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Organisers
Asian Cricket Sixes Tour (ACST) Supported by
PCU 
2009 Event Poster Health PrecautionsSome very useful advice on how to treat accidental & self-inflicted injuries & illnesses and stay health during the Sixes Team Links
Lamma CC 
Spartans CC 
Wild Men From Borneo 
Singapore Airways Cricket Team 
Southerners CC 
Liquid Lounge Lizards 
Nollamara CC 
Brighton Union CC 
Kelawar CC 
Awali CC 
Formosa CC |
2009 POST-TOURNAMENT REACTIONS“...thanks for a great tournament. We thoroughly enjoyed the company and competition.
Well done as we all know takes a lot of effort to pull an event off on that scale. We are keen to join
some other events later in the year, maybe Bangkok and Philippines next year.” “Many, many thanks for the great tournament – I especially enjoyed the very
low level of injuries to contend with – mostly just grazes and hangovers! First tournament I have
attended where I haven’t had to run onto the pitch to deal with an injury – being up the back
of the grandstand, this was very much appreciated! Thought the final dinner was great.” “...thanks for the past few days in sunny Phuket. I have arrived back home in Shanghai,
weary, sunburned with a mountain of laundry and some most wonderful memories. Thank you and your great
team of people for all that you have done and continue to do to ensure that “friendship through
cricket” is not just a motto printed on business cards... Long may it continue and I hope I’ll
see you all again real soon.” “From all of the HK LDWs, we wish to thank you and the rest of the organising committee for the success last week at the Phuket 6s. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and greatly appreciate the flexibility shown to schedule our games to allow us to get to Krabi. It was certainly a trip and holiday all of us will remember. We all understand the copious amount of work you all individually put in and we are all extremely grateful. We would also like to greatly thank the groundmen for getting the ground into any condition to play in. I would have dreaded to think what it would have been like when first looked at! We wish you further success with the remaining tournaments this year. We hope to make this a regular
occurance over the coming years.” “Once again we thank ACST for bringing the Phuket International Cricket Sixes to
our island. As ever, your organisation produced a very well-run, extremely enjoyable feast of Cricket,
and fully justified your claim to give the participants ‘fun in the sun’, the more enjoyable
in that the ‘Spirit of Cricket’ was alive and batting on throughout. I do not have the e-mail
addresses of all your people and helpers, so would you please pass on our heartful thanks and congratulations
to all concerned. Equally, I do not have the e-mail addresses of all the participating teams, so would
you also pass on our grateful thanks for their travelling here and giving their time to reward us with
such a memorable tournament. We must give special thanks for all your efforts at raising such an impressive
amount towards our Youth Development programme. You can rest assured we will put it to the best possible
use in promoting youth cricket. Many, many thanks.” “What a great tournament! It was the first time for the Custom Cockatoos and the
team consisting of 4 girls and 3 boys came away with the Spoon trophy – big cheers from the crowd
for the orange team!! Now that we know how the game is played, look out because we will be aiming for
the plate at least next year. Anyone with an interest in cricket should get to one of the Asian Cricket
Sixes tournaments for a great time. Well done to everyone involved!!! See you next year.” “Thanks to you Cat for an excellent tournament and congratulations for all the work
that went into the organisation. I enjoyed the Phuket Sixes a lot, and hope to return with Lamma next
year. With luck and a following wind maybe we’ll be able to do Chiang Mai, too.” “Congratulations on running a great event. As it was my first time time there with
TPCC, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But you exceeded my expectations and I thoroughly enjoyed myself
and the event. I’m already looking forward to next year.” “On behalf of Bahrain Apsara Camels team members, I would like to thank you and other members of ACST for such a fabulous, well-organized event once again! It has always been a great pleasure for us “Boys from Bahrain” to visit Phuket and have a bit of fun in the sun. Phuket Sixes 2009 will be a memorable and special one for us ‘cause we won our Cup title this time around. As always, very much looking forward for the next year... after all we need to defend our title and of course have fun doing so. Once again we wholeheartedly appreciate the hard work and effort you guys have put in for this tournament’s
success. Well Done!” 2008 POST-TOURNAMENT REACTIONS“This is a great tournament for Club Cricketers of all standards and certainly lives
up to the fun in the sun motto for the tournament, also fun after the sun too! Ka kite ano” “On behalf of my management, team members and myself I would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to you and generously would like to let you know that my team had a great time out there in Phuket. The Phuket Sixes Tournament was a good platform for a young team like us to be known all around the world. Off the field your all arrangements were very good and it gave us all the opportunity to make new friends
and mingle with people from around Asia, Australia and New Zealand. My guys were very happy to share the
