The Hardware Depot donates $100K in raincoats to BCB
Not very often does Corporate Guyana walks unannounced into a sports organisation’s office to pledge assistance; but this was the case when Raymond Haniff, Marketing Executive of ‘The Hardware Depot’, stepped into the New Amsterdam office of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and pledged a donation of twenty raincoats to BCB President, Hilbert Foster.
Sarah Singh, daughter of The Hardware Depot’s Managing Director Bonny Singh, hands over the donation to BCB President Hilbert Foster (right) as her dad looks on
The offer was then doubled to forty after Haniff consulted with his Managing Director, Bonny Singh.
On Tuesday last, The Hardware Depot handed over the raincoats to Foster at a simple presentation ceremony held at its Charlotte Street head office in Georgetown.
In accepting the donation, a delighted Foster expressed gratitude to the management and staff of the company for investing in Berbice Cricket. The raincoats, he said, would be distributed to clubs which play cricket on a regular basis. These include Albion, Port Mourant, Skeldon, Rose Hall Town, Rose Hall Canje Welfare, Blairmont, Bush Lot, Cotton Tree, Kendall’s Union, No.73, Fyrish, Jai Hind, and Tamarind Root.
The BCB, Foster disclosed, is currently working on a proposal to obtain at least three pitch covers by the middle of next year. The covers would be used on grounds across Berbice whenever quarterfinal, semifinal and final matches are held.
Foster assured the principals at The Hardware Depot that the donation received would be used for its intended purpose, and would be taken care of.
The Board, he said, was open to partnership with major companies across Guyana as it strives to make sure Berbice Cricket remains the best on and off the field.
A main objective of the Berbice Cricket Board is to make sure that clubs are assisted as much as possible to fulfill their mandates to members.
Foster also disclosed that by the end of October, 2018, the Berbice Cricket Board would successfully complete fifteen of the twenty-two tournaments it has committed itself for 2018.
The Hardware Depot had indicated an interest in sponsoring a tournament, but Foster politely requested that it be discussed in 2019, because the 2018 season is packed.
