Atlantis Cricket Club - NY 2014 Awards Journal

2014 GWCA WOMEN’S T20 CHAMPIONS

Atlantis Cricket Club NEW YORK

48 th ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER

2014 EACA T20 BLITZ CHAMPIONS

Honoring

Desmond Thompson and William White

Saturday, November 1, 2014 Adria Hotel & Conference Center • Bayside, NY

Annual Awards Presentation & Dinner 2014 Saturday, November 1, 2014 Adria Hotel & Conference Center, Bayside, NY CONTENTS MESSAGE: Steve Welcome, President, Atlantis Cricket Club - NY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2014 Club Honorees: Desmond Alexander Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 William “Bill” White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2014 Outstanding Club Performance Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2014 Atlantis Nation: Women Three-Peat as GWCA Champions! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Men T20 EACA Blitz Champions!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Atlantis Women Making Giant Strides: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 An Itch: My Father, My Mother, Cricket and Me: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Honorary Lifetime Members 1998 - 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Atlantis:

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Atlantis Cricket Club • New York P.O. Box 1576, Valley Stream, NY 11582 Atlantis Cricket Club - NY EXECUTIVE BOARD & ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS President: Steve Welcome Executive Vice President: Herbert Newton Vice President: Courtney LeGall Secretary: John L. Aaron Treasurer: Keith Aaron Asst. Secty. Treas: Samantha Ramataur Manager: Lester Hooper Women’s Cricket Coordinator: Joy Jones Men’s Cricket Captain: Alex Amsterdam Vice Captain: Ryan Sukhdeo Men’s Cricket Coach: Kerk Higgins Women’s Cricket Captain: Samantha Ramataur Vice Captain: Sara Farooq Club Liaison Officer: Leslie “Tulu” Lewis

Honorary Club President: H. Carlyle Miller

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Steve Welcome President, Atlantis Cricket Club - NY

I can finally sing, ”We are the champions! We are the champions!…” The audio version is better. Our men’s and women’s team experienced the sweet taste of success this year. I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the men’s squad for winning the Eastern American Cricket Association (EACA) T20 Blitz championship and making it to the Power 40 final, and to the ladies for winning the 4th Annual GWCA Atlanta Women’s T20 tournament; their third such championship title in as many years.

Atlantis men’s team is one of the youngest and most talented groups of players in the EACA. It was heartening to see the guys finally able to reap the fruits of their hard work. Our captain Alex Amsterdam, deserves special mention for his outstanding and consistent performances as a batsman. More important, his steady and calm leadership was instrumental, I believe, in the team’s success. Alex was well supported by his team with different players stepping up with noteworthy performances. I would like to recognize the contributions of all the players, and I look forward to us building on this year’s success, and winning many more championships.

It should be noted that the players were put in a winning position by the tireless and hard work of our “support team.” To Manager Lester Hooper and Coach Kerk Higgins, thank you for your strong guidance of the team throughout the year. To Courtney “Sarge” Legal, thank you for your unfailing support of the guys. To Keith Aaron, thank you for sharing your experience and imparting your wisdom to the young men of our club. To Leslie “Tulu” Lewis, thank you for the being the heartbeat of our organization.

In this championship year, it gives me great pleasure to recognize two outstanding champions, whose contributions to our organization are part of the foundation upon which our club now celebrate its success. We are honored to recognize the outstanding contributions of William “Bill” White and Desmond Thompson, by bestowing upon them, Honorary Lifetime Membership. William Whyte, the former DCC and Guyana middle-order batsman was one of the best batsmen never to have played for the West Indies. Bill’s many outstanding batting performances for Atlantis and his tidy medium pace bowling, were instrumental in the successes we enjoyed throughout the 1980s and 90s. Desmond was equally outstanding in those years. As a hard-hitting batsmen Desmond was fearless at the crease and possessed a great pair of hands, taking every catch that came his way. I had the pleasure of playing with both men and I can attest to the fact that in addition to being talented cricketers, they are also fine gentlemen. Bill and Desmond, we thank you for your past and continuing service to our club.

Now that the 2014 cricket season has concluded, we will channel our efforts to our off-field activities, as has been our mantra throughput the years. This coming holiday season we will conduct our annual coat and toy drive. I urge you to get involved and enjoy the rewarding experience of helping the less fortunate among us.

There were no financial stipend recipients this year, however, part of every dollar we raise continues to go to our Shevonne Mentis Educational Scholarship Fund. Thank you all members and supporters for keeping this fund going.

