CRICKET: REALITY, RESPECT, REWARD
Date: Thursday, April 20 @ 00:00:00 UTC Topic: Black Habits Articles
PHOTO EXHIBITION AND PANEL DISCUSSION, METRO HALL
Toronto (April 17, 2006) —The West Indies’ preparation for hosting of the Cricket World Cup 2007 is stimulating the interest of Canada’s cricket community, especially given the aspiration of the Canadian National Cricket Team, which will compete in the quadrennial event.
Photo Exhibition
With the kind endorsement of Toronto City Councillor Michael Thompson, and of the Consulate of Antigua and Barbuda in Toronto, photographer Michael Phang will present the photo exhibition ‘Conjuring Cricket: Images of a Culture,’ at Metro Hall (April 24-30).
Mr. Phang is a Toronto based photographer whose body of work encompasses the world of photojournalism and portraiture. He has served as photo editor on a number of newspapers and magazines within the academic sphere, an experience which has influenced his approach to photography. The exhibition will comprise images created during a recent visit to Antigua, the country that will host the Cricket World Cup quarterfinal matches. The images explore a nation on the verge of welcoming the world, a nation in which cricket is more passion than simple pastime
Panel Discussion
At 6:00 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday, April 26, at Metro Hall, Antigua and Barbuda’s Consul General Madeline Blackman will present a public reception, to be followed by a panel discussion. The panel discussion is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., and will focus on the theme: ‘Cricket: Reality, Respect, Reward.’ Errol Townshend, president of the Ontario Cricket Association, will moderate this panel discussion, which will feature prominent members of the international, and the Canadian cricket community.
In addition to being of interest to avid cricket fans, the event will cater to persons with an interest in the Caribbean region, its world-renowned West Indies cricket team, and in Canada’s National Cricket team.
The panel will include:
Richie Richardson, Former West Indies Team Captain and current Captain of the Lashings’ Cricket Club. Cricket’s genteel operator, Mr. Richardson was declared a Wisden ‘Cricketer of the Year.’ He is currently Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Antigua-Barbuda Sports Tourism Alliance (ABSTA).
Ben Sennik, President of the Canadian Cricket Association (CCA). Mr. Sennik is responsible for all operations of the CCA.
Andy Pick, Team Coach of the Canadian National Cricket Team, and former coach of the England Under 19 team. Mr. Pick has recently been appointed as coach of the Canadian National Cricket Team.
Filmmaker Sanjay Talreja (Director, Cricket and the Meaning of Life). Professor Talreja lectures at the University of Windsor, and specializes in do*****entary features exploring social justice, nationalism, migration, and identity. Mr. Talreja’s National Film Board of Canada produced film, Cricket and the Meaning of Life, premieres at the Reel World Film Festival on April 22nd at 1:30pm at Toronto's Rainbow Cinemas Market Square.
Manyu Sharma, President of the Ryerson Student Cricket Association, a young man with unmatched devotion to the game of cricket, is the dynamo behind intra-mural cricket in our universities.
Moderator, Errol Townshend, President of the Ontario Cricket Association. Mr. Townshend will direct panellists in exploring the theme of cricket: so familiar to some Canadians, yet foreign to others. Mr. Townshend is one of five selectors of Canada's senior team.
The images from ‘Conjuring Cricket: Images of a Culture,’ will also be presented May 03-14 at Gallery 201QueenEast as part of the ‘CONTACT’ photography festival.
The cricket images will also be displayed at the Queen and Saulter Toronto Public Library Branch at 765 Queen St. East for the month of May 2006.
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