Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes Duck Lady Had Folded Her Wings Away

by Richard Lockwood

 

 

CityNews – Duck lady Jenny Morgan in many ways has been the heartbeat of the Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes over the last 18 years as she has overseen the raising of several million baht for the twin causes of junior cricket in Northern Thailand and the Hill Tribe Fund which have helped a generation of local children to play cricket and has looked after the living costs and educational needs of a number of talented hill tribe children.

 

With Thailand’s recent success on the cricket field at the Southeast Games in Kuala Lumpur in August, Jenny has decided that the time is right for her to announce her retirement. It is a remarkable achievement that three of the hill tribe boys who lived in the same Sixes sponsored house in Chiang Mai, Bunchuai, Chanchai and Nikom, all won bronze medals for the men’s team in Kuala Lumpur, while the girls did even better as they won Thailand’s first ever gold medal for cricket as they beat Indonesia in the final of the women’s 20-over event.

 

Jenny said ‘I’m very proud of the recent achievements of our junior cricketers and the huge contributions made by so many for the junior cricket development programme. Thank you all. Please accept my very best wishes for the continued success of our wonderful tournament and the development of junior cricket in Northern Thailand.’

Former Sixes Chairman Maurice Bromley paid a lovely tribute to Jenny’s efforts over the last 18 years. ‘If anyone deserves a medal for the incredible contribution you have made to the junior cricket in Chiang Mai it is you. As you say it is wonderful to see the recent achievements of the juniors, especially the girls, but very little of it would have been possible without your incredible input, raising funds to help keep the programme going.’

 

‘Year after year you toiled continuously trying to find sponsors who would put up money to help. The wonderful little ducks you personally found to give to the unworthy batsmen who failed to score in their innings have become a symbol of the Chiang Mai Sixes; and, because of your wonderful attitude, nobody was shy to hang their ducks around their necks in the Sixes.’

 

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