PRESIDENT of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, Keith Foster, last Sunday was elected unopposed as the president of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for his third and final term when the Board held its biennial election at its Cheddi Jagan Street office.

Foster who was first elected as president in 2009, is the eldest son of former West Indies batting star Basil Butcher. He has led an administration that has totally transformed Berbice Cricket on and off the cricket field.
He would have as his first vice-president, former treasurer Anil Beharry who defeated Godfrey Persaud 29 votes to 4 while former national player Hubern Evans won the second vice-president position from Vemen Walter 25 to 13.
Former selector Julian Cambridge clinched the third vice-president position in a three-way fight against Vemen Walter and former national coach Albert Smith, with Cambridge gathering 22 votes, to Walter’s 12 and Smith’s 2.
Secretary Angela Haniff was returned unopposed while former Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports club secretary and current Guysuco Personnel Manager Raymond Haniff was elected as her deputy after defeating Muthuswammi Permual by a massive 27 to 8 votes with 3 spoilt.
Long-serving asst. treasurer Romash Munna was promoted to the treasurer position unopposed while president of the Blairmont Community Centre Club, Shabeer Baksh, was also elected unopposed as assistant treasurer.
President Keith Foster, speaking to members of the BCB after the elections, expressed gratitude to them for the confidence placed in him and his slate and pledged to work harder in the 2013/2014 term to make sure that the cricket revolution continues in the Ancient County.
Earlier the full house of delegates representing the 13 clubs and three cricket associations discussed the current state of Berbice cricket and made several recommendations.
Members also discussed the situation of the game at the national level and also the BCB’s decision not to send a Berbice Under-15 team to the Inter-county tournament.
Delegates also discussed in depth the annual reports of the President, Secretary, Treasurer, Chairman of Special Events Committee and the Chairman of Competitions Committee, with the Audited Financial Statement for the period November 2011 to November 2012 also adopted and passed by the delegates after a few queries were answered by the treasurer.
The BCB in the period under review completed numerous tournaments at all levels and a record 176 programmes/activities off the field and the newly elected executives would meet shortly to appoint other executives and members of the Selection, Competitions, Special Events and Marketing Committees for the next two years.