RHTY&SC names team for BCB fundraiser.....Caricom Championship 2015

RHTY&SC names team for BCB fundraiser…..Caricom Championship 2015

Jun 18, 2015 Sports

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, playing under the banner of Gizmos and Gadgets, one of the

Akshay Homraj

top cricket teams in Berbice and Guyana, has named a strong team for the Berbice Cricket Board fund raiser “Caricom Championship” 2015.
The team to be coached by former national wicket keeper/batsman Delbert Hicks, who will also play and is managed by veteran administrator Hilbert Foster, will include several young and talented cricketers who represented Berbice and Guyana at different levels. The batting will be in the safe hands of Hicks, Vidal Crandon, Akshay Homraj and Jason Sinclair. The bowling will be spearheaded by pacer Clinton Pestano and a battery of spinners in Eon Hooper, Shawn Perriera, Troy Mathieson and Collis Butts.
The full team reads: Akshay Homraj, Vidal Crandon, Clinton Pestano, Jason Sinclair, Shawn Perriera, Eon Hooper, Sherwin Murray, Troy Mathieson, Collis Butts, Keon Sinclair, Brandon Prashad, Kumar Jeet Joseph, Jason Anderson and Simeon Lawson. Manager Hilbert Foster, coach/player Delbert Hicks.
Proceeds from this event will be used mainly to organise a very important three day cricket competition and will be played at the historic Albion Sports Complex on Sunday July 5, 2015.
The Caricom Championship will see the top eight T20 first division teams in Berbice taking part in a ten over knockout competition with the final of 20 overs to be played under lights for a top prize of $80,000 and trophy. The runner up will receive $40,000 and trophy with the losing finalists getting $15,000 each. Man of the match in every game will be rewarded. Action begins at 10am sharp.
The teams are: Upper Corentyne/Skeldon, Port Mourant, Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, Albion, Young Warriors/Edinburg/Rose Hall Center, Police/Bermine, Blairmont/West Berbice and Bush Lot/D’Edward. All the top players in Berbice will be on show.
Several gate prizes will be up for grabs for the fans with a well stocked bar and musical entertainment on hand. Games for the young and old will be there. To promote the game, fifteen passes each will be given to eight schools in the Lower Corentyne area. Admission is $300 for adults, children under 12 free.