IFCR WORLD
IFCR BREAK OUT SESSION IN HOUSTON RI CONVENTION JUNE 2022
Dear IFCR World Board Members and Friends,
Greetings from IFCR World and India!!
Hope you are all doing good.
I am pleased to share few pictures ( Collage) of the recently concluded IFCR World Mini Festival in Dhaka Bangladesh ( held from 14th to 17th Nov 2022) where 10 teams ( totaling around 150 Cricket Loving Rotarians) have participated, which included teams from Srilanka , Nepal , India and hosts Bangladesh. It was great to be part of this event ( a maiden venture by IFCR Bangladesh) after being personally associated with the launch of this country chapter in Jun 2013 with PDG Ishtiaque Zaman as its Charter country head.
His Excellency Sri.Ghanshyam Bhandari , the Nepal ambassador to Bangladesh along with District Governor RID 3281 Rtn.MA Wahab were present on the gala inaugural evening, which was well attended by the participants and invitees with their families. The IFCR country heads of India ( Neel) Srilanka ( Chaturka) and Pramod( Nepal) apart from hosts Bangladesh ( Salauddin) and Festival Chair Tipo along with me did the honors on this colorful occasion.
It was heartening to note the participation of full fledged teams from Nepal ( for the first time in an international event ) Srilanka, Bangladesh ( 2 teams) and of course 6 teams from India( some of whom had the opportunity to participate in an international IFCR event for the first time) . My hearty congratulations to the respective country heads (and particularly motivator Pramod from Nepal) for their active participation and making this maiden attempt to host an international event by IFCR Bangladesh, a success.
Meanwhile during my stay at Dhaka , I had the privilege to be invited as a special guest at one of the Rotary meetings hosted by Rotary Club of Uttara ( RID 3181) where I was felicitated by the Club President Rtn.Karim apart from their celebrity member Rtn.Tipu Munshi ( who happens to be the Honorable Minister of Commerce Govt of Bangladesh) in the presence of their District Governor Rtn.MA Wahab.
It was memorable to be part of another enjoyable IFCR International event at Dhaka Bangladesh, which I am sure would give a great push to IFCR and motivate more members / families to be part of this great fellowship group of Rotary International.
I am also pleased to share with you all that our application for allotment of an IFCR booth in House of Friendship during Melbourne Convention ( 27th to 31st May 2023) has since been submitted acknowledged/accepted by RI Fellowship Committee.
I request Derrick and team from IFCR Australia to start preparing for hosting the booth on all the days of the convention with necessary promotional material , posters, exhibits etc and also request other country heads to co-ordinate with IFCR Australia and share any material which they would like to exhibit on behalf of their country chapter. Also those members who are likely to be at the Melbourne'23 RI convention may kindly volunteer to support IFCR Australia in manning / running the booth successfully. I shall share, from time to time, further inputs received from RI Exhibits committee with IFCR Australia.
Thanking you all and with best wishes,
Yours in service of IFCR/Rotary,
KRP Sarathy,
Chairman, IFCR World.
IFCR MELBOURNE CONVENTION JUNE 2023
Greetings from IFCR World and India!!
Please find below an article published in Rotary News Magazine ( India Edition) and also in Governor's Monthly letter of Rotary District 9810 on the 30th Annual celebrations of Rotary Cricket Fellowship
I am also attaching herewith few pictures of activity in our Fellowship booth in House of Freindship during the Melbourne 2023 convention held from 27th to 31st May 2023. We had impressive footfalls at the booth which included Immediate Past RI Director Shekar Mehta, Past RI President Holger Knack, Immediate Past RI Director Mahesh Kotbagi, RI Director Mohd Faiz from Pakistan, RI Director Jessi Harman from Australia and many current and past District Governors apart from many leaders, IFCRians interested Rotarians from across the world.
My sincere thanks to Derrick Marsden, his gracious spouse Karen and the entire group of volunteers from IFCR Australia for their initiative and wonderful support in making our IFCR booth in Melbourne one of the most happening places in House of Friendship on all the four days from 27th May to 30th May 2023 and thereafter a memorable tour of the iconic Melbourne Cricket Grounds followed by an enjoyable lunch in Hugh Trumble room at the stadium on 31st May 2023 to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of our fellowship.
