Rose Hall Canje receives over $700,000.00 in items from BCB.
– Dr Denbow describes board as most progressive in the West Indies.

The membership of the much-improved Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club over the last week received over seven hundred thousand dollars’ worth of cricket related items from the Berbice Cricket Board as part of the progressive board developmental programme.

BCB President Hilbert Foster, accompanied by Dr Frank Denbow, visited the cricket club to officially hand over the items as the duo continues its outreach programme across the ancient county.

The Rose Hall Canje Club received a batting cage, practice net, bowling machine, set of wicket-keeping equipment and five boxes of white cricket balls.

The batting cage was sponsored by USA-based Dr Denbow while the balls were donated by BCB Patron, Minister Vickram Bharrat, under the Patron Fund.

BCB president Hilbert Foster urged the club membership to take proper care of the items and to use them to lift the standard of their game even higher.

Foster stated that the BCB was investing heavily into the development of the game across the county as it was determined to make sure the legacy of Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Roy Fredricks and Alvin Kallicharran is kept alive for the future.

He noted that no other cricket board in the Caribbean assists clubs like the BCB does and that more investment will continue to flow once the items are taken care of.
The batting cage, the practice net and the bowling machine would improve the way how the club practises in the afternoons.

The RHCCC also benefits from the services of three cricket coaches from the BCB — Ameer Rahaman, Seon Hetmyer and Balram Samaroo.

Foster noted that the club, which was dormant before his presidency, has produced four West Indies youth players in the last four years under the astute guidance of Ameer Rahaman. those players are current Guyana female U-19 captain, Ashmini Munisar, along with Realanne Grimmond, Ashley Ramnauth and Isaiah Thorne.

He recalled that when he was elected as the BCB president in early 2018, he pledged that the county would produce a minimum of ten players for the West Indies at all levels and, to date, the county has produce twelve players in the space of five years.

Foster expressed thanks to Dr Denbow for his support and recalled that the medical doctor had also sponsored the one-week visit of West Indies legend Sir Curtly Ambrose to host a fast-bowling clinic.

Several fast bowlers from that session has gone on to play for the national team, including Shamar Joseph and Demetri Cameron.

The five boxes of white balls valued at seventy-five thousand dollars would assist the club to play in a packed first division season later in the year and Foster announced that all second division teams in the county would benefit from a million-dollar cricket balls project.

A total of twelve clubs would also receive wicket-keeping gears with the assistance of former national player Sheik Mohamed. Under the developmental project, the BCB would be sharing out six bowling machines and five batting cage.

Dr Denbow, in a short but well received speech, stated that he is close to Berbice cricket despite been born in Demerara because he was very impressed with the leadership of the BCB. He stated that he travels regularly across the Caribbean as a cricket fan and he has no doubt that the BCB was the most progressive and visionary cricket board with a solid list of achievements. For this, Dr Denbow congratulated the club for its own achievements and urged the players to develop a culture of hard work and discipline.