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“If you believe you can achieve” – Clive Lloyd tells youths at ECCB Academy closing
Former West Indies Captain and IMC on Cricket in Guyana Chairman Dr Clive Lloyd told the participants yesterday at the closing ceremony of the 11th East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) at Lusignan that, ‘If you believe you can achieve’.
The powerful left-hander nicknamed the ‘super cat’ for his cat like agility in his First Class playing days which spanned from 1963-1986, urged the 22 students to learn the rudiments of the game and aim to play for the West Indies.
Lloyd who turns 68 on August 31 told the five girls among this
Clive Lloyd and the EECB executives with the participants of the 11th ECCB Cricket Academy at Lusignan yesterday.
year’s participants that the West Indies women are doing very well at the International level and reminded that they now have contracts. He said females can now make a living from cricket.
Lloyd who scored 19 centuries and averaged 46.67 from 110 Tests, said a healthy community makes a healthy nation and feels an error does not become a mistake unless you refuse to correct it.
The former Guyana Skipper feels that among other things Sports provide healthy challenges and wholesome development. “A healthy mind is often a by product of a healthy body”, Lloyd said adding that education is also very important to success as is the proper administration of the various Boards and Associations.
Lloyd said the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) must be elected by a free and fair means with duly qualified persons being involved.
Lloyd thinks the GCB must oversee a National Cricket Academy while it is imperative that in addition to the ‘usual manner’ it is imperative that sponsorship from cooperate Guyana and non-governmental entities be acquired as there is a change to the present system in Guyana for cricket development.
President of the ECCB Bissoon Singh informed that despite the inclement weather the students were exposed to a wealth of knowledge over the last two weeks and described the academy as a tremendous success.
“You are in a much better position to be role models in your communities and to live better lives than you were two weeks ago,” Bissoon, a former GCB Vice-President, told the youths.
Bissoon urged the students to share what they have learned with friends and their communities and to never stop working.
“I want to thank the parents for their investment in sending their children here and I encourage you to aim to play for Guyana,” Bissoon said.
Historian Tota Mangar spoke of the benefits of the Academy and stressed that in addition to the technical aspects of cricket the youths should have learnt other important aspects of life skills.
Mangar said unlike in the old days when cricket was played as recreation for the white slave masters, cricket is now very commercialized and serious business.
Academy Coordinator former Guyana fast bowler Robert ‘pacer’ Adonis in his report stated that due to the rain the Academy was ‘pushed back’ from July to August resulting in a reduction in the number of participants from previous years.
Six participants spoke of their experiences at the Academy while each student received a certificate of participation and a gift package of exercise books from the EECB. The outstanding students at the Academy which ran from August 14-24, received trophies donated by the Trophy Stall in Bourda Market.
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