Outstanding CSEC students honoured by BCB/Adana Homes Tribute to Outstanding Students Award

Oct 04, 2020 Sports

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) under the leadership of President Hilbert Foster continues to break new grounds even as most sports organisations remain inactive due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The six Awardees pose with Executives of the BCB following the presentation

The BCB on Thursday last hosted a simple presentation ceremony for its first ever Adana Homes Tribute to Outstanding Students Award programme when six cricketers who performed well at the recent CSEC exams were presented with a monetary contribution of $10,,000 each.
The players who were all present at the ceremony are Jonathan Rampersaud, Mahendra Gopilall, Lucas Arthur, Anthony Sukhra, Abdul Ramsammy and Ashmini Munisar. Foster in remarks stated that the Board strongly believes in the importance of an educational background and as such, has always invested heavily in assisting players as much as possible.
He urged the players to remain humble but to develop a culture of always striving for excellence whilst looking into other paths such as the University of Guyana and Technical Institutions to further their education.
He pledged that under his leadership, the BCB would continue to support cricketers who place emphasis on the importance to their education. The BCB boss challenged clubs and officials in Guyana to sit down with all youth players and discuss the importance of education.
Using his club, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS as an example, Foster stated that management makes sure that each member is aware of the value of an educational background and also assists them to achieve same.
Education, he stated assists youths to think on their feet and this is one of the main reasons why the club is so successful on the field of play. The idea for the awards programme was born after the BCB was informed of the success of the players and Foster immediately contacted his close friend and former BCB President Anil Beharry to discuss rewarding the six players.
Beharry immediately contacted Mr. Satishwar Persaud, CEO of Adana Homes who agreed to come on board as the sponsor. Adana Homes is a Canadian based Real Estate company and Persaud is also a sponsor of cricket in Canada, where he owns a team.
Foster expressed gratitude to both Beharry and Persaud for their continued support of Berbice cricket. Persaud, a Berbician by birth stated that he was impressed by the work of the BCB and committed himself to working with the board in the future. He also stated that he would sponsor the educational award on an annual basis.
Jonathan Rampersaud, who topped the list of awardees with eleven subjects including nine (9) grade ones expressed thanks to the BCB, Beharry and Persaud for honouring them and committed the group to making the country proud in the future.