Albion Community Centre CC concludes successful academy

The 19th edition of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club academy, which commenced on Monday July 8, concluded yesterday, Saturday July 13.
With this year’s academy having as its main objective exposing young cricketers to the fundamentals of cricket, the academy was certainly successful.
All outstanding participants were awarded at the end on the six-day academy, which was sponsored by Devandra Bishoo.
Berbice Under-15 batsman Tameshwar Mahadeo was awarded ‘most promising player’; Shiv Harripersaud was awarded ‘most disciplined participant and most promising fast bowler’; Kumar Deopershad was awarded ‘most promising spin bowler’; Ari Afrizal Kadir was awarded ‘most promising batsman’, and Damion Cecil was awarded ‘most promising wicket-keeper’.
Nicholas Leps was awarded ‘most promising fieldsman’; Pavendra Ganesh was awarded ‘best overall attendance and punctuality’, and Timothy Brigbhukan was awarded ‘most participating student’.
The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club was launched over five decades ago with a mission to produce vibrant and well-rounded cricketers and individuals who would, in turn, contribute to development taking place in societies and the country as a whole.
This cricket club has, over the years, produced both Guyana and West Indies players. Narsingh Deonarine, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Devandra Bishoo, Veerasammy Permaul, Jonathan Foo, Anthony Bramble, and Gudakesh Motie are among those produced by the club.
This year’s cricket academy saw a total of 43 attendees between the ages of 8 and 18 years old benefiting. Each day’s fun-filled interactive session commenced at 08:00h and concluded at 16:15h.
Participants were exposed to various vital skills, techniques and guidelines in regard to discipline, basic mathematics, substance abuse, cricketers as ambassadors, importance of education, importance of physical fitness, motivation, basic English, tips on public-speaking and communication, etiquette and social graces, captaincy, laws of cricket, First-Aid guide for sports, and leadership.
Omarnauth Outar, Orvin Mangru, Prem Kanhai, Sean Coonjah, Wazim Shariff, Angela Haniff, David Brigbhukan, Pooran Mangal and Veerasammy Permaul were among those who contributed significantly to this programme.
Gudakesh Motie, Devandra Bishoo, Bisham Surujnarine, Anthony Bramble, Ramesh Kasinath, Kelvin Umroa, Karran Arjpaul and other senior members of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club all played a role in the coaching sessions.
The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club hereby extends sincerest gratitude to BCB president Hilbert Foster, who on behalf of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) donated a quantity of trophies, medals, information booklets and learning aids, cricket balls and a bicycle to the success of the academy.