As I reflect on the year we have had, I would simply like to say to our male and female players, be proud of representing Atlantis and uphold the spirit in which cricket is played, while respecting the traditions of the game. Enjoy every moment and recognize that the friendships formed now will endure long beyond your playing days.

My gratitude to the members of our Executive Board for their leadership. We are extremely fortunate to have a group of dedicated, hardworking and selfless Board members who are committed and have worked tirelessly to guarantee the smooth operation of our club, while maintaining the strong core “Atlantis” principals and values.

To all of our members, supporters, and sponsors, I warmly thank you for all that you do for Atlantis. Have a safe, happy and prosperous holiday season. I look forward to another tremendous year in 2015 as we build towards a banner year in 2016, when we celebrate our 50th anniversary.

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2014 Club Honoree:

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Desmond Alexander Thompson In the song, ‘Hotel California’ the guests ‘could check out but can never leave’. Atlantis is the ‘Hotel California’ of cricket clubs: You join and never want to leave. Desmond Alexander Thompson is a quintessential member of Atlantis, who joined in 1980, and thirty-four years later is still a stalwart of the club.

Born in Guyana in 1960, Desmond was the first of five children of Arthur and Josefa Thompson. He is tough, hard-working, optimistic, determined, generous and fun-loving. This package of qualities has made him an outstanding citizen and member of Atlantis. He has also demonstrated the ability to face many of life’s challenges and to come out cheerful.

Desmond was playing club cricket at age 13 for the YMCA in local competitions. He represented the Georgetown Under-16 team. At 16, Desmond joined the Guyana Sports Club and within a year, he made the first division team. He was quickly off the mark with scores of 75 and 45 in his first two games, and against oppositions that included several Guyana national players and future West Indies cricketers.

One wonders what his cricketing career might have been had he not migrated with his family to the USA before his nineteenth birthday. However, Guyana’s loss was Atlantis’s gain. When he arrived in the USA, Desmond’s choice of club was simple: He just tagged along with his cousin Alvin Lloyd, an Atlantis honoree and former captain. Desmond was fortunate to join an unbeatable Atlantis team, populated by several ex-National players like Keith Cameron, Winston English, Carlyle Miller and the late Vincent Mayers. Rubbing shoulders with these greats contributed to the rapid improvement in his batting, fielding and knowledge of the game. He scored the first ever century at the new Heckscher State Park cricket field. During the years that followed, Desmond established himself as a fearless, dependable, hard-hitting batsman and brilliant fieldsman. He scored many centuries in 40-over competitions and was a very effective hitter in Six-a-Side competitions.

Desmond was elected captain of Atlantis around the turn of the century and enjoyed significant success in that role; winning two 40-over competitions and three Six-a-Side tournaments in Hartford, Florida and Barbados. Although he has retired from the field, Desmond has continued to support the team with transportation, advice and anything he is called on to do.

Away from the club, Desmond spends time with his wife Donna and their teenage daughter Tiffany.

Atlantis proudly acknowledges the outstanding contributions of Desmond Alexander Thompson and bestow upon him Honorary Lifetime Membership.

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William “Bill” White

William “Bill” White is another Atlantis standout who has been a member for almost 30 years. He is a rare talent who excels in any capacity as a cricketer – batting, bowling and fielding. Bill is honest and generous and has a wicked sense of humor. His presence, therefore, has always enhanced our activities on and off the field, especially on tours.

Bill was born in Guyana in 1953 and began playing club cricket in the late 1960s at YMCA. The legendary Fred Wills, who was President of Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) at the time, recognized Bill’s potential and invited him to join DCC. So, in 1970 Bill took his first major step in a long and successful cricketing career, representing DCC until he emigrated in 1985. During that period, his accomplishments were numerous; representing Guyana’s Under-19 squad in 1971 and 1972; captaining DCC for several years and leading the team to three One-Day championships in four years and at least two league championships, while being one of the top performers with both bat and ball; playing professional cricket for Sheldon Cricket Club in England and Pembroke Cricket Club in Ireland, in 1983 and 1984, respectively.

The highlight of Bill’s career, however, was playing for the Guyana national team; first in a final of the Regional one-day competition, followed in 1982 with his debut for Guyana in the first class format. Knowledgeable people said his selection was long overdue. Highlights of his stint with the Guyana team include: a century against Jamaica at Sabina Park; and in his final game in 1985, five wickets for 30 runs for the victorious Guyana team in the final of the Regional limited overs competition, earning him the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ award.

In 1985 Bill relocated to the USA, joined Atlantis Cricket Club - NY and played for close to 25 years.

