12 youths to benefit from Minister Ramjattan donation to BCB
BCB 80th Anniversary Celebration…
Twelve outstanding Under-13 cricketers drawn from across Berbice will benefit from donation of cricket gears as the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continued its celebration of its 80th Anniversary.
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan hands over cricket gears to BCB President Hilbert Foster as Malcolm Peters looks on
BCB President Hilbert Foster and former President Malcolm Peters on Thursday visited the office of the Vice President and Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan who handed over $250,000 worth of cricket gears to the Board.
The donation included bats, batting pads, helmets, wicket keeping pads, stumps and wicket keeping gloves.
Foster, expressed the BCB’s gratitude for remembering his home county of Berbice. Twelve cricketers will each receive a piece of cricket gear while two Clubs in the Upper Corentyne area will receive a complete set of stumps.
In the past 19 months, BCB has assisted dozens of young cricketers with over $2M worth of bicycles, educational materials, school bags, cricket bats, batting pads, batting gloves, helmets, bowling boots and wicket keeping equipment.
Foster stated that the BCB will also assist another fifteen Under-15 players with their own batting pads or gloves.
