BCB invites applications for maiden Vitality Inc Upper Corentyne educational scholarship

The proactive Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) had, at the start of 2021, committed to providing educational scholarships for cricketers in the four major sub areas in the county. BCB President Hilbert Foster had stated then that his board would obtain sponsorship for scholarships for youths in West Berbice, New Amsterdam /Canje, Lower Corentyne, and Upper Corentyne.
The BCB has already given a one-year educational scholarship worth $200,000 to Naeem Khan from the Lower Corentyne area. And 8 students from the New Amsterdam/Canje sub-zone have benefited from educational grants.

These programmes have been sponsored by Agriculture Minister Zulficar Mustapha and West Indies player Shimron Hetmyer respectively.
The board has now obtained the support of Mr Sureain Sawh of Vitality Inc, an overseas-based Guyanese company which recently opened a branch in the Ramnaresh Sarwan Mall located at Providence, East Bank Demerara.
The company would be donating $200,000 dollars towards a one-year grant to a cricketer attending the University of Guyana. The funds would be used towards the payment of the cricketer’s student fees at the University.
The BCB is therefore inviting players in the area to apply for the first ever BCB/ Vitality educational scholarship. An interested person must be living in the #43 Village to Moleson Creek catchment area, and must be an active member of one of the 26 clubs in the Upper Corentyne area. Applications must be submitted by April 15 to the BCB office in Charlotte Street at New Amsterdam. The application must include proof that the applicant is a student at the university, their CSEC results, two recommendations along with a letter from a cricket club in the area confirming membership. In the event that a suitable candidate is not found, the funds would be distributed to 8 cricketers attending secondary schools.
Foster, who was elected President of the BCB in 2018, has made it quite clear he strongly believes that all cricketers in the county must make education a top priority in life, as not every one of them would succeed on the cricket field. He has also constantly stated that an educated mind thinks faster in moments of crisis.
Over the last three years, hundreds of cricketers have received educational materials, school bags, bicycles, and financial assistance towards their educational careers. The BCB is shortly expected to announce plans to assist cricketers in the West Berbice area with educational grants.