–Clayton Lambert donates cricket balls to BCB

THE Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continues to assist clubs and schools across the Ancient County with gear, under their Cricket Kindness/Bat for a Chance project.

The gear forms part of a massive donation from Cricket Kindness, headed by United Kingdom-based Tamara J. Lowe, and Will Gafney, of Bat for a Chance, also based in the U.K.

The Port Mourant Secondary School, along with the Tucber Park C.C, Edinburgh C.C, and the Rainbow Generation C.C all received a bag of cricket gear, including bats, batting pads, batting gloves, helmets, thigh pads and forearm guards.

BCB President Hilbert Foster indicated that the donation of the gear represents the final set of gear to be shared out under the project with the two overseas NGO. Foster disclosed that the BCB has, to date, donated gear, uniforms and caps to over 100 youth players, along with dozens of secondary and primary schools, as well as cricket clubs.

Among the schools and clubs benefitting under the massive project are: Line Path Secondary, Lower Corentyne Secondary, Vrymans Erven Secondary, Fort Wellington Secondary, No. 72 Primary, Crabwood Creek Primary, Rose Hall Town Primary, All Saints Primary, Cumberland Primary, Rosignol Primary, No 8 Primary, Rose Hall Canje C.C, Mt. Sinai C.C, Cotton Tree C.C., Radha Krishna Foundation and Skeldon CC.

The BCB head urged the different clubs and schools to take care of the gear. Special mention was made of the Port Mourant Secondary School, which, over the years, has produced several outstanding players like Devindra Bishoo, Gudakesh Motie, Eon Hooper, Rampertab Ramnauth, Hemnarine Chattergoon and Matthew Pottaya.

The school, which enjoys the services of two Level One coaches, also has a very active cricket programme for its female students. The BCB President Hilbert Foster expressed gratitude to Tamara J. Lowe, Will Gafney, Minister Charles Ramson, Mr. Carl Griffith of Larparkan, and Mr. Roland Butcher for their support in making the donation possible.

Meanwhile, former West Indies and National opening batsman Clayton Lambert has donated nine boxes of cricket balls to the BCB for distribution to clubs with junior sections. The balls, worth over $100,000, will be shared out shortly to the clubs, as the Board continues to reach out to their members. Lambert, a former Berbice captain, in 2021 donated over $1.5 million worth of cricket gear to the BCB, under the Clayton Lambert Cricket Development Fund.