AT long last pavilions for cricket grounds in Berbice will be named after outstanding Test cricketers and this was as a result of assistance from the Guyana Government through the Guyana Sugar Corporation.

The Skeldon Cricket Ground will be named after John Trim, the first Guyanese to play Test cricket and the pavilion at Port Mourant will be named after Rohan Kanhai and the dressing rooms after Basil Butcher, Joe Solomon. The two ends of the ground will be named after spinner Ivan Madray and batsman Alvin Kalicharran. The Rose Hall Canje Pavillion is to be named the Leonard Baichan pavilion.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is celebrating its 75th anniversary and has requested
GuySuCo to name the pavilions after outstanding Berbice cricketers. The Corporation willingly agreed after receiving clearance from the Government.

Cricket pavilions in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua, Dominica, St. Vincent and The Grenadines and other countries are named after outstanding cricketers.

The celebrations will get underway on Sunday August 31 with a dinner and presentation ceremony which will be attended by President Donald Ramotar,
the Minister of Sports, and the Regional Chairmen for Regions 5 and 6.
Test and national cricketers from Berbice as well as outstanding administrators will also be honoured by the BCB, and presentations will be made to the awardees.

The Guyana Government through the Ministry of Sports is playing an important role in the celebrations by covering the cost of the dinner and presentations as well as to finance
the cost of producing a large portrait of former Windies captain, Rohan Kanhai, the most outstanding batsman the county has produced.
The Ministry of Tourism has provided tokens and gifts while the Public Service Ministry has made a financial donation to the celebration.

Among the celebrations planned are: the renaming of the BCB Office, the Leslie Amsterdam Office, Hall of Fame for Administrators, Panel Discussion, delivering 75 hampers to less unfortunate families, Essay Competition, Public Exhibition and a Quiz competition.

OSCAR RAMJEET