IMC formed for Young Warriors Cricket Club of Berbice
In a move to arrest the rapid decline of the Young Warriors Cricket Club of Berbice, an Interim Management Committee (IMC) has been formed — last weekend — to bring the club back to its former glory.
Former BCB President Anil Beharry sits front and centre in a photo op with the newly instated Interim Management Committee of the Young Warriors Cricket Club
Based in Cumberland, East Canje, the Club has only recently produced its first Test player in Shimron Hetmyer, and current players and concerned members of the community have called on its former players, senior administrators and former Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) President, Anil Beharry, to help this process.
In an invited comment, Beharry said it was bleeding his heart to see how, after over two decades of progress, the club had declined so rapidly within a short period of time. He said he had been closely following the work of the club, and was so disappointed that the club could not even put together a first division team in most cases, thereby missing out on a few junior tournaments run by the Board.
Beharry added that many of the players were also fed-up at the decline of the infrastructure, and were pleading for assistance for the club, which he was acceding to.
He said now is the time for the club to strive further, after producing a star like Hetmyer, only the second cricketer from the Canje area, after Leonard Baichan, to play international cricket for the West Indies.
Beharry promised he would do what it takes to firstly regain the confidence of the club’s supporters, and then produce better resources.
The committee of concerned members includes Suresh Sripal, Roshan Sattaur, Vishal Mohabir, Suno, Seon Hetmyer, Suresh Dhanai and Linden Austin.
Amir Khan will be the designated Secretary; Kwasi Maltay coach; Gladstone Hetmyer and Satanand Mohabir will share the work of the post of Manager. Austin will head the venue preparation, with Sripal in charge of the finance. Repairs and preparation of the venue have already begun.
There are also plans for renovation and repainting of the buildings, purchasing of covers for the pitch, and procurement of a tractor to cut the outfield.
The club is asking for assistance in any form to fulfill its plans. The members also promised the return of Mash Cup for 2019. Contact can be made with Beharry on 592-623-6875 or email [email protected], or any other club member, if one wishes to support the cause.
