KENDALL’S Union Cricket Club of No.19 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, is the latest to benefit from “Project Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana, the joint initiative between Kishan Das of the USA and Anil Beharry of Guyana. The club was the recipient of two boxes of red cricket balls, one of which was handed over recently and the other to follow.

At a simple ceremony held recently, Galina Hitnarine, club representative, was thankful for the support. The project is also pleased to be part of its development and the balls are to be used for the junior cricket programme only. Beharry, former member of the club and a former resident of the community, is impressed with the effort of club president, Albert Budhoo and his team and the project will continue to provide support when possible.
To date, 86 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 Wakenaam 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 and Kendall’s Union Cricket Club with two boxes of red balls.

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.