At an impressive closing ceremony held at the Albion Community Centre’s Main Hall, the Club’s Vice President Karamchand Harripersaud congratulated the 56 young cricketers for their participation in the 22nd edition of the club’s cricket academy.

Harripersaud, further urged them to put into practice whatever they have learnt, which will assist in their cricket development.
The VP reminded them the youngsters to be disciplined, dedicated and determined and assured that the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club will continue to invest heavily in their development.

Also speaking at the ceremony were Leslie Soloman and Shaun Massiah, who represented the Berbice and Guyana Cricket Boards respectively, along with the Human Resources Manager (ag) of GuySuCo’s Albion Estate Ricardo Bachan.
The Academy Report was presented by Fabian Naiken, a Canadian-based Guyanese, who is also a member of the Club’s Cricket Development Committee.

The six-day academy, held from August 12 to 17, was opened to youths between the ages of eight to seventeen (17), with sessions held daily from 08:30h to 16:00h, with a break period for lunch from noon to 13:00h.
In the morning, sessions were held at the Albion Community Centre’ Main Hall where participants benefited from lectures on topics such as Discipline, Captaincy, Laws of Cricket, Public Speaking, the Importance of Education, Etiquette & Social Grace, Safety Tips, First Aid Tips, Dangers of Substance Abuse, among others.

The afternoon sessions were held at the Jai Hind Cricket Ground where participants were exposed to the fundamentals of batting, bowling, fielding, catching and physical training.
Among the resource personnel were, Dr Amanda Baromasi, Medex Wazir Sheriff, Umpire Moses Ramphal, Pawan Baldeo, Assistant Human Resources Manager of Blairmont Estate Mr Dhanraj Arjoon and Mr. Jainarine Sookpaul.

Also in attendance were the manager of the GuySuCo Training Centre, Community Development Officer (ag) of Albion Estate Ms Ulasi Lyte, Cricket Commentator John Ramsingh, former West Indies Cricketers Sewnarine Chattergoon, Devendra Bishoo, Veerasammy Permaul and Leon Johnson along with Zameer Khan and Naiken.

The Hon. Minister of Natural Resources Vikram Bharat also visited the academy and interacted with the young cricketers.
All of the participants received a certificate of participation while trophies were presented to Daniel Johnson for being the most promising cricketer, Ganesh Shivdyal – most disciplined participant, Jeremy Gobin – the most promising wicketkeeper, Aryan Ali – the most promising fieldsman, Jayden Gobardhan – most promising fast bowler and Sahid Gajnabi – most improved cricketer.

The academy was sponsored by former Albion opening batsman and current Connecticut, USA businessman, Nizul Hussain of Northeast Connecticut Renovation and Retailers Property Management to the tune of $330,000
At an impressive closing ceremony held at the Albion Community Centre’s Main Hall, the Club’s Vice President Karamchand Harripersaud congratulated the 56 young cricketers for their participation and urged them to put into practice whatever they have learnt, which will assist in their cricket development.

Harripersaud also urged the youngsters to be disciplined, dedicated and determined and assured that the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club will continue to invest heavily in their development.
He also urged the youngsters to continue to take their education seriously.

Also speaking at the ceremony were Leslie Soloman and Shaun Massiah, who represented the Berbice and Guyana Cricket Boards respectively, along with the Human Resources Manager (ag) of GuySuCo’s Albion Estate – Ricardo Bachan.
The Academy’s report was presented by Fabian Naiken, a Canadian-based Guyanese, who is also a member of the Club’s Cricket Development Committee.

Hussain represented the Club for several years before he migrated to the United States of America (USA) and has sponsored the academy for the third straight year to the tune of $330,000.00. Bishoo also provided jerseys to the participants.
The closing ceremony was chaired by the Club’s Treasure – Orvin Mangru while the closing remarks were delivered by Ms. Ulasi Lyte – Community Development Officer (ag) GuySuCo’s Albion Estate.
Treasure Orvin Mangru was the MC while Ms Lyte delivered the closing remarks