Beharry commends Ramdeholl for impressive performance

Recipients of the “Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in Guyana”, a collaborative initiative between Anil Beharry and Kishan Das, have sung the praises of Romario Ramdeholl, who made significant strides in the Opening game of the West Indies Rising Stars Men’s Under-17 2-Day and 50-Overs Championship on Tuesday last.
Ramdeholl with his persistence of line and length as managed to take 12 wickets against Trinidad and Tobago as he struck two six-wicket hauls forcing the game to be drawn and leading Guyana’s bowling attack with his ability to obstruct the batting attack of Trinidad and Tobago.
Co-Partner of “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana” initiative Anil Beharry in an exclusive comment to the Guyana Times Sport expressed his admiration for the impressive work produced by Ramdeholl.
Beharry said, “First of all, as a project or as an initiative or a part in it, I’m very pleased, I’m very thankful, I’m very happy that one of the recipients has done so well in the first game for Guyana under 17. As I told you before, this project was a very casual initiative to start with and then it grew and grew and grew over the years. It started close to 10 years ago and many players have represented Guyana, the West Indies, the counties in Guyana benefited from this project, clubs have also benefited from this project.”

Beharry reiterated the target area of the program towards development.
“That’s the target area. We try to target cricketers who are very talented, who are very disciplined, who attend school or attended school and it’s a package. Young cricketers, 19 years or below and it’s a free distribution because the gears are also collected and the monies are collected free to purchase gears that we don’t have in stock.”
To date, eighty-four young players, male and female, from all three counties of Guyana have benefited directly from seven gear bags, two trophies, four arm guards, thirty three bats, three boxes, six helmets, thirty one pairs of cricket shoes, twenty pairs of batting pads, twenty four thigh pads, one bat grip, thirty four pairs of batting gloves, one pair of wicketkeeping pads and three pairs of wicketkeeping gloves. Many others benefited indirectly. In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area benefited from two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also received one box of red cricket balls each, Cold Fusion Cricket Club thirteen color uniforms while RHCCCC received six boxes of balls, fifteen white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicket keeping gloves, a set of stumps and bails. Other beneficiaries are The Essequibo Cricket Board, the Town of Lethem, youth coach Travis Persaud (one box of red cricket balls), male and female teams playing the traditional hardball and softball in the Upper Corentyne area, No.65 Young Titans with 30 T-Shirts, youths of Just Try Cricket Club, Wakenaam Cricket Academy (one box of white balls), Shamar Joseph, Nehemiah Hohenkirk, Shamar Apple, Leguan Cricket Committee, Tucber Park Cricket Club and Malteenoes Sports Club (nine cricket balls each). (Omar McKenzie)