SCOTIABANK and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have officially announced their search for a new Kiddy Cricket Mascot.
Both entities have launched a joint regional ‘Kiddy Cricket Design a Mascot Competition,’ inviting children 7-12 years old in 14 Caribbean territories, to enter designs for the new mascot.
The winning design will replace Clarence the Crab, the existing mascot which has been the animated face of the competition since 1998.
He has been appearing on and off the fields of play during Kiddy Cricket displays. He was also the main feature of the programme’s classroom teaching manual ‘Clarence Goes to School’, which teaches children Ministry of Education-approved curriculum  using cricket imagery.
The competition will run from January 3, 2011 through February 18, 2011 and primarily targets 250 local Kiddy Cricket schools in Berbice, Essequibo and Demerara.
However, students outside of these schools are also invited to enter. Entries will be judged on originality, reflection of the Caribbean, use of colours (kids-friendly and use of sponsors’ colours) and use of cricket imagery.
The Mascot Competition will operate on a Territorial Level to encourage more local participation and end with a regional judging of the 1st place winners from each participating territory.
The judging panel in each country will comprise the Technical Development Officers from local cricket boards and members of the Scotiabank team in that country. WICB & Scotiabank Regional teams will sit on the judging panel for the Regional Level Competition.