Participants of 15th Buxton Cricket Academy taken on tour of prominent places in GT

Aug 09, 2019 Sports

The 15th Annual Buxton Cricket Academy which was launched with a simple opening ceremony at 09:00hrs last Monday will carter for 40 youths (male and female) and will run for two weeks at the Club’s ground on the East Coast of Demerara.

Buxton CC President Esse Peters (standing right) with the participants.

Some of the participants before starting outdoor work.

On Monday the participants were taken on a tour of prominent places in the City while indoor and outdoor work has also been done as the Academy which has produced several players who have represented East Coast, Demerara and Guyana at the youth level gathers momentum.
But even for those who don’t make it in on the field can become a scorer, umpire, curator, cricket journalist or broadcaster and make a comfortable living.
Not everyone can make it in cricket so an education is very important and participants are encouraged to stay in school. The Academy should help to make the girls and boys fit mentally and physically and stay away from drugs and alcohol.
“This camp will teach the youths to play together, have discipline and respect and cricket skills and we are begging for help to make our camp a success this year,” said Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Cricket Club President, Esse Peters.
The camp caters for children between ages 7-19 and Peters explained that it will facilitate participants from Buxton and villages in close proximity.
“The camp is not to make money, but to instill good values to the youths and keep them away from doing the wrong things when they have so much free time now school is closed,” Peters explained.
The club was founded in 1992 and played in tape-ball competitions before being officially launched as the Buxton ‘Carl Hooper’ Club in 2002 when Hooper was appointed West Indies captain.