He brought his brand of flair and dependability to the team, with outstanding contributions as a batsman and bowler. He scored many centuries and had numerous match-winning performances with the ball; gaining respect from his team-mates and opposition players alike. Bill captained Atlantis for a few years and again displayed his leadership skills and knowledge of cricket by winning championships. He continues to contribute to cricket as a qualified umpire.

Bill’s wife, Jean is the sister of the great West Indies captain, Clive Lloyd, a past honoree of Atlantis Cricket Club- NY. It is with great pleasure, that Atlantis Cricket Club - NY bestows Honorary Lifetime Membership on William “Bill” White.

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2014 Season: Outstanding Performance Awards Most Valuable Player - 2014 Season Alex Amsterdam

Most Promising Player - 2014 Season Jamiel Jackman

Best Cricket Player Spirit - 2014 Season Nazim Uddin

Highest Batting Aggregate - 40-overs Alex Amsterdam - 567 Runs Best Batting Average - 40-overs Dominique Rikhi - 65.8 Runs per inning Highest Score in a Single Match - 40-overs Alex Amsterdam - 155 n.o.

Most Wickets - 40-overs Michael Noble - 20 Wickets Best Bowling Average - 40-overs Nazim Uddin - 13.14 Runs per wicket Best Bowling Performance in a Single Match - 40-overs Michael Noble 8-4-11-6 Five or more Wickets in a Single Match - 40-overs Michael Noble 6/11, Keon Lake 6/19, Nazim Uddin 6/33 Most Economical Bowling Performance 40-overs Michael Noble 6-2-8-2 Most Catches for the Season - 40-overs Prashanth Nair - 15 2014 Centurion’s Club - 40-overs Alex Amsterdam - 155 n.o. and 113 n.o. | Dominique Rikhi - 116 n.o.

Highest Batting Aggregate - T20 Blitz Alex Amsterdam - 139 Runs Best Batting Average - T20 Blitz Alex Amsterdam - 46.33 Runs per inning Most Wickets - T20 Blitz Greg Robinson - 7 Wickets Best Bowling Performance in a Single Match - T20 Blitz Greg Robinson 4-0-7-6 Five or more Wickets in a Single Match - T20 Blitz Greg Robinson 6/7 9

2014 ATLANT ONE CLUB...TWO TEAMS..

WOMEN: For the third successive year, the Atlantis Women’s XI captured the Georgia Women Cricket Association Women’s T20 Championship title.

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The accomplished three-peat feat is a testimony to the hard work put in by the ladies, despite the paucity of women’s tournaments in the USA. Atlantis Women have been undefeated over the past three years.

TIS NATION! ..TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS! MEN: After failing to get beyond the semi-final rounds of the Eastern American Cricket Association’s 40-overs and T20 tournaments in the past five years; this year the Atlantis men roared into the finals of both tournaments.

Atlantis lost to Big Apple in the Power 40 final, but emerged champions in the T20 Blitz tournament.

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Congratulations TO THE

Atlantis Nation ON REACHING THE PRIME SCORE OF

48 NOT OUT

IT’S AN IMPRESSIVE

ACCOMPLISHMENT THUS FAR, AND ALL OF ITS MEMBERS SHOULD BE VERY PROUD. HAVE A GREAT TIME AND A GREAT RUN TO

50 NOT OUT.

Oscar Wailoo Friend, Fan and Ardent Supporter!

Congratulates ATLANTIS CRICKET CLUB – NY

on its 48th Anniversary

THE EASTERN AMERICAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION

Coming in 2015!

Extends sincere congratulations to

Atlanta Women’s 5th Annual T20 Cricket Tournament

Desmond Thompson & Bill White

Creel Park • 2775 College Park, GA 30349

on being recognized as stalwarts who have contributed to Atlantis and cricket in the New York area.

Matches start at 10:00am and 2:00pm each day.

Happy 48th Anniversary Atlantis

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Rudy Persaud, President

May 23 & 24, 2015

Atlantis Cricket Club

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Atlantis Women Making Giant Strides This year marks the third year since Atlantis Cricket Club-NY (ACC) ventured into the world of women's cricket. Fresh out of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in Bangladesh in 2011, former USA and West Indies player, Joan Alexander-Serrano recognized the need to start a women’s team in an environment conducive to the growth of her younger team-mates. After consultation with a couple of senior players, she proposed the start of a women's team to ACC. Atlantis accepted the proposal with open arms in 2012, with Joan serving as the club’s first Women’s Cricket Coordinator. The team participated in its first tournament — the 2nd Annual Georgia Women Cricket Association (GWCA) Atlanta Women’s T20 tournament, and convincingly won the championship.

