Blairmont Centre Cricket Club (BCCC) will be holding its eight Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday at the Blairmont Estate Ground from 16:30h.
The AGM, which was last held in 2010, will see Shabeer Baksh, in the role of Club President for the last eight years, being open to any challengers. He expressed a desire to work with anyone who has the interest of youths and cricket at heart.
The Club, which was once very active, was resuscitated on May 26, 2010, and has since been moving from strength to strength. Since its resuscitation the Club’s administration has been very active with many programmes on and off the field.
In summarising the Club’s activities, Baksh stated that the period 2010-2017 has been very progressive for the BCCC. He mentioned that although cricket has been unstable in Guyana for a long period, the Club has stayed focused on its aims and objectives to create opportunities for youngsters and prepare them for elevation to higher heights.
Current BCCC President Shabeer Baksh
During the period, there were several coaching sessions, a cricket summer academy, inter-club organised matches and outreach charity programmes which helped to boost and rebuild the image of the Club.
The BCCC participated in all cricket competitions run under the auspices of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and had representatives in the Berbice teams and the national team at all the age levels, including Under-15, Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21.
The BCCC has won the BCB Under-21 tournament; GFLSA’s Under-13 tournament; and the Western Berbice Association Under-23, Under-19, Under-17, and Under-15 tournaments. Also, the Club has won numerous 20/20 and 10/10 one-day fundraising events. The BCCC also has First, Second Division and Over-40 teams.
The other executives during 2017-2018 include Govindaraj Khan (VP); Vejai Farhad (Treasurer); Derrick McCalmon (Secretary); Shizad “Greens Massive” Ali, (Assistant Treasurer); Anil Sukra (Assistant Secretary) and active committee members Jerry Karim, Omeshwari Prashad, Kevon Jawahir, and Waqar Hassan.
The executive will be striving for added success in 2018-2019. Baksh noted that the new executive body can build on the Club’s hard work over the last eight years.
He also welcomes the public to be part of the club proceedings.
BCCC is one of the founder clubs of the BCB, and has produced two Test cricketers Roy Fredericks and Brendon Bess.
