Courses & Training Camps
CAT LEVEL 1 UMPIRING COURSE, PHUKET
CAT continues to build its pool of umpires as cricket spreads into more regions and to support the growing number of boys and girls introduced to cricket. CAT is hosting a Level 1 Umpiring Course in Phuket from the 12th to 14th of August 2011. The course consists of 15 participants who will be given a complete overview of all the cricket laws, an umpire’s responsibilities and duties. The course will be run and educated by Mr. David Walker, Mr. Mohideen A. Kader and Mr. Richard Folds. The participants will be also be put in game scenarios for practical understanding and disciplines of an umpire. These new umpires will further stand in small local matches, and leagues in their respective provinces building standards.
A HAT-TRICK FOR THAI CRICKET
There are always great celebrations when a bowler takes a hat-trick on the field, but the Cricket Association of Thailand is rightly celebrating a hat-trick off the field, as they have successfully hosted a trio of courses for coaches, educators and umpires, as well as staging the ACC Trophy Challenge in what has been a busy month for all involved in cricket in Thailand.
First, an ACC level 2 coaching course was held in Chiang Mai, with coaches from across Asia learning new techniques and exchanging ideas; then attention turned to Bangkok with the staging of an ACC level 2 umpire educators course.
 
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Under 19 Women’s Training Camp 2010
With the ACC Under 19 women’s Championship in Singapore 2010 around the corner, starting from the 2nd to the 13th October, the young women’s side is hesitant to play. Most of the girls are aged between 14 and 15 years old. Fourteen Girls from different provinces are participating in two sessions daily for last two months. Similar to the initiation of the senior women’s side, the U-19s team also consists of grass root players. The Cricket Association selected twenty girls at the first selection and further cut down the number fourteen through various tests.
CAT is currently conducting a camp at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for one week consisting of various drills for skill enhancement, games and theories. The camp started on the 21st and will end on the 28th. The team will further travel to Singapore on the 2nd of October.
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THAILAND’S WOMEN IN BANGALORE
Thailand’s Women’s Team will be in Bangalore for two weeks in September, training at the National Cricket Academy. They will be playing four Twenty20 matches against Karnataka representative sides. Former ACC Development Officer and Bangalore native “Roger Binny was instrumental in setting up the program,” says Cricket Association of Thailand Chief Executive Mohideen Kader, a former school-mate of Mr. Binny’s.
   
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THAILAND’S UMPIRES TAKE CENTRE STAGE
It is often Thailand’s talented young cricketers who make the headlines with their ability on the field but it was the turn of the some of the country’s leading umpires to demonstrate their talents when the Cricket Association of Thailand staged two three-day umpires’ courses first in Chiang Mai and then in Phuket.
David Walker, well known for his role as tournament director at the Asian Cricket Council tournaments regularly staged in Chiang Mai, is also one of Thailand’s best qualified umpires. He has recently returned from Malaysia where he successfully trained to become an umpire educator under the expert tutelage of former international umpires Peter Manuel and KT Francis from Sri Lanka and Pakistan’s Mehboob Shah, so he is now able to pass on his knowledge to inexperienced umpires and hold training courses in his own right. In the same way that successful training courses have been held for players and coaches, the first umpiring course held in Chiang Mai at the beginning of August was made available to anyone who was interested in advancing their skills. All ten trainee umpires from Bangkok and Chiang Mai benefited greatly from discussing the laws of cricket over the three days, everybody learning something new no matter how long they had been involved in cricket.
  
