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UDCA wants affiliation to Demerara Board
A member of the National Cricket Stakeholders Group is repeating the call for the Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDCA) to be directly affiliated to the Demerara Cricket Board.
Marvin Burns has stressed that the Upper Demerara Cricket Association is not affiliated to the East Bank Cricket Association. He said the Upper Demerara body has fulfilled all criteria for full membership of the Demerara Cricket Board – a presentation he had earlier made to the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Cricket.
Burns repeated his call recently during a media conference in Linden. According to him, the Upper Demerara Area has over the years, produced a number of senior national cricketers such as Vincent Adams, Mark Grenville and Godfrey Edwards and a number of national youth players.
Noting that the Upper Demerara Cricket Association has a constitution since 2000, Burns further stated that the Upper Demerara Area has a number of people, including former national pace bowler and Chairman of the Linden Municipal IMC, Orin Gordon, who are capable of administrating cricket in the area.
He said the Upper Demerara Cricket Association has sixteen organized affiliated clubs located in a wide area including Malali, 85 miles from Linden in the Demerara River and Kwakwani and Araoima on the Upper Berbice River and there are ten grounds, three of which have First Class standard.
The UDCA Public Relations Officer said: “We are not a tie-breaker to the impasse within the Demerara Board and the issues that now affect Guyana cricket. We genuinely have the right to become a sub association of the Demerara Cricket Board alongside East Bank, West Bank, Georgetown and East Coast.
He said the Upper Demerara Cricket Association has successfully run tournaments over the years but with subvention from the Demerara Cricket Board, the Association would be able to further the development of cricket in its host communities. He further stated that the Association can utilize a number of coaches including a Level One West Indies Cricket Coach in its coaching programmes. (Jacquey Bourne)
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