field with former cricket greats like Mr Trevor Chappell, Alan Mullally and Kenny Jackson.” “Thanks again for allowing us to enter the tournament and looking after us during that time. It was a fantastic experience and one we are looking to repeat again and again over the next couple of years. After all we have to try and defend our title (and a holiday in Thailand is not necessarily a bad thing!). “We are very grateful to you for making us a part of the cricketing extravaganza
in Phuket. We enjoyed the cricket, your hospitality, the atmosphere and Patong to the fullest. It was
a life-time experience for all of us, we would definitely like to be associated with you and ACST. Hats
off to you all again!” “The CC&FC teams were delighted to be back for the Phuket Sixes after a gap of
a year. The event was very professionally managed and the food was outstanding at both the opening and
closing parties. It was fantastic mixing with teams from all over the world and breaking boundaries which
might exist in our minds” “First of all can I just say how much I enjoyed the Phuket Sixes. The atmosphere was superb as were the event venues, while the Karon Stadium provided a dramatic backdrop to the matches. Every one of you organisers, co-ordinators and assistants deserve an immense amount of credit, both for the way the tournament ran and for the ambience and friendliness each of you created. To cap it all I found myself with a tremendous set of team mates in the Perth Postels. Thanks very much Cat for sorting that out for me. As I have said already I think Karon Stadium is a superb venue. Its location is first class and the impressive grandstand adds to this. I thought the catering was first class, especially the pies! The Twenty20 game was a spectacular event. The standard of play (with one exception) was superb. I’ve paid to watch a lot worse cricket. The opening night at the Green Man was a superb event. The closing awards evening was also outstanding in an amazing venue. My aim is to do the full set of ACST tournaments over the next few years. You really do have a tremendous
product in ACST. You can really take it as far as you want to. The website is excellent.” “...I thought this was the best Sixes I have been involved with. Well done!” “The tournament was great. The event ran smoothly despite the weather’s best
attempts to disrupt it. There are all levels of teams to keep the rivalry keen and plenty of good people
in them to have a drink and a very good laugh with. The social events were top class and for the families
there is no shortage of things to do in Phuket.” “Just wanted to say thanks again for another great tournament, once again we we all
really enjoyed the whole event. Thanks also for all the hard work and effort that you put in to this —
we assure you that we all appreciate it a great deal.” “Just would like to say on behalf of the Southerners, thanks for the well-organised
and fun event. We all enjoyed ourselves immensely and we will certainly be looking to attend a few more
of these events in the coming year. Please pass on our thanks to all of those that have worked so hard
to organise the event, and also to those providing food and drinks throughout the tournament. An excellent
4 days, which will probably take another 4 days to recover from. One thing for certain, we will certainly
be back in Phuket next year.” 2007 POST-TOURNAMENT REACTIONS“Thanks for another memorable 6s tournament — it was honestly my favourite one to date.
The mix of guys in the Bounty team was perfect and we had an absolute blast from start to finish.” “Once again, I enjoyed our Cricket 6s. Once again, it was the friendliest of tournaments.
And this year you proved that the Phuket event on its own is quite capable of attracting great teams from far and
wide to compete just on the island, without needing left-overs from other Thai sixes. Comments from the teams
showed that they feel and hope it will only grow bigger and better, and they will be there to help. Many thanks
for letting me join you again.” “Many thanks from Pocari CC, Bahrain, we thoroughly enjoyed the tournament and did our best to
contribute to the good and the bad-aspects! Look forward to the next edition.” “I have great appreciation and compliments to offer to ACST and all organisers for running the Phuket Sixes so efficiently. Not only the running of the tournament was so good, professional and smooth but also all the arrangements, like transport to the venues, food at the grounds, the functions and the most comfortable stay at Phuket. Many thanks to you all, I thoroughly enjoyed myself and it was a great event to be associated with.” “Great tournament. With the organizaion you guys are setting a high standard...” “Thanks to you for your great invitation to play in the great friendship tournament. I have played and officiated
in so many international games, but I tell you from the bottom of my heart, I and my SIA cricket team, really really
enjoyed this great tournament by meeting lot of friends, enjoyment, entertainment, welcome dinner, closing ceremony
with dinner, it was really well organised. I and my boys are looking forward the to the next tournament.” 2006 POST-TOURNAMENT REACTIONS“On behalf of the Asian Criaket Council I would like to congratulate you and your team on winning the ICC Global award for the “Spirit of Cricket”. I commend the efforts put in by you and your team. I wish you and your team all the best for future.” “This is what the game is all about. Playing for a cause is always a worthy initiative and it brings a
vast number of people together in celebration of the game of cricket. They are worthy winners of the ICC Award. The Phuket
Sixes ensures an enormous impetus for cricket in Phuket and hopefully this initiative will soon spread to other nations that
are being introduced to the game.” “Well done! May God bless you all.” “Congratulations to us all on a fine effort in Phuket last year for Child Watch.” “First of all, CONGRATULATIONS for your great success for winning the ICC Spirit Of Cricket Global Award.
