At a time when there is chaos in cricket in West Demerara, where Monty lives, there exists a harmful division of cricket clubs to the extent that there is a break-away sub-association involving at least nine of the 14 clubs on the West Demerara, and also where a private body organises the little cricket that is played in West Demerara.
On the East Bank of Demerara, no cricket has been played for the past 10 years. No cricket development programmes are in place, but yet EBDCA is claiming responsibility for the Upper Demerara Cricket Association whilst relinquishing responsibility for the lower riverine areas which are members of the EBDCA. This is an attempt to illegally divide the EBDCA into two cricketing bodies for the sole purpose of increasing voter allocation for the Demerara Cricket Board elections.
In an article published in the Guyana Chronicle dated July 3, 2013, it was reported that Mr Lynch was looking for new talent and so he journeyed to an area that plays only softball cricket to identify talent. It is passing strange that Mr Lynch has ignored the entire East Bank in his coaching programme especially, as the EBDCA, which was established many, many years ago and is now in a derelict state. Instead, Mr Lynch is concentrating his attention in illegally establishing an association within an association.
My Lynch is a qualified cricket coach and Guyana certainly needs his contribution in the field of cricket development where a practicable cricket development plan must be drafted and effectively implemented, especially at the school level. Mr Lynch must be careful and wary of blindly following instructions from his inferiors who apparently are using his good name for this most recent nefarious scheme.
For our cricket to prosper, we need honest, hardworking and reliable officials to carry out their duties with efficiency and integrity.