Make Cricket an OUA sport

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Author: Sheahan Nariman

Started: May 26, 2006, 11:49:19 pm

Target: Administration of the OUA

Category: Uncategorized

Supporters:

Goal:

4,000

Goal Progress:

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Active

Right: Canadian, John Davison, who now plays cricket profesionally in Australia, setting a new world record at the 2003 World Cup. Canada will aslo be participating in the 2007 World Cup being held in the Caribbean.

BY SIGNING THIS PETITION YOU ARE STATING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THE ONTARIO UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS(OUA) ASSOCIATION TO INTRODUCE CRICKET AS AN OFFICIAL SPORT IN THE UNIVERSITIES WHICH MAKE UP ITS ASSOCIATION.

They are:
Brock University
Carleton University
University of Guelph
Lakehead University
Laurentian University
Nippising University
University of Ottawa
RMC
Ryerson University
McMaster University
Queens University
University of Toronto
Trent University
University of Waterloo
University of Western Ontario
Wilfrid Laurier University
University of Windsor
York University

You can sign the petition at the bottom of this page

Information about this petition:

Cricket is a world-wide sport with millions of fans, mainly from British Commenwealth. Many of these fans, some of whom have played the game for most of their lives, are in Universities around Ontario and would like to have their chance to improve themeselves as players and to play the sport at a higher level. They need your help in making this happen

Just like their counterparts, who play sports such as hockey, basketball, football and soccer, the cricket players in Universities around Ontario would like to have the chance to play the sport they love and to pursue their dream of playing the game at a higher level.

Canada itself is considered a Top20 side in the world and the benefits to the national team, by a system such as this, would be endless. The game itself will get more exposure and we hope this will help it will grow, in the only large commenwealth nation without a Top 10 side. But more importantly we hope to see a few members from graduating classes around ontario walk away with a degree and the chance to one day become a professional cricketer.

Currently, in North America, cricket is not popular with the masses and so many of those who show early promise in the game see no future in it. They usually attend University with the hope of graduating and pursuing a field of work, most, do not get the chance to improve their game or realize their dream. The years spent at University are pivotal in the development of any athlete and participants of almost all other major sports are given their chance to improve and maybe one day to become proffesional, except for those who have chosen cricket.

You should sign this petition if you are one of those who want to participate in cricket at the University level but also if you believe that CRICKETERS IN ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES SHOULD GET THEIR CHANCE TO COMPETE IN AND ENJOY THE GAME THEY LOVE.

Did you know that Canada won the first ever game of International Cricket? They played and beat the USA in 1844 in one of the first recorded international sports events between the two countries. Click here to read more about Canada's 221 year cricketing history