GCB elects new Essequibo Cricket Board President

Mar 27, 2022 Sports

Kaieteur News – The Executive Committee of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Saturday, March 26, 2022 elected Deleep Singh as President of the Essequibo Cricket Board to replace Hilbert Foster as its new Director to Cricket West Indies.

Essequibo Cricket Board President, Deleep Singh

This information was release via a press release to the members of the media. The document went on to state:

Singh, who hails from Charity is a popular and respected businessman who previously served as President of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Essequibo Technical Institute and as Vice-President of the Guyana Coconut Growers Association.

Singh’s impressive profile includes serving in prominent positions in religious educational and social organizations including the Sanatan Dharm Par Upkaaric Sabha, Shri Sookdeojie Ashram, Charity Development Committee and Guyana School of Agriculture, where earlier as a student he earned a diploma with distinction.

A graduate of the Lousianna State University (USA), Singh is presently the proprietor of WD’S Hotel & Mall at Charity. In addition, he is a large scale coconut, cattle and rice farmer as well as a licensed gold miner.

On the cricket front, Singh played club cricket in Essequibo for a numbers of years and in fact founded and was chairman of both the Enterprise Cricket Club in Pomeroon and also Pomeroon Cricket Committee. From 2002 to 2004, he served as Vice-President of the Essequibo Cricket Board and now as the incumbent President of that Board, he is automatically an Executive Member of the GCB.

Singh’s election to the position of CWI Director is in keeping with a traditional practice that seeks to alternate director selection. He is the first Essequibian to hold this prestigious position since Beni Sankar some twenty-five years ago.

An immensely popular personality, Singh gave the assurance that the confidence placed in him would propel him to work diligently and responsibly in the interest of Guyana and West Indies cricket. He pledged to discharge his duties in a professional manner and to ensure that Guyana is meaningfully represented at the regional level.

The amendment to facilitate the alternating of directors was approved at a Special General Meeting of the GCB held on March 6, 2022. This meeting was convened for two specific purposes: proposed amendments to the constitution and the submission and ratification of Audited Financial reports of the County Boards.

The report from the Berbice Cricket Board, however, created much debate as the figures presented could not stand up to scrutiny. The meeting decided that in the interest of transparency and accountability and in keeping with the Guyana Cricket Administration Act 2014 that the financial report of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) be subjected to a forensic audit.

This decision was taken despite the explanations given by the BCB President, Hilbert Foster and which were deemed unacceptable. The BCB subsequently wrote the GCB requesting a withdrawal of their audited financial report. This matter which has caused much disquiet will be carefully monitored by the GCB.

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