THE Kendall Union Sports Club (KUSC) recently held its inaugural awards and presentation ceremony at the club’s headquarters at No. 19 Village, East Coast, Berbice. The club awarded outstanding and long-serving members for their contribution to cricket.
Those receiving awards were: Joshua Tayah – ‘A’ Team player-of-the-year, Fazil Gobin, ‘B’ team player-of-the-year, Under-19 player-of-the-year Vishal Goberdhan,. most improved player Rakesh Kallicharran and most disciplined player Devan Persaud.
Long-serving awards were presented to Anil Beharry, Harripaul Guyanand, Deodat Guyanand, Rudolph Baker and Shivlall Serkissoon.
President of the club, Albert Budhoo, in his remarks highlighted some of the achievements of the club during the year and plans for the coming year and the future.
The club has two cricket teams and a volleyball team who participate in competitions.
Among some of the immediate plans, according to Budhoo are: the drafting of a constitution for the club, getting the club registered with the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) and the Ministry of Education’s Department of Youth, Culture and Sport.
Improvements to the general infrastructure at the venue including ground-clearing, cleaning, painting the pavilion, erecting new gate and sign and providing running water at the facility are also top priorities for the club.
Budhoo thanked members of the club, sponsors and the business and general community for their support and encouragement during the year.