Sat, 30 Sep 23 08:00:22 +0000
…BCB/UG Wall of Fame to be opened soon
BCB President Hilbert Foster launching the Kris Jagdeo Construction Inc’s tournament with representatives of the company A total of eighteen second division teams from the Lower Corentyne area would shortly be involved in a knockout second division tournament which was officially launched on Monday last.
Popular Berbice Contractor Kris Jagdeo of Jagdeo Construction Inc. has joined hands with the Berbice Cricket Board to sponsor a 20/20 cricket tournament for teams between #1 Road and #43 Village. BCB President Hilbert Foster has hailed the support of the company and urged the eighteen teams to get themselves in order for the start of the tournament on October 15.
Teams taking part are Kennard Memorial, Ramnarine Memorial, Kildonan, Whim, Tain Block 4, Port Mourant, RHT Bakewell, Rose Hall Tigers, UG Elites, Guns and Cannon, Tamarind Roots, Belvedere United, Albion, Jai Hind, Chesney, Kilcoy, Fyrish, and Courtland.
Hilbert Foster and Director of the UG Tain Campus, Dr. Gomathirnayagam Subramarian, met to discuss the Wall of Fame The first round of the tournament would involve the following matches:
1. Fyrish vs Whim @ Fyrish
2. Kilcoy vs Tamarind Roots @ Kilcoy
3. Jai Hind vs Kildonan @ Jai Hind
4. Chesney vs Albion @ Chesney
5. Ramnarine Memorial vs Tain Block 4@ Liverpool
6. UG Elites vs Courtland @ Port Mourant – 10am
8. RHTY&SC vs Kennard Memorial @ Area ‘H’ – 10am
9. RHT Tigers vs Gun and Cannon @ Area ‘H’ – 1pm
BCB President Hilbert Foster and Chairman of the Competition Committee Leslie Soloman met representatives of the clubs on Wednesday and informed them that the tournament is the first of three to be played in the Lower Corentyne area. Only players living in the sub areas would be allowed to participate. The other two Lower Corentyne tournaments would be another 20/20 and a 40-over round robin.
Foster expressed thanks to Kris Jagdeo for his continued support, and hailed the $300,000 scholarship as another red letter day in the continued development of Berbice Cricket. Jagdeo said he is pleased to be associated with Berbice Cricket, as he has been impressed with the developments taking place in the county. The winning team, runner-up and Man of the Finals would receive monetary awards along with trophies.
Meanwhile, the Berbice Cricket Board is on the verge of joining hands with the University of Guyana to open the historic Berbice Cricket Wall of Fame at the Berbice Campus. A total of 29 Berbice players who played for the West Indies at the tests, ODI and 20/20 levels would be inducted in the Wall of Fame, which would be situated in the Berbice Campus.
The list of players are John Trim, Rohan Kanhai, Ivan Madray, Joe Soloman, Basil Butcher, Roy Fredericks, Alvin Kallicharran, Leonard Baichan, Sew Shivnarine, Clayton Lambert, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Narsingh Deonarine, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Devendra Bishoo, Assad Fudadin, Brandon Bess, Veerasammy Permaul, Shimron Hetmyer, Gudakesh Motie, Candacy Aktins, Shemaine Campbelle, Erva Giddings, Shabika Gajnabi, Sheneeta Grimmond, Tremayne Smartt, Ashmini Munisar, Royston Crandon, Romario Shepherd and Milton Pydanna.
A plague along with cricket information would be unveiled for each player at the University. The BCB billboard with the county’s twenty test players would also be upgraded. The billboard was erected in 2012 in front of the historic Port Mourant Cricket Ground, which has produced seven of the players.