HISTORY was made when the Lower Corentyne Secondary School (LCSS) Alumni Association of NY handed over the sum of $700,000 to the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) to assist in the development of youth cricket.
At a simple ceremony held recently, USA based Guyanese, Romash Munna, former executive of the BCB, handed over the cash to President Cecil Beharry. Munna wished the board well and thanked the sponsors for coming on board. The BCB President was very grateful for the assistance and promised to make sure that these competitions which the cash was intended for run efficiently. He also said that the board will try its best to play the longer formats at each level.

The members of the association – Chris Lachman, Radha and Howie Bernstein, Indrani Chabinath, Ceceilia Vasconcellos, Shirley Brijlall, Pamilla Jai Jai Ram and Riaz Bacchus approved the funding after they were approached by Anil Beharry, a former long serving executive of the BCB and former student of LCSS. This committee has been contributing to LCSS for various projects since 2007.

The funds will go towards BCB’s Under-15 and Under-17 Inter Zone competitions which will be used to select and prepare the teams for the 2025 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter County tournaments.
The format, for the first time, will be made up of five teams with the traditional Upper Corentyne, Central Corentyne, New Amsterdam/Canje, West Berbice and the addition of the President’s 11, thereby exposing more young cricketers and will be played on a round robin basis with the team with the most points being crowned champions.

Thereafter, the winning team will take on the “Best of the rest” in a feature game with the aim of identifying the best players in the county. Corporate Guyana, private businesses and clubs in the respective zones were approached to sponsor a game each, to cushion the cost of the tournaments.
The BCB has also relaunched its “Friends of Berbice Cricket” project. The funds from that project will see the return of the longer versions of the game. Youth and female cricket will take priority. The BCB is aggressively engaging Corporate Guyana, businesses and private individuals for assistance for the return of three-day and 50-over first division cricket and 40-over second division among others.

At a simple ceremony held recently, USA based Guyanese, Romash Munna, former executive of the BCB, handed over the cash to President Cecil Beharry. Munna wished the board well and thanked the sponsor for coming on board. Cecil Beharry was very grateful for the assistance and promised to make sure that these competitions run efficiently and result oriented. He also said that the board will try its best to play the longer formats at each level.