BCB secures Raffik Construction Services sponsorship for Lower Corentyne 20 Overs Tourney

Mar 06, 2013 Sports

The Berbice Cricket Board has secured another sponsorship deal for its proposed tournaments this year. Raffik Construction Services on Thursday last came on board as the official sponsor of the Lower Corentyne Twenty Overs Tournament. Raffik Construction Services Lower Corentyne Tournament for Second Division teams and a total of eighteen teams would be part of the tournament.

Javed Raffik presents sponsorship to Representatives of BCB.

Chairman of the BCB Special Events Committee Hilbert Foster expressed gratitude to Mohamed Raffik, CEO of Raffik Construction Services for his sponsorship of the tournament. Foster explained that the Berbice Cricket Board in an effort to return cricket to the grassroot levels has embarked on hosting cricket tournaments for teams within the four sub-zones in Berbice. The Berbice Cricket Board has already completed tournaments in West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje and Upper Corentyne and the Raffik Construction Services tournament would complete the circle. Teams from No. 1 to No. 43 would be part of the tournament which would be played on a twenty overs per side basis.
First Vice President Anil Beharry hailed the sub-zone tournament as another red letter achievement for the Berbice Cricket Board. President Keith Foster urged all the young cricketers in the ancient county to take advantage of the hard work of his Board and to seek ways to personally improve their cricketing skills. The Berbice Cricket Board, the President stated would continue to invest heavily to develop Berbice Cricket even further and to identify talents for the future.
Javed Raffik, representing his father at the presentation hailed the Berbice Cricket Board as the best sport organisation in Guyana and stated that the $100,000 sponsorship was one of the easiest his company had to make.
He stated that Raffik Construction Services was pleased to be associated with the Berbice Cricket Board because of its outstanding work in developing Berbice Cricket. In an emotional plea, Javed Raffik urged his fellow business colleagues to support the Berbice Cricket Board as sit was worthy of assistance.