BCB unveils plans to produce Educational Posters for its Young Cricketers - Guyana National Newspaper Limited assists

BCB unveils plans to produce Educational Posters for its Young Cricketers – Guyana National Newspaper Limited assists

Mar 29, 2018 Sports

Berbice Cricket Board President Hilbert Foster receives sponsorship from GNNL Chairperson Geeta Chandan-Edmond in the presence of other Directors.

The Berbice Cricket Board, as part of a comprehensive programme to educate its junior cricketers about the game, has unveiled plans to publish to series of educational posters that would be distributed free of cost to Clubs and Cricketers across the Ancient County. The multi-coloured 11’ x 17’ posters main objectives would be to educate youths on the history of the game, rules of cricket, the art of batting and bowling, test cricketers produced by Berbice and also to encourage them to work on their own game on a full time basis.
Berbice Cricket Board President Hilbert Foster, who is spearheading the Posters Programme, stated that it is shocking, the knowledge those youths have of the game and its history. Young Cricketers, he stated does not know about the rules of the game like how many ways a batsman can be dismissed or the different signals of an Umpire. Foster also disclosed that the Berbice Cricket Board wants every young cricketer to know the legends of the game that the ancient county produced as it is crucial that they understand whose legacy they are following in. Players like John Trim, Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Joe Solomon, Ivan Madray, Alvin Kallicharran, Roy Fredericks are all legends of the game but are largely unknown to the young players of today. Foster expressed confidence that knowledge of the legacy of Berbice Cricket along with a better understanding of the game and its laws would inspire the next generation of Berbice players to strive for greatness.
The Management of the Guyana National Newspaper Limited has come on board with a financial contribution to assist the Berbice Cricket Board to publish two of the posters, which would be unveiled at the Board’s Annual Award Ceremony, scheduled for the 21st April, 2018, at State House in New Amsterdam. The Berbice Cricket Board expects to publish six posters during 2018 and these would be distributed only to Berbice Clubs and Players.
The Berbice Cricket Board President extended gratitude to the Board of Directors of Guyana National Newspaper Ltd for their investment into Berbice Cricket and pledged that his administration would work hard every day to make sure that every potential in Berbice is fulfilled. The Board, Foster stated has turned around the status of the game in Berbice in just six weeks and predicted that by the end of 2018, Berbice Cricket would be in a class of its own in the West Indies.
Chairperson of the Guyana National Newspaper Limited Board of Directors, Geeta Chandan-Edmond stated that she and fellow Directors were impressed with the work of the Berbice Cricket Board and as such was pleased to assist, in the effort to educate youths. She noted that while natural talent is important, knowledge of cricket is crucial as it would allow cricketers to become well rounded individuals. She extended best wishes to the Berbice Cricket Board and expressed confidence that the posters programme would achieve all of its objectives. Members of the Berbice Cricket Board Cricket Development Committee would be responsible for the contents of the posters.