BCB clinches another major sponsorship for 2023

Jan 12, 2023 Sports

– RL Contracting sponsors under15 Inter Club Tournament

Kaieteur News- The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has predicted that its 2023 cricket season on the field would be the bust in its eighty three years history with planned tournaments at the under 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, female, primary school, secondary school, intermediate, internal zones, second division and first division levels. The Board on Tuesday unveiled the sponsor of the 2023 under15 inter club tournament with contractor Rondhall Lewis of RL Contracting coming on board.

RL Contracting CEO Rondhall Lewis hands over sponsorship to BCB President Hilbert Foster.

BCB President Hilbert Foster hailed the launching of the sponsorship of the tournament as another ‘red letter day’ in the remarkable progress taking place in the county cricket. The under15 tournament would involve players born on or after the 1st of September 2008 and about eighteen teams are expected to play. The teams would be divided into four zones and play round robin with the top two teams from each zones advancing to the quarterfinals.

The BCB selection committee headed by Balram Samaroo would use the tournament to not only select the inter county under15 team but to identify promising players for the board’s coaching programmes. Among the clubs expected to play are Rose Hall Farfan and Mendes, Albion, Port Mourant, Rose Hall Canje, Cotton Tree, Tucber Park, Mt Sinai, Achievers and Bush Lot United.

Foster, who is spearheading a massive marketing campaign for the cricket board, disclosed that over eighty percent of the planned tournaments have already receive sponsorships or commitments.

He expressed gratitude to Mr Lewis for his support and reassured the sponsor that the tournament would be a success. The BCB President who is in the final year of his third term since his election in 2018, stated that the highlight of 2023 would be the return of cricket in schools at both the primary and secondary levels, an expansion of the countywide coaching programme, an overseas tour by a Berbice under21 team, acquiring several vital equipment such as bowling machines and the introduction of two days cricket at the junior level.

Lewis in brief remarks stated that he was delighted to play a part in the development of young talents in the county and hailed the current development in the county cricket. He expressed confidence that several future stars for the county would emerge from the tournament and that the legacy of Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Alvin Kallicharran and Roy Fredericks would continue to shine.