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Basic cricket Coaching Course Uttardit-2010
CAT recently conducted a Basic Cricket Coaching Course in Uttradit the northern area of Thailand from the 22nd to the 25th of July, 2010. A total of 27 participants from all over Thailand attended the cricket coaching course. The participants were given an introduction to the sport of cricket with the special attention paid to the coaching elements. Considering that this was the first time that most of the participants had been exposed to cricket, the participants absorbed all the material decimated to them by CAT resource group rather well. The course was conducted by CEO of Thailand cricket Mr. Mohideen A. Kader, Narumol Sirisuwan and Women’s national team captain Sornarin Tippoch. CAT hopes to see all those that took part in the course to implement cricket in their own province and help to promote cricket in Thailand.
The course instructor said “all of them had good sporting back ground but were new to cricket. We are hopeful that many of the participants would introduce cricket in their respective provinces with a view to participate in the National Youth Games next year.”
CAT is looking at building practice and playing facility in Uttardit. Uttradit will host the National Youth Games next year and will be fielding teams in both women and men category.
    
ACC Level 1 Coaching Course – Khao Yai
Over the last weekend CAT organized with the ACC a five day ACC Level 1 Coaching Course, from the 4th till 8th of June . The course was conducted by ACC Development Officers Aminul Islam and Rumesh Ratnayake. Course like this one will help CAT meet the increasing demand for cricket coaches from local schools around Thailand.
Cricket in the past two years has taken major steps forward and with the inclusion of cricket in the Makhamwan Games (National Youth Games) cricket uptake is only going to increase. Due to the fact that each province hosting the games is required to field a team for every single sporting discipline. With more provinces coming onboard CAT is constantly searching for means of increasing the local number of coaches.
   
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AN AFTERNOON WITH A LEGEND : Thailand’s umpires meet KT Francis
With the ACC Under-19 Challenge Cup successfully completed the day before, some of Thailand’s leading umpires were given the opportunity to meet with and learn from legendary Sri Lankan umpire KT Francis who gave up his time to share his experiences and knowledge and it made for a fascinating Saturday afternoon.
KT, who was Sri Lanka’s first Test umpire in 1982 and later a member of the first ICC umpiring panel, had been in Chiang Mai for two weeks in his official capacity as a member of ACC’s resource staff with the task of looking after and reporting on the umpires standing in the tournament.
These umpires came from countries such as Malaysia, Nepal and China, as well as Surinder Pal from Thailand, and the tournament proved a steep learning curve for the officials as KT watched keenly from the sidelines and held regular meetings so the master could share his vast experience with his pupils. A veteran of 25 Tests and 56 One-Day Internationals during 17 years in international cricket, as well as a lengthy career in first-class cricket both as an umpire and as a match referee, KT was more than happy to spend his last afternoon in Chiang Mai sharing his knowledge with local umpires as well as those who had traveled from Bangkok and Phuket.
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ACC / ICC Budget Template Workshop 2010
Cricket Association of Thailand recently hosted to the ACC / ICC Budget Template Workshop 2010. The 2 day workshop was held at the “Jasmine City Building” from 12th-13th October in Bangkok and was organized by the ACC. The workshop was attended by the representatives from Brunei, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore and Thailand.
The objective of the workshop was to bring the ICC associate & affiliate members from South Asia up to speed with the new budgeting process and to educate them on the importance of good governess and accountability as ACC and ICC attempt to professionalize cricket within the region.
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Under 19 Training Camp & Practice Games
With the ACC Under 19 Challenge Cup 2009 around the corner, CAT conducted its preliminary training camp. The camp was held over a 2 weeks at the Bangkok Patana School facility, with players Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen. The camp consisted of daily fitness programs at the hotels gym and swimming pool, followed by net sessions. Due to bad weather, coaches, Ziaul Hoque and Robert Raina weren't able to fulfill their training program. However with a few sessions in the new indoor cricket facility better known as Bangkok Cricket Academy didn't put the team off course. Evenings generally ended with team talks, progress and strategies. As there is still a mixture of Indian/Pakistani boys and Thai ethnic boys, communications skills and team building activities were also exercised. Furthermore, Ishan Kalra, a 5 year CAT veteran who has been a member of the National Under 13s, 15s, and 17s squads would like to share his experience.
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Umpires Refresher Course 2009
If cricket is to prosper in Thailand then it needs to develop the local cricketing human capital. Thailand has been going through a period of heightened development. This means not only the development of players but also essential key figures such as umpires. In this department Cricket Australia and NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association have graciously come forward to help Cricket Association of Thailand in its constant struggle to develop Cricket in this Football crazy nation. CAT will be hosting a two day umpire’s refresher course at the Jasmine Hotel in Bangkok from the 26th to the 27th of February 2009 which will be presented by Mr. John Evans and Mr. Darren Goodger.
Cricket Association of Thailand has been looking at developing the local umpires and scorers base in attempts of establishing a strong local pool base. Having recently held three development tournaments, the Under 15 Challenge Cup, Women’s Under 19 Championship and ACC Trophy Challenge has highlighted the lack of qualified local cricket umpires as rescources were being stretched to accommodate all three tournaments. CAT has wanted to address this problem for sometime now however had been unable to do so due to the lack of qualified human capital. With the help from Cricket Australia and NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association CAT is able to conduct a two day umpire’s refresher course at in Bangkok. This course is meant to reinforce, refresh and clarify some of the more technical aspects of the umpiring discipline for those who have been actively involved within their respective local communities.
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U-19 Girls & U-17 Boys National Squad Training Camp
The U-19 girls and the U-17 boys national squads took part in a 10 day training camp starting 15th October. The camp saw both the squads followed a daily routine of 8 hours of training sections which consisted of batting, bowling, fielding and a lot of fitness and team work drills. Following the training sessions in the evening for 1 hour the teams got together for a meeting to overview personal performance goals and objectives which had been set for the day. During the course of the camp boysU-17 squad took part in of three 40 over games to help further enforce what had been worked on in the training sections and to gel and operate as a single cohesive unit.
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CAT Basic Coaching Course, Khao Yai 2008
CAT recently conducted a Basic Cricket Coaching Course in Khao Yai from the 13th to the 14th of September, 2008. A total of 16 physical education teachers attended the course. The participants were given an introduction to the sport of cricket with the special attention paid to the coaching element. Considering that this was the first time that most of the participants had been exposed to cricket, the participants absorbed all the material decimated to them by CAT resource group rather well. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohideen A. Kader, Mr. Shan Kader and Mr. John Hottinger. CAT hopes to see all those that partook within the course to implement cricket as part of their physical education curriculum at their respective institutions. CAT is looking at building up the capacity of the Khao Yia region with more advanced cricketing courses at an appropriate time in the future.
   
