TUCBER Park Cricket Club (TPCC) out of New Amsterdam, Berbice, is the latest to benefit from “Project Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers,’ the joint initiative of Kishan
Das of the USA and Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) executive Anil Beharry.
The club received six white balls and three red balls. The fast-growing club is the home of West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd, Shamar Joseph, national fast bowler Niall Smith, female
cricketer Tremayne Smart and several junior and senior national cricketers.

The club was formed by Carl Moore, a former GCB and BCB long-serving cricket administrator, who migrated to the USA and it is now run by his son Julian Moore, a national coach.
This project is very impressed with the nursery programme of the club, which gives opportunities to youths from a few depressed communities, including Angoy’s Avenue, where West Indies all-rounder Kevin Sinclair grew up.

The initiative will continue to assist TPCC and other clubs with strong youth programmes. According to members of the initiative, the aim is to help keep young people off the streets
where they are exposed to drugs and crime and get them constructively occupied. “There has been a recent surge in teenage criminals and let’s work together to eliminate this from our
society,” a statement the joint initiative pointed out.

Total cricket-related items received/purchased so far: $460 000 in cash; 13 coloured cricket uniforms; two trophies; 20 pairs of cricket shoes; 33 pairs of batting pads; 35 cricket bats; 30
pairs of batting gloves; 25 thigh pads; three pairs of wicket-keeping pads; six arm guards; two chest guards; two boxes; 11 cricket bags; six bat rubbers; six helmets; one softball cricket bat and
13 boxes of white balls.
To date, 72 young players from all three counties of Guyana have benefitted from eight gear bags; two trophies; four arm guards; 31 bats; three boxes; six helmets; 27 pairs of cricket shoes;
18 pairs of batting pads; 24 thigh pads; one bat rubber; 31 pairs of batting gloves and three pairs of wicket-keeping gloves.

Many other youths have benefitted indirectly, too. In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area received two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenaam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree
Die Hard also collected one box of red cricket balls each; Cold Fusion Cricket Club, 13 coloured uniforms while RHCCCC received three 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.

Other beneficiaries are The Essequibo Cricket Board, the Town of Lethem and youth coach, Travis Persaud, softball teams in the Upper Corentyne area, No.65 Young Titans, Just Try CC,
Wakenaam Cricket Academy, National fast bowler Shamar Joseph, Nehemiah Hohenkirk, Shamar Apple and the Leguan Cricket Committee, Essequibo.

Cricket-related items, used or new, are distributed free of cost to young and promising cricketers in Guyana. Skills, discipline and education are important characteristics of the recipients. Talent spotting is being done across the country and club leaders also assist to identify talent.

Progressive and well-managed cricket clubs, with a youth programme, will also benefit.We take this opportunity to thank the latest donors and the media for the role they are playing in
promoting this venture. Distribution will continue.
Anyone who wishes to make a contribution can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das
on 1 718 664 0896.