BCB presents 2 more pitch covers with sponsorship from Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) under the leadership of Hilbert Foster continues to fulfil its commitment to the cricketing public of Berbice.
On Monday last, the Board handed over the last two pitch covers it had promised the county. The covers, which remain the property of the BCB, would be stored at the Edinburgh Cricket Club and the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), MS.
Foster disclosed that last year, the BCB decided to invest heavily in purchasing pitch covers in an effort to cut down on the amount of time lost to rain. The BCB President stated that the Board was concerned that important matches like quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were being affected by rain and thus some tournaments were delayed for a long time.
BCB President Hilbert Foster hands over covers to Joel Pike of RHTY&SC and Egbert Edwards of Edinburgh
The county had fewer than three covers, but they were the property of clubs with most of them in poor condition. The first cover obtained by the Board was handed over to the Albion Cricket Club, while the second one, sponsored by Matt Bruer of Australia, was handed over to the Cotton Tree Cricket Club. The Cotton Tree cover is being used for BCB tournaments in the West Berbice area.
The third cover was sponsored by Vitality Inc and is in the care of the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association for usage in the Upper Corentyne area. Each cover is 100 feet by 34 feet and easily protects the pitch in the event of rain. Two sets of the covers were used during the Guyana Senior Team Best of Best trials.
The set of pitch covers handed over on Friday to the Edinburgh Club would be used for games in the East Bank/New Amsterdam area while the one in the care of the RHTY&SC would add to the Albion-based covers for cricket in the Lower/Central Corentyne area. Foster expressed thanks to overseas-based Guyanese Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh for his sponsorship of the two covers, which were purchased at the combined cost of $680, 000.
He urged all the clubs to take care of the covers as it was an investment of over $1.6 million from the BCB. Edinburgh President Egbert Edwards hailed the BCB for the outstanding work it was doing in the county to develop the game. Foster also disclosed that among the other plans for 2022 are assisting clubs and youth players with cricket balls, gear, cycles, school bags, educational grants, catching cribs, and grass cutters among other items.
