Project “Cricket gear for young & promising cricketers in Guyana”: Jadon Campbell receives a bat

Jadon Campbell is the latest junior cricketer to benefit from this joint initiative: Project “Cricket gear for young & promising cricketers in Guyana” – an initiative jointly owned by Kishan Das of the USA and Anil Beharry, Special Technocrat with responsibility for Governance, Marketing and Finance at the Guyana Cricket Board.

Jadon is a product of the Demerara Cricket Club. He has represented Guyana at the under-15 and under-17 levels, and is a compact right-hander who looks more like former West Indies opener Stuart Williams when batting. Jadon, who attends St Rose’s High School, has been recipient of one cricket bat.
“I want to be the best (version) of myself, and keep improving on my game”, Jadon, who also keeps wicket, said at a simple ceremony held recently at the GCC Ground in Bourda. In response, Anil Beharry detailed that the initiative is more than happy to assist young and talented cricketers, with the hope that the fortunes of the West Indies team could be turned around quickly.
Total cricket-related items collected by the initiative so far are: $270,000 in cash, two trophies, twelve cricket boots, nineteen pairs of batting pads, twenty-five bats, fifteen pairs of batting gloves, nineteen thigh pads, one pair of wicketkeeping pads, two arm guards, six cricket bags and three helmets.
In addition to the above, $600,000 worth in gear was donated by Sheik Mohamed, former national wicketkeeper /batsman.
To date, forty-one young players from all three counties of Guyana have already benefitted from the receipt of three junior gear bags, two trophies, two arm guards, sixteen bats, one box, three helmets, twelve pairs of cricket shoes, ten pairs of batting pads, one bat rubber and twelve pairs of batting gloves. In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area have benefitted from two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenaam Cricket Committees and the Cotton Tree Die Hard committee have also each received one box of red cricket balls, while the RHCCCC has received two such boxes besides fifteen white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicket-keeping gloves and a set of stumps and bails.
The Essequibo Cricket Board and the Town of Lethem have also received donations from this initiative.
Cricket-related items, used or new, are distributed free of cost to young and promising cricketers in Guyana. Skills, discipline and education are important characteristics of the recipients. Talent-spotting is being done across the country, and club leaders also assist to identify same.
Progressive and well managed clubs also benefit from the initiative. We take this opportunity to thank Javed and Imran of West Indian Sports Complex, Option Group of USA, Hilbert Foster, Bish Panday of P and P Insurance Brokers, Sean Devers, Trevis Simon, Årïêl J. Tïlkú, Aaron Beharry, Leanna Bachan and Imran Saccoor, Devon Ramnauth, Teddy Singh, Romash Munna, Ravi Etwaroo, Kelvin Brijlall, Ravin Harkishun, Surendra Harkishun, Allan Mangru, Dennis Mangru, Vishal Mahabir, Sherman Austin, Huburn Evans, Rajendra Sadeo, Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall, Sheik Mohamed of Star Sports Awards and Trophies and Ajay Gainda of Cricket Equipment Guyana, Gajanand Singh, Peter Ramkissoon, Rabindranath Saywack, Roshan Gaffoor, Ameer Rahaman, Chin Singh, Denesh Chandrapaul, Dr Cecil Beharry, Davo Naraine of UK and Latch Mohabir and family.
Anyone interested in contributing to this initiative can contact Anil Beharry on 623-6875 or Kishan Das on 1-718-664-0896.