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BCB launches historic Guyoil/Castrol county wide Coaching Programme

Apr 05, 2012 Sports

 

 

Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continues to break new grounds as it strives to lift Berbice Cricket to its highest level ever since the Board was founded in 1939.
The Board on Friday 30th March launched a massive county wide coaching programme which is sponsored by the Guyana Oil Company and Castrol.
Speaking at the simple presentation ceremony at the Company’s Head Office, Waterloo Street, Georgetown, Demerara, Chairman of the BCB Special Events Committee, Hilbert Foster, stated that the Board in 2012 will be placing special emphasis on the development of new talents via an aggressive coaching programme.
This campaign has already started with the hosting of six coaching clinics, a one day cricket academy in West Berbice and the publication of three coaching posters.
The campaign will now be expanded with the launching of the Guyoil/Castrol Programme. Under the programme which Guyoil sponsored at the cost of $318 000, the Board will be organising several coaching clinics under directions of coaches Julian Moore, Michael Hyles Franco, Floyd Benjamin and Winston Smith.
Coaching for young cricketers from the Under-13 to Under-19 levels will be held at the Blairmont and Bath Cricket Grounds, Berbice High School and Cumberland Grounds for the New Amsterdam/Canje area while the Area “H” and Albion Grounds will host cricketers from the Lower Corentyne area. The youths from the Central Corentyne Area will be coached at the Kennard’s Memorial and Whim Cricket Grounds, Black Bush Polder at the Mibicuri Ground and Skeldon Community Centre for Upper Corentyne.
Foster who is spearheading the massive coaching outreach programme, the first of its kind to be organised by a county Board with an official sponsor stated that the sessions will seek to develop new talents in the batting, fast bowling, wicket keeping and spinners departments. Players will also be taught the history of cricket, social manners, roles of a sport ambassador, fielding placement, public speaking and Berbice Cricket records among others.
BCB hopes that at the end of the historic programme, the county will be better equip with cricketers on and off the cricket field while a permanent register of every youth cricketer in Berbice will be established.
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Secretary/CEO expressed gratitude to the Management of Guyoil/Castrol especially Abdool Kadir and Leonard Khan for supporting the efforts of the BCB and hoped that the relationship will be long term and successful.
Foster also expressed gratitude to former Guyana Cricket Board Secretary Bishwa Panday for his support in making the sponsorship possible.
Guyoil Company Secretary Abdool Kadir and Castrol Brand Manager Leonard Khan both expressed satisfaction of being associated with the Board and the development of new cricketing talents at the grass-root level. The two officials were of the view that Berbice Cricket was on the right footing and that the coaching programme will play a huge role in the restoration of Guyana and West Indies cricket.

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