Ladies and Gentlemen

The following is the confirmation from the USACUA about the exam centers...the exam date will continue to be  Sunday, 29 April, 2012 and the exam is set to start at 10.0 AM Sharp with the duration to be approximately 2 hours, all of which was previously announced.

NJ and DC area will be 2 centers administering the exams for all of those who had enrolled with ONLINE TRAINING with NJSCUA... depending on where each of the candidate is from, they will either undertake the exam in NJ or DC Area.

Someone in Atlanta, GA will administer the exam for Ms. Petal.

To this effect the following candidates will appear for the USACUA Preliminary Written exam @ the NJ Center, where Mr. Deepak Katte will administer the test @ 10 AM on Sunday, 04/29/2012

- Ivy Mahabir
- Wilford Wilson
- John Sincak
- Mandar Pimpalkhare
- Talal Hussain
- Rajesh Jalli
- Vinay Devanathan
- Kushal Shah
 

The following candidate will appear for the USACUA FINAL Written exam @ the NJ Center where Mr. Deepak Katte will administer the test @ 10 AM on Sunday, 04/29/2012

On behalf of NJSCUA Executive Committee, Founders, Members & our supporters, it is our honor & privilege to extend our invitation to all Cricket enthusiasts and to request the pleasure of all of your company at NJSCUA's T-20 2011 FINALS game, between Berbice Royals Cricket Club and Royal Albert CC on Nov 13, 2011 at 11.30 AM, at Naaman William Park, Somerset, NJ.

Should weather & ground become an issue on 11/13/11, then the Finals will be re-scheduled to a later date/time & venue as decided by NJSCUA Fixtures.

Berbice Cricket Club, the Regular Season CHAMPIONS and the number 1 team in Group A, is led from the front by their Captain Qayaam Farrouq, will play against the other finalist, the number 2 team in Group B, Royal Albert CC, ably led by their Captain Shams ul-Haq.

Both the teams have done exceedingly well in their play-off stages and have deservingly reached the Finals, thereby making it an even match in the Finals.

The Final’s will be Umpired by our ELITE panel of experienced Umpire’s starting with Mr. Bruce Gottschalk, an Qualified Umpire & a former First Class player from South Africa and Mr. Saikumar Agaram a qualified umpire and Captain of Edison CC Team for MCL.

The two on-field umpire's would be assisted by Mr. Deepak Katte, who is a qualified umpire and also the NJSCUA Founder and President.

We hope it would be an exciting & fun-filled game, with CRICKET being the eventual winner on the day.

The finals will be immediately followed by the Presentation and League's Annual Awards Ceremony to be held at the same venue.

This being the third year for NJSCUA, a lot of individuals have put in a lot of hard work for several months & to get the League up & running and have brought this League to this stage where we are now. It is only appropriate that the all Cricket enthusiasts in the area, should join us in our celebration, to help us make this a much bigger & a memorable event for us.

We at NJSCUA believe, we may all come from different backgrounds and share different experiences, etc. but we all share one common agenda and bond, which is to see the betterment of our beloved game, cricket, prosper in the area. In a way, this is also our endeavor to bring everyone in the cricketing fraternity in the area, at one platform and bridge any likely gap between the different Cricket Leagues/cricket enthusiasts in the area.

All in all, we are proud of how things have gone for us so far, considering the fact that we are just a "Third Year League" and we further hope with all of your cooperation, we can prosper in the future as a Cricket League in the area.

On the day of Finals, food and refreshments are planned to be served after the game to our Invitees, Game Officials, Sponsors & Players. The ending of the game will immediately be followed by the prize distribution ceremony. Our request to you would be to stay with us the whole day and enjoy the game proceedings & Award’s ceremony.

