“Never in the history of Guyana’s Cricket has a cricket board invested into the game at the club level like the Berbice Cricket Board. We are fully aware (of) the expenses associated with the game and how many clubs are struggling to fulfill their mandates. We are very grateful for the support of Shimron Hetymer and his wife. It is my hope that all the clubs would remember them in their prayers.”
Those were the words of Berbice Cricket Board President Hilbert Foster as he spoke to representatives of clubs in the Upper Corentyne area, where he had gone to distribute cricket balls from the BCB/Hetmyers Berbice Cricket Trust Fund.
Over the last week, the BCB has shared out $1M worth of red cricket balls from the Shimron/Nirvanie Hetmyer Trust Fund as part of its comprehensive developmental programme. Distribution of the balls were done in the five sub-association areas: Berbice River, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne, West Berbice and Upper Corentyne.
A total of eighty-five second division teams have benefitted from donation of the balls. Foster urged the clubs to use the balls for the intended purpose, and committed his administration to supporting their efforts in the future.
Since his election in February 2018, Foster has spearheaded a massive support project that has seen players and clubs receiving numerous donations from the BCB. Players have received cricket gear, educational grants, educational scholarships, bicycles, electronic tablets, school bags and materials, while cricket clubs have received bowling machines, batting cages, practice nets, cricket gear, cricket balls, grass cutter, pitch corners, water pitchers, scorebooks and uniforms, among other things.
