Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) President Hilbert Foster and Vice President Albert Smith recently visited the Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) as part of the BCB outreach programme.
Members of the PMCC stand with BCB executives, President Hilbert Foster and VP Albert Smith
All BCB member clubs would be visited by the president, with support of some of his executives, as the BCB steps up its effort to inform players of its work, unveil plans for the future, and offer words of advice to youth cricketers.
Speaking at length about the importance of education and the need to always say no to drugs and crime, Foster urged the attentive youths to uphold the rich legacy of the PMCC, and to follow in the footsteps of legends like John Trim, Rohan Kanhai and Basil Butcher, who were all Test cricketers for the West Indies.
The BCB, he promised, would assist the PMCC to hold coaching sessions for young players, and two players would each receive a cycle and a pair of batting gloves. The RHTY&SC, MS, would also donate school bags and educational materials to five players who recently wrote the Grade Six Exams.
PMCC has already received balls and score books from the BCB, and would shortly get other items, including a five-gallon water cooler and white tee shirts.
The BCB President committed to visiting the club on a regular basis, as he does across Berbice wherever cricket is being played.
The players and executives of the club were also reassured that the BCB would work hard every day to make sure that Berbice Cricket develops even more in the future.
Foster also visited Rose Hall Canje CC on Wednesday last, and during this week, he would be at the Chesney and Whim cricket clubs.
