Project Cricket Gear gives Blairmont players support

Blairmont Cricket Club, a leading producer of youth cricketers on the West Bank of Berbice and generally in Region Five (Demerara-Mahaica), is the latest club to benefit from ‘Project Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana’, the noble initiative that is jointly owned by Anil Beharry of Guyana and Kishan Das of the USA.
This vibrant cricket club has been presented with one pair of batting pads, one cricket bat, one helmet, and a quantity of cricket balls.
A delighted Shabeer Baksh, long serving player and cricket administrator, has been very thankful for the gear, which he said would be used by junior cricketers of the club.
Facilitators of the project, having noted that they are happy to be part of the development of young cricketers in the area, have
promised to continue striving to make every community a safer and better place.
“We are pleased to be part of the development of young cricketers in Guyana. Our aim is to keep them off the streets and get them actively involved in sports, cricket in particular”, they disclosed.
Total cricket-related items received/purchased so far by this initiative: $610,000 in cash, thirteen coloured cricket uniforms, one set of stumps, two trophies, thirty- five pairs of cricket shoes, thirty-seven pairs of batting pads, forty-six cricket bats, forty-one pairs of batting gloves, twenty-nine thigh pads, three pairs of wicket- keeping pads, six arm guards, two chest pads, two boxes, fourteen gear bags, thirteen bat rubbers, seven helmets, one fiberglass bat, one pair of floppy hats, one pair of inners, sixteen boxes and four of white cricket balls, thirteen boxes of red cricket balls, one bat cone and twenty-eight footballs.
In addition to the above, gear valued above $600,000 has been donated by Sheik Mohamed, former national wicketkeeper/batsman.
All cash collected is being used to purchase cricket gear requested and not available at the time.
To date, ninety-eight players, male and female from all three counties of Guyana, have benefitted directly from receipt of cash, eight gear bags, two trophies, four arm guards, thirty-five bats, four boxes, six helmets, thirty-six pairs of cricket shoes, twenty-one pairs of batting pads, twenty-five thigh pads, one bat grip, thirty-eight pairs of batting gloves, one pair of wicketkeeping pads and four pairs of wicketkeeping gloves with one pair of inners.
Many others have benefitted indirectly. In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area have benefitted from receipt of two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenaam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also received one box of red cricket balls each, Cold Fusion Cricket Club have received thirteen coloured uniforms, while RHCCCC received six boxes of balls, fifteen white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicketkeeping gloves, two sets of stumps and bails.
Other beneficiaries are the Essequibo Cricket Board, the Town of Lethem, youth coach Travis Persaud (one box of red cricket balls), male and female teams playing the traditional hardball and softball in the Upper Corentyne area, No.65 Young Titans with 30 T-Shirts, youths of Just Try Cricket Club, Wakenaam Cricket Academy (one box of white balls), Shamar Joseph, Nehemiah Hohenkirk, Shamar Apple, Leguan Cricket Committee, Tucber Park Cricket Club, Malteenoes Sports Club (nine cricket balls each), Kendall’s Union Cricket Club with twelve red balls, Lower Corentyne, Corentyne Comprehensive and JC Chandisingh Secondary schools with twelve red balls each, Thaddeus Lovell with one pair of cricket shoes, GCC, two boxes of white cricket balls, Bush Lot United Sports Club, one box of red balls, West Demerara Cricket Association, one box of white balls and Blairmont Cricket Club with one pair of batting pads, one cricket bat, one helmet and cricket balls.
Persons interested in contributing can contact Anil Beharry on 623-6875 or Kishan Das on 1-718-664-0896.