THE fast-rising Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club has once again benefitted from “Project Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers,” the joint initiative between Kishan Das of the USA and Anil Beharry of Guyana.
The club was presented with one set of stumps. According to the initiative, it is very impressed with the work of the young cricket club which has already produced cricketers at the West Indies junior and senior levels.

Young fast bowler Isai Thorne, female all-rounder Ashmini Munisar are two of the standout players. The project also took the opportunity to congratulate coach Amber Rahaman and his team for their outstanding work. National Under-17 cricketer Romesh Bharrat was also the recipient of one brand new pair of batting gloves. At a simple presentation recently, Rahaman expressed gratitude to the initiative for its continued support.

To date, 84 young players, male and female, from all three counties of Guyana have benefitted directly from seven gear bags, two trophies, four arm guards, 33 bats, three boxes, six helmets, 31 pairs of cricket shoes, 20 pairs of batting pads, 24 thigh pads, one bat grip, 34 pairs of batting gloves, one pair of wicket-keeping pads and three pairs of wicket-keeping gloves.

In addition, two clubs in the Pomeroon area benefitted from two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also received one box of red cricket balls each, Cold Fusion Cricket Club 13 coloured uniforms while RHCCCC received six boxes of balls, 15 white cricket shirts, one pair of junior batting pads, one pair of wicket keeping gloves, two sets of stumps and bails.

Other beneficiaries are the Essequibo Cricket Board, the Town of Lethem, youth coach Travis Persaud (one box of red cricket balls), male and female teams playing the traditional hardball and softball in the Upper Corentyne area, No.65 Young Titans with 30 T-Shirts, youths of Just Try Cricket Club, Wakenaam Cricket Academy (one box of white balls), Shamar Joseph, Nehemiah Hohenkirk, Shamar Apple, Leguan Cricket Committee, Tucber Park Cricket Club and Malteenoes Sports Club (nine cricket balls each). Anyone interested to contribute can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das on 1 718 664 0896.