LOWER Corentyne Secondary School out of Rose Hall Town, 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 school was the recipient of two boxes of red cricket balls, compliments of former Guyana West Indies “B” leg-spinning all-rounder, Derek Kallicharran and his friends Vishnu Dudnauth, Bob Harrischan, Johnno Persaud and Ramjit Singh, all USA-based Guyanese.

At a simple ceremony held recently, Mahendradass Nandlal, acting Head of Department, Allied Arts Department, LCSS, was thankful for the support and promised to get his school more actively involved in cricket, whether its competition or practice matches.
Amanda Downer Kampta, the niece of Kallicharran said that she was pleased to present the balls on behalf of her uncle and team. The initiative is also thankful for the continued support provided by the friends from the USA and really admire their interest and commitment to cricket development in Guyana, Berbice in particular.

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, Malteenoes Sports Club (nine cricket balls each) and Lower Corentyne Secondary with 12 red balls.
Anyone interested in contributing can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das on 1 718 664 0896.