ABOUT ANITA MILES
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Anita Wu Mui Chu was born in Hong Kong and lived her life there, meeting her husband Rodney Miles. Rodney was heavily involved in the Hong Kong cricket community as a player, leader and strong advocate of growing the sport throughout the community. Anita saw an opportunity for growing female participation, organizing the first women's match at the Hong Kong Cricket Club as part of their 150th celebration in 2001.
This quickly snowballed into a vision and a lifelong passion of growing the grass roots game amongst the Hong Kong community, attracting local players from all backgrounds and setting it on a path to what is now, the thriving Hong Kong Women's League. Anita would frequently enroll herself on coaching courses in Hong Kong and around the world and take what she learnt back into local Chinese schools and introduce the game to communities that had never even heard of cricket.
In 2008 she was diagnosed with lung cancer. True to her spirit, that didn't slow her down as she continued to find ways to encourage more young local girls into the game, simultaneously making sure they were always fed well. Her greatest passion was ensuring that all players were always able to access training and matches whether it be for her club or national representation with Cricket Hong Kong, She was also passionate about making sure they were able to continue their development as cricketers and empower them as young women. Since her passing in 2016, Rodney and their daughter Natasha, herself a professional and international cricketer have been deeply passionate about carrying on her legacy in the way that her vision, passion and values would be embodied. And so the Anita Miles Foundation was born.
