Support continues to pour in

BCB Office upgrading process…

Over the last 19 months, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has remained focused on organising numerous cricket tournaments and coaching programmes, assisting clubs and cricketers, and raising finance to return Berbice Cricket to its rightful pride of place after two years of internal problems.

A Representative of the Caribbean Nation Group handing over donation to BCB President Hilbert Foster

With Berbice Cricket again on firm footing, the BCB is now undertaking a major upgrade of its Office in New Amsterdam, with concomitant improvement of its services to the general public. This upgrading is being done as part of the 80th Anniversary Celebration of the BCB.
BCB President Hilbert Foster, MS, who is spearheading the project, has said that with the BCB on its feet, it was important for the administration to strengthen its operations to better serve the cricketing public, sponsors, and all clubs in the Ancient County.
Noting that the present executives took over a Board with no finance and neither structure nor office in place, Foster said the main objective is to make the BCB a role model organisation in West Indies Cricket.
Condition of the old office left much to be desired, and it was totally inadequate for managing Berbice Cricket. The upgrade would include tiling of the floor, installing PVC ceiling on the roof, repairs to the washroom facility, and making the operation of the Board total self-reliant.
An NGO in Berbice, the Caribbean Nation Group (CNG), and Delmur Shipping have contributed financially to fixing of the BCB ceiling, while overseas-based Guyanese Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh has committed to funding the tiling of the floor and to purchasing new furniture.
Barbados-based Guyanese Dr. Puran Singh has committed to providing the BCB with a desktop computer and printer.
West Indies players Devandra Bishoo and Anthony Bramble have respectively donated a 32-inch television set and a water dispenser.
The BCB has also received from well-wishers a DVD player, electrical fan, kitchen utensils, large water cooler, office decorations, cleaning equipment, stationery, telephone set and facsimile machine.
Those who have so far donated to the BCB cause include National Player Gudakesh Motie, University of Guyana Tain Campus, Poonai Pharmacy, Balram Shane General Store, RHTY&SC, Attorney-at-Law R. Jugmohan, and Bakewell who have contributed 100 souvenir cups for the historic anniversary.
BCB Public Relations Officer Simon Naidu and Office Administrator Angela Haniff have both expressed gratitude to all of the donors for supporting the Berbice Cricket Board, and have urged former executives, overseas-based Berbicians and the business community to offer their support to the BCB’s efforts to lift Berbice Cricket even higher.