GCB Development Committee donates coaching equipment to ECB

…Hercules optimistic that gear will be useful to ECB’s development

Guyana Harpy Eagles Assistant Coach Ryan Hercules, through the Guyana Cricket Board’s Cricket Development Committee, on Sunday, made a timely donation of some vital coaching equipment to the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) at the Imam Bacchus Learning Resource Centre, Affiance, Essequibo Coast.
Receiving the equipment was President of the ECB, Deleep Singh and other Executive members. The ECB Head expressed immense gratitude for the valuable equipment, since it would aid in bringing the county’s cricketers to the level of fitness required for competitions.

Hercules stated that he was elated to make the donation, and further stated that it was the start of many more to come. Hercules, a former Essequibo cricketer, reminisced that during his time in the early days of coaching, he was not privileged to have so much equipment and he expected that it should be treated with utmost care and respect, since it was a stepping stone for the development of players.
Hercules also said, “I would have mentioned to the Coach the uses of these equipment — high cones, bat, side arms, to help enable coaches to develop young players in Essequibo and taking them forward into being good ambassadors and role models of Essequibo. I do expect the coaches to treat the stuff with high care, be responsible and I do expect them to nurture the young players in Essequibo and hope that the equipment is very useful to the development of the Essequibo Cricket Board and the players as they go forward in the venture of their careers to hopefully represent Guyana.”

Also present at the event was Essequibo Coach Rayburn Gonsalves, who also expressed appreciation for this assistance. He acknowledged that the equipment would enhance his coaching programmes and promised to use it in the best interest of the players.