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BCB will invest heavily in Female Cricket – Foster assures players
The Berbice Female Squad pose for a photo after the Meeting.
Female Cricketers would be treated with the same passion as their male counterparts and the Berbice Cricket Board would be investing heavily into their future. Those were the assurances the President of Berbice Cricket Board Hilbert Foster gave the Female Cricketers as he spoke to them at the Rose Hall Canje Ground last Sunday. Foster was speaking to the Female Cricketers as he continued his countywide consultations with cricket stakeholders.
The newly elected President acknowledged that Female Cricket was neglected in Guyana for too long and the Berbice Board would correct the situation over the remaining months of 2018. The Berbice Cricket Board, Foster stated would host Tournaments on a regular basis but urged Clubs like Blairmont, West Berbice, Port Mourant, Upper Corentyne and Young Warriors to form Female Teams.
The only Club in Berbice and Guyana to a have a Female team is the RHTY&SC, but several Female Players are members of the Rose Hall Canje and Tucber Park Cricket Clubs. Addressing the thirty Female Cricketers, Foster urged them to become students of the game by researching its history, rules and tradition. He told the attentive audience which included West Indies Female Players Erva Giddings, Shemaine Campbelle and Tremayne Smartt that special emphasis would be placed on coaching so that they can correct basic technical problems before representing Berbice and Guyana. Female cricketers between the ages of 12 to 18 years would be involved in the Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Berbice Coaching Programme and the 2018 Berbice Cricket Board Cricket Academy scheduled for May and July respectively.
Foster also stated that the Berbice Cricket Board would be investing in hosting Social Skills Seminars, Educational Posters and one on one Coaching in a comprehensive effort to make sure that every Female Cricketer in the county fulfills her full potential. The tournaments which would be played for Females are – 40-Overs, 20/20 and Double Wicket Competitions and Foster urged the Players to play their part by getting themselves fit for selection to Berbice Senior Team to play in the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County Championship.
The first match of the BCB/RHTYSC 40-Overs Female Cricket Tournament was washed out after heavy rainfall just before the start of play. The two teams – Rose Hall Town Metro and New Amsterdam/Canje played each other in a fifteen overs softball match, in the presence of Albert Smith, Chairman of the Berbice Cricket Board Selection Committee. New Amsterdam/Canje reached 96 for 8 with Odessa Cadogan topscoring with 43, Niveena Ramnauth 15 and Divona Frank 13. Bowling for Rose Hall Town, Plaffiana Millington collected 3 for 8, Shakeba Gajnabi 2 for 20 and Mariam Samaroo 2 for 5.
In response, the powerful Rose Hall Town Metro Team reached 94 for 2 from 11-Overs with Kassie Munroe 40 not out, Kimmone Thomas 12 and Uma Matadin 13 not out being the principal scorers. The winning team would receive a cash prize, trophy and medals, compliments of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club.
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