Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh funds BCB Water Pitcher Programme- Pumps over $500,000 into county wide project

May 09, 2019 Sports

The Berbice Cricket Board is continuing its widespread effort to assist all of the cricket teams in the Ancient County to fulfill their mandates to their

Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh

membership. The Board has obtained the support of one of its major donor to undercover the cost of its ambitious 2019 Water Pitcher Project. Under the Project, the Berbice Cricket Board would be assisting every cricket club in Berbice with a five gallon water pitcher.
Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh, a Berbician born Medical Doctor based in Texas, United States of America, over the last fourteen months has invested over $2M of his own funds into the development of Berbice Cricket. Among the programmes, Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh has sponsored are: Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Coaching Programme, Cricket Academy, Preparation of Inter-county Teams among others. Dr. Singh younger brother Dr. Puran Singh also came on board with the Berbice Cricket Board this year by sponsoring the National Players Financial Stipend Scheme at the cost of $300,000. Under this Scheme, all Berbice Cricketers who gain National Selection receives a $10,000 stipend.
Foster disclosed that over the last fourteen months since his election, he has visited over 80 percentage of Clubs across Berbice to meet with them or to witness them in action on the cricket field. During theses visits, he has received numerous requests for assistance in form of cricket balls, stumps, uniforms, score books, water pitchers and pitch covers. Last year, the Berbice Cricket Board assisted all of its clubs with cricket balls, forty received score books, fifty raincoats were shared out to twenty clubs for groundsmen while a combined 60 clubs received either trophies, cricket gears or stumps.
The Berbice Cricket Board received assistance from the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, National Sports Commission, Anil Beharry and Food for the Poor in 2018 for the Outreach Programmes.
The Berbice Cricket Board President, who is spearheading the Outreach Programme, stated that in 2019, all Clubs would receive a $7,000 five gallon water pitcher and also receive a box of cricket balls. Additionally, the Berbice Cricket has also assisted sixty clubs with score books, while every club would also benefit from a donation of 1,000 white cricket T/Shirts. The pro-active President also stated that some clubs would receive gears, trophies, medals and set of stumps.
The entire assistance package for 2019 would be worth about $5M. This, foster stated would be in addition to the Berbice Cricket Board hosting over 30 Cricket Tournaments at different levels and numerous developmental programmes.
Gratitude were extended to Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh for his sponsorship of 76 water pitchers at the cost of $532,000. A Georgetown based Businessman who was born in Berbice has already committed to providing the 1,000 cricket T/Shirts, while former Guyana fast bowler Linden Fraser has donated $100,000. Other donors would be unveiled shortly as the Berbice Cricket Board seeks to fulfill its commitment by August, 2019.
Dr. Singh stated that he is passionate about Berbice Cricket and would continue to assist as long as the present systems of accountability, regular reports are maintained. He expressed the hope that the donation of water pitchers would assist clubs to provide refreshments and water during matches.

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