THE most recognised sport (cricket) and the fastest growing sport in the country (golf) will come together, under the auspices of the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) and the Guyana Golf Association (GGA)/Nexgen Golf Academy, with a strong commitment from the leaders of both entities to join forces to cross promote the sports.

Speaker of the House and president of ECC, Hon. Manzoor Nadir, accepted a donation of cricket bats, helmets and souvenirs from Aleem Hussain, president of the GGA/Nexgen Golf Academy on Wednesday in the presence of EU Ambassador, Fernando Ponz Canto; National Security Adviser, Gerry Gouveia: Deputy Speaker of the House, Lenox Shuman; CEO Go-Invest, Peter Ramsaroop, and GCCI’s Gerry Gouveia Jr.

“We welcome this partnership as it will allow youngsters from all over the country the opportunity to participate in both sports, which share similar traits -focus, concentration and discipline, a lot of cricket greats are top golfers as well,” said Mr Manzoor.

“Aleem and I grew up a few corners away from each other in Albouystown and we both know how sports can impact the lives of youngsters.”
The joint venture includes Honorary Membership being extended to both presidents in each other’s organisation, a commitment to share and maintain ground facilities, joint training programmes and provision of equipment and coaches for the programme.

Meanwhile Mr Hussain added, “Working together with the Honorable Speaker has been an amazing experience and with his vision and energy behind this programme, we are looking forward to great success. We see a perfect fit between the sports and share a similar vision so this will grow quickly and immediately impact close to 1 000 kids.” (Clifton Ross)