6 July 2010

LONDON TIGERS BADMINTON TOURNAMENT 2010

On 4th July 2010, London Tigers held a Mens Doubles Badminton Tournament as part of its UK Bangladesh Sports Federation initiative. The tournament was held at Whitechapel Leisure Centre with 27 Teams participating. The tournament got of to a great start with much enthusiasm of all the participating teams as well as the spectators. In the last leg of the tournament the two teams going through to the finals were Babul & Kahar and Bablu and Shiddeque.

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Needless to say the two teams fought very hard against their opponents to get this far. However, in the end Bablu and Shiddeque went on to win the tournament. Special guests at the event who distributed prizes to the winners were Mayor of Tower Hamlets Cllr Motin Uz Zaman along with Cllrs. Rofique Uddin Ahmed, Asad Uddin, Koshru Uddin, Harun Miah, as well as Ex Cllr. Ata Rahman. As well as receiving trophies the Winners also received a pair of high quality Badminton Rackets.

London Tigers are looking to continue the success of this tournament and will be organising a similar women’s only Badminton tournament in Tower Hamlets in the coming weeks.

28 June 2010

UK CHAMPIONS CUP 2010 HELD

On 27th June 2010, London Tigers held the UK Champions Cup 2010. This national tournament saw teams from Birmingham (Birmingham SFL), Luton (Bury Park), Bristol (Bengal Tigers) and London (London Tigers).

   
( special guest Barrister Rizwan Hussain distributing prizes to the winners – click picture to enlarge)

After a tough 1st round in the 30 degree heat and missing the England v Germany World Cup game, the two finalists were Birmingham SFL and Bury Park.  Both teams fought hard to but Birmingham SFL were clearly a much stronger team winning the game 5-1.  Special Guest Barrister Rizwan Hussain distributed prizes to the winners.

1st June 2010 
 Inner City World Cup 2010

The UK Bangladesh Football Team managed by London Tigers took part in the Inner City World Cup 2010 in Greenwich. The tournament was held at Charlton Park in Greenwich on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th May 2010. In the preliminary rounds the team did extremely. They beat Italy 3-2, Djibuoti 1-0 and Iraq 2-1.  

 In the 2nd round they faced last years Champions Nigeria. This was a tough game, however, the UK Bangladesh Football team did very well and faced their opponents with much enthusiasm. However, in the last 5 minutes of the 1st half, Nigeria gained the upper and took their 1st goal and putting Bangladesh under pressure. Not to be outdone, in the 2nd half Bangladesh fought hard to stay in the game giving it all they got. They fought hard and got a few opportunities to equal but to no avail. Nigeria defended well and kept their edge over Bangladesh.

In the last 10 minutes, Nigeria got another opportunity when Bangladesh left their defence weak and scored their 2nd goal. This put Bangladesh under extremely pressure with only 10 minutes to go. They fought back even harder, but to no avail. The final whistle blew with Nigeria winning 2-0.

Bangladesh has been taking part in this tournament for the last 16 years and London Tigers has been coordinating it. They won the tournament in 2001 and were runners up in 2004. The Inner City world cup attract huge numbers of teams representing their respective countries.

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24 May 2010

VETERANS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

On 23rd May 2010, London Tigers organised the Veterans Football Tournament at Paddinton Recreation Ground in London.  8 veteran teams from across the UK took part in the tournament.

It was great to see the senior footballers get on the pitch and sweat it out in the extremly hot weather.  Needless to say everyone seemed to enjoy the tournament. 

The teams that took part were: London Tigers, Tower Hamlets Veterans, Swindon All Stars, Bury Park Luton, Birmingham XI, Poplar, Finsbury Park and Park Football Club.

RESULTS

CUP FINAL
Bury Park Luton 2     v     1 Finsbury Park

SEMI FINAL
London Tigers 0     v     1 Finsbury Park
Bury Park Luton 0      v     0 Poplar
(Bury Park Luton win on Penalties)

PLATE FINAL
Birmingham XI 0     v     Swindon All Stars

   

   

   

10th May 2010

UK Asian Community Cup 2010 – Tigers Become Champions for 3rd Time

The final of the 8th Annual UK Asian Community Cup was held on 10th May 2010 at Stamford Bridge, home of Premiership Champions Chelsea FC.  The two finalists were 2 time winners London Tigers and last year’s runners up Punjab United Sports from Wolverhampton.

 London Tigers started well, winning a free kick 30 yards from the goal early in the game (25th minute).  Adil Salih took the free kick and delivered a fine ball which floated inside the penalty area to find Edson Cata at the back post who volleyed the ball into the roof of the net (1-0).  Punjab United almost scored an equalizer immediately, however, the ball was cleared of the line by Tazmul Ahmed after great work by the keeper Kieron Jimmy. The rest of the half was very much end to end play with no other clear chances.  Half time (1-0) to London Tigers.

