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Massiah Primary School emerges champions after defeating Yakusari Primary in final
BCB/ Roy Baijnauth Memorial Inter Primary School tournament-Upper Corentyne
– Foster urges cricketers to focus on education
Kaieteur Sports – The Berbice Cricket Board on Monday last successfully completed another cricket tournament as it forges ahead with its 2023 schedule to host cricket at all levels. The board despite the weather was able to host the final of the BCB/ Roy Baijnauth Memorial Tournament for primary schools in the Upper Corentyne area at the Number 48 ground.
Three schools turned up for the semifinals and grand final with Number 56 Primary failing to do so. The draw for the day saw Skeldon Primary playing Massiah Primary with Yakusari Primary of Black Bush Polder drawing the bye to the final. In the semifinals, Massiah Primary defeated Skeldon Primary by eight wickets. Batting first, Skeldon were restricted to 35 for 9 wickets off their allotted twelve over as Adrias Mohamed top scored with 12. Bowling for Massiah Primary, Rayon Reece took 4 wickets for four runs from his two overs. Massiah Primary in reply raced to 36 for two wickets from five overs as Marvin Chapelle and Rayon Reece both ended on ten runs apiece.
The winning Massiah Primary School poses after been crowned champions.
Man of the finals Marvin Chapelle receives his prize.
In the final, which was witnessed by a large crowd of parents and supporters of both teams, Massaih batting first reached 89 for 5 from their allotted fifteen overs as captain Marvin Chapelle top scared with an impressive 41 which included three boundaries. He received support from Keshan Narain who scored twelve runs and Aryan Singh with ten. Ridwan Elmudeen took two wickets for 13 runs from his three overs for Yakusari Primary. In reply, the Yakusari Team reached 45 all out from ten overs as only Omar Rahubar and Zabir Rosan reached double figure with 12 and ten respectively. Bowling for the champions was Rayon Reece 2 for 12, Marvin Chapelle 2 for 8 and Zakariyya Khan 2 for 6 in an impressive bowling effort. Marvin Chapelle was named Man of the finals and received a medal and a special prize.
Each of the finalists received a voucher to uplift educational stationery from Office Express in Corriverton, while the BCB with support from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports, donated exercise books and other items to the schools.
BCB President Hilbert Foster was present for the final and expressed gratitude to the Baijnauth family for their sponsorship of the tournament in memory of the Late Roy Baijnauth, a former Mayor of Corriverton. Baijnauth also served as president of the Berbice Cricket Board for two terms before he was succeeded by Malcolm Peters. Foster hailed the late BCB President as a faithful servant of Berbice cricket and a role model to many.
The BCB President, in a direct appeal to the primary school students, urged them to make an educational background the number one objective in their lives. Education, he told the attentive students, is the most important asset they can get and pleaded with them to focus on their studies. Not everyone would go on to be a successful cricketer and as such it was important to do well in school. Foster also pledged that the BCB under his leadership would continue to invest heavily in youth’s development, especially at the school level. Massiah Primary would now advance to the overall Berbice Finals where they would play the winners of the West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje and Lower Corentyne zones. Latchmansingh Primary School of West Berbice has also advanced.
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