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24 September 2018
USA
BATA, TANA and SRCA collaborated for 15th edition of BATA-TANA Cup : A 6-over-6-aside tournament for a Cause. All the proceeds from the tournament were donated to Kerala Flood Relief & Rebuild Efforts.
Beautiful weather & picturesque grounds welcomed the teams for the cricket marathon that started at 8AM and went until 730PM across 3 grounds. All the participating teams displayed amazing passion, enthusiasm & energy and spectators witnessed several nail biters. Finals were played under Flood Lights at the Rancho Park.
BATA-TANA Cup 2018 - WINNERS |
Tournament Winner |
Defence Players |
Tournament Runners |
Kings |
Tournament 3rd place |
All Stars |
MVP |
Parshu (Defence Players) |
Man of the Finals |
Sumit (Defence Players) |
Max 6s |
Ronak (Kings) – 11 |
Best Bowler |
Steve (All Stars) |
MOM Finals1 |
Sumit (Defence Players) |
MOM Finals2 |
Rakesh Badlani (Defence Players) |
MOM Finals3 |
Ronak (Kings) |
Yaswanth (BATA-President), mentioned that BATA takes up multiple non-profit initiatives every year such as Volley Ball tournament, Cricket Cup & Badminton Tournaments to raise funds to several NPOs. He mentioned that through BATA Cup, team raised over 80k to Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF).
He introduced the BATATeam – Harinath (Vice President), Sumanth (Secretary), Kondal (Treasurer) & Arun (Jt. Secretary).
Steering Committee: Ravi, Kamesh, Kalyan & Sireesha
Advisory Board - JayaRam Komati, Vijaya Aasuri, Veeru Vuppala, Prasad Mangina, Ramesh Konda & Karun Veligeti
Cultural committee - Sridevi, Srilu & Deepti
Nominated Committee - Prashant, Hari & Varun
Sateesh Vemuri from TANA along with TANA Team (Rajnikanth, Vinay) thanked all the participating teams and affirmed TANA’s continued support to the event. Satyen from San Ramon Cricket Association (SRCA) expressed immense happiness over the amazing response to the event and pledged support from SRCA much further in the future. He introduced SRCA team: Umesh, Ramana & Ramesh.
Several dignitaries graced the occasion:
Bill Clarkson - San Ramon Mayor
Sridhar Verose - San Ramon Parks Commissioner
Andy Li - Apapa Bay Area President
Ann Marie Johnson - running for Dublin San Ramon Water Board
San Ramon Mayor Bill Clarkson expressed delight that San Ramon is the chosen city to host this event every year. He explained his association with the game, congratulated the winners & assured continued support from San Ramon City to this cause. The dignitaries awarded all the prizes to the winners.
BATA/TANA/SRCA teams donated the funds raised to Kerala Flood Relief & Rebuild Efforts. Beena Nair representing all the local Malayalam Associations in the Bay Area expressed her gratitude for raising funds towards the Kerala Flood Relief and Rebuild efforts.
While rejoicing the success & applauding all the participating teams and supporting organizations, BATA team promised to make this event a much bigger spectacle the next year!
BATA-TANA Cup – Cricket for a Noble Cause & where every participant is a winner!
