BCB/NBS 2nd division 40-over tourney bowls off on Sunday

– 80 teams involved

After an absence of two years, the popular New Building Society second division 40-over tournament will be making a return to Berbice Cricket with matches scheduled across the Ancient County on Sunday, October 7.

A total of 80 teams have registered for the tournament, which will be played on a round-robin basis, with teams being divided into seventeen zones. Each zone will have four or five teams, and the top teams in each zone will advance to the playoff stages.
Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) President, Hilbert Foster, has expressed delight that this tournament will again be played, as it will involve almost all of the villages and townships in the county.
This Berbice second division tournament involves a mixture of youthful and experienced players, as it serves as a nursery for the county’s eleven first division teams.
As part of its cricket developmental programme, the BCB has put into place a series of measures to make sure that a high level of discipline is maintained:
All teams are expected to be at venues by 10:45 hours, and walkovers shall be granted half-hour after the scheduled start of play.
Teams failing to be present at 10:45 hours to spin the toss shall forfeit their rights to the toss.
All players shall be attired in whites, and failure of players to wear whites shall result in their teams losing the match.
Teams who grant walkovers would be banned from playing for the rest of the year.
Teams will be allowed a maximum of three first division players who have played three or more 50-over matches, while under-19 players shall not be considered first division players.
No non-Berbician shall be allowed to play in the tournament. The Cricket Board will be paying close attention to the competition as it seeks to unearth new talents for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board’s junior cricket tournaments in early 2019.
Among the teams that would be taking part in this tournament are Blairmont, D’Edward, Cotton Tree, Achievers, Police, Young Warriors, Edinburgh, Rose Hall Canje, Albion, Chesney, Whim, Topoo, Fyrish, Courtland, Ramnarine Memorial, No. 48 Challengers, Cut and Load, Dukestown, Skeldon, Crabwood Creek, No. 69 Vikings, and Muslim Youth Organisation.
The tournament will feature players such as Kevin Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Clive Harry, Javed Karrim, Seon Glasgow, Leon Swammy, Kevin and Ritesh Umrao, Antonio February, Mahendra Chaitram, Lakeram Latchman, Sherain Murray and Errol Byass, as they are expected to play active roles for their teams during the tournament,
The tournament is being sponsored by the New Building Society at the cost of over $700,000. This financial institution has four branches in Berbice, situated at New Amsterdam, Rosignol, Rose Hall Town and Corriverton.