Contact: Marc Barnbaum 07 4923 2724 or m.barnbaum@cqu.edu.au
Indian students 'beef up' Aussie campus cricket challenge
Indian students from Australian capital city campuses are the mainstay of a unique cricket
challenge event to be held in the nation's ‘Beef Capital' - Rockhampton.
They have been the most keen to be involved in the CQUniversity Chancellor's Challenge
Cup Cricket Tournament, due to be held on the weekend of August 16-17.
Other nationalities are involved, with players from Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh.
The tournament is planned to involve the visiting international students and Australian players in
a round-robin series of limited-overs matches at several cricket grounds around the city.
The international students will travel from campuses at Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Melbourne
and Sydney especially to compete alongside students and staff from Rockhampton.
A keen city-level cricketer back in his home country of India, Naimish Patel is now looking
forward to captaining a team against international opposition.
He is the face of Rockhampton's home team for the tournament.
Naimish comes from Baroda near Mumbai in western India where he admits 99% of residents
are cricket mad. Before arriving in Australia he was involved in cricket competitions throughout
the city and also at university level.
Having completed a nursing degree at CQUniversity, Naimish is now working at Rockhampton
Base Hospital's mental health unit and is studying towards a postgraduate degree in mental
health nursing.
He has previously been involved in the CQUniversity Chapter of the Golden Key International
Honour Society, the University Mentor Program and the Relay for Life fundraiser held at
Rockhampton campus. ENDS
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