Young Warriors CC secures sponsorship for East Canje Day of Sports
The Young Warriors Cricket Club of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice will be the host of the East Canje Day of Sports on November 6, 2016 at the Cumberland Ground. The day’s events will be cricket and football and will see villages competing against each other. The event was boosted with the sponsorship of Mara and Sons, Chinnick Supermarket and Universal DVD.
At the presentation ceremonies held recently, Mara and Sons donated a bicycle which will be used as a gate prize. Chinnick Supermarket and Universal DVD made cash donations towards the event. At the Mara and Sons presentation, Steve Ramdatt, son of the owner said that he is happy to be part of this event and hopes that it helps to find more talents like Shimron Hetmyer who is currently with the West Indies ‘A’ team in Sri Lanka. He also emphasized that sports can help to keep young persons off the streets and get them involved in positive activities.
Owner of Universal DVD, Vick Seubaran made a cash donation to Young Warriors club member Ishwar Singh who thanked him for his fine gesture. Seubaran said he will always help in the development of sports, cricket in particular. Chinnick’s donation of cash was also well received to which the organizers expressed their appreciation.
Alex Algoo receives a bicycle from Steve Ramdatt of Mara and Sons
Over the years, the East Canje area have produced many talented cricketers with the latest being West Indies Under 19 winning captain Shimron Hetmyer. Leonard Baichan was the first and only test cricketer coming out of the area. Seon Hetymer, Gajanand Singh, Damodar Daesarat, Richard and Kevin Ramdeen, Balram Samaroo, Kwesi Maltay, Linden Austin, Boodnarine Sumair and Kassim Khan are among many others that proudly represented Guyana at the various levels.
Even though most of the players came through the Young Warriors Cricket Club programme, they reside in different villages within the Canje district. This spread of talent has led to regular competition among the village teams.
Some of the teams expected to take part are Canefield, Gangaram, Canje Pathfinders, Betsy Ground, Goed Bananen Land and Rose Hall Estate.
The cricket competition will be five overs aside and will involve second division players. However, the teams are allowed to buy the first division players in the area with the starting bid being two thousand dollars with the exception of Shimron Hetymer whose starting bid will be ten thousand similar to IPL style.
In addition, there will be a feature football game involving players from Number Two, Palmyra, Sheet Anchor and Cumberland versus the other villages in East Canje. Attractive prizes up for grabs. Proceeds from this event will go towards Young Warriors CC to assist with the continuous effort of promoting cricket in the area. The first cricket match bowls off at 9:30h.
