Kanoo Shipping Division UAE under VP – Capt. Pramod Arora organized an inter-office six a side Cricket Tournament among the Shipping staff as a team building event and to showcase sportsmanship among the staff members, whilst taking the opportunity to bring all the families together, with an impressive turnover of 120 staff members & families attending.
The event was held at Australian International School Cricket Grounds on the 3rd March 2024, with the tournament starting at 8.00 am and completing at 3.30 pm, with 10 matches in total being played.
The tournament consisted of eight teams comprising of a squad of eight to nine players in each team which were Abu Dhabi team 1 & team 2, Dubai team 1 & team 2, Fujairah 1, Sharjah 1, and Regional 1.
Kanoo Shipping CEO Mr. John Drinkwater graced the occasion being Chief Guest at the awards ceremony. He thanked the event organizers on a what was a successful day, whilst also congratulating the winners along with everyone that took part.
Shipping DXB 1 and AUH 1 were competing for the plate trophy where AUH 1 won and DXB 1 were the runners up. Kasun from AUH 1 was awarded Man of the Match for the plate final.
Shipping Fujairah and Sharjah qualified for the final of the main rolling trophy with Sharjah winning by a single run advantage to pick up the main trophy, with Fujairah as the runner-up.
Best bowler of the tournament and the highest scorer of the tournament was awarded to Prabodha from Sharjah. Best fielder of the tournament was awarded to Iyappan from DXB 2 with Kissanga from Sharjah awarded man of the match in the final.
Kanoo Shipping intends to organize similar tournament as a yearly event to strengthen the fellowship and team sprit among the staff.