BCB invests $300,000 and assist Clubs with $400,000 worth of water pitchers

Sep 28, 2019 Sports

“The Berbice Cricket Board strongly believes in investing into the future and this was the main reason why over the years we have assisted young cricketers as much as we have done. The twelve Under-13 players have a bright future infront of them and as long as the current Executives of the

Representatives of the Clubs pose with their Water pitchers.

The twelve young cricketers and their parents pose with the donated gears.

Berbice Cricket Board are in office, I can say with confidence that we would work to assist them to fulfill their cricketing potentials. Additionally, Clubs in Berbice have benefitted as never seen before in Guyana’s cricketing history as we are a caring administration.” The sentiments expressed by BCB President Hilbert Foster as Guyana’s most dynamic Cricketing Organisation handed over $300,000 worth of cricketing gears to twelve Under-13 Cricketers and $400,000 worth of water pitchers to clubs.
The cricket gears were donated to the Berbice Cricket Board by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan and the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, while the five gallons water pitchers were donated compliments of official sponsor Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh, a United States based Berbician Medical Doctor.
Foster stated that the assistance of the cricket gears to the Under-13 players were the continuation of his administration’s assistance as over the last nineteen months, the Berbice Cricket Board has now assisted forty five youth players with $1M in cricket gears. The players benefitted were drawn from the RHTYSC, Albion Community Centre, Upper Corentyne, Port Mourant, Blairmont Community Centre, Young Warriors, West Berbice, Rose Hall Canje and Tucber Park Clubs. Two Under-13 Female Players Tricia Hardat and Darshie Subramanie were among the players receiving gears that included bat, batting pads, helmets, wicketkeeping gloves and wicketkeeping pads. Foster urged the players to use the gears for the intended purpose and called on their parents who were present to support the kids by visiting matches.
Under the Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh funded project, Clubs in Berbice would benefit from a donation of a five gallons water pitcher. Due to the higher cost of acquiring the pitchers that were budgeted for, 65 of the 80 Clubs in Berbice would receive one in 2019, while the others would do so in 2020. A total of forty Clubs collected their water pitchers during the 80th Anniversary Programme on Friday last. The BCB President reminded representatives of the Clubs that the Board since February 2019 has assisted them with over $5M worth of cricket gears, cricket stumps, scorebooks, bicycles, cricket balls, trophies, medals, educational materials, special prizes and raincoats among others. He however cautioned that Clubs have to be more cooperative with the Berbice Cricket Board, to organise internal fundraising events to assist themselves and to get more committed leaders into their different management structures.
Foster also announced to great applause that former Government Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy had obtained a US$2,000 sponsorship to assist the BCB Ball Project for 2019. Under this project, the Board would assist all 80 Clubs in Berbice Cricket with cricket balls. Clubs are also expected shortly to benefit from donation of cricket shirts.

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