The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday launched a full colour 32-page pictorial review booklet as it continues to invest heavily in the development of cricket in the Ancient County.
Executives of the BCB and some delegates at the BCB OGM each pose with a copy of the booklet
The booklet has been sponsored by J Supermarket, and is the latest of several publications made by the proactive BCB under the dynamic leadership of Hilbert Foster.
This historic publication features more than 170 photos which highlight the outstanding work of the BCB from 2018 to 2021, when more than 75 tournaments were hosted at several levels while hundreds of developmental projects were undertaken even as the BCB also assisted clubs/players with more than $20M worth of items.
The editorial content of the booklet is divided into several sub-headings, including coaching, teams, tournaments, sponsors, friends of Berbice Cricket, assistance to players, assistance to clubs, educational, meeting with Government officials, awards, honouring parents, donations, and general activities. The impressive full colour booklet also includes a message from BCB President Hilbert Foster, portraits of BCB Patron Vickram Bharrat, Minister of Sports Charles Ramson, and the 19 Berbicians who have played Test cricket.
The 18 Berbicians who have also been selected to participate in trials/camps organised by the West Indies are also featured in the magazine, along with the executives of the BCB.
Foster has said that the booklet was published as part of the BCB’s aggressive marketing/public relations campaign, to attract sponsorship for more projects and also to keep the public informed of the work of the board. He opined that every Berbician should be very proud of the work of the BCB over the last four years, and young ones should also inspire to become leaders of the BCB in the future.
He said the Board’s achievements are unmatched across the Caribbean, and the ongoing pandemic has not stopped the proactive board from fulfilling its mandate. The hosting of more than 75 tournaments at all levels, securing in excess of fifty million dollars in sponsorship, organising hundreds of developmental projects, assisting players and clubs with close to twenty million dollars of items, creating history with the publication of its own coaching manual, and undertaking a multi-million-dollar restoration of its offices are some of the BCB’s works over the last four years.
Public Relations Officer Simon Naidu, who has co-edited the booklet, has expressed gratitude to Jason Sripal of J Supermarket for his sponsorship of the booklet, which would be distributed free of cost across Guyana, the Caribbean, North America and Europe. The booklet would also be used to attract sponsors across the world as the BCB strives to take Berbice cricket to another level.
Naidu disclosed that the board has already started to work on another publication to showcase the top 100 most promising youth players in the county.
