AS support continues to pour in, JC Chandisingh and Corentyne Comprehensive Secondary Schools were the latest to benefit from
Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”, an initiative between Kishan Das of the USA and Anil Beharry of Guyana.
The two schools were the recipients of two boxes of red cricket balls, compliments of Kaieteur Cricket Club of Kitchener, Canada.

Representatives from both schools expressed thanks to the sponsors and the initiative. This project is thankful for the continued support provided by our friends. Special thanks to coordinator Derek Kallicharran, former Guyana and West Indies cricketer. The aim of the initiative is to keep as many young people as possible off the streets and get them actively involve in sports, cricket in particular.

Total cricket related items received/purchased so far: $460,000 in cash, 13 coloured cricket uniforms, one set of stumps and bails, two trophies, 27 pairs of cricket shoes, 33 pairs of batting pads, 35 cricket bats, one floppy hat, 32 pairs of batting gloves, 25 thigh pads, three pairs of wicket-keeping pads, six arm guards, two chest pads, two boxes, 12 cricket bags, six bat rubbers, six helmets, one fiber glass bat, 13 boxes of white cricket balls, nine boxes of red balls and 28 footballs.

To date, 86 young players, male and female, from all three counties of Guyana have benefitted directly from cash, 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 received two used bats. Pomeroon, Leguan and Wakenam Cricket Committees and Cotton Tree Die Hard also collected 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, Malteenoes Sports Club (nine cricket balls each), Kendall’s Union Cricket Club with two boxes of red balls, Lower Corentyne, Corentyne Comprehensive and JC Chandisingh Secondary Schools with twelve red balls each.

Anyone interested to contribute can contact Anil Beharry on 623 6875 or Kishan Das on 1 718 664 0896.