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Venue Shopping Center and Beauty Salon lends support to BCB fundraiser
Sanita Roopnarine, employee of Venue Shopping Center and Beauty Saloon presents the gate prize to Vicky Bharosay, treasurer of the UCCA and executive of the BCB.
Another popular and established business in the Upper Corentyne area, Venue Shopping Center and Beauty Salon of Public Road No 78 Village, has shown faith in the work of the BCB by providing sponsorship in the form of gate prizes for the Berbice Cricket Board Fundraiser “Caricom Championship 2015”. The tournament will now be played on Sunday July 19, 2015 at the Albion Community Centre ground.
Proceeds from this event will be used mainly to organise a three day first division cricket competition for teams in Berbice.
At the presentation ceremony, Sanita Roopnarine, an employee of the business establishment, expressed confidence in the work of the Berbice Cricket Board, hence the support. She said that her company recognizes the importance of sports in the betterment of lives of many young people. She added that cricket provides an opportunity for young people to be positively occupied, noting that there are too many idle youngsters who end up in the hands of criminal gangs, drug and alcoholic abuse. She said that the business wholesale and retails all Avon products, sells brand name colognes, hair and skin care products, while the saloon does hair and nails. She called on the residents to visit and support the business so that they can in return, give back to community development.
In response, treasurer of the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association and executive of the Berbice Cricket Board, Vicky Bharosay thanked the business establishment for their kind gesture and promised that they will get good mileage for their contribution. Bharosay added that gate prizes give the fans another incentive to come to the game adding to the cricket entertainment and games for the young and old. He is pleading with other businesses and private individuals to come on board and support this initiative.
Contact can be made as follows: telephone numbers 333-2375, 655-4140 and 623-6875. Emails can also be sent to [email protected] and [email protected].
The Caricom Championship will be played at the historic Albion Sports Complex and will see eight top 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 $15,000 each. Man of the match in every game will be rewarded.
Young Warriors/Rose Hall CC/Edinburgh Combined will tackle Upper Corentyne/Skeldon Combined in the opening game. Game two will see Albion CC taking on Bermine/Police Combined. Game 3 is Port Mourant vs Bush Lot/D’Edward Combined.
Game 4 is Blairmont/West Berbice Combined vs Rose Hall Town. The preliminary games will play in a festival format to create nonstop action.
The winner of game 1 and 2 play in the first seminal and the winner of game 3 and 4 plays in the other.
The BCB would like to thank the following sponsors so far: ANSA MCAL under the Carib Brand, Sentinel Security, East Coast Cricket Board/Georgetown Cricket Association, Republic Bank Berbice Branches, P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited, Massy Industries, The New Building Society Ltd, Balram Shane of Rose Hall Town, Ronald Williams of Apex Insurance Brokers Inc, Sandeep Ramdass of Ishmail Poultry, popularly known as Pampey, Asheik and Sons Motor Spares and Auto Sale, Safraz Photo Studio, Rocky of Palace Taxi Service, Restaurant and Bar, D Harricharran of Beauty and Home Design, Sheik Mohamed of Tiger Sports Club, Office Express, Trophy Stall, Bourda Market and Price is Right Supermarket of No 79 Corriverton.
Entrance fee is $300 for adults, children under 12 free and the action starts at 10:000am.
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