SECOND DIVISION cricket clubs and teams, who are located in the Central and Lower Corentyne areas, will have many reasons to smile as their governing body, the Berbice Cricket Board, in partnership with Raffik and Sons Construction Services of Williamsburg, Corentyne, has joined forces to organise a T20 tournament which will bowl off soon.

According to a press release emanating out of the BCB, the construction giant is a good friend of the BCB and responded without hesitation when approached for renewal of sponsorship for the 2015 tournament.
Twenty-eight teams are in the two areas and they were divided into four groups of seven, with the draw for the groups being done in a transparent manner in the presence of representatives of some of the teams.
The respective zones are as follows:
Zone A: Courtland, Belvedere Battlesteel, Tain Block Four, Letter Kenny Star, Toopoo Rising Star, Mibicuri Jaguars and Big Stars. Zone ‘B’ consists of Albion, Tamarind Root, Belvedere United, Albion Travellers, Fyrish, Fyrish Road and Fyrish Strykers.
Rose Hall Town, Yakasari Caribs, Cheskoy Riders, Young Adventurers, GuySuCo Training School, Jai Hind and Whim National are the teams making up Zone ‘C’, with Port Mourant, Mibicuri Strikers, Kildonan, Chesney, Sand Reef, Number 1 Road and Kennard Memorial doing battle out of Zone ‘D’.
The fixtures for the competition will be compiled and released soon, but teams who are desirous of competing, can still do so by contacting Carl Moore on 614-8364.
Recently elected president of the BCB, Anil Beharry and his executive, in their address to the representatives of the teams, urged them to get the young males and females involved in meaningful activities.
The BCB has recognised the importance of playing the game in the villages and call on other village elders and leaders to take control of their villages, with Beharry promising that his executive will play their part but they can’t do it alone.
He also said that as he promised, he wants cricket to be played at all levels and families must be part of it as well, reiterating that this lovely game of cricket must only bring people together and not to divide.
First vice-president, Dhieranidranauth Somwaru echoed his president’s sentiments and added that there is a new trend in the villages these days where lots of criminals are breeding and challenged responsible villagers to stop these kids at the young age adding that if we create monsters, then we will/may not be able to destroy them. \
Third vice-president Vemen Walters thanked the sponsor and said that this is a good tournament for the village teams, adding that first division clubs and even the BCB selectors can use it for talent spotting and feed from it.
Other members of the board and representatives of the teams were high in praise for Mr Mohamed Raffik for his renewal of the sponsorship.