Background, history and philosophy
Many different, and sometimes quite exotic, games and happenings are organised in Tampere, but until 2000 there was no organised cricket... even though quite a sizeable expatriate community exists - not only from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, etc. but also from England, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, etc.
The young Tampere Cricket Club (currently the most northern-most FCA league club in Finland) was founded in April 2000, and after only 2 years of development and friendly games, made a successful entry into the FCA League in 2002. In all, our members have comprised of more than 13 different nationalities.
The rapidly developing club even had 3 representatives in the Finnish national training squad of 2003 & 2005/6. And E.Kuchey made the Finnish national team that participated in the 2005 Affiliates Championship in Belgium. The Finnish Youth National Team (YNT) that contested the European Indoor Tournament at Lords (London) in February 2006 contained two members from Tampere CC - E.Kuchey & M.Moradi.
Tampere's Finnish National Team squad members in 2006 were E.Kuchey, M.Moradi, O.Sadiqui, and S.Dass. And E.Kuchey was a consistent performer in the European Division 4 Championship winning Finnish National team. E.Kuchey and M.Moradi were also included in the squad for 2007, and even made the final team that participated in the European Division 3 Championship, but Finland finished last.
With a respectable 4th place in its debut year in the FCA League in 2002, the youthful multi-ethnic team was enthusiastic about its prospects in 2003, both in the FCA League, and the various other activities planned for the year, but could only again manage 4th in the league of 11 teams. A tough 2004 season saw the tight-knit team lose a nail-biting Final against SKK1 by a mere 22 runs.
Tampere CC were also runners-up in the annual SKK Six-a-side tournament in 2002, and finally secured their first trophy at the annual Turku Indoor tournament early in 2005. Tampere CC were Bronze medal winners in the 2005 League, after narrowly missing out on making the final of the FCA League, and finally claimed the prized national FCA trophy in 2006. A series of unfortunate events in 2007 ensured that the club finished a disappointing but nevertheless creditable 4th. We are of course once again hoping to make a positive impact in the FCA league in 2008.
Details on previous award winners & our TreCC Boards.
Our main objectives are as follows:
- To promote cricket, and the "spirit of cricket" in and around Tampere.
- Organising and maintaining existing club in order to be competitive in the Finnish national league.
We welcome all new members - from cricket-lovers and part-timers, through to total novices. Please do not hesitate to contact us. We arrange both indoor and outdoor practice, and can even provide coaching and "introduction to cricket" courses (also to Finnish kids! - Lastenkriketti ja Koulukriketti), as well as arranging introductory umpiring and scoring lessons.
If you want to know more about us and our recent and up-coming events about cricket, please join our e-mail discussion forum. You can subscribe (free) by mailing to trecc@yahoogroups.com.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Founding details
The four founding members are:
Ryland Gibbs-Harris, Ramesh Bahukudumbi, Jari Schabel, and Shamim Alam.
Tampere Cricket Club ry
Reg. #179994
- 25/4/2000
Bank account number - Sampo Bank
800014-70743122
Note: please use your personal assigned reference number (Viitenumero), or instead the general reference number... "13" along with a good description of the transaction.
Membership fees 2008
- Full member: 60 EUR (plus 30 EUR for registration to play in FCA league)
- Half-member: 30 EUR (students, unemployed, pensioners, etc.) - i.e. working less than 20 hours a week. (plus 30 EUR for registration to play in FCA league)
- Social member: 20 EUR (ineligible to play in FCA League matches*)
Note: Home match fees of 5 EUR also apply. (not for 12th man, nor players residing outside Pirkanmaa)