All traveling teams expressed satisfaction and great hospitality by SCYCA during just completed cricket tournament. Some of the feedback received as follows;

“It was a wonderful experience for the kids and the parents. Appreciate all the efforts that went in to making this a successful event” - SRCA

“Thank you for your hospitality and well conducted tournament. We applaud your efforts in bringing the players and teams together for a wonderful weekend of cricket, and taking care of even a small details to ensure a pleasant experience for all” - SDCCYA

“It has been a pleasure to be part of this tournament. Congratulations on hosting a very successful tournament. Kids loved it and it goes a long way in promoting cricket. We all understand the challenges one has to go through to host tournaments and I loved the minute details that were looked into. Congratulations!! And thank You!!! For having us.” - WTCC

SCYCA thanks all the teams participated this year and the Academy is planning to organize this event as an annual event.

SCYCA completed another successful tournament in U-13 category at Tustin Columbus Park on September 1^st, 2019. Four teams from San Diego, San Ramon (Northern California), Los Angeles and Orange county participated in 2-day tournament. Four teams played three matches / team in round robin format, before qualifying for the play-offs. San Diego Youth Cricket Association won the championship showcasing a nail-biting encounter. San Ramon Cricket Association took the runners-up trophy home.

Shantha, Chairman SCYCA addressing the presentation ceremony thanked all teams, umpires, and SCYCA board who worked tirelessly to make this event a great success. Shantha highlighted the proposed dedicated cricket filed at OC Great Park and expressed that such facilities can be used for league matches, upcoming USA national tournament and possibility of playing high profile games, if cricket will be part of Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony Irvine City Council member, Farrah Khan revealed that discussions are in progress to provide two cricket fields at OC Great Park and a possibility of a cricket Stadium at the same location in future. She was amazed by the enthusiasm, skill level and the competitiveness that she witnessed at the filed. She recognized girl players and encouraged more girls’ participation.

All matches were scored live and casted live through Facebook for enjoyment of friends and relatives in USA and abroad.  Click on “cricclubs” for scorecards and other information on all games.

Visit SCYCA FB page https://www.facebook.com/SCyouthcricket/  for more pictures and videos.

SCYCL has complete over half of preliminary round matches with 3 games in the last weekend of November 10^th & 11^th.  SCYCA continued dominance overpowering SCCAY, chasing a challenging score of 187 in 40 overs in U-17 game on last Sunday at Woodley park.

U-14-point table

 U-17-point table

 Andrew (SCYCA) and Abhay (SCCAY) are leading in batting department scoring 163 and 64 runs in U-17 and U-14 category respectively. Harika (SCYCA) is the leading wicket taker in U-17 category taking 8 wickets and Danyal (SCYCA) and Harika (SCYCA) are leading in U-14 category with 6 wickets each. Based on the CricClubs ratings system Andrew (SCYCA) and Danyal (SCYCA) are topping the ranking in U-17 and U-14 respectively.

SCYCL has created great opportunity for Southern California youth players to showcase their talents in competitive tournament environment and the skill development and application is noticeable during this tournament. U-17 final match is scheduled at Smith Murphy Park on December 22^nd and final match date for U-14 is TBD.

Visit www.scycricketacademy.com and click on CricClubs for complete match schedule and scorecard.