Letter to the Sports Editor...The BCB should be credited for demanding transparency at the GCB

Letter to the Sports Editor…The BCB should be credited for demanding transparency at the GCB

Jun 14, 2014 Sports

Dear Editor,
Cricket indeed generates a unifying force among the Caribbean people; hence every stroke that is played has an imposing impact on and off the field. In Guyana the lovely game has been tarnished for almost three years because of administrative chaos, thus the results on the field has been understandably pathetic. How the WICB could have relentlessly ignored such a problematic situation is still a mystery?
From the inception when the legality of the GCB elections was challenged, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) would have maintained a principled stance. Simply put, the GCB could not have justifiably held elections with only one participating Board (Essequibo Cricket Board). In contravention and defiance of an order by the Court, a faction of the Demerara Cricket Board proceeded to give credence to the said elections by participating. The WICB would later announce that the results were acceptable after confirmation from the observers that came (Imran Khan, Conde Riley and Paul Slowe). Is there something to hide WICB/GCB?
The Court would have recently ruled that the elections were null and void thus vindicating the BCB’S challenge. There were several other stakeholders including the Georgetown Cricket Association, East Coast Cricket Board and North Essequibo Cricket Committee among other concerned groups that have also challenged the administration on similar grounds. The BCB though has paid the penalty in several forms including the removal of subventions to the Board and stipend for its Administrator, surprise non selection of its players at different levels; yet the BCB has admirably weathered the storm like any competent batsman would have done against a hostile bowler.
Hopefully with the passage of the Cricket Administration Bill which seeks to hold the institution accountable given fair elections, the BCB can once again become an integral member of the GCB since unquestionably they have been the best organized and success driven of the three county Boards. Our rich cricketing history should never return to such a despicable level of mediocrity. Therefore when the inevitable transformation of the sport transcends the GCB, the Berbice Cricket Board should be credited for maintaining their due diligence, collective strength and loyalty to the will of the majority of its constituents for the struggle towards maintaining the high standards that they have set and wishes to be enforced at the highest level which is the Guyana Cricket Board.
Elroy Stephney

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