GCB/Region 6 Sports Organiser to host cricket workshop

Catering for male and female cricketers at the Under-15 level, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), in collaboration with the Region 6 Sports Organiser, will host a 4-day cricket workshop at the Albion Community Centre Ground in East Berbice from Tuesday August 27 to Friday August 30.

Region 6 Sports Organiser Godwin Allicock has disclosed that this cricket workshop will be spearheaded by Cricket West Indies (CWI) Level Three Coach Julian Moore, CWI Level Two Coaches Tremayne Smartt and Anthony D’Andrade, veteran Michael Hyles, and GCB Territorial Developmental Officer (TDO) Colin Stuart, the former West Indies Test pacer.
With female cricket in focus, one of the main aims of this cricket workshop is to attain a larger crop of female cricketers. Since newly elected Cricket West Indies President Ricky Skerritt has made female cricket a priority, this initiative will unearth more young female players who may perhaps represent CWI at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022.
This workshop will be used as a building block for the Commonwealth Games, which will be played in the 20-over format. The Under-15 males will also gain cricketing knowledge from some of the top coaches and cricketing personnel in the country.

The Berbice area is known for producing numerous cricketing talents, both males and females. The crop of Guyana’s female players has emerged from ‘the ancient county’, and this workshop is certainly aimed at recognising these young talents at an early age.
Among those female cricketers that have emerged as successful players for their country and have been recognised at the West Indies level are Shemaine Campbelle, who grew up in the Liverpool area of Corentyne; Sheneta Grimmond, who also grew up in Corentyne Berbice, and Shabika Gajnabi, the humble female cricketer from Chesney in Albion.
These three ladies, who play for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, are Berbice female players who have been in the West Indies teams and training camps.
The under-15 males who would be engaged in this cricket workshop will one day seek to follow in the footsteps of current West Indies Under-15 Berbician players Isai Thorne and Rampertab Ramnauth, who are currently in England.