In the second half Punjab United were fortunate to be awarded a free kick from 28 yards.  Manraj Dhillon scored a superb free kick which went over the wall and into the net to score an equalizer (1-1). Nearing the end it looked as if the game would go into penalty shoot out, with neither teams having clear advantage over their opponent.  However in the last 5 minutes Terence Cariba went inside the penalty box with one defender in his path, however he overcame the obstacle to drill the ball in the right hand side of the goal in the 88th minute (2-1).  Punjab United fought hard to put some pressure on London Tigers in the final few minutes but to no avail.  The game ended with London Tigers becoming champions for the 3rd time.

9th May 2010

 UK Bangladesh Twenty20 Cup

Sunday 9th May was the final for the inaugural launch of the UK Bangladesh Sports Federation with the “UK Bangladesh T20 Cup 2010″. Lords Cricket ground provided the perfect setting for such an event. Due to the early wet conditions, both semi finals were played at the MCC Indoor School, with games reduced to 12 overs per team.

In the first semi final in the battle of the colleges, St. Peters College, with ex-U19 Bangladesh players, Babel and Kafi, overcame a battling London College of Law and Management. Whilst in the second semi, much fancied English Channel Cricket Club from Brighton dismissed the youthful Tower Hamlets.

The final was played on the Lords Nursery ground, with St. Peters College winning the toss and deciding to bat first. The quality and experience of English Channel Cricket club knocked down the St. Peters College wickets very cheaply for just 50 all out. The team from Brighton, then chasing only 51 to win, continued to attack with the bat, reaching their target within 4 overs without the loss of any wicket. English Channel Cricket Club have justified the tag of being favourites for the tournament.

It was an enjoyable day for all, with Sky Sports filming the day to make a documentary which will be shown during the upcoming Bangladesh vs England test series at the end of May.

His Excellency the High Commissioner of Bangladesh Dr M. Sayeedur Rahman Khan was the Guest of Honour with other special guest Mr Mohammed Jalal Yunus – Director of Bangladesh Cricket Board and Chairman of the Media & Communication Bangladesh Cricket Board and Mr Phil Knappet – Director Middlesex Cricket Board.

The tournament was supported by Marylebone Cricket Club and Capital Kids Cricket with co-ordination by Jawar Ali Development Manager London Tigers, Shahidul Alam Ratan Head of Cricket Developments Capital Kids Cricket and Chairperson of London Tigers Cricket Club and Mr Abdus Salam Committee member London Tigers Cricket Club.

9th May 2010

 Dhaka Akadash RC XI Complete Tour of UK

On 3rd of May Dhaka Akadosh RC XI started their week long tour of England. They were invited and hosted by London Tigers to complement their most generous reception during London Tigers Football Tour of Banlgadesh in February 2010. London Tigers organised a number of friendly exhibition football matches against local teams.

The games they played were:

4th May
London Tigers at their Kingsbury Stadium in London 
Drew 1-1

5th May
West End United at Foxdell Recreation Ground in Luton 
Drew 1-1

8th May
Stepney Veterans at Mile End Stadium in London
Drew 2-2

The team also met up and visited a number of local community organisationsto see how the Bangladeshi community in the UK is doing.

Amongst Dhaka Akadosh team members were legendary players Kaiser Hamid, Masud Rana, Zakir Hosain Shaheen and Arif Khan Joy with Golam Rabbani Helal as Team Leader and Abu Hassan Chowdhury (Prince) Managing the team.

18 April 2010

BASKETBALL TRIALS

The London Tigers Basketball Club will be holding trials during May 2010 at the Little Venice Sports Centre for the senior Teams on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th of May. 

The trials will give us a wide scope of participants in order to be able to create and develop group one and two in a more effective approach. The idea, if possible, is to create a Senior Basketball Team (Group Two) to compete and also to teach and improve the Developing& Learning group (Group One). At the end of the current season, the Coach Team will continue to have two training sessions (Wednesdays and Fridays) per week throughout the year until the beginning of 2010-11 season and furthermore organize a London Tigers Basketball Tournament in September. 

15th March 2010

LONDON TIGERS WOMENS TAEKWONDO TEAM CRUISE TO VICTORY AT THE LTA INTERCLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Sunday 14th March 2010, the London Tigers Female Taekwondo team emerged victorious with 5 Medals at the London Taekwondo Academy Interclub Championships.  The team under Master Pilar brought home 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.  The winners are:

Gayathri Nair: Gold (Sparring), Bronze (Technical)
Hasina Begum: Silver (Sparring), Silver (Technical)
Farha Janahangir (9 year old): Bronze (Technical)
Nasima Begum: Passed

Victory

Winners show off their medals