The cricket pitch at R.V. Burgess Park in Thorncliffe Park was the scene Thursday of a brief ceremony to congratulate this team of Toronto cricketers who will travel to the United Kingdom this summer. They are heading to the sixth annual Cricket Across the Pond competition in the U-K. Left to right they are Phillip Mowlah-Baksh, Coach, Rizwan Khan, Bilal Khan, Siddhant Shekhar, Neil Ramdath, Sabes Rasanayagam, Darshil Patel, Gayan Ferdinands, Saajan Patel, 0dharshil Munshi, Abraash Khan, Lisa Antezza, Team Manager. The group is sponsored by a number of public spirited organizations but carries the name of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). The lead sponsor is RBC. The team is known as the CIMA Toronto Mayor’s Cricket Team. Those present for the ceremony were John Parker (Ward 26) Karen Stintz (Ward 16) Jonathan Dart, United Kingdom Consul General; Martin Saxton, Chair of CIMA; Zanita DiSalle, RBC Regional Vice-President, Greater Toronto Area; and team supporter Tom Mihalik, owner of Tom’s Place. In recent years the city has built a regulation size cricket pitch at Burgess Park as part of a program to engage young people in the area. Photo courtesy Ranil Mendes
