Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences & Tsukuba International Academy forSport Studies (TIAS), University of Tsukuba

2020

Japan Cricket Association (JCA) × TIAS August 5th - NETWORKING: TIAS 5th Batch
Students at Global Sport Innovation Building (GSI), TAIIKU-UTAugust 5th, 2020 saw the Japan Cricket Association (JCA; Web: www.cricket.or.jp), visit TIAS
(with social distancing and precautions in this Covid-19 era and online streaming) bring the concept
and vision of JCA “Building a Brighter Future’ (JCA) via Alan Curr (Head of Cricket Operations,JCA, 2472 Kanayanaka-cho, Sano-shi, Tochigi 327-0026, Japan) and Dhugal Bedingfield(Community Cricket Manager, JCA) to the 5th batch TIAS-Students : on “who they are and whatdo they do?”. Appreciate the continued support of a colleague and friend (Mr. Kazuma MORITA,DENTSU INC., Director, Global Business Centre, Media Solution Department) who has constantly
been supporting multiple introductions for TIAS students to date. Thanks also to the TIAS Office (Ms.
Hirose) and Researchers (Kazuhiro Kajita, Jowon Jung, Yoshiko Kubo and Barbara Marin) and a
5th batch student (Takafumi Tomura) for supporting the logistics. Thanks for joining too, the TIAS
Faculty Drs. Tian, Devena, and Chungmi. Thank you JCA office, Makoto san for your support too.
The interactive presentation informed about this steadily growing sport of CRICKET in Japan,
its HISTORY, PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGY, PLAYER EDUCATION and HIGHPERFORMANCE and CORE ACTIVITIES (competitions, events, sports governance, athlete
development, local revitalization and Cricket 4 Good program) to the students, and for some of whomcricket was a new sport. The student’s interest was generated by the talk and also a shortdemonstration and outdoor activity lifted the mood. Students were interested in potential
INTENRSHIP opportunities and the educational and community aspect of the JCA; anddiscussed the potential of research especially in the anti-doping area. Another program of interest was
the – the JCA’s - junior program Cricket Blast (https://japancricketblast.com/). One of the aims ofthe meeting was networking and long-term partnership with a sports association in Japan, andwith an international perspective, such as the JCA; a necessity for the TIAS program – an Englishbased Masters’ degree program at University of Tsukuba attracting numerous international students.

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Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences & Tsukuba International Academy forSport Studies (TIAS), University of Tsukuba

2020

This opportunity gave us at TIAS to know that – ‘JCA is not just about cricket, it is importantly
also a COMMUNITY HUB, reaching out and connecting to people, internationalization andsupporting the youth through the JOY of SPORT’.
In all, a wonderful opportunity for the TIAS students to meet-interact and talk with the JCA.
THANK YOU once again, JCA - Alan san and Dhugal san, and all PARTICIPANTS fromTIAS; and we look forward to working with you at diverse levels. Thank you Professor Hisashi
SANADA (Chairman of TIAS) for the support to the visit, and the introduction to KANO JIGORO
sensei and JUDO LEGACY.

2020.08.06
Dr. Randeep RAKWAL, Ph.D.
Professor,
Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences
TIAS - Global Sport Innovation Bldg., Room 403,
UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA,
1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8574, Japan
Email - plantproteomics@gmail.com - rakwal.randeep.fu@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (office)
Mobile – (+81) 090-1853-7875 / Office phone – (+81)029-853-2681
Website: http://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp / http://www.trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/researcher/0000003045

LINKS:
http://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp/
https://cricket.or.jp/en/
https://japancricketblast.com/

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