RHTY&SC, BCB invest in Cricket Academies for Upper Corentyne and West Berbice

“As long as I remain President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), special emphasis will be placed on the development of new talents as the present generation of cricket leaders has the responsibility of making sure that the future of our cricket is secured. Any cricket leader that does not plan for the future is not worth his position. The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and the BCB would invest as much as humanly possible into the development of new talents for Berbice, so that the legacy of (John) Trim; (Rohan) Kanhai; (Basil) Butcher and (Joe) Solomon continue.”

Those were the words of RHTY&SC Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and BCB President Hilbert Foster at a simple presentation ceremony, hosted by the Club, to hand over donations to the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association and the D’Edward Cricket Club for the hosting of a Cricket Academy in the Upper Corentyne and West Berbice respectively.
The donation included a bicycle each for the Player of the Academy, trophies, a large quantity of bottled water, school bags, and certificate frames. The BCB would also provide coaches for the Academy in each area along with educational materials, medals and youth information booklets among other items. The RHTY&SC is providing the majority of the donations under its Patron Fund Project. Foster stated that since his election as BCB President, the RHTY&SC has used over $3 million of its own funds to assist him in fulfilling his duties at the vibrant Cricket Board.
The Cricket Academy in the Upper Corentyne would be the first of its kind in the area and would be hosted by the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association at the Scottsburg Ground for 50 young cricketers between the ages of 8 and 18 years. The Academy would be a follow-up to coaching sessions organised by the Board under the Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh Coaching Programme and forms part of an intense effort to get more youths involved in the game in the sub-association.
The Academy at the D’Edward Club would be for 50 youths from the club and others from the West Berbice area. Foster has also committed to assisting clubs like Port Mourant, Whim, and Rose Hall Canje in organising coaching sessions for their young players. The BCB, over the last month, assisted the RHTY&SC and the Albion Cricket Clubs with the hosting of their Cricket Academies. The Board provided the coaches for the training of over 100 youths at Rose Hall Town, and Albion benefited from a donation of a bicycle, trophies, medals, scorebooks, cricket balls, a pair of batting gloves and educational materials.
Foster was loud in his praise for the hard work of club officials across Berbice and stated that there was no place for persons whose only interest was in securing positions at the national level as Managers, Coaches and Selectors. The work of the BCB and RHTY&SC is unmatched across Guyana, and he urged club officials in Berbice to work along with his administration to achieve even more.
Meanwhile, the two organisations joined hands in donating items to the Port Mourant Public Hospital for an award ceremony scheduled for Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the University of Guyana, Tain Campus. The donation included 10 trophies, certificate frames, medals and a collection of special prizes.