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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 19 Aug 2009, p. 10

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Dfowes 1219“? park features the animated hit Mon. the region's South Asian community. fie} - 5 9'5 V5- ‘9‘}5‘ _ . “tcert ysows atwe.asapoce epartment.are .. ‘ ‘ , - .. .- m‘mytmwmmi-mme'ama“it.” ”‘ 2' *~= “amazes:ifi'::;::.§°:.:i:‘::;a:m: *' opentoan gan eve ng."sai gt. e oyo e ‘ " v. . . community services division."lt's unique way for us to inter- [the li’llcmc shelter. further down will?“ In it"? act with the diverse community that we police in.” wet of or in the Bauer 0t opposne e Water 00 Roy. a native of India and 19-year veteran of the service. ' :4 Memorial 59093110“ Complex. . _ started working on the idea of bringing a police team togeth- ' ”Signs W1“ mark the entrance. ”19 mUSIC 513115 er more than a year ago. ' a P-m- . _ _ _ _ He approached one of the local clubs, Waterloo Sunrise For more information V15" www.parkmov1es.ca, Cricket. and asked them if they’d like to be involved. ‘ “We were all for it. " said club member. Saqib Sheikh. “We o | are trying to soften our relations with police and raise aware- ' Are you MISS ’ ness about cricket in Canada. in our community, police is ' . 0 big thing. Everybody is scared of them. We want to show OktOberfeSt material? everyone there is nothing to be scared of.” Th . - . . e search is on for a new ambassador for newlgryningi gesnanbeodigihcglxt] Emigztre gapebetyvcien Canada's greatest Bavarian festival! Kitchener- i I. Sm" ' Y . . . Cg“ P9 P . .- M, - .. _ Waterloo Oktoberfest has launched the campaign i ion of police from experiences in their homeland. ;_,_, f _ k y 35;; “a. . . .. .. ’ t fin d th ext Mi Okt be rf t ‘ . Having members of both communities bring the two high: . ’3 3' Wa‘ o The cirrhpetitiZn hgpeseio. find this year's i Sideshtogether goes along way, he said . . I ~ “ ' - i 7 i“ - I i - “it ambassador for the country’s biggest Bavarian fes- ats why. in addition to the cricket game. the police Will Waterloo Regional Police lnsp. Robert Gould practises his , val d . . wh t h . . t have human resources staff on site to explain the positives of swing in preparation for Saturday's game against the Sunrise u b ' an th “Mtg Eugen f mmeeofit 122m? 0 a career in policing There will also be displays by the canine Cricket Flub. . room an». omen 5“ “ll/blineifilbggnee: 132811327 liars :Id “:50- live and tactical teams , events like badging ceremonies for new recruits. wi thin an 80 km radius of Kitcli’ener-Wa'terloo are The police face off against Sunrise Cricket at 2 pm. at One of those badging ceremomes was held this spring at li ‘bl f th ti ti Cand‘d t t at Waterloo Park and will be the second of the afternoon. The the Islamic school in Cambridge with the aim of building if ? 0'. 9 ml?" mm ' i’ as {:33 ‘33 Women's 11 team will face ofi against Sunrise's junior team bridges between the service and the region's ethnic and reli- a3??? In“) It? dc commumtlygc “it“ t between 11 a.m. and 1 pm. gious communities Torigian said this cricket game is a cone can bkiobirfgsatnca 43;“? a anlicgtIign dZaIdlilne is . The officers and support staff playing in the match were unuauon of those efl'orts Se” "(”1 4 ' ' pp brought up to speed on the game by members of the Sunrise “We haven't (reached out) in the past to the South Asian p ‘ ‘ club. They had a few hours practise at the Waterloo Park community perhaps as much as we would have liked to,” he cricket field to learn the ropes. said. ‘11'iis is just an excellent opportunity to do it and do it . “it's not a violent sport. but it's physically challenging,” in a way that lets us get to know each other better. What bet- Get ready for the said Staff Sgt. Raj Shanna. a officer with the Waterloo divi- ter way to do that than cricket?” Te FOX Run ‘ sion who has been playing cricket since his childhood in Roy said there was surprisingly a lot of interest from the l'l'y India. "A. game can last six or seven hours. There's a lot of service. given that the game has a relatively low profile in On Sept. 13. families. friends and colleagues will ”away Involved _ . _ , , , Canada . m m , walk. run. rollerblade and bike in Bechtel Park to While many of the police serVices team, including Chief He had to turn interested o cers away once eir roster raise funds for cancer research and the search for a Matt Torigian, were new to the cricket. the Sunrise club was full. cure. The run is a non-competitive family event members said they picked up the basics quickly. That interest has regional police thinking to the future - ~ ' . . . . . . . , . and partiCIpants can complete a 1 km. 5 km or 10 “I love sport so if I had more time. ld want to do it all the and the possibility of forming a their own permanent team. km route. time.” Torigian said. “I have a renewed appreciation for the They‘d already have competition from the Toronto and Peel Th' ‘st t‘ t rt ‘ 9 ‘ h cricket athletes because that ball is hard. it comes fast and it services. which have their own established cricket clubs. run 5:33:28; 1:31;: 1821:": Segstrgtgnairsdnbv: hurts when you don't catch it properly.” “If we are able to generate enough interest organization- avaliable and pledges can be collected through the Since Torigian took the helm in 2007. the service has ally. we'd very much like to do that." Torigian said. 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