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Renovation works ongoing at Albion Community Centre
The Albion Community Centre is at the moment receiving a face lift with rehabilitation work being done to the once prestigious sports facility which was once touted among the best in the country.
At the moment renovation work is being undertaken on the commentators’ booth to make it more spacious and habitable in anticipation for the influx of sporting and other activities planned for the second half of the year. The work is being undertaken as a joint venture between the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC), the Albion Estate, which is providing the labour, and popular Corentyne Businessman Shane Balram of the Balram
Renovation works has already started on the commentary booth at Albion as efforts forge ahead to spruce up the venue.
Shane Store in Rose Hall, Corentyne.
The businessman, who also organises a yearly fund raising cricket venture, uses most of the funds raised to pour back into the rehabilitation of the venue. The Community Centre, which was one of the leading sports grounds in Guyana, has of recent time being neglected with some of the structures around the ground being in need of repairs. As such the CCCC took the initiative to spearhead the rehabilitation venture.
The famous Albion Sports complex was the venue for the first ever one day international cricket match in the West Indies which was played on the 16th March, 1977 between West Indies and Pakistan. The venue which was one of the premiere cricketing venues in Guyana in tandem with Bourda, has hosted a number of one-day games, but it’s been more than two decades now that an international game has not been played there.
The venue which can host a number of different sporting activities, boosts a number of stands and pavilions and can accommodate over 15, 000 spectators.
The Community Centre will soon see the installation of permanent lights at the venue which will enhance night activities. The lights, which will be similar to those installed at the National Stadium, are expected to bring back the international flair to the venue. This work is set to commence shortly.
In the past, the Berbice Cricket Board, the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA), Republic Bank in Berbice along with the CCCC and a number of other organisations have contributed to the upkeep of the venue. (Samuel Whyte)
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