The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) with sponsorship of an overseas based Guyanese, Brian Ramphal hosted a training clinic for 45 potential Level One Coaches at the Albion Sports Complex.
The coaches were drawn from several major clubs in Berbice including Blairmont, Police, Young Warriors, Tucber Park, Rose Hall Canje, Skeldon, Upper Corentyne, Albion, Port Mourant, Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, Kendall’s Union, No. 73 and Mount Sinai.
The Clinic was being conducted by Level III Cricket Coach Winston Smith with support from Coaches Andre Percival, Balram Samaroo and Tremayne Smartt.
BCB President Hilbert Foster hailed the programme as a major investment into Berbice cricket which would assist in a massive turnaround of the game.
The participants of the Brian Ramphal Coaching Programme listen attentive to the presentation of the tutors
The Clinic which would conclude on Saturday and the main objectives are to development a wider pool of coaches in Berbice, to make sure that every First Division Club has persons with the basic knowledge of coaching, to prepare potential coaches to write the Level One Coaching Certificate Programme and to provide information to young Berbice Youth Players in an effort to improve them.
A pool of Berbice Junior Cricketers is involved in the programme as part of their personal development.
The players include Zeymul and Abdul Ramsammy, Kevin Sinclair, Javed Rahim, Marvin Prashad, Alex Algoo, Steve Deonarine, Christopher Harry and Kevin Umroa.
Foster, pleaded with the coaches to dedicate themselves to the development of every youth as the main objective of the Berbice Cricket Board is to make sure that every youth in Berbice fulfill his/her full potential on the cricket field.
He disclosed that too many players are representing Berbice with technical problems and this must be corrected in the future. The workaholic and energetic President stated that the Coaches’ Programme is just one of several developmental project that would be unveiled in the next two months.
Others include a Countywide Coaching Programme, Educational Posters, Social Skills Seminar, Elite Coaching Programme and Cricket Academy. Noting that he has a solid track record of achievements, the Berbice Cricket Board President stated that obtaining sponsorship is not a problem for Berbice Cricket as is the problem for other cricket boards.
Special thanks were expressed to Ramphal for his $1M donation which would be used for several cricket developmental Programmes.
Head Coach Winston Smith hailed the investment of the Berbice Cricket Board and urged the forty-five potential coaches to dedicate themselves during the course of the clinic.
Smith also pleaded with the attentive coaches to go back to their respective clubs and make a positive contribution.
The first day of the clinic concentrated on the coaches being involved in batting, wicket keeping, fielding and running between the wickets coaching sessions.