On behalf of the Cricket Association of Thailand Umpires Panel, I would like to thank for your kind support throughout the
tournament, we really enjoyed umpiring the games & our stay during Phuket Sixes. We will continue our support to all of you
for the betterment of Cricket in this region. Wonderful job guys.” “Over the Songkran weekend, I attended the Phuket 6s with the Southerners. This was a great event, well run and definitely was played and supported in the Spirit of Cricket. Great job guys and on behalf of the Cricket Association of Thailand, congratulations in winning the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award... a global award! I would like to mention that three umpires from the Bangkok League were present and umpiring this tournament: Chanky, Shyam and Rana. All three umpires did an excellent job umpiring the games that were allotted to them. Very professional and especially they umpired within the spirit and the main reasoning for the tournament — Fun in the Sun. As Vice Chairman of the CAT, I had several comments from people commenting on the umpiring. Umpires looking the part, umpiring professionally, all in time keeping within the tournament goals of having fun and enjoying the cricket whilst being competitive. I take my hat off to you three for making the tournament that bit more professional looking but also for understanding the tournament goals and the players reasons for traveling from around the world to have “Fun in the Sun”. See you again next year.” “Congratulations on organising such a wonderful and successful tournament. You guys have been working very
hard and you deserve the award from ICC. Really appreciate the effort and work you have done. Well done.” “Many thanks for sending these two photos through. I’m sure you have a multitude of things to do after
the conclusion of another successful tournament. The fact that you spend time sending photos out to participants as quickly as
this just reinforces my high opinion of you and all that are involved in the Asian Cricket Sixes Tour. The ICC award for Phuket 2005
is nothing short of what you all fully deserve. Please once again accept and pass on my sincere thanks to you and all your
colleagues for another memorable Phuket tour.” “I enjoy a relaxed chat over a beer or six, and that is difficult in the hurly-burly of a cricket tournament.
But it was richly compensated for by the attitude of the combatants. I often moan about the total loss of the sporting spirit as I
knew it, in these money-grubbing days, but the friendliness and cameraderie of the players in Karon as I acted as sheepdog,
reminded me of the days when I was playing rugby all those long years ago!” “What can we say? Nollamara’s first international tour of ANY kind, let alone sixes, was fan-bloody-tastic.
I was impressed by the way you guys ran the show and even under a little pressure, (lights, re-fixturing morning games etc.), you
never lost the plot and soldiered on. What a great week and a great tournament. We met players from all over the world and the
atmosphere was electric, (if not a little bit blurred). We are now in discussions to do it all again next year and don’t be
surprised to see the Nolly Boys front and centre in 2007.” “Look — great tourney. Loads of fun. You guys just get better each time!!” “On behalf of the Bounty Buccaneers & Kudu Bar Cavalry I would like to extend our warmest thanks to you for inviting us to play in the Phuket 6s again. The organisation was up to the standard we expect and is only comparable to the Hong Kong Festival from my experience. The weather was excellent and the pitch played well throughout, both an improvement on 2005. The outfield is no drama, looks shabby, plays fast, but hey high scores is what it is all about. We again brought home some silverware coming 2nd, this time in the Spoon. Some say it was actually 26th but we don’t believe them!! The Bounty Buccaneers targetted the spoon drawing on our depth of skill in both batting & fielding. I attribute the success to our great team spirit & total dedication to the task at hand. The lads all had a great time and the general consensus is that ‘We will be back.’” “Many thanks for organizing the event, please pass on our thanks to all your team members who did an excellent job.
