THE Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) under the Castrol brand on Wednesday continued its sponsorship of the Berbice Cricket Board’s countywide coaching programme for junior cricketers.

The coaching programme would be conducted by coaches Michael Hyles and Winston Smith and would cater for cricketers for the Under-13 to Under-19 levels. The sponsorship is worth $100 000.
Chairman of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Special Events Committee, Hilbert Foster, expressed gratitude to Guyoil for supporting the BCB coaching programme and disclosed that four main coaching sessions would be held at the Blairmont, Cumberland, Area ‘H’ and Skeldon grounds for two days each.
Each of the venues would cater for 50 to 60 cricketers and special emphasis would be placed on coaching for batsmen, wicketkeepers, fast bowlers and spinners.
The young cricketers would also be exposed to fielding and physical fitness techniques.
Foster disclosed that last year under the Guyoil/Castrol Coaching Programme over 400 young cricketers benefited.
Secretary of the BCB, Angela Haniff, stated that the main aims of the coaching programme are to identify new talents and to harness them properly for the future, while nurturing existing talents.
The BCB also wants to make sure that every young Berbice cricketer understands his individual role as a sport ambassador for Berbice.
This year, the BCB would be placing special emphasis on coaching with events such as the Elite Training Programme, Training of Coaches, Berbice Cricket Academy, with one day cricket academies being held in West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne and Upper Corentyne as well.