Dave West Indian Imports fully sponsors Inter-County U-15 tournament
The 2019 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 Inter-County tournament was launched on Friday at the GCB Board room.
Present at the simple ceremony were Colin Stuart (Territorial Development Officer), Dave Narine (Proprietor of Dave West Indian Imports & Export), Raj Singh (Marketing Manager of the GCB) and Colin Europe (Chairman of the Competitions Committee).
Opening the launching was Colin Stuart, who thanked the sponsor for coming on board. He further stated that the GCB is seeking to find emerging talents, and through the sponsorship these developmental teams are given an opportunity to showcase their talent and be selected to play for Guyana, where they can compete
Proprietor of Dave West Indian Imports & Exports, Dave Singh, handing over the sponsorship cheque to a representative of the GCB
against each other and, further, make the West Indies team.
In an effort to encourage teams to bat longer, Europe said, the Competitions Committee members have taken it upon themselves to implement a system wherein the batting team would be awarded a bonus point if it is able to bat 45 overs or more.
Also, if a team is able to make above 200 runs, a point will be awarded; while a score of 250-plus would assure the team two bonus points.
Marketing Manager of the GCB, Singh, thanked this major sponsor for his four years of continuous support, owing to the fact that every year he always increases his sponsorship; and as of this year, has attained full sponsorship.
Singh went on to state that the last time the tournament was held, there were various opinions on how the teams were selected. That is why the issue has been addressed in the form of the President’s XI team being included in the tournament in addition to the three counties.
Singh noted that it costs a lot to bring the players out from Berbice to Georgetown to play, but he said he believes that it was worth it.
In closing, Narine said, “It has been a pleasure working with the Guyana Cricket Board over the past four years. I want to see Guyana Cricket do better and West Indies Cricket do better, but this is where it starts. I want to spend my money at the Under-15 (level) because this is the core of where cricket starts. All I ask of you is to practice hard, make your country proud and your team”.
The first two matches will commence on Monday, with Demerara taking on Berbice at GCC and President XI duking it out with Essequibo at Everest.
