THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is expected to bowl off its inter-county tournaments in late January with the hosting of the Under-15 tournament. The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is therefore pushing ahead with its plans for the tournament.

The BCB launched its preparation earlier in November with the hosting of a series of social skills seminars and mini cricket academies across the county.
This would now be intensified with the hosting of the BCB/Tenelec Inc. Under-15 tournament, starting on Friday and involving 16 teams.

The teams in the tournament, which would be played 50 overs per side, are Paradise, Achievers, Cotton Tree, Bath, Bush Lot United, Edinburgh, Guymine, Tucber Park, Kendall Union, Mt Sinai, Rose Hall Canje, East Bank Blazers, Albion, RHT Farfan and Mendes Ltd, Port Mourant and Upper Corentyne.

The teams have been divided into four zones and two teams from every zone would advance to the quarterfinals. The BCB has made it quite clear that players above the age of twelve years must be vaccinated and the tournament would be played under very strict COVID-19 guidelines.

The tournament is been sponsored by overseas-based Guyanese Bobby Deonarine and his company Tenelec. The BCB would use the tournament to select a training squad of 30 youths for trials later in the year.
First round of matches:

ZONE A
Round one – Friday, November 19
1. Achievers vs Bath at Bath
2. Cotton Tree vs Bush Lot United at Cotton Tree
3. Paradise – bye

ZONE B
Kendall, Mt.Sinai, Guymine, Tucber Park.
Friday, November 19
Round One
1. Kendall Union vs Mt Sinai at Kendall Union
2. Guymine vs Tucber Park at Guymine

ZONE C
Edinburgh, RH Canje, East Bank Blazers
Friday, November 19
Round one
1. RH Canje vs Edinburgh at Canje
2. East Bank Blazer – bye.

ZONE D
Albion, PMCC, Upper Corentyne, RHT Farfan and Mendes
Friday, November 19
Round One
1. PMCC vs RHTFM at Port Mourant
2. Albion vs Upper Corentyne at Albion