Thanks and regards,
Yours in service of Rotary and IFCR,
KRP Sarathy
https://rotarynewsonline.org/rotary-news-plus-august-2023/ ( Coverage in Rotary News Magazine India)
Rotary Cricket turns 30 ( Coverage in GML of Rotary District 9810 Australia )
Cricket Fellowship Booth connects Rotarians K R Parthasarathy
From L: Rtn KR Parthasarathy, RI Director AS Venkatesh, PDG S Krishnaswami, Vinita Venkatesh, Shobhana and DGE Ravi Raman. I t is with pleasure I would like to share with you the wonderful times we had at the Rotary International Convention in Houston, USA, from Jun 4–8, 2022. My joy knew no bounds when my application as district chair, Rotary Friendship Exchange, and convener of a world RFE group, for organising a breakout session, and another one for manning a fellowship booth for the International Fellowship of Cricket Loving Rotarians (IFCR), were shortlisted by the RI Convention Committee. The breakout session I had organised on ‘Connect through recreational fellowship and Rotary friendship exchange’ opened to a full-house. Debbie Roopchand, secretary of IFCR from West Indies, spoke on Rotary cricket fellowship. She is the DGN of RI EJTUSJDU%(*OHSJE4UFJOIPġ RID 2202, Barcelona, Spain, and past president Isabel Rodriquez, from Peru, RID 4465, spoke on Rotary friendship exchange. We had a Cricket Fellowship Booth at the House of Friendship and it was manned by RID 3232 DGN Ravi Raman, his wife Shobhana, and Rtn Neel, also from the same district. Rotarian friends from Puducherry, Hyderabad and other Indian cities visited our booth to discuss and recall the various memorable Plus_P_Cricket Fellowship Booth_Health camp in Agra.indd 4 16-09-2022 17:23:55 SEPTEMBER 2022 Rotary News Plus 5 games played in the past and how we would enjoy every moment of the game irrespective of the country that was playing. IFCR members Sajid Bhatti (Pakistan), PDG Isthiaque (Bangladesh) and PDG Rajan (Sri Lanka) and RIDs Mohammad Faiz and A S Venkatesh visited the booth. PRIP Shekhar Mehta played a couple of deliveries and that created a lot of buzz around. The Cricket Fellowship Booth was a buzz of activity on BMMÜWFEBZTPGUIFDPOWFOUJPO and it was heartening to note that a lot of interest was shown by the visitors from the US, Canada and various parts of West Indies. We were thrilled to see the interest shown by a group of Interactors from the US. The writer is past president of RC Secunderabad, RID 3150 From L: PDGs Krishnaswami (3232), Krish Rajendran and Bhashkumar Rajan (both from 3220, Sri Lanka)
Dear All,
Greetings from IFCR World and India!!
I am pleased to inform you all that in response to a mail from RI Fellowship committee, I have formally applied for a fellowship booth for IFCR in House of Friendship during the Rotary International Convention in Singapore scheduled from 25th to 29th May 2024.
This is the third consecutive year after Houston22 and Melbourne 23( a ha-trick in cricket parlance) we are opting for a booth during the International convention Singapore 24 to promote our cricket fellowship.
Have made few contacts with Rotarians from Singapore during the Melbourne Convention and they are keen to support us at the booth and also explore responsibilities of chartering their own country IFCR chapter in Singapore.The presence of our booth in Singapore convention could be a great motivating factor in this regard.
Do let me know if any of you or our members from your country are traveling to the convention and if so look forward to your/their participation in the activities at the booth.
With best wishes and regards,
Yours in service of IFCR/Rotary,
KRP Sarathy
Dear IFCR Country Heads/ Friends,
Greetings from IFCR World and India!!
I am greatly pleased to inform you all that our application for allotment of a booth for our Cricket Fellowship in House of Friendship during Singapore 2024 RI Convention has since been approved with BOOTH NUMBER as 1504 and the contract for the same has since been signed. Th is is the third consecutive year ( after Houston 22 and Melbourne 23) that we are able to secure a booth for our fellowship at our annual convention
Hence I request you all to circulate the same amongst all our members and other Rotarians of your District /Country so that they could visit the booth ( if they are attending the International Convention) and also display any Cricket fellowship related material of their country/ district /club for promotion.Any confirmations in this regard may kindly be intimated to me.
With best wishes and regards,
Yours in service of IFCR/Rotary,
KRP Sarathy,
World Chair IFCR
https://rotarynewsonline.org/rotary-news-plus-august-2023/
