18th edition of GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Launched
In Thursday for the 18th time Scotiabank have collaborated with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for the Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Programme.
The launch occurred at the GCB’s board room at Regent Street, Bourda in the
The head table at the Scotiabank/ GCB Kiddy’s Cricket Launch along with jubilant prospective participants
presence of Lorna Muhammad, the administrator to the Acting Chief Education Officer (Primary) of the Ministry of Education, Nicholas Fraser, the Head of the Physical Education Department of the Unit of Allied Arts (Ministry of Education), Hazel Pyle-Lewis, representative of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Gervy C. Harry, Sports Administrator of the National Sports Commission (Ministry of Education), Taaliba Speede, Child Care And Protection Officer of the Child Care And Protection Agency, Drubahadur, President of the Guyana Cricket Board, Colin Stuart, the Territorial Development Officer of the Guyana Cricket Board and Coordinator of the 2017 WICB/GCB/ Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Program, and Jennifer Cipriani of the WICB’s/GCB’s Kiddy Cricket proud sponsor “Scotiabank.”
The 2017 GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Program bowls off on February 21, 2017 with the Coaching Education aspect which incorporates three main elements, namely, the coaching of actual cricket related skills, the component of “Cricket Is My Game – Learn It,” which involves, coaches, umpires, Match Referees, national and academy players imparting different aspect of the game to the students, such as on leadership, fielding placing, laws of cricket etc , and the element of “Meet The Emerging Player,” which captures the intervention of national, academy and promising youth players in schools, in an effort to motivate students to become goal achievers – heroes of tomorrow.
The 2017 GCB/ Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Program will commence its Festival or Competition phase from February 28, 2017 in the Pomeroon district of Essequibo and would then shift its attention to the Essequibo Coast, Bartica, Wakenaam, Leguan and East Bank Essequibo, while almost simultaneously placing similar interest in the areas of East Bank Demerara and New Amsterdam/Canje.
The programme will then continue during the third school term from May 3, 2017 and conclude by June 2017, targeting primary schools in the Berbice River, Corentyne, West Berice, Mahaica/Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, Georgetown, West Demerara and the Upper Demerara/ Highway District.
All members of the head table gave high commendations of the programme, which started in 1999/2000. They praised the structure of the program which aims to develop rounded individuals (the participating students) by both focusing on empowering participants in the areas of cricket associated skills and attributes related to cricket activities such as team work ethics, the importance of discipline and commitment, value of communication (inclusive of body language and feedback), value of winning and losing, the worth of setting goals with objectives (pathways towards achieving such goals), the importance of rules, principles, ethics, and guidelines, inclusive of Child Care And Protection policies.
Over the years the programme have seen the emergence of many talented cricketer that elevated to play for Guyana at the junior level.
