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BCB host Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Mini Academy for youths in New Amsterdam/Canje
The fifty youths at the BCB Mini Cricket Academy along with the Coaches.
Kaieteur News – A total of 50 youths drawn from seven (7) clubs in New Amsterdam/Canje on Sunday last participated in a one day Mini Cricket Academy at the Canje Ground as the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) pushes ahead with its county-wide coaching programme.
The event was the first of four that would be held during the month of November with about 200 Under-19 players expected to benefit from the extensive coaching sessions. The one day session was conducted by a panel of coaches led by Level Three Coach Winston Smith, Leslie Soloman, Balram Samaroo and Gregory Crandon.
The administrative aspect of the academy was led by BCB executives Ameer Rahaman, Neil Rudder and Edgert Lyken Edwards. BCB President Hilbert Foster was also present for a part of the day and congratulated the Coaches on a job well done.
Foster shared that the academy marked the start of the county’s preparation for the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County junior tournaments. Berbice, he stated aims to win all the titles and produce the majority of players on the national teams.
Mini Academies would be held over the next three Sundays in West Berbice, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne, respectively with 50 youths in attendance at each. The same set of youths on the Saturday before would also be involved in a one-day special Social Skills seminar to improve them and to prepare them to represent the County as Ambassadors.
Head Coach Winston Smith disclosed that the Coaches placed special emphasis on physical fitness, ground fielding, wicket keeping, spinning the ball, run ups for fast bowlers, running between the wicket and hitting the ball along the ground.
Players in Berbice have benefitted heavily in the areas of coaching and education under the Foster led BCB. Hundreds of youths have directly benefitted from the county wide Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh Coaching Programme and the hosting of academies. The GCB had last month donated ten coaching kits to the BCB and they are been used at the sessions.
BCB Public Relations Officer Simon Naidu, expressed confidence that all the sessions over the next three weeks would be successful and well attended. He stated that a lot of hard work is being done behind the scene to make sure that all of the board objectives are achieved.
He hailed the hard work and cooperation that exists among the executives of the Board and its Coaching staff.
The two-day activities in each Sub-Association are being sponsored by BCB Patron Vickram Bharrat and overseas based Guyanese Doctor Tulsi Dyal Singh. All the sessions Naidu stated would be held under very strict covid-19 guidelines and any player who fails to follow the rules would be subjected to disciplinary action by the Board.
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