The following is the tentative schedule (weather & ground permitting);
o  The Occasion: NJSCUA T-20 2011 - FINALS, game between Berbice Royals CC and Royal Albert CC
o  The Date: Sunday, 11/13/2011
o  The Time: Toss at 11.15 AM, Game starts at 11.30 AM
o  The Place: Naaman William Park, Pine Street/Route 27, Franklin Park/Somerset, NJ, 08873.
o  The Directions: Click here for the Link to Map of the Ground or navigate to the GROUNDS

The following Awards for the finals are being planned, along with the League's Annual Award's Ceremony.
o  Memento’s for our Final's Umpires’ & Scorers
o  Memento’s for our Special Guests
o  Trophy for MVP of the Finals
o  Trophy for Best Batsman of the Finals
o  Trophy for Best Bowler of the Finals
o  Trophy for Best Fielder of the Finals

o Runner’s Up Cup and a medal for each member of Runner’s Up Team. Cup.

o Winner’s Cup and a medal for each member of Winning Team

Please treat this as our personal invitation and please make it convenient to come and joining us at the Cricket party. Please pass this on to any of your friends or family who may be interested and please invite them on our behalf. Any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me at 732-762-9043 or call our Secretary, Mr. Syed Ahmed at 201-281-8564 or any member of our Fixture's Committee. 

Thanking you and looking forward to your presence on the day of the Finals.

- Deepak Katte 

(on behalf of) NJSCUA Fixture's Committee

USACUA member and NJSCUA Founder and President Mr. Deepak Katte has led a successful initiative for an ONLINE version of USACUA/WICUA Umpiring Training & Certification Program for the 2012 season. 

NJSCUA has been organizing and coordinating the Umpire's Certification program as per the requirements of The West Indies Cricket Umpires Association (WICUA - http://wicua.com) & The United States Cricket Umpire's Association (USACUA - http://USACUA.com), every year since 2010.

NJSCUA have trained/certified over 12 umpires so far and more listed for the future…This year has been special since, we are providing the ability for the trainee's to attend the training program from the comforts of their homes, rather than spending time/money driving up to a training center.  Making this the first of its kind Umpire's ONLINE Training and Certification program offered in this part of the world.

All that is needed for trainees to attend to the program is computer with internet connection and a sound card (of course the desire to learn). No more driving in the snow/winter to attend the course, yet providing the same facility/feeling via ONLINE Training, as if meeting in person.

Mr. Deepak Katte, Mr. Ram Ragoo and Mr. Fitzroy Hayles planned the event to ensure that the USACUA membership can have access to the online material to prepare them for the USACUA and WICUA exams.

The first day's on Feb 05, 2012, went on very smoothly for over six hours (apart from minor glitches) and was well attended by all the enrolled participants, that included USACUA President and WICUA Area 1 VP Mr. Fitzroy Hayles himself and (for a brief while) Atlantic Region Representative on the USACA Board, Mr. Shelton Glasgow & Mr. Ram Ragoo (USACUA Trustee) amongst others who saw for themselves how technology has been used to conduct ONLINE Training wherein participants can log in from the comfort of their homes, their mobile devices, etc.

Mr. Katte says "I'm proud to say that all of our hard work and efforts in putting the ONLINE program together culminated on Sunday Feb 05, 2012, when we successfully launched the "iclass", which went on over six hours without any major glitch. All the participants were extremely happy with the participation and the way it was presented and are looking forward to the rest of the sessions (every Sunday starting at 8.00 AM)"

Mr. Katte further adds..."this ONLINE training program, which has been my brain child for a while now, could not have been accomplished without active support and encouragement from USACUA President Mr. Fitzroy Hayles & Mr. Ram Ragoo (USACUA Trustee) and Team. My research indicates that across the world, such a training program is offered ONLY at handful of places (e.g. IICUS, England and New South Wales Cricket Umpire's Association in Australia to name a couple) and I'm happy we are one amongst the handful. I believe all of these efforts would ultimately go a long way towards betterment of Cricket in USA in some form, whatever the level be. This is just the beginning and more on the way to come."

Enrollment is still open for interested umpires.  Interested members should contact Mr. Deepak Katte (e-mail - president@njscua.com) for more details.

Dear Cricket enthusiasts...

I just wanted to share a happy news on behalf of NJSCUA.

For those of you who may not be familiar with me, by the way of introduction, my name is Deepak Katte and I'm the Founder and President of The New Jersey State Cricket & Umpires' Association (NJSCUA - http://njscua.com/). I'm also the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of United States Cricket Umpires' Association (USACUA - http://usacua.com/) and a member of its Training & Selection Committee.

