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Commander Hicken 5/5 Softball Competition bowls off tomorrow
Commander Clifton Hicken (seated) is surrounded by National Cricketers, Paul Wintz, Robin Bacchus and Steven Jacobs, along with some members of the media, Errol Nelson Banks DIH Water Brand Manager (on his left).
The Central Georgetown Police Youth Group will host the Commander of ‘A’ Division, Clifton Hicken 5/5 Softball Cricket Competition tomorrow from 10am at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary with eight participating teams from the Division.
Coordinator of the event, Colin Haynes, gave the details of the competition and indicated that the venture is a continued effort to forge relationships between the public and Guyana’s Police Force through the development of both youth and sports.
The competition will feature eight teams from ‘A’ Division for a top prize of $50,000, which will go toward a community development project. Trophies will accompany the monetary prizes. The second place team gets $30,000 and $20,000 for the third place team.
The Department of Culture, Youth and Sport, which is now under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education, sponsored the monetary prizes through the National Sports Commission. Haynes said that teams will comprise both male and females with a female mandated to open the batting, and appear within the top five batting order again.
In addition, a female must bowl one over. “The teams were asked to have a balance in gender,” Haynes said, adding that the coaches will be a current or former national cricketer with media personalities functioning as mentors for the teams.
National cricketers, Steven Jacobs, Robin Bacchus and Paul Wintz were all present at the launch yesterday.
Jacobs said that it is an honour and privilege to be part of the initiative as a father and an ambassador for Guyana. He said they are ready to help the youths.
Banks DIH Water Brand Manager, Errol Nelson indicated that the company is pleased to be part of the development of sports, “Especially with the Guyana Police Force in forging relationships with the communities”. He urged all softball fans to come out and support the event and the bars that will be set up.
Commander Hicken said that the initiative is all about developing youths within his Division and ensuring that they become ambassadors. He said the programme has been ongoing and he wants to ensure that the relationship continues within communities.
“We have shortlisted about 140 something youth football players for development. We hope that we can continue this process towards them gaining national selection. We also recently crowned a Miss Albouystown and a billboard will be erected with her in the community to motivate others to become ambassadors for their communities,” Hicken highlighted.
He said those are all initiatives aimed at impacting youths in a positive way so that they continue to develop while the Police build community relationships and intelligence. Hicken believes that the ongoing programme can positively impact the image of the Police. (Edison Jefford)
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