We certainly had a great time, the format was superb ensuring all the teams got plenty of cricket and the camaraderie was second to none.” 2005 POST-TOURNAMENT REACTIONS Kenny Jackson “Congrats on a helluva fine event. I have travelled to many sixes and other cricket events over the past 15 years and it is testimonial to your hard work that not in a million years could I have guessed that the Phuket Sixes was only in it’s 2nd year... It is only a matter of time before you, as tournament directors, will have the unenviable task of having to turn teams away as you will have reached capacity.” “Thank you very much for the work you put into organising HSBC sponsorship for the Phuket Cricket Sixes. We’re delighted the event went so well and that the event was such a success.” “It was a fantastic four days at the Lighthouse Phuket Cricket Sixes. I was particularly impressed with the organisation. The cricket was of a high standard, while at the same time played in a great spirit. I thoroughly enjoyed it, met lots of new friends and really had a great time, thank you very much.” “...the whole tournament was good, the 20/20 under lights went well and was an enjoyable experience for all that played. I enjoyed the tournament very much, all the functions were well done, the final night being extremely good.” “Let me congratulate you and your entire team for a stupendous and fabulous job done in organising a PERFECT TOURNAMENT in Phuket. CONGRATULATIONS to you for putting up such a great show, a show with no hiccups and glitches. It was for the first time I have participated in any form of Sixes cricket outside India, and I should say that it was the most exhilarating time I had in my life (till now of course). I should say that, you need to be applauded for what you have conceived — that is to ensure that everyone you had come to participate in the tournament had a time of their life, be it the tournament itself, the hotels, the service at the hotel or the lovely gathering at The Green Man Pub. HATS OF TO YOU and your team for making us feel ‘Out of the World’ and also being such a great host. I also found that you ensured all the teams and members who had come there to participate were not made to feel aloof, lonely or unwanted. You had time for all of us. To come and have a conversation and to know first hand from us whether we are enjoying, or if our rooms were ok, etc. The same goes to all your team and the organizers. Having participated in the tournament this year, I have no doubt in my mind that I’M THERE NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER AND...  Raj Oja It is worth mentioning that the matches were played at the right spirits, which is to ‘PLAY THE GAME FOR FUN.’ ( Well almost all of them, except us, ha...). Yes, the tournament became much more competitive towards the finals, and why not. Once the teams, who had fun initially during the group matches, also wanted to WIN the CUP. So I guess a bit of competitiveness was well expected. The hotels were absolutely great. We stayed at the Karon Sea Sand Resort. The rooms were big, great bathroom, the swimming pool, and of course the staff were more then helpful...” Raj Oja, Gauhati Town Cricket Club (India) “On behalf of the Phuket International Hospital I would like to thank you all for organising an outstanding event. We look forward to the 2006 event and you can be assured of our continuing support.” “I just wanted to say a big thank you for the experience we had in Phuket last week. We all had a ball. Coming back having made a final was something we didn’t expect. Coming back with medals for coming 2nd was a surprise too!! Keep us informed of any upcoming games that may interest us.” “If someone would care to tell me where I was from Thurs to Sun, I would love to get some feedback!!!!” “Beer too cheap — that’s why we lost...” “Many thanks again to you and the rest of the crew. The Kudu Bar team and supporters all enjoyed ourselves immensely... and can’t wait for the next tournament!!” “...a very big ‘thank you’ for a thoroughly enjoyable week in Phuket. It was definitely the most fun I have had in years!! Nok (my wife) and little Nikita also say thanks as they had a ball too!!” “...everyone had a great time at the event so well done... Everyone in our team will certainly be back next year for more!” “Once again we had ‘fun in the sun’ (even if a few of the guys had better fun at night). On behalf of Raj and the rest of the guys thank you for a great week of fun. We are already counting down for next year (if we are invited back)” “On behalf of Blythswood CC and Singh Sabha Barking FC, I would like to thank you all for inviting us back to participate in the 2005 Phuket International Sixes Tournament. We thought it would be hard to beat the experiences and fun had by all of us in 2004, but thanks to your wonderful efforts, this was achieved with great success and we eagerly look forward to next year’s event.” “Indeed it’s been a very nice experience me and my team had in Phuket. We got to meet a lot of good people, and got to play good cricket and that’s what we were thinking of. The hotel was great and everyone there was very sweet. We had never thought of winning, so winning at the end was icing on the cake. Hope to c ya in other Sixes if possible but surely in Phuket again.” “This year’s tournament was a huge success and shows how determination and hard work can shine through in the end. A huge thankyou to all the organisers, players and sponsors. This Tournament can only move forward from here, as the venue and atmosphere is alive and vibrant.” “The Lamma team thought it was an excellent tour and all thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Thanks to this, I know that as soon as we mention another tour, they will be the first to put their hands up. I thought the organisation was excellent and the apparent smoothness of the tournament (from my point of view!) was down to your work. Of course I know about a lot of the very hard effort that goes into making a tournament like this a success with Brad, Mark, Kim and Kevin in our Club. But especially to you ACST guys, very well done.” “I just want to say a very big thanks for getting me to Phuket and putting me in such a lovely room for the event. Really enjoyed the whole thing, as I know everyone did. Unbelievable organisation, as usual. Absolutely thrilled just to be a small part of it. And Kim, thanks for nursing me through the scoring — you were a kingpin as ever. Just relax, you guys, and chill out for a couple of days — you’ve certainly earned it.” Media contact: |
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