Bhutan Cricket Team (Under - 19) leaves for Kuwait

Bhutan National team, under-19 ACC Elite Cup to be held in Kuwait from 22nd April 2009 leaves for Kuwait tomorrow the 17th April 2009. The Young and Talented Bhutan squad will be coached by Damber Singh Gurung and Tshering Dorji to be the Manger.

Bhutan is Group B along side with UAE, Qatar, Afghanistan, and Oman. Bhutan has to face the strong opponents with Afghanistan being stronger.

The Bhutanese Under -19 National Team had been well prepared for the tournament and looking forward to win the cup and qualify for the Under-19 World Cup 2010. Not only the players, but the CEO, Coach, Manager and all the BCCB members are confident that they will be qualified for the Under-19 World Cup.

Players have been preparing hard and good to see a strong side with everyone putting extra effort, and as most of the boys played together for the last three years in various ACC Tournamnet and having seen them improved considerable is an big bonus for the National side.

Wish you ALL THE VERY BEST AND GOOD LUCK to all the players, and the squard leaving for the Kuwait and also for the BCCB.

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BCCB: School Cricket Match in celebration of 100 Years of Cricket

Damber Singh Gurung (National Coach) With Umpires, Coaches and Captain

Bhutan Cricket Council Board organized the Thimphu schools cricket tournaments in celebration of 100 years of Cricket with ICC, in "CATCH THE SPIRIT" event with it. It's also the first and the important cricket tournaments for the Schools in Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan and also the Cricket Board of Bhutan. As from this tournament they Board is selecting the National Team for the category of Under 19 and Under 15. so it's very important for the student and a very good change for them to get into the squad and represent Bhutan in their future.

There are 15 teams participating from the school's of Thimphu in the Tournaments of Under 15 boys team. The upcoming tournament will be for Under 19 Girls.

BCCB: Bhutan Celebrate 100 years of Cricket

Thimphu School Joins Catch The Spirit Celebration
(Photograph: BCCB)

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Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan, celebrating the 100 Years of Cricket with the School Tournament for class 5 & 6 boys started on the 11th of April 2009 with Bhutan Cricket Council Board joining the ICC in celebrating and hosting the *Catch the Spirit* event with it.

Student of Bhutan participating in 100 years of cricket with "Catch The Spirit"

The Celebration took place in Changlimithang Ground, the National stadium of Bhutan, where Both Team Captains and Umpires Joins with the *Catch The Spirit* Banner. This year was an important year for all the Cricketing World as ICC Celebrates it’s Centenary of Cricket (100 Years). Also this is the first tournament of the year 2009.

News: Bhutan Today - Responsibilities and functions of the Geog Administrative Officer

The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley said there is some confusion regarding the responsibilities and functions of the Geog Administrative Officer (GAO). He was talking to the Bhutanese media at a news conference which was also attended by the cabinet ministers yesterday.

The meeting was organized to mark the completion of one year in office by the first democratically elected government.

More than 100 journalists attended the conference at the royal banquet hall in the capital. They questioned the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers on various issues from local governance and the role of the GAO, Christians in Bhutan, democracy, the role of DHI, RCSC, and the GNH Commission to tax on import of cars, allowance for private medical students, the morale of teachers and whether the government will allow people to purchase the TATA Nano car.

On local governance, the Prime Minister said the responsibilities, functions, and accountability of the GAO has not been clearly defined.

He said the GAO is an administrative officer and he is the person who provides administrative support to the Gup.

He said the issue concerning local governance, its function as well as the position of the geog administrative officers will be discussed during the meeting of the chairpersons of local government.

Source: BBS

News: Bhutan Today - Bamboos dying in large numbers

Bamboos dying in large numbers on the hills of Jarey gewog in Lhuentse worry villagers, who depend on the plant for roofing and other domestic purposes. About 150 houses in the gewog with 221 households have bamboo roofing, while others use bamboo to roof animal sheds and make products for domestic use.

“Most houses in the gewog have not changed their roofs over three years,” said a villager, Ugyenmo, 66. Normally, villagers redo their roofing once every two years. “The roof is leaking and my house is rotting but we can’t do anything. There’s no bamboo in the forest and we don’t have money to buy other types of roofing,” said Ugyenmo, who lives with her daughter and three grandchildren. She owns a big two-storied traditional house, but the roof has been he same for the last six years.

Villagers have started penetrating into deeper forests, but say there are not many bamboos around. “Whatever’s available is very far and difficult to transport,” said another villager. “We’ve started scaling the other side of Jarey hill in the hope of finding bamboos to re-roof our houses before monsoon sets in.”

Their condition was exacerbated by the recent windstorm in the east that affected Jarey gewog too. About 18 households lost their roofs when the storm hit the gewog on March 18. Villagers said that most of the bamboo used for roofing was damaged and would leak if used again. “We’re really desperate now. The insurance benefits won’t be enough to help us buy CGI sheets or plastic and there’s no bamboo around here,” said a villager, Tenzinla.

Elders in the village said that they have never faced such problems in the past. However, some said they heard that bamboo died after over a hundred years. “This could be what’s happening to our bamboo. It’s a natural thing that we can’t help,” said the gup, Tshering Minjur.

The only hope of the poor villagers is the Thrumshingla park. The gewog is part of the park and two villages of the gewog have been already been issued CGI sheets by the park office. Park officials earlier told gewog officials that they were seeking funds from donors to provide the villagers with CGI sheets.

Until then they will have to bear the rain and the wind.

Source: Kuenselonline