricket Tournament was held at Brighton College

             Bangkok, encouraging a new generation of children to participate in this much-loved sport.

                                                       B Y CHRIS T Y LA U

                     n March 21st, seven teams from four of the city’s top   out on the field, and after a very close competition, the winners
                     international schools took part in the very first Mike   were announced. Bangkok Patana School took first place, while
             O Gatting Kwik Cricket Tournament, which featured   Shrewsbury International School came in second, and
             famous English former cricketer Mike Gatting, who is currently   St Andrews Samakee International School took the bronze
             the Chairman for the MCC’s World Cricket Committee.  medal position. Shirts, signed by Mike himself, were awarded to
                                                                 the MVP of each team.
             As the second most popular sport in the world after football,
             the tournament drew a lot of interest with over 80 pupils, from   Sam Yang, co-founder of the Yang
             Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok Patana School,    Foundation, and sponsor of the
             St Andrews Samakee International School, as well as the host   event said, “Our goal is to bring
             Brighton College Bangkok, competing for the honour of winning   cricket over to Asia. The sport is
             the inaugural championship title.                   great to develop confidence and
                                                                 hand-eye coordination for younger
                                     Students were introduced to   children. International schools have
                                     the game with a skills session at   the facilities and our vision is for
                                     the indoor Sports Court, where   them to act as hubs to connect
                                     Mike personally taught them the   with local Thai schools. Eventually, we want to select the best
                                     intricacies of the game, from   players from all the schools to then create
                                     the correct batting stance to   an Asia Pacific team, which will go on to play
                                     the best way to throw the ball to   in England. The students had lots of fun and
                                     catch a batter out. Afterwards,   hopefully this will be the first of more annual
                                     they headed outside to battle it   Kwik cricket events.”
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