The New Amsterdam-based Tucber Park Cricket Club (TPCC) is set to host a weeklong summer camp — its first official cricket camp in New Amsterdam, and one geared to teach the basic skills of cricketing to youngsters, although other life skills, like leadership, the importance of education, etc. would feature therein.
Romario Shepherd is a proud product of Tucber Park
The camp also aims to provide children with opportunity to be part of a sporting organisation, so they can be meaningfully occupied with extra-curricular activities which can one day result in them representing Guyana and the West Indies.
The camp will be held at the Berbice High School, beginning on August 12 and ending on August 17. Sessions would last from 09:00 hours to noon each day. Young boys and girls aged at least 10 and living around the area are invited to participate in the camp.
Former national youth player and Berbice senior team batsman Anthony D’Andrade would be coordinating the activities of the camp. He has completed the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Level 2 Coaching course held last month at the National Stadium.
The head coach is National Under-19 Coach Julian Moore, a CWI Level 3-qualified coach and member of the coaching staff attached to the national senior team. Moore’s assistant is Tremayne Smartt, the West Indies female all-rounder who is herself a recently qualified CWI Level 2 Coach.
Tucber Park has produced Jeremy Gordon, who played first class cricket for Guyana in 2006/07; West Indies ‘A’ and Guyana Amazon Warriors player Romario Shepherd; and Eugene La Fleur, who captained the Guyana U-19 Team in 2008. Currently playing in the GT20 tournament, Gordon has played for Canada also. Anthony D’Andrade, who has played in the UWI Vice Chancellor vs Zimbabwe Team match in 2010, is also on the team.
In addition to these players, Tucber Park has produced numerous national players at the junior level. Those include Garfield Benjamin and Leon Swamy, who is currently in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Parents/guardians interested in having their loved ones participate in this camp are asked to contact coordinator Anthony D’Andrade (655-4638), head coach Julian Moore (615-9239) or assistant coach Tremayne Smartt (682-2389) to register.
