{"id":145,"date":"2023-12-08T00:52:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/?p=145"},"modified":"2023-12-08T00:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:52:55","slug":"girls-allowed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/2023\/12\/08\/girls-allowed\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls Allowed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We remain in Rajbiraj in the Saptari district of Madhesh province.\nHaving spent two full days of coaching at the Pabi Ground with pre and post\nschool coaching sessions interspersed by Menstruation Cup matches (between the Rajbiraj\nChamps, Khadak Queens and the Sauranga Survivals), today we travelled out of Rajbiraj\nto run coaching sessions at two schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having split into two teams, team 1 were dropped off at BSRJ School where they ran three separate sessions for 53 boys and 46 girls. In a tightly confined area, space was at a premium with Ali heroically managing a batting skill station on what turned out to be a thoroughfare for locals including one tractor bringing bricks to the school. Unperturbed, the sessions all went smoothly and we were visited by the local Mayor, his wife and two helpers in between sessions to see us at work. Impressed, the Mayor promised he would support continuation of cricket at the school by improving the school\u2019s facilities, including building of nets and playing facilities at the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-3.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-3-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second team continued onto another location near Lahan to coach two schools. Having walked across some farmland to a nearby pitch, at first the Principal of the nearest school would not let any girls out to join in with our coaching. After some discussions, it was agreed that girls would be allowed to join in and a total of 28 girls then arrived. After a good session with great enthusiasm from the girls especially, the team reunited for lunch at the Everest roadside restaurant. All enjoyed authentic Dal Bhat served on a traditional Thali. It turns out that two of the Khadak Queens also live here and were delighted to see us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.29.16.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.29.16.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.29.16-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.29.16-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning to Rajbiraj, the team met up with local umpires\nfor a masterclass given by our very own Yolanda (ECB Level 3 Umpire) followed\nby a session for coaches given by Dipendra Chaudhury, ICC Level 2 Coach\nEducator and national selector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"152\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/?attachment_id=152\" class=\"wp-image-152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"146\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/?attachment_id=146\" class=\"wp-image-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151\" width=\"190\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-2.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-21.57.20-2-169x300.jpeg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a busy day the team debrief included a special\npresentation to CWB\u2019s very own Miss Sara Begg for her recent ECB award for\noutstanding contribution and services to coaching development in Yorkshire \u2013\nand of course Nepal. The team then made a tactical return to Khan\u2019s Kitchen for\nsome scrumptious food with excellent customer service. It is now our no.1\nrestaurant in Rajbiraj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A slow start to the day commenced with some excellent egg\nrolls kindly provided by Khan\u2019s Kitchen again, who went out of their way to\nprovide us with breakfast, the hotel being unable to on account of a large\nwedding. The team then travelled to two local schools splitting again into two\nteams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team 1 were welcomed at Tope Shree Public Higher Secondary School by an initial 260 girls from both that school and a nearby private school. Sub team leader Yolanda quickly put into place a cunning plan to split the group in half and deliver an off the cuff session of umpire signals and quite possibly the largest game of over and under for 130 girls, there being only a couple of cones left in the kit bag to use. After two sessions for all 260 girls a further session for 120 boys was delivered resulting in 380 children receiving important messages on gender equality and the need for much greater inclusion of girls in cricket at all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"148\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/?attachment_id=148\" class=\"wp-image-148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"149\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/?attachment_id=149\" class=\"wp-image-149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Team 2 travelled to a high school in Bhardaha, close to the Koshi barrage, and engaged 60 boys and 70 girls insisting again that more girls were included despite being initially advised that \u2018girls have exams\u2019. After further discussion the girls were allowed to participate and thoroughly enjoyed it with many of them being first time players and rapid fire bringing lots of laughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.34.15.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"154\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.34.15.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/?attachment_id=154\" class=\"wp-image-154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.34.15.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.34.15-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-08-at-06.34.15-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"147\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-2.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/?attachment_id=147\" class=\"wp-image-147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-2.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/files\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-07-at-22.02.23-2-169x300.jpeg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After reuniting, the team returned to Rajbiraj for some much\nneeded lunch at our second favourite eatery, Mamacha, with more egg rolls and coffee\neagerly devoured. As the team travelled to Lahan for an overnight stay\n(enforced by the wedding in our Rajbiraj hotel), we reflected on our time over\nthe past four days. A key achievement we felt was coaching as many girls as\nboys in large part to our insistence that each coaching session must include as\nmany girls as boys \u2013 because girls are allowed to play cricket too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday We remain in Rajbiraj in the Saptari district of Madhesh province. Having spent two&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/2023\/12\/08\/girls-allowed\/\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Girls Allowed<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/nepal2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}