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Dr Geoff Edwards20-Jul-2001The Executive and Board of the Canadian Cricket Association thank the fans,players, officials, umpires, referees, management subcommittee, volunteers,organizing committee and the ICC and IDI staff for their outstanding support,commitment and contributions.ICC Trophy 2001 is the largest cricket tournament in the world. ICC Trophy2001 was on preliminary reports one of if not the best of all the ICC TrophyEvents to date. Congratulations to all who contributed to make the Eventsuch a resounding success.The Regal Constellation Hotel did a fantastic job in meeting the needs of ourguests. Congratulations to them and we wish the management and staffcontinued successes in the future.We were saddened by the absences of our friends from Italy and from WestAfrica. We hope that no such problems will be repeated in the future.Canada and the Canadian cricket community must now carry the torch into theworld Cup in 2003 in south Africa. This requires even more herculean effortsin preparing our players for battle. Support is needed to ensure that ourbest team can be allowed to take the field. Contributions to the CanadianCricket Association World Cup fund are welcome and Federal tax receipts areavailable for any contributors who so wish.How can you help? Sponsor a player, coach a junior team or help to provide acoach, be a manager of a junior team? The avenues are endless.Call your M. P., M. P. P., City Councillor for their support for betterrecognition for cricket. All such lobbying is needed to allow us to becompetitive in 2003 at the World Cup.We have turf wickets in Toronto, Ajax, King City and Mississauga. They mustbe maintained to allow our junior and senior players to become familiar withturf games of 1 to 4 day duration. We thank all municipalities and hostingclubs for their stellar performances and also to Mike Corley, his associatesand his professionals for their contributions.Finally, to the International Cricket Council members and staff, thanks forthe opportunity to allow Canada to host ICC Trophy 2001, especially in thetrying financial circumstances of the devastating loss of vitally neededfunding from the Pakistan India Sahara Cup series. Such funding is ofcourse, even more critical now.We trust that Canada will get another opportunity to see and play againstsuch great players from any of the Full Members and top notch Associates,where funds permit. All FM’s have assisted in the past and we need that helpin the future. To the WICB and to the BCCSL, we especially thank you foryour assistance especially in the last year. Those tours and competitionmaterially enhanced our chances of qualifying. We greatly appreciate yourfriendship and your selfless contributions.Take time out to visit other parts of this magnificent country, the best inthe world next time out.’Dr. Geoff EdwardsPresidentCanadian Cricket Association