Trophy Stall supports Project Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in Guyana

Another young cricketer has benefited from Project Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in Guyana.
This time it is 15-year-old Khishun Khedaroo of Number 35 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Khedaroo is a student of JC Chandisingh Secondary School and recently joined the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club cricket team. He was the recipient of one box, one thigh pad and one arm guard, compliments of Trophy Stall, Bourda Market with branches at Port Mourant, Berbice and City Mall, South Road. The project is a joint initiative by Kishan Das of the USA and Anil Beharry, Executive Member of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).
At a simple ceremony held recently at Trophy Stall’s Port Mourant branch, Khedaroo said: “I am crazy about cricket and I am thankful for this help and promise to do my best to realise my dream of representing the West Indies one day.”
In response, Chitra Bedessie, a representative of Trophy Stall, stated that “ Ramesh Sunich, the owner of the company, is happy to be part of this project and [to be] given the opportunity to help this kid. He is also pleased with the work of the initiative and its level of accountability and mileage sponsors have benefited from.”
Total cricket-related items collected so far: $270,000 in cash, two trophies, 12 cricket shoes, 19 pairs of batting pads, 25 bats, 15 pairs of batting gloves, 20 thigh pads, one pair of wicket-keeping pads, three arm guards, two boxes, six cricket bags, and three helmets. In addition to the above, $600,000 worth of gear was donated by Sheik Mohamed, former national wicketkeeper-batsman.
To date, 43 young players from all three counties of Guyana have already benefited from three junior gear bags, two trophies, three arm guards, 17 bats, two boxes, three helmets, 12 pairs of cricket shoes, 10 pairs of batting pads, one thigh pad, one bat rubber and 12 pairs of batting gloves. In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area benefited from two used bats. The Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenaam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also received one box of red cricket balls each while Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club received two boxes, 15 white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicketkeeping gloves and a set of stumps and bails. The Essequibo Cricket Board and the town of Lethem also benefited.
Under the Project, cricket-related items, used or new, are distributed free of cost to young and promising cricketers in Guyana. Skills, discipline, and education are important characteristics of the recipients. Talent- spotting is being done across the country and club leaders also assist to identify same. Progressive and well-managed clubs will also benefit. The organisers expressed thanks to Javed and Imran of West Indian Sports Complex, Option Group of the USA, Hilbert Foster, Bish Panday of P and P Insurance Brokers, Sean Devers, Trevis Simon, Årïêl J Tïlkú, Aaron Beharry, Leanna Bachan and Imran Saccoor, Devon Ramnauth, Teddy Singh, Romash Munna, Ravi Etwaroo, Kelvin Brijlall, Ravin Harkishun, Surendra Harkishun, Allan Mangru, Dennis Mangru, Vishal Mahabir, Sherman Austin, Huburn Evans, Rajendra Sadeo, Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall, Sheik Mohamed of Star Sports Awards and Trophies, Ajay Gainda of Cricket Equipment Guyana, Gajanand Singh, Peter Ramkissoon, Rabindranath Saywack, Roshan Gaffoor, Ameer Rahaman, Chin Singh, Denesh Chandrapaul, Dr Cecil Beharry, Davo Naraine of the UK, and Latch Mohabir and family.
Anyone interested in contributing can contact Anil Beharry on 623-6875 or Kishan Das on 1-718-664-0896.