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Chris Dodd

Currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Chris Dodd was a cricket club coach for 29 years in England. Currently, he is a volunteer coach for the kids in Chiang Mai. There he has a junior under 15 league of six teams, with all but a few participants being native Thai's. Dodd coaches a totally committed Hilltribe team of boys who have a great appetite for the game. Prior to his coaching,, none of them had even heard of cricket. They have a busy cricket softball program, called Sawasdee cricket, and now the hardball comp, which keeps everyone very busy!

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Cricket in Chiang Mai, Thailand!

Cricket is a world game, and like most sports, we westerners take that for granted as we can choose to play a sport or not to play a sport. So, here in Chiang Mai, Thailand, we are trying to give Thai children the opportunity to play a sport, in this case cricket. Thai life can be hard and a struggle for existence, especially for the poor,, which Thailand has many. Many Hilltribe children are our players and life for them is very difficult especially when they get older. I'm involved in coaching these kids to have fun and learn something new, and I want their efforts to be recorded. If we can change just one child's destiny then we've done our job.