The un-tiring efforts of NJSCUA & USACUA over the last three years, led by myself, is finally bearing the much needed results/fruits and all of these for the benefit of the region...

NJSCUA with USACUA's help, thanks to President Fitzroy Hayles, have been successfully able to churn out individuals, who barely had any prior on-field experience as umpires, into WICUA FULLY Certified Umpires', all in less than 2 to 3 years of Training on Cricket Laws.

YES THIS IS TRUE AND THIS IS REAL and the 4 gentlemen mentioned below is proof enough.

On Dec 11, 2011, 4 of the below mentioned NJSCUA Umpires were eligible to participate in the LAST & FINAL hurdle in the process of FULL WICUA Certification, viz. the ORAL Exam.  I'm very happy to inform you all that all the four individuals APPEARED TO HAVE passed in flying colors.

1) Chandrasekaran Raman
2) Deepak Katte
3) Mihir Patel
4) Srinivas Chirra

The journey of three of these individuals started in 2010 when they took their first of the 3 written exams (as a part of fast track program), while my own certification journey started in 2009 (no fast track then) and culminated this year with 6 practical assessments, assessed by USACUA Assessors and culminated with the ORAL Exams being the final hurdle to clear.

The hard work and the dedication of these individuals, as well as that of NJSCUA & USACUA, have finally paid off and all these are ultimately for the benefit of the region.

The best part about this certification is that this qualification gives them a right to officiate in ANY levels of Cricket, including International Cricket, anywhere in the world, since this certification is coming in conjunction with West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) (an ICC FULL Member) & West Indies cricket Umpire's Association (WICUA).

There are 2 more NJSCUA umpires waiting in the wings, eligible to be fully certified by next year (2012) and two more in 2013.  I would like this list to keep growing...

NJSCUA in conjunction with USACUA, wishes to continue the Training and Certification Program for those interested umpires in the region, intending to undergo the rigors of this certification.  I will provide more details on this in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, if you happen to know interested umpires, they can contact me for further details.

Finally, I urge the Leagues in the region to acknowledge/recognize these individuals in some way, for being one of the firsts in the region to climb up this ladder, and make good use of their knowledge and experience.

Special thanks to Mr. Fitzroy Hayles and his team along with Mr. Gokul Chakravarthy (Umpires' Trainer in 2010) and everyone else who have contributed in any way for the course to be a super success.

Again, this is one happy news for the cricketing fraternity that I can proudly share.

Best Regards
-Deepak Katte

NJSCUA proudly invites applications from existing member clubs and also welcomes any new applicants for 2012 season.

New applicants WITHOUT HOME GROUND are most welcome to join us. Clubs are reminded that the completed application form for season 2012 along with the membership application fee & other documents, must be submitted back to the League Secretary, Mr. Syed Ahmed, no later than January 23, 2011 for timely consideration. The outcome of submitting the application form will be indicated to all the applicants by 1st week of March 2011.

Membership application form for season 2012 can be found under 'Rules and Publications' | 'Application Forms' section of this website OR you can email me to get a copy.

Please NOTE the first preference while accepting application forms will be given to those Clubs having their own HOME ground or who can arrange a ground to host their share of HOME Games.

Briefly about NJSCUA, after the spectacular success in past 3 seasons comprising of a Regular Season (40 over's a side) competition (with 8 teams) and a T20 competition (with 20 teams), NJSCUA has moved from strength to strength within this short time and the Cricket enthusiasts in and around NJ area have taken note of it. This was every evident when a total of 12 new teams enrolled for participation in our second year T20 competition which is indicative of the hard work that went behind making this happen. It was also truly amazing & encouraging for NJSCUA to note that several sponsors also shared our vision & objectives and generously came forward to contribute towards our progress.

Here are TOP reasons why Teams should join NJSCUA for Season 2012;

1. Cheapest Membership Fees: 
FULL Membership fee for the entire season 2012 is ONLY $675.00, the lowest in the area. FULL Membership fees includes membership for Regular Season (40 over's a side) Championship & T-20 Competition, cost for balls, Liability ONLY insurance. Going by last year as a general guide, each FULL team played a minimum of 14 Regular Season games & 9 T-20 Games, making it a total of a minimum of 23 games in the season.

