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GCB U-17 Female Franchise T20 League launched E’bo starts title defence today at Everest
By Sean Devers
The second annual Guyana Cricket Board Under-17 Female Franchise T20 League was launched yesterday at the GCB office on Regent Road Bourda. The inaugural tournament was staged just before last year’s Women’s Cricket World Cup which was held in the West Indies.
Representatives of the sponsors and Team Captains from West Berbice and East Coast.
The tournament is divided into two Groups and defending champions Essequibo Hurricanes is grouped with East Bank Demerara Warriors, East Coast Sixers and Lower Corentyne Thunders.
Group ‘A’ comprise of Upper Corentyne Strikers, West Berbice, Georgetown Thunders & West Demerara Heat. Two matches will be played on the same day at Everest in the City, Young Warriors in Canjie Berbice and Lusignan on the East Coast with the first starting at 09:00hrs while the afternoon games commence at 13:00hrs.
Today’s opening round sees Upper Corentyne facing West Berbice in the morning game at Young Warriors while match two at the same venue involves Lower C’tyne and East Coast.
In the City, Georgetown oppose West Demerara in the morning game while Essequibo begin their title defence against East Bank in the afternoon game at Everest. The competition continues tomorrow with four matches and Saturday with four more games before the two teams with the most points clash in the final on Monday at Everest from 10:00hrs.
At the head table during yesterday’s launch from left, Sherry-Ann Vavfeyar, Lorraine Barker-King. Shenaine Christian-Henry, Colin Stuart and Selena Bacchus.
Former West Indies pacer and GCB’s TDO Colin Stuart said the GCB was honoured to collaborate with the National Sports Commission, the Ministry of Education and its Allied Arts Unit and the Child Care and Protection Agency.
“The GCB believes such a collaborative effort will provide the safe, encouraging and supportive environment for the nurturing and development of youth players” Stuart opined. He further explained that the Cricket Development Committee of the GCB endeavours to promote Female Cricket development in such a manner that it resembles the structure of the Male development activities within the shortest time possible.
He informed of the benefits of females playing for the West Indies team such as Cricket West Indies (CWI) providing retainer contracts for selected females within the Region of which he said Guyanese players continue to benefit from.
Also speaking yesterday was Regional Admin Officer Ministry of Education Shenaine Christian-Henry who noted the importance of sports in a Child’s life to balance with academics to make them a well-rounded individual.
She informed that Education is the process of training people’s minds and abilities so that they can acquire knowledge and develop skills. “Students, I urge you to grasp as much as you can academically and have fun playing cricket so that you can influence the lives of others and make a positive impact in today’s society,” Christian-King added while wishing the GCB a smooth running of the 2019 Female U-17 National Secondary Schools Cricket League.
Administrator, Unit of Allied Arts Ministry of Education Lorraine Barker-King emphasised the importance of the arts and sports since they are subjects that are written at exams while Senior Probation and Social Services Office of the Childcare and Protection Agency Sherri-Ann Vavdyar spoke about protecting children for the ills of society and the role sports can play in the nurturing of a Child; teaching team work, discipline and confidence in a safe and enjoyable environment.
Among the persons attending yesterday’s launch were Coaches of some of the teams and Captain of the West Berbice and East Coast teams.
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