to open BCB/UG Wall of Fame soon
A TOTAL of 18 Second Division teams from the Lower Corentyne area will 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 No. 1 Road to No. 43 Village.
BCB President Hilbert Foster hailed the support of the company, and urged the 18 teams to get themselves in order for the start of the tournament on October 15.
The 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.
BCB President Hilbert Foster and Chairman of the Competition Committee Leslie Soloman met representatives of the clubs on Wednesday last to inform them that the tournament is the first of three to be played in the Lower Corentyne Area, and that only players living in the sub-areas would be allowed to participate.
The other two Lower Corentyne tournaments will 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 is impressed with the developments taking place in the County.
The winning team, runner-up and Man-of- the-Finals will receive monetary awards, along with trophies.
The first round of the tournament will see Fyrish Vs Whim at Fyrish; Kilcoy vs. Tamarind Roots at Kilcoy; Jai Hind vs. Kildonan at Jai Hind; Chesney vs. Albion at Chesney; Ramnarine Memorial vs. Tain Block 4 at Liverpool; UG Elites vs. Courtland at Port Mourant (10:00hrs); Port Mourant vs. Belevdere at Port Mourant (13:30hrs); RHTYSC vs. Kennard Memorial at Area ‘H’ (10:00hrs), RHT Tigers vs. Gun and Cannon at Area ‘H’ (13:00hrs).
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 Fredricks, Alvin Kallicharran, Leonard Baichan, Sew Shivnarine, Clayton Lambert, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Narsingh Deonarine, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Deverdra Bishoo, Assad Fudadin, Brandon Bess, Veersasammy Permaul, Shimron Hetmyer, Gudakesh Motie, Candancy Aktins, Shemaine Campbell, Erva Giddings, Shakabi Gajnabi, Sheneeta Grimmond, Tremayne Smartt, Ashmini Munisar, Royston Crandon, Romario Shepherd and Milton Pydanna.
A plaque along with their cricket information would be unveiled for each player at the University.
The BCB billboard with the County’s 20 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.
