Brisk preparation on for ACA diamond jubilee
Sports reporter
GUWAHATI, March 29 – The Assam Cricket Association (ACA) is gearing up for celebrating its diamond jubilee in a gala manner.
Disclosing about various programmes in a press conference here today, the ACA secretary Bikash Baruah said the eight-month-long celebration will begin on April 1 and will be concluded on November 30.
The adhoc committee of the ACA was formed on November 30, 1947 with Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi as president and Pulin Das as secretary. On April 1, 1948 the body became full-fledged with Bordoloi retained as president and Nurul Amin became the new secretary. Since then Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, Radha Govinda Baruah, Surendra Nath Das, Ratanlal Singhania, Nilimoy Choudhury, Gautam Roy and Prafulla Kumar Mahanta adorned the chair of ACA president. After Nurul Amin, Rameswar Tripathi, Krishna Dutta Hazarika, Pulin Das, Sahajananda Ojha, Rana Goswami, Nandan Bezbaruah, Abdul Matin were the secretaries of the Association in different periods. At present Gautam Roy and Bikash Baruah are the president and secretary of the Association respectively while Ghanashyam Baruah is the treasurer.
Baruah said the celebration would be kicked off with a mass jogging at 6 am on April 1, which will be flagged off at the Nehru Stadium by former Test cricketer Maninder Singh. In the afternoon, the ACA will felicitate former first class cricketers, above 60 years of age in a function to be held at the Pragjyoti ITA Centre here. Along with the former players the organizers will also honour former presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, treasurers and two former international umpires. The immediate kin of the deceased officials will also be honoured on the occasion.
During the eight-month programme, several competitions like quiz, essay, art, etc. will be organized time to time along with holding seminar for umpires and discussions for the development of the game in the State.
The ACA secretary further revealed that the BCCI has agreed to allot a T20 match with first class players on the occasion. He, however, could not disclose about the teams and the date.
Along with the ACA office here, all the 40 ACA affiliated units will celebrate the opening day by hoisting flags at their respective offices. Other ACA officials, Bhakti Medhi, Ghanashyam Baruah, Bishnu Ram Nunisa, Biswanath Saha, Imdad Hussain, Dilip Nandi were also present in the press conference. ASSAM TRIBUNE
Sports reporter
GUWAHATI, March 29 – The Assam Cricket Association (ACA) is gearing up for celebrating its diamond jubilee in a gala manner.
Disclosing about various programmes in a press conference here today, the ACA secretary Bikash Baruah said the eight-month-long celebration will begin on April 1 and will be concluded on November 30.
The adhoc committee of the ACA was formed on November 30, 1947 with Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi as president and Pulin Das as secretary. On April 1, 1948 the body became full-fledged with Bordoloi retained as president and Nurul Amin became the new secretary. Since then Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, Radha Govinda Baruah, Surendra Nath Das, Ratanlal Singhania, Nilimoy Choudhury, Gautam Roy and Prafulla Kumar Mahanta adorned the chair of ACA president. After Nurul Amin, Rameswar Tripathi, Krishna Dutta Hazarika, Pulin Das, Sahajananda Ojha, Rana Goswami, Nandan Bezbaruah, Abdul Matin were the secretaries of the Association in different periods. At present Gautam Roy and Bikash Baruah are the president and secretary of the Association respectively while Ghanashyam Baruah is the treasurer.
Baruah said the celebration would be kicked off with a mass jogging at 6 am on April 1, which will be flagged off at the Nehru Stadium by former Test cricketer Maninder Singh. In the afternoon, the ACA will felicitate former first class cricketers, above 60 years of age in a function to be held at the Pragjyoti ITA Centre here. Along with the former players the organizers will also honour former presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, treasurers and two former international umpires. The immediate kin of the deceased officials will also be honoured on the occasion.
During the eight-month programme, several competitions like quiz, essay, art, etc. will be organized time to time along with holding seminar for umpires and discussions for the development of the game in the State.
The ACA secretary further revealed that the BCCI has agreed to allot a T20 match with first class players on the occasion. He, however, could not disclose about the teams and the date.
Along with the ACA office here, all the 40 ACA affiliated units will celebrate the opening day by hoisting flags at their respective offices. Other ACA officials, Bhakti Medhi, Ghanashyam Baruah, Bishnu Ram Nunisa, Biswanath Saha, Imdad Hussain, Dilip Nandi were also present in the press conference. ASSAM TRIBUNE
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