SCC Notice to All Players

SCC president , Jon Newton has requested this information be passed to all players .

They are looking for players who want to represent the Shanghai Dragons for

The Opium Bowl – Centaurs CC (HK) vs SCC Dragons: April 4^th & 5^th (Shanghai)

Secondly for players interested to tour to Japan to play

1. One Day Internationals x 2 – SCC Dragons vs Japan National XI: April 30^th to May 4^th/5^th (Tokyo to Mt. Fuji, Japan)

All Replies directly to    president@shanghaicricketclub.org

If you are interested please read on .

Dear Club reps

Please forward this onto all your individual club members. Please instruct them to contact me directly on this email address for anyone who may be interested in playing the Centaurs CC here in Shanghai and also participating in the Japan tour to play against their National representative teams.

This year promises to be a cracker for the SCC both in terms of visiting clubs and some high profile tours away. So onto business we go …

1. The Opium Bowl – Centaurs CC (HK) vs SCC Dragons: April 4^th & 5^th (Shanghai)

This is a new fixture and a direct result of our hugely successful tour of Hong Kong last year in December. The Centaurs have booked their flights and are ready to take the Dragons on in a 50-over fixture on Saturday April 4^th. They will also be a T20 clash on the Sunday from around 11am. As this is our first time ever to be hosting the Centaurs CC lets make sure we have a strong squad and also show them great hospitality on the Friday and Saturday nights that they are here. Please guys get back to me asap regarding this fixture so that we can finalise an XI for both Saturday and Sunday. The T20 on the Sunday is going to be a much more social event and the Centaurs have said that they don’t mind playing against a social team that day.

2. One Day Internationals x 2 – SCC Dragons vs Japan National XI: April 30^th to May 4^th/5^th (Tokyo to Mt. Fuji, Japan)

Please see the attachment here for full details. The sport’s governing body in Japan, the JCA, were so impressed at how we hosted the Japanese Women’s team last year at the Shanghai Sixes that they are returning the favour. It is not often that a sorry bunch of lads like us would get the opportunity to play a National XI but JCA has invited us to play 2 ODi’s against their National Mens XI just before they go off to World Cup qualifiers and also 2 ODI’s for the Pirates against the Ladies National Team and the U19 Development squad. Guys, this is truly a phenomenal opportunity and probably a tour that will happen only once in a lifetime. We will be playing at their national academy grounds at the foot of Mt. Fuji and all wives/girlfriends are welcome too. The Pirates already have quite a few confirmed. The more of us from this group that can go, the better we will perform in what is envisioned to be a very high profile tour for the SCC. Its only 6 weeks away so please let me on this one quite urgently too.

Once again, we have an opportunity in 2009 to raise the SCC’s flag even higher than last year’s unprecedented achievements. Please let me know asap about the Centaurs CC weekend here in Shanghai and also the Japan tour after reading the attached document. Please let me know directly who is available for the fixtures and tours.

Here is the text from the document .

Japan Tour – Proposed Itinerary and Fact Sheet

April 30^thFly to Tokyo

April 30^thNight out with JCA and member clubs representatives.

May 1^st Train to Fuji mid afternoon.

May 2^nd SCC Dragons v Japanese National Mens Team – 50 over.

May 3^rd SCC Mixed Team v Japanese U19 Team – 20/20 (longer format optional)

May 4^th SCC Pirates v Japanese National Womens Team – 50 over.

SCC Dragons v Japanese National Mens Team – 50 over.

(Day sponsored by Altech.)

May 5^th Return.

(note: possible to swap games on 3^rd and 4^th so to go back to Tokyo on 4^th for R&R)

Transport:

Recommended to fly from Hongqiao to Haneda airport which is downtown Tokyo and not far from Tokyo Railway station. Bullet train to Fuji is 3000 yen. Bus to ground from hotels in Fuji is 8000 yen for 20 seater. Taxi 2000 yen for 4.

Recommended Accommodation

Tokyo: IBIS Roponggi. (right beside by Roponggi X)

Fuji: Option 1

Furuiya Ryokan, the Japanese style place that we use is 6,300 per

night including dinner and breakfast.

They’ve got a few single rooms but the rest are Tatami Mat rooms where

2-4 people would share a small room and sleep on the floor.

http://www.fuji-furuiya.com/guestroom.html

Fuji: Option 2

Other western style places are available from around 7,000-12,000 yen

without the meals.

I would imagine that this would be your preference.

One example is Fuji Port Hotel. Single or Twin rooms are available

from around 7,000 yen per night. Please see below links.

http://www.suzuwa.co.jp/hotel/guestroom.html

http://jcha-e.roombank.ne.jp/jsp/RS15010P.jsp?RS_Template=Search/Syousai.html&RS_SiteID=be&RB_SiteID=BE&RS_Encoding=EUCJIS&RS_Language=en&OPE_CD=null&OPE_PW=null&AGT_OPE=null&RCV_CD=null&AGT_RCV=null&RS_InnCode=22023

Best regards

Jon Newton

President

president@shanghaicricketclub.org