In its first tournament, the ACC women's (ACCW) team fielded only ten players of which there were four guest players and six core ACC players - Joan Alexander-Serrano, Joy Jones, Nadia Gruny, Sara Farooq, Neha Sukhija, and Sihle Wilson. ACCW won the tournament, and has won every tournament the team has participated in since then, with an unbeaten string of victories. Most recently in May this year, the ACCW won the 4th Annual GWCA Atlanta Women’s T20 Championship for the third consecutive time.

Today ACCW has a roster of 18 playing members, six of whom have represented the USA internationally.

With representation from more than six States in the USA and a three-year history span; ACCW has been providing a platform for young and emerging women players from around the country to announce themselves on the USA cricket scene. Most women teams in the USA consist of working professionals, but ACCW holds a secret weapon which attracts young players, particularly students attending universities.

2014 Nadia T. Gruny

The uptick in the number of women cricketers in the USA is slow around the country, but what is certain is that Atlantis is contributing to that growth with fresh, new and young faces. With minimal cricket opportunities for women in the USA, Atlantis encourages participation with all cricket initiatives by providing financial resources, and where possible, engages the expertise of professionals such as former West Indies assistant coach Stephanie Power, and current West Indies vice-captain Stafanie Taylor.

ACCW has also partnered with the Worldwide Cricket Academy Elite Women's Program — a program launched in 2014 to help the top players around the country prepare for international competition in the next three years — to host training sessions in New York. More than 10 ACCW players benefited from this program, with eight players recently participating in a development tour to Trinidad and Tobago, October 23-27, 2014.

The strides ACCW has been able to make and the level of engagement it has been able to achieve with women cricketers nationwide is due largely to the solid home provided by the 48-year old New York cricket club. If ACC's track record of success is any indication of the possibilities for women's cricket in the USA, then Joan Alexander-Serrano's vision for her younger teammates may very well yield exponential returns.

Nadia Gruny has captained Atlantis to two Women’s T20 championships and has represented the USA at international women’s cricket.

Three-peat T20 Champions!

Atlantis Women’s Cricket XI

Photos: JLAaron

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THE GOLDEN GROVE•NABACLIS•HASLINGTON ASSOCIATION Congratulates the 2014 Honorees Desmond Alexander Thompson and William “Bill” White and extend warm wishes to Atlantis Cricket Club - NY on its 48th Anniversary I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

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An Itch: My Father, My Mother, Cricket and Me!

2014

By Kwesi Aaron

One bright summer Sunday at Heckscher State Park long ago, marked the beginning of a persistent itch. This itch, compliments of a deer tick, was acquired while standing among the thickness of the shrubbery and handling a private matter. That is one of my most vivid memories of cricket, at Heckscher State Park.

I managed to bring that inattentiveness along throughout Atlantis’ historic British Tour of 2004. There, I remember exploring the facilities where we stayed, and being held to mom’s strict, but rewarding itinerary that saw me through London and Paris in a couple of days. Over the years, the trip that brought me to the heart of cricket’s origin has helped inform my understanding of the game. It is no wonder that the game played by upstanding gentlemen donning clean white kits is one approved by Her Majesty, The Queen.

Despite cricket’s regal appeal, I see it much like I see American football: Both are highly complicated spectacles with confusing scoring systems, overwhelming terminology and fraternity-like teams. Besides the brutal game play, American football also diverges from cricket with the easiness to perceive their game situation through binary score reportage, and the visible proximity to the end zone (football’s goal). To gauge the situation in cricket, however, one must break down a complicated numerical expression of the score. I settled on observing the expressions of the Atlantis club administrators scoring the game, and made notes of either their gleeful banter or profanity-laced “teeth sucking”.

In what seemed like a joint effort to raise a true red-blooded Yankee, my mother tentatively exposed me to the Guyanese lingo of creolese, while my father remained unusually silent about his favorite game.

In my late teenaged years, none other than the proud man himself regaled me with stories of his illustrious career. But in childhood, he was mum, leaving me to pick up the star-spangled bat-and-ball sport, Baseball. I enjoyed being a part of my local baseball team, which allowed me to relate to the Atlantis players a bit more, as we all loved winning enough to shout for victory and hated losing, enough to sob “is me fault,” into a plate of post-game cook-up rice.

Over the course of my athletic tenure, I learned about sacrifice and glory in ways that contextualized my father’s own seeking, each summer weekend. I’ve grown fond of cricket through aging and reflection. It makes perfect sense that dad, the math lover, could be so engrossed in run-rates and the opportunity/cost dynamic of chipping away with singles verses swinging for sixes out on the pitch. Even clearer, is the generational divide that has made my relationship with cricket so distant.

