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GCC celebrates 1 Year Anniversary of KFC Mini Zinger’s Cricket Programme
– Yearwood lauds progress, growth of club
Some of the younger cricketers and their coaches going through some drills yesterday on the Bourda Ground.
(Kaieteur Sport) – The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and KFC celebrated the 1-year anniversary of their Zinger Mini Cricket Programme yesterday, with a huge turnout by parents and youngsters alike at the legendary Bourda Ground.
The camp, which marked its one year yesterday, has thus far racked up a staggering number of 183 youths who have made camp one of the bigger youth cricket programmes in the country.
Yesterday’s celebration featured almost 75 new youngsters, with president of GCC Jonathan Yearwood highlighting to the media following the end of the programme, that diversity has also been a huge part of the camp’s identity.
The diversity in talk has seen a spring in a number of overseas kids hailing from countries like England, India, Colombia, USA and Australia were featured in the camp.
Yearwood said that the club has also identified 20 kids from the camp, who demonstrated the necessary skills and will now be thrusted into the GCC Junior Academy where they will ramp up their training; as part of their journey to becoming the next group of Guyanese/West Indies cricketers.
The GCC KFC Mini Camp has seen a surge in numbers since its launch, according to the GCC president.
Saturday’s two-hour long event saw the youths engaging in some outdoor activities mirroring that of professional cricketers, some of which included runs, shuttles, fielding drills as well as other vital areas of training and preparation which will play a key role as they develop into professionals.
Players were given certificates as well as medals at the end, while the core value of the program is fixed on ensuring GCC’s rich legacy continues by playing its role in developing the younger generation of cricketers.
Meanwhile, the GCC president said the basis of the camp now and going forward, is to provide the necessary tools to the future players of Guyana and by extension, West Indies’ cricket; a move which has gained tons of momentum in just a year. (Clifton Ross)
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