The Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club (BCCC), voted the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB’s) Cricket Club of the Year 2018, will this year host its cricket academy from August 12 to August 25.
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The BCCC will also host a field trip for its players: to the National Stadium at Providence for the first One Day International match between the West Indies and the Virat Kohli-led India team.
This BCCC academy aims to expose more youths to the intricacies of the game of cricket, besides keeping its players active during the summer break.
Located on the West Bank of Berbice in Region Five, the BCCC is, moreover, looking to regroup in all categories from the under-13 level upwards. Additionally, this club will shortly hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Flashback: Blairmont CC President with Nigel Deodat and Javed Karim at the GCB Awards Ceremony (Brandon Corlette photo)
Speaking to this daily publication, BCCC President, Shabeer Baksh, explained that this AGM will create an interim body that would serve the cricket club from the latter part of 2019 into 2020, when the next AGM will be held.
He said the BCCC is, further, planning its annual fund-raising activity, and after the AGM, decisions will be made.
The Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club won the 2018 West Berbice Cricket Club/Team of the Year award at the Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB’s) Annual Awards Ceremony, when the top clubs across the four respective zones were recognised. This club has, in 2019, won the annual Cotton Tree Die Hard Cup and the D’ Edward Cup, which were among the few tournaments played this year.
In past Berbice Cricket Board awards, the BCCC was awarded the Most Improved Cricket Club in Berbice.
The BCCC continues to produce players who are ‘eligible’ to participate in cricket matches for Guyana and the West Indies at the highest level. Former West Indies Test players Roy Fredericks (deceased) and Brandon Bess are among the notable personages this club has produced.
The young promising players that have been produced by the Shabeer Baksh-led BCCC are former two-time Guyana Under-19 player Javed Karim, present Guyana Under-19 player Seon Glasgow, Guyana Under-17 and Berbice Under-19 player Nigel Deodat, and Guyana Under-17 player Marvan Prashad.
Kevin Jawahir, Kalim Butts, Naresh Roopnarine, Parmanad Ramdhan and Derick Narine are some of the other players who have been exceptional performers for the BCCC. (Brandon Corlette)
