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BCB launches historic Elite coaching Programme with 45 cricketers
Cricketers, Coaches and BCB Officials pose for a photo after the official launching.
The Berbice Cricket Board on Sunday May 23 launched its Elite Coaching Programme at the Albion Community Centre Cricket Ground with forty five cricketers. The historic programme, another project in the BCB Developmental plans for cricket in the ancient county, was hailed as a visionary move by the Board as it sought to keep its senior players in top shape during the current rainy season.
Chairman of the Berbice Cricket Board Special Events Committee Hilbert Foster told the large gathering of players, coaches and executive members of the Board that the main aims of the Elite Coaching programme are: to get the county’s best players in shape, to remain focused during the rainy season, to identify and correct technical faults, to develop team spirit and unity, to work on plans for the upcoming Inter-county season and the educate the players on the History and Laws of the Game.
Mr. Foster who is also the Secretary of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club informed the players that attendance at the sessions would be compulsory and the Board would have a Zero tolerance on indiscipline, poor work ethic and warned then that there would be no room for players who think they are superstars. He disclosed that the sessions would be held every Sunday at the Albion Community Centre Cricket Ground and would feature classroom lectures for one hour and four hours of sessions with the coaches.
The head coach for the programme would be Mr. Adrian Amsterdam and he would be assisted by former national senior coach Albert Smith, Julian Moore and Winston Smith. Professionals and resource persons would also be present at each session to speak to the players on topics of importance.
Treasurer of the Board Anil Beharry and President Keith Foster both spoke on the importance of discipline and urged the players to always strive for excellence.
President Foster stated that his Board was determined that all players representing the county should be all rounded individuals both on and off the field and be proper ambassadors for the county and Guyana. He also urged the players to always strive for excellence and to dedicate themselves totally to the coaching programme.
Former President of the Berbice Cricket board Malcolm Peters and former Asst Secretary Vemen Walter both spoke at the ceremony and hailed the vision of the Board in launching the programme. Walters, who is now the Human Resources Manager of the East Berbice Estate, disclosed that the Berbice Cricket Board always had plans for such a plan but for several reasons over the decades it never came off. He also expressed his satisfaction with the numerous programmes launched by the Berbice Cricket Board over the last three years and pledged his co-operation in the development of the game in Berbice.
Long serving cricket administrator Carl Moore delivered the feature address and urged the cricketers to lift their standards as too many of our young cricketers was happy with sub-standard performances. He noted that most young batsmen were satisfied with scoring half centuries and also stated that every cricketer in Guyana needed help with proper coaching as they all have numerous technical problems. He urged the cricketers to aim for the stars and to make everyone associated with Berbice Cricket proud of them. The Senior Guyana Cricket Manager urged his attentive audience to have set goals, to work toward them and then benefit from when they played for Guyana and the West Indies.
Senior Berbice Umpire and President of the Guyana Cricket Umpires Council, Mr. Dhieranidranauth Somwaru delivered the first lecture of the programme and spoke to the cricketers on the topic “Laws of Cricket that you should know”.
After the formal launching programme the players and four coaches were involved in an intense three hours training session. A total of 35 senior players including Sewnarine Chattergoon, Assad Fudadin, Homchand Pooran, Royston Crandon, Devendra Bishoo, Brandon Bess and Veerasammy Permaul were present along with ten Under-19 players who were selected as promising players for the future.
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