Albion Community Centre Cricket Club is 71 years old

At the recent media launch of its second division 10/10 cricket tournament, slated to be played today, Sunday August 4, 2019, it was disclosed that the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club (ACCCC) would this year be celebrating its 71st anniversary of existence, and particulars in this regard would be revealed at a future date.

Formerly known as the Albion Cricket Club and the Albion Sport Complex Cricket Club, the ACCCC was established in 1948 and headquartered at the Albion Sports Complex, now known as the Albion Community Development Centre. Over its 71 years of existence, the Club has evolved to become one of the top cricket clubs in Guyana, and continues to make sterling contributions to cricket at all levels in Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies.
This club has, on more than 10 occasions, been awarded the Guyana Cricket Board’s “Club of the Year”, the most recent being in 2017, which was then its fourth occasion within five years (2013 to 2017). The Club has also had the distinction of winning numerous national titles at all levels, including that of the Neil and Massy 40 Overs National First Division (the last national club tournament to have been played) in 2009.
Its first national First Division title was won in 1985 when, under the captaincy of Michael Chin, it won the Bristol Cup 50 Overs Tournament. Albion also won the last National Under 15 Tournament to have been played (in 2007).
The Club has also been victorious in the Neville Sarjoo National Under 16 Tournament and the Department of Youth and Sports National Under 19 Tournament on several occasions.
In its ‘home territory’, East Berbice, the Club’s dominance in cricket at all levels is unmatched. Over the years, the Club has produced five Test cricketers, namely Sew Shiwnarine, Narsingh Deonarine, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Devandra Bishoo and Veerasamy Permaul; while young Anthony Bramble has only recently earned his first West Indies Senior Team call-up for the T20 Series against India, and is expected to become the sixth cricketer from Albion to represent the West Indies at the senior level.
Three other Albion cricketers have played at the senior international level, but for Canada. They are Fazil Sattaur, Abdul Samad Sattaur, and Sunil Dhaniram.
Among the cricketers from Albion to have represented Guyana at the senior level are ‘Sugar Boy’ Baijnauth, Amarnauth Ramcharitar, Kamal Singh, Sew Shiwnarine, Michael Chinsammy, Sudesh Dhaniram, Fazil Sattaur, Sunil Dhaniram, Naresh Manbodhe, Azib Ali Haniff, Narsingh Deonarine, Leslyn Lambert, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Jonathan Foo, Andrew Gonsalves, Hemnarain Harrinarain, Suresh Ganouri, Veerasammy Permaul, Devandra Bishoo, Anthony Bramble, Imran Khan, and Gudakesh Motie.
There have been several other outstanding cricketers who came from Albion, among them are Kenedy Venkasammy, Hemnarine Chattergoon, Andy Chinsammy, Orvin Mangru, Michael Chin, Tameshwar Sewack, Asgarally Khan, Rishi Baichan, Veeram Singh, Latchman Bhamsingh, Rampersaud Ramcharitar, Nyeem Baksh, Stanley Chinsammy, Ramnarine Chattergoon, Kerwin Ganouri, Muniram Lalbehari, Veeramootoo Kalimuthu, Henry Sackichand, Kandasammy Surujnarine, Sharaz Ramcharran, Balchand Baldeo, Kieron Sewdyal, Adrian Sukhwa, Sharaz Ramcharran, Harrinarine Chattergoon and Imran Hussain. Current West Indies Under 19 selectee Kelvin Umroa is also a product of Albion.
Several individuals have, overs the years, served the ACCCC with distinction in the field of administration. Among them are Lionel Permaul, Rohan Chandan, Krishna Jagdeo, Aakash Singh, Jailall Mangru, Lloyd Kanden and Imtiaz Baccus, whose names will always be featured whenever the history of Albion cricket is considered.