India Post News Service
CHICAGO: What could have been a better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than the establishment of a Cricket council dedicated to women athletes?
American premier cricket league and APCL cricket Academy along with IUSA Media and Rajshi Events celebrated Mother’s Day by establishing a Women Cricket council of America (WCCA) fully dedicated to coaching and mentoring women cricket players.
WCCA organized its very first league coinciding with the Mother’s Day celebrations, and the inaugural league was attended by state representative Michelle Mussman, along with other distinguished, community members of Chicago. APCL founder Subbu Iyer briefed the guests about future plans and activities of WCCA and the APCL Cricket Academy.
The executive board members of WCCA Vibha, Gupta Iyer, Ajanta Talukdar and Prachi Jaitly thanked everyone for supporting the efforts of WCCA on the very first league. WCCA also thanked all its sponsors and supporters for the generous support to their first event.
Four teams named Naperville riders, Hoffman Hawks, Schaumburg boomers, north stars from different cities participated in the league matches. Hoffman Hawks won the series and claimed the championship trophy.
WCCA aims to promote cricket in the US mentoring female athletes and organizing county level, state level and national bel league in future.