THE Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club (RHCCCC) Under-15 cricket team received 15 white cricket shirts, one box of junior cricket balls, one pair of wicket-keeping gloves and one pair of batting pads from the continued joint venture by Kishan Das of the USA and Anil Beharry of Guyana.

At a simple presentation held recently, Ameer Rahaman, the driving force behind the fast-rising club, was high in praise for this noble gesture and promised to continue to work hard to produce more players for Berbice, Guyana and West Indies.

The relatively young cricket club has already produced a West Indies Under-19 player in fast bowling all-rounder Isai Thorne. Their female star player Ashmini Munisar, a 19-year-old-off spinner/batter, has been selected to represent Guyana in the upcoming Regional female cricket, which was scheduled to get underway yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium. They are among many quality young cricketers, including Adrian Hetmyer and Sanjay Algoo.

Beharry, in response, disclosed that he is impressed with the work of the club and will continue to assist them whenever possible. “This initiative is to help identify and nurture young talented players and at the same time encourage them to educate themselves,” he added.

“The project is happy to assist young players and has reached out to many promising cricketers and clubs across the length and breadth of Guyana. The hope is to assist in producing more cricketers for Guyana and West Indies,” the former Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) president continued.

Total cricket-related items collected so far: $130 000 cash, two trophies, 11 cricket boots, 17 pairs of batting pads, 19 bats, 13 pairs of batting gloves, 19 thigh pads, one wicket-keeping pad, one arm guard, six cricket bags and two helmets. In addition to the above, $600 000 worth in gear was donated by Sheik Mohamed, former National wicketkeeper/batter.

To date, 36 young players from all three counties of Guyana have benefited from three junior gear bags, two trophies, one arm guard, 13 bats, one box balls, two helmets, nine pairs of cricket shoes, nine pairs of batting pads, one bat rubber and 11 pairs of batting gloves.

In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area received two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan, Wakenam cricket committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also collected one box of red cricket balls each while RHCCCC received two boxes of balls, 15 white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicket-keeping gloves and a set of stumps and bails.

Cricket related items, used or new, are being distributed free of cost to young and promising cricketers in Guyana with special emphasis being placed on skills, discipline and education. Talent-spotting is also being done across the country and club leaders are assisting to identify talent. Progressive and well managed clubs will also benefit.

Das and Beharry take the opportunity to thank Javed and Imran of West Indian Sports Complex, Option Group of USA, Hilbert Foster, Bish Panday of P and P Insurance Brokers, Sean Devers, Trevis Simon, Årïêl J. Tïlkú, Aaron Beharry, Leanna Bachan and Imran Saccoor, Devon Ramnauth, Teddy Singh, Romash Munna, Ravi Etwaroo, Kelvin Brijlall, Ravin Harkishun, Surendra Harkishun, Allan Mangru, Vishal Mahabir, Sherman Austin, Huburn Evans, Rajendra Sadeo and Ramesh Sunich of Trophy Stall, Sheik Mohamed of Star Sports Awards and Trophies and Ajay Gainda of Cricket Equipment Guyana, Gajanand Singh, Peter Ramkissoon, Rabindranath Saywack, Roshan Gaffoor, Ameer Rahaman, Denesh Chandrapaul and Dr Cecil Beharry.