Santa Coloma Cricket Club win the City Cup 2013 Barcelona
Santa Coloma de Gramenet ( Low Besos ) Latifa Hassan , journalist, communications director of the New Catalan Foundation.
The youth cricket event ,coinciding with the Feast of Mercy ,was held at Montjuic municipal baseball field .
Four teams participated in this small tournament held between 21 and 22 September 2013 : The CC ’22 Yards ‘ , the ‘ Santa Coloma CC ‘ , the ‘ St. Andrew CC ‘ and ‘ Barcelona CC ‘ . The champions of the competition were the Santa Coloma Cricket Club as they beat the runners up , Sant Andreu CC. It was a very exciting final and a great advert for cricket in Cataluyna.
Mr. Angel Colon, secretary of Immigration and CEO of the CDC Foundation was accompanied by Eric Bertrand , deputy director of that foundation , and George Garcia, the communications director of the Foundation were all present at this Junior Under 19 final .
Columbus Bertrand and Robert Masih , vice president of the Catalan Cricket and director , handed the medals and trophies to the players to each team . Also involved in the awards ceremony was Khalid Shabaz Chuhan , as president of the Catalan Cricket Association and Mr Sajib Jasim, who overseas the Bangladeshi cricket clubs in the area.
The leaders of the Catalan cricket also thanked the New Catalan Foundation for supporting the event and promoting the sport in the region. Also in attendance was the Director General of Immigration of the Generalitat, Mister Xavier Bosch, who visited the event on the Sunday morning.
Mr. Angel Colom, in a brief speech , congratulated both teams for playing well and wished the players and all the teams well in future tournaments , and he was unable to hide his satisfaction that his local team from Santa Coloma de Gramenet city had won the event.
Sajib Jasam
Santa Coloma Cricket Club