If I ask dad who were some all-time legends of the game, I’m given historical names like Clive Lloyd or Garfield Sobers - men about as old as Pelé. Is there no changing of the guard, and no successive legends? Or is dad just out-of-date? Is cricket an aging sport or has my father failed to involve me in what could have been a great pastime?

Kwesi Aaron is an Atlantis Shevonne Mentis Educational Scholarship Fund recipient, and is currently a junior at Boston College, majoring in English and political science.

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Congratulations to the President and Members of

Atlantis Cricket Club - NY on your 48th Anniversary

From the President and Members of the

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Honorary Lifetime Members

1998

2003

Lawrence Duncan H. Carlyle Miller Victor Scholar Evelyn Simmons Clyde Taitt Oscar Williams

Roger Andrew Harper Claudette Benn Gerald Arnold Johnson Aubrey Mentis Joan Mentis

2004 1999 Clive Hubert Lloyd Winston A. English Robert Gonzalez Dr. Sonny Joseph Lancelot King Leslie G. Lewis

2000 Anderson Montgomery Roberts Neiberth Hohenkirk Weygand Hohenkirk Thelma Holder-Boza Courtney “Sarge” LeGall Vincent Mayers Keithly Dexter Warner

2001

Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose Roger Evard Boxhill Roma Agusta LeGall

2005 Lawrence George Rowe

2006 Basil Fitzherbert Butcher Joseph Stanislaus Solomon

2007 Joel “Big Bird” Garner

2010 Clayton Benjamin Lambert

2011

Alvin Isaac Kallicharran Bernice Bouyea Lennox Bouyea Alvin Lloyd

Augustine “Gus” Logie Keith Cameron Herbert Newton

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2012

Lancelot Richard Gibbs Ed Ahmad Roland “Royco” Featherstone Pauline Lloyd-Hinds Elroy Moe

Stephanie Power Dr. Glendon Archer

2013 Hewlett Ewart “Letty” Matthias 17

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...more than just cricket!

Shevonne Mentis Educational Scholarship Fund In demonstrating that Atlantis is more than just cricket, the Shevonne Mentis Educational Scholarship Fund was established by Atlantis Cricket Club – NY following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and in memory of the 25-year old daughter of Aubrey “Major” Mentis, a member of The Late Shevonne Mentis Atlantis. Ms. Mentis was an employee of Marsh USA Inc. in the World Trade Center.

At her untimely death, the very ambitious young woman was pursuing a degree in Business Management at the Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York.

members of Atlantis Cricket Club. It is funded by the financial contributions of members, supporters, and part-proceeds from the club’s fundraising events.

The fund provides financial scholarships and/or book stipend awards to approved individuals pursuing educational opportunities, and recommended by

The fund wishes to thank those individuals and businesses that have contributed, for their generosity.

Coat Collection Drive

Annual Toy Collection Drive

Atlantis Cricket Club collects several dozen coats and other articles of clothing each year and present same to homeless persons and outreach agencies that provide clothing for the less fortunate members of our society.

For the past eleven years, the members of Atlantis Cricket Club have collected new unwrapped toys for donation to local hospitals, children of the College Opportunity to Prepare for Employment (COPE) program, and other not-for-profit agencies that distribute toys to children at Christmas.

Habitat for Humanity Program Atlantis Cricket Club participates in Habitat for Humanity’s home building program in the New York metropolitan area. A program aimed at assisting low-income families construct their first homes.

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Since the fund was established, twenty-five recipients have benefited and have or are currently attending such American educational institutions as the University at Buffalo, The University of Maryland, Harvard University, University of New Mexico, New York City College of Technology, Nassau County Community College, Bard College and Boston University.

In addition, the fund has made an award in Ms. Mentis’ name to her alma mater the Borough of Manhattan Community College, for students majoring in Business Management.

The toys are collected at the club’s annual holiday party in December and presented to the agencies in time for distribution to the children during the Christmas holidays.

NOTE: To contribute or participate in any of the above programs, please send us an inbox message at www.facebook.com/Atlantis Cricket ClubNY or write to us at Atlantis Cricket Club - NY P.O. Box 1576, Valley Stream, NY 11582

Congratulations

Atlantis Cricket Club NEW YORK

on your 48th Anniversary We also salute this year’s honorees

Desmond A. Thompson and

William “Bill” White for their outstanding contributions to cricket

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