In view of these & for the benefit of its Members, its Umpire's and other interested Cricket enthusiasts from NJ area, NJSCUA associated itself with nation's premier Cricket Umpire's organization, The United States Cricket Umpire's Association (USACUA), in 2010, to organize a comprehensive Official Certification and Training program on Cricket Laws during its off-season. This was the first of its kind program that any Cricket League, any where in USA till date has accomplished. The result of this Umpire's Training Program in 2010 was that the League was proud to contribute 8 qualified & knowledgeable umpires for the betterment of Cricket in the area.

This year, the program is being planned to start in January on Saturdays between 12.30 PM to 4.30 PM. Anyone wishing to participate should reply back to President@NJSCUA.com for further information. 

2. Guaranteed 50 % HOME Games 

3. No compromises on By-Laws whatsoever

4. White Clothing for Regular Season Games

5. Use of PINK or ORANGE BALLS during the entire season for better visibility.

6. Raising sponsorship for various activities (live commentary during finals, etc) without being a burden on member teams

7. Efficient Administration which cares for its members

All of these can be vouched by the existing member teams who have had no second thoughts in renewing their membership fees for season 2012.

NJSCUA strives for and promises to make the new season 2012 contest even more compelling, spectacular and multi-faceted than ever before. We assure our members and prospective members that we will do what we promise we we'll do, which is to make playing in cricket with NJSCUA, cheap & enjoyable.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Deepak Katte, NJSCUA President (e-mail: President@njscua.com) or Syed Ahmed, NJSCUA Secretary (e-mail - Secretary@njscua.com)

-- 
Syed.T.Ahmed
Secretary NJSCUA
201-281-8564  — with Deepak Katte
 

Date/Time	Host	Visitor	Venue	Umpire(s)	Results
5/20/2012 12:30:00 PM	Desi Warriors	Bergen	Saddle River County Park	Nizam Baksh
5/20/2012 12:00:00 PM	Punjab Green	Royals	Naaman Williams Park	Saikumar Agaram
5/20/2012 11:00:00 AM	PAK-AM CC	Prior CC	John Connolly Park	Rajnath
5/20/2012 11:00:00 AM	Khyber CC	Echelon	Kresson Softball Field	Wilford Wilson
5/20/2012 10:30:00 AM	PlanetCC	JPC Hamilton CC	Washington T/S Grounds	Ashok Sonalkar
5/20/2012 9:00:00 AM	Bensalem Gladiators	Fighters	Mill Crick Park	Deepak Katte

Batsmen	Team	Runs
Dharmesh Patel	PlanetCC	216
Khirbaq Hasan	PAK-AM CC	207
Satyan Kansara	PlanetCC	135
George Mathew	PAK-AM CC	125
Andre Kirton	Royals	117

Bowler	Team	Wickets
Charles Mathew	PAK-AM CC	13
Faisal Mehmood	Punjab Green	12
Vineet Sikka	Bergen	11
Asad Hussain	JPC Hamilton CC	11
AKUL PATEL	PlanetCC	10
Zulkaif Ahmed	JPC Hamilton CC	10
Balaji Karlapudi	Desi Warriors	10
Mohammad Iqbal	Khyber CC	10

Batsmen	Team	Runs
Anveshan Bommareddi	Echelon	47
Khirbaq Hasan	PAK-AM CC	32
Ronak Patel	Fighters	28
Ankit Patel	Fighters	25
Dilan Karunamuni	Echelon	25

Bowler	Team	Wickets
Syed Zubair	PAK-AM CC	6
Vineet Sikka	Bergen	6
Adnan Taj	Echelon	4
Abu Hasnat	PlanetCC	3
Ehtasham Ulhaq	Desi Warriors	3
Vishnu M Cooblall	Prior CC	3
Pribin Kumaran	Prior CC	3
Zaid Anjum	Desi Warriors	3
Parth Radhodia	Fighters	3
VIVEK AMIN	Fighters	3