{"id":6038,"date":"2015-06-26T09:21:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T08:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/?p=6038"},"modified":"2020-11-04T14:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T14:43:29","slug":"etg-sponsors-sri-lanka-scottish-cricketing-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/etg-sponsors-sri-lanka-scottish-cricketing-link\/","title":{"rendered":"ETG Sponsors Sri Lanka\/ Scottish Cricketing Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>UPDATE: If you would like to know about England\u2019s cricket tour to Sri Lanka 2020, please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/england-cricket-tour-sri-lanka-2020\/\">this blog.<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Former Sri Lankan cricket captain\u00a0Kumar Sangakarra will\u00a0become Bute Cricket Club&#8217;s first associative member<\/li>\n<li>ETG has sponsored the club&#8217;s project to celebrate links between the island and Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li>Children from primary schools will send letters to each other and learn about their contemporaries&#8217; lives with an ETG-organised pairing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6043\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6043\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kumar Sangakarra, former Sri Lankan cricket captain. \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"6043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-1170x1170.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra-128x128.jpg 128w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kumar-Sangakarra.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kumar Sangakarra, former Sri Lankan cricket captain.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the small Isle of Bute, Scotland, there has been a local children&#8217;s project\u00a0to promote international relations &#8211; through the mutual love of cricket.\u00a0After\u00a0the former captain of Sri Lanka&#8217;s Cricket Team,\u00a0Kumar Sangakarra, decided\u00a0to become Bute Cricket&#8217;s first associate member, the<br \/>\nIsland thought it was time to celebrate and bring the two communities together.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6039\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6039\" class=\"wp-image-6039 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Piper-and-team-Sri-Lanka-Day-3-1024x804.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Lilantha Wedisinghe from the Sri Lanka Association and his team are lead on to the field by a Scottish piper. \" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" data-id=\"6039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Piper-and-team-Sri-Lanka-Day-3-1024x804.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Piper-and-team-Sri-Lanka-Day-3-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Piper-and-team-Sri-Lanka-Day-3-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Piper-and-team-Sri-Lanka-Day-3-1170x918.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Piper-and-team-Sri-Lanka-Day-3-585x459.jpg 585w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Piper-and-team-Sri-Lanka-Day-3-150x118.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Lilantha Wedisinghe from the Sri Lanka Association and his team are lead on to the field by a Scottish piper, Isle of Bute.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Enter Babara Lloyd from Bute&#8217;s Cricket\u00a0Club, a proactive organiser with a knack for\u00a0introductions. She got in touch with us at Experience Travel Group (ETG), to see whether we could twin the local primary schools in Scotland\u00a0with those we knew in Sri Lanka, and so the children&#8217;s project was born.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6040\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6040\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"The Children's Art Show, Isle of Bute\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" data-id=\"6040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day-1170x783.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day-585x392.jpg 585w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Sri-Lanka-Day-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Children&#8217;s Art Show, Isle of Bute.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Running across June, the cricket\u00a0club organised a cricket\u00a0tournament building up to a final on the 20th. In synergy were a series of interactive and educational initiatives to help educate Scottish children about life in Sri Lanka and vice versa. Activities included letter writing, designing a &#8216;Children&#8217;s Flag for Bute&#8217; and ETG\u00a0provided posters of our favourite holiday pictures\u00a0to inspire schools\u00a0involved.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6041\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LK-Project.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6041\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LK-Project.jpg\" alt=\"ETG Poster of Puttalam Family with Bute Island children's drawings, Scotland \" width=\"620\" height=\"440\" data-id=\"6041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LK-Project.jpg 620w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LK-Project-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LK-Project-585x415.jpg 585w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/LK-Project-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ETG Poster of Puttalam Family with Bute Island children&#8217;s flag drawings, Scotland.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The response has been incredibl<\/em>e,&#8221; says Barbara.&#8221;<em>We had around 200\u00a0entries for our<\/em><em>\u00a0flag <\/em><em>project,<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>it was such a\u00a0challenge to choose a winner!<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6042\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6042\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"The winner of the best Bute flag design claims their prize, Scotland. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" data-id=\"6042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2-1170x783.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2-585x392.jpg 585w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Flag-winner-2-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winner of the best Bute flag design claims their prize, Scotland.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An art show was held to showcase the children&#8217;s work. Drawings and paintings were on display. Many\u00a0local families went along\u00a0as well as\u00a0special guests from the Scotland Sri Lanka Association. Prizes for the best entries were presented by Venerable Sumanarathana Thero of the Scotland Buddhist Vihara.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, over 400 entries were submitted for exchange.\u00a0Now all that remains is to send\u00a0the children&#8217;s work to Sri Lanka &#8211; we can&#8217;t wait to hear the response.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about visiting Sri Lanka, see the link below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/sri_lanka\">https:\/\/www.experiencetravelgroup.com\/sri_lanka<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: If you would like to know about England\u2019s cricket tour to Sri Lanka 2020, please see\u00a0this blog. Former Sri Lankan cricket captain\u00a0Kumar Sangakarra will\u00a0become Bute Cricket Club&#8217;s first associative&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76,15],"tags":[320],"coauthors":[1316,1261],"class_list":["post-6038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-news","category-sri-lanka","tag-cricket"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":2791,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6038"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.experiencetravelgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}