The Asian Cricket Council Curators Course began on the 11th of August, 2008 in Bangkok. The Module 1 will run from the 11th of August to the 16th of August, 2008 and will be followed by the Advanced Course which will begin on the 18th and end on the 20th of August, 2008. Participants from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Malaysia and Thailand are attending the Module 1 and the Advanced Course participants will come from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, Bhutan, Brunei, Maldives, Myanmar and Hong Kong. Mr. Peter Munro, Mr. Paul Avison and Mr. Phil Stoyanoff from the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute will present the course.
 
Asian Cricket Council Curators Advanced Course Asian Cricket Council Curators Course Module 1
CAT Basic Coaching Course, Phuket 2008
The CAT Basic Coaching Course conducted in Phuket has proved to be very successful. The Phuket Devlopment Officer Khun Supatra Jarumoon reported from Phuket that all the PE teachers who attended the course have introduced cricket in their respective schools. The total number of schools playing cricket in Phuket stands at twelve. The course was conducted from May 13 to 15, 2008 by CAT's resource person Shan Kader.
CAT Umpirers and Scorers Course 2008
CAT held its second Umpirers and Scorers Course from May 29th to June 1st 2008 in Bangkok at Royal Parkview Hotel and AIT. The course attracted participants from all around Thailand interested in umpiring and scoring gradually building local number of both umpires and scorers.
 
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