Five more youth cricketers honoured under BCB/Adana Homes CSEC Awards Programme

Dec 10, 2021 Sports

Kaieteur News – The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) ongoing effort to promote the importance of education took another giant step forward when the board hosted the second edition of the BCB/ Adana Homes CSEC Awards. Five youth cricketers on Wednesday last received a financial award of twenty thousand for their outstanding performances at the 2021 CSEC.

BCB Competition Chairman Leslie Solomon (2nd right) poses with the five awardees after the presentation.

The students who received the financial award were Jeremy Sandia, Christopher Deroop, Zeymul Ramsammy, Shelton Ramsay, Roland Fullerton and Zeymul Ramsammy. Another youth cricketer Vettori Lathman received his award earlier from the BCB when the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association hosted its Annual General Meeting late last month at the Skeldon Community Centre.
President of the BCB Hilbert Foster stated that his administration has placed special emphasis on the educational careers of its players because he strongly believes that it is the foundation of a successful life. Foster, who is also a Vice president of the Guyana Cricket Board, stated that just one percentage of active players would develop into professional cricketers and as such it was important for the others to have an educational background to fall back on.
He urged the awardees to seek other ways to improve themselves and committed the board to supporting in any way possible. The main objectives of the scheme, the President stated was to encourage cricketers to make education a priority in life, to identity role models for others to emulate and to make players better thinkers of the game.
The board over the last four years under Foster leadership has provided educational grants to hundreds of youths to assist them in their pursuits of education, while over three hundred cycles were also distributed to less fortunate students to assist them to attend school. Additionally, close to one thousand youths have received school bags and educational material and the BCB also handed out its first ever University of Guyana Scholarship.
Foster, who would be seeking re-election on the 19th of December at the BCB Annual General Meeting, stated that the pro education campaign would be expanded in 2022, while several major cricket development projects would be unveiled in the near future as the board strives to take the game to a higher level. He also expressed thanks to Mr. Satishwar Persaud and Adana Homes for their support of the Scheme. Mr. Persaud is an overseas based Guyanese who is actively involved in the promotion of the game in his adopted home, Canada. Adana Home is one of the leading real estate businesses in Canada.