The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) is hosting its annual cricket camp over the next two weeks, and young aspiring cricketers will be exposed to the fundamentals of the game.
The camp began on Monday, August 14, and will conclude on Friday, August 25, with club administrators hoping that youths would thereafter develop a love for the game and join the team to pursue a career in the sport.
Head Coach of the Georgetown Cricket Club, Peter Persaud, emphasized the benefit of growth this camp would bring to the youths.
“This is just the start for some of them, because some of them never had experience coming to a cricket camp; but I’m saying once we instill it in them, we know they are going to love the game of cricket. And some of them here are already involved in clubs, as some of them are playing U15, U13 and our age group here is from 7–17. So all, as coaches, we can do is get things right for them, so we can let them elevate into the higher level of cricket is UI17 and U19, and from there they would (improve) their specified skills and play for Guyana,” he said.
During the camp, youths will be exposed to expert coaching in the areas of batting, bowling and fielding, as well as to lectures on discipline, game awareness, team building, and interaction with senior and junior national players.
The camp, which will be held on weekdays from 09:00h to 13:00h, will be led by four trained coaches: Peter Persaud, Garvin Nedd, Clive Grimmond, and Orin Bailey, with a physiotherapist on hand throughout the duration.
This two-week programme, sponsored by Queensway Security Inc., is open to youngsters between the ages of seven and seventeen.
