Ten-year-old E’bo opener Fredericks benefits from Project

May 05, 2022 Sports

“Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Ravid Fredericks, a 10 years old opening batter from Essequibo is the latest cricketer to benefit from the project, an initiative of Kishan Das of the USA and Anil Beharry of Guyana.
Fredericks, the baby of the team, is the youngest batsman to participate in the GCB/Dave West Indies Imports and Exports Inter County Tournament which was halted due to the inclement weather. Players are vying for a place in the national team to participate in the upcoming CWI Regional Tournament.

Ravid Fredericks, left, shake hands with Anil Beharry with the cricket gear on display.

Essequibo has another 10-year-old in their team in American based Ethon Sylus, the Nephew US based Guyanese Boxing Champions Elton Dharry.
However, Since Sylus, the son of Dharry’s sister, can afford to buy cricket gear and Fredricks comes from a single parent home. The adjudicators decided on Fredericks.
Fredericks, the son of former National player Norman Fredericks and Nephew of former Essequibo batter and Coach of the Essequibo U-15 team Norwayne Fredricks, represents Jaguar Cricket Club and resides with his mother in the village of Pomona.
He was the recipient of a junior gear bag along with one pair of batting pads, one bat, one box, one helmet, one pair of batting gloves and one bat rubber which was up for grabs for the youngest batsman in the tournament.
The elegant right hander is one for the future and was highly recommended by officials, media representatives and former players.
At a simple informal presentation held recently, Beharry, a current GCB executive, said that he is happy to assist young players and he considers this special because of the player’s tender age.
He said that the project has reached out to many young and promising cricketers and clubs across the length and breadth of Guyana and is the hope of the initiative to assist in producing more cricketers for Guyana and West Indies. In response, the grade 5 student of Huis’t Dieren Primary School was very thankful for the gear and promised to work hard on his game so as to realize his dreams of donning West Indies colours one day.
Total cricket related items collected so far: $130,000 cash, two trophies, eleven cricket boots, sixteen pairs of batting pads, seventeen bats, eleven pairs of batting gloves, nineteen thigh pads, one wicket keeping pad, one arm guard, five cricket bags and one helmet. In addition to the above, $600,000 worth in gear was donated by Sheik Mohamed, former National wicket keeper/batsman.
To date, thirty-five young players from all three counties of Guyana have benefited from two junior gear bags, two trophies, one arm guard, eleven bats, one box, one helmet, nine pairs of cricket shoes, eight pairs of batting pads, one bat rubber and nine pairs of batting gloves. In addition, the Rose Hall Estate Cricket Club benefited from a pair of stumpsand bails and two clubs in the Pomeroon area benefited from two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenaam Cricket Committees, Cotton Tree Die Hard and Rose Hall CCCC also received one box of red cricket balls each.
Cricket related items, used or new, will be distributed free of cost to young and promising cricketers in Guyana. Skills, discipline and education are important characteristics of the recipients. Talent spotting is being done across the country and club leaders will also assist to identify talent. Progressive and well managed clubs will also benefit.
Beharry and Das thanked Javed and Imran of West Indian Sports Complex, Option Group of USA, Hilbert Foster, Bish Panday of P and P Insurance Brokers, Sean Devers, Trevis Simon, Årïêl J. Tïlkú, Aaron Beharry, Leanna Bachan and Imran Saccoor, Devon Ramnauth, Teddy Singh, Romesh Munna, Ravi Etwaroo, Ravin Harkishun, Surendra Harkishun, Allan Mangru, Vishal Mahabir, Sherman Austin, Huburn Evans, Rajendra Sadeo and Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall, Sheik Mohamed of Star Sports Awards and Trophies and Ajay Gainda of Cricket Equipment Guyana, Peter Ramkissoon, Rabindranath Saywack, Roshan Gaffoor, Ameer Rahaman, Denesh Chandrapaul and Dr Cecil Beharry. Thanks to the media for the role they are playing in promoting this venture.
Distribution will continue. Anyone interested in contributing can contact Beharry on 623-6875 or Das on 1-718-664-0896. (Sean Devers)

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