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BCB joins hands with Dr. Armnauth Dukhi to establish Cricket Trust Funds
– To assist clubs with coaching equipment
Kaieteur Sports – The Berbice Cricket Board under the leadership of Hilbert foster continues to forge ahead to expand its cricket development programme. The pro-active cricket board has joined hands with famed Guyanese neurosurgeon, Dr. Armnauth Dukhi to establish a Cricket Development Trust Fund that will benefit youth development in the ancient county.
BCB President Hilbert Foster
BCB President Hilbert Foster met with Dr. Dukhi at his St. Joseph Hospital office and the pair discussed the establishment of the Trust Fund. The main objectives of the Dr. Armnauth Dukhi Berbice Cricket Trust Fund are to assist close to twenty youth teams with the necessary coaching equipment, assist the ongoing coaching programme and assist less fortunate cricketers. The BCB President stated that his administration is fully committed to making sure that every potential talent in the county is given the equal opportunity to fulfill their dreams.
Foster explained that the BCB knows that cricket is a very expensive sport and as such in very committed to assisting clubs to fulfill their mandates. The BCB has authorised Dr. Dukhi to raise finance under the trust funds and supporters of Berbice Cricket are hereby encouraged to contact the surgeon o make contribution.
Dr. Armnauth Dukhi
The funds would be used to obtain coaching equipment for the clubs in Berbice who have junior teams. The aim is to assist each club with $100,000 worth of coaching equipment. The clubs expected to benefit are Bush Lot, Bath, Achievers, Blairmont, Cotton Tree, Rainbow Generation, Tucber Park, Guymine, East Bank Berbice. Mt. Sinai, Rose Hall Canje, Edinburgh, Albion, RHTYSC, Port Mourant, No. 73 Young Warriors, Radha Krishna Foundation, No. 72 Cut and Load and Skeldon.
Foster explained that the BCB has nineteen cricket coaches working across the county on a monthly basis with four in West Berbice, six in New Amsterdam/Canje, six in Lower/Central Corentyne and three in the Upper Corentyne area. The coaches are employed with the assistance of the Government of Guyana. the equipment would assist these coaches to reach more youths and Foster noted that the BCB has assisted cricketers and club with an unmatched list of items including cricket gear, uniforms, stumps, scorebooks, grass cutters, practice nets, bowling machines, water pitchers, pitch covers, youth information booklets, school bags, bicycles, coaching manuals and cricket balls.
The BCB has also hosted numerous coaching programmes and clinics with coaches like sir Andy Roberts, Sir Curtly Ambrose, Jimmy Adams, Dr. Desmond Haynes, Roland Butcher, Esuan Crandon, Clyde Butts, Sheik Mohamed, Nolan Mckenzie, Reon King, Courtney Walsh and the late Basil Butcher. Additionally, the BCB has hosted numerous youth tournaments and this year reintroduced cricket in Secondary schools and hosted historic tournaments at the under 11 and Primary school levels. This is addition to these at the Under 13, Under 15, Under 17, Under 19, Under 21 and Under 23 levels. Dr. Dukhi would be responsible for the money raised by the trust fund and would hand over the coaching equipment to the board for distribution to the clubs. Persons who are willing to contribute to the Dr. Armnauth Dukhi Berbice Cricket Trust Fund can contact him directly.
Dr. Dukhi noted that as a proud Berbician, he was delighted to join hands with the BCB. He stated that he was very pleased with the progress been made in the county and expressed delight at the large amount of players been produced by the county, Dr. Dukhi has already sponsored an Under 15 inter club tournament for 2024 and has pledged to fund the construction of a sanitary facility at the No.69 Viking Ground at the cost of about $500,000.
- BCB President Hilbert Foster, Clyde Butts, Dr. Armnauth Dukhi, Esuan Crandon, Nolan Mckenzie, Sheik Mohamed, The Berbice Cricket Board
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