Dammam Cricket Association holds 30th annual awards ceremony

Dammam: The 30th annual prize distribution ceremony of the Dammam Cricket Association was held at Crystal Mall, Dammam on May 22. The function started at 6 p.m. with the recitation of the Holy Qur'an. DCA President Ashok Patel addressed the gathering and presented the annual report for the year 2014-2015.

He thanked main sponsors including Mohammed Haneef Patel, Mohammed Yonus Malik, Zia Malik of Al Anwaar Modern Company(AAMCO)- Al Khoabr , Nazeer Hussain from Al Falah Jubail, Wael Abu Ali from Al Mitwalli Steel Company, Dammam, Sohail Abbasi of Al Huwais General Trading Est – Dammam, Javid and Ismail from Al Jazeera Ambitions Factory Company – Dammam, Mohammed Hakeem of Al Kabeer, Madhav Amin of MM, Amin Est, Dammam, Imran Karkala of Eastern Arabia Al Khobar, Ibrahim Hussain of Raqwani Trade Al Khobar, Haroon Khot from Al Barrak shipping, Dayanand Shriyan of GIMA, Dammam, Sheikh from Expertise Jubail, Vincent Saldana from al Zamil Dammam, and many more for their constant support and services to DCA throughout the season.

He also thanked patrons Charly of PC Cargo and Nazir Kazi from ABT Senddex, for their useful guidance and suggestion to DCA.

The prizes were distributed among winners and meritorious players of the respective tournaments conducted by DCA for the year 2014- 2015.

Last year DCA conducted four tournaments:
1. AL FALAH TROPHY (10 Over Knockout )
Winners; BLUE STARS – DAMMAM
Runners up – CBC – Cricketers
Man of the Tournament: HYDER ALI of Blue Stars

2. AL KABEER TROPHY (10 Over Knockout)

Winners: AL FALAH – JUBAIL
Runners up –BLUE STARS – DAMMAM
Man of the Tournament – ISRAR – Al Falah

3. AL HUWAIS TROPHY: ( 8 a side 7 Over Knockout)

Winners: BLUE STARS – DAMMAM
Runners up : KCC KNIGHT – DAMMAM
Man of the Tournament – IQBAL - Blue Stars

4. DCA – AAMCO Champions Trophy: ( 15 Over League )
Winners: AL FALAH – JUBAIL
Runners up ; KHOBAR UNITED
Man of the Tournament –SAJID – Al- Falah

DCA awarded the following awards for their remarkable performances for the season 2014- 2015.:
Best Captain : DILDAR – of Khobar United
Best all rounder : HYDER ALI – of Blue Stars – Dammam
Player of DCA - : NISAR AHMED – of Al Falah – Jubail

DCA honoured organizing committee members, and game official with mementos for providing excellent support during the tenure of Cricket Tournaments played during the last year.

Indian school’s students presented entertaining dance and songs. Kudla Adventure Group arranged the event.

Chief Guest: Mr. Ravi karkera – Ex President of MASA, Mansour ali ahmed- Ex- President JF Dam Unit, Mr. Thoukeer from Al Anwaar, in their brief speech, appreciated DCA organized committee for their efforts for managing such a big events of Cricket Tournaments in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia and promoting the Game of Cricket.

In the valedictory ceremony Mohammed Haneef Patel and Mohammed Yonus Malik awarded DCA –Aamco champions Trophy to Winner and Runners up teams. DCA President Mr. Ashok patel presented mementos to all the sponsors, Co-sponsors and invitee gusts. He also thanked owner of Crystal Mall Mr. Abdul Aziz Al Qahthani.

DCA - Vice President Mr. Rajgopal, Treasurer – Mr. Ehethesham, Joint Secretary – Mr. Ummer Ahmed, Joint Treasurer – Mr. Zia Malik and Umpire incharge – Mr. Mohammed Iqbal, Mr. Sathish Bajal, KCL President Mr. Mohammed Soofi, Mr. Ihsan Malik, Al Anwaar, Mr. Mansour from Khobar United, Mr. Sagar Kumar from Sea & Say Web Site, and DCA Organizing Members were also present on this grand function

At the end vice president Mustaq Ahmed proposed vote of thanks. Programme was compered by Javed Sayyed and Mohammed Siraj. Audients enjoyed the function with lot of fun, games and fabulous prizes.

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