SECRETARY of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie last Saturday visited the Ancient County of Berbice, and donated cricket gear kits to Rose Hall/Canje Cricket Club and “B” Division Police Cricket Club respectively.

Sanasie charged the young cricketers and representatives of both Clubs to make good use of the gears and promised the clubs to help them with red cricket balls as well.
He said that these two clubs have shown an interest in the development of young cricketers and the GCB will continue to pay keen attention to those administrators and clubs that can produce young talent.
Industrial Welfare Officer and committee Development Officer of Rose Hall Estate Safraz Ali thanked the GCB for remembering their club in this venture.
He added that they are in the process of rebuilding the stands through the Government of Guyana, and re-establishing the cricket club back to its glory days and said the gear would assist them in getting back on the map, even as he assured Sanasie that they would care and cherish the donated equipment.

Michael Newland, Station Sergeant of Central Berbice, thanked the GCB for seeing it fit to assist Police Cricket Club and like Ali, said the cricketers would use them fully.
Newland stated that the kit would help a great deal as the Police Club continues to grow, with over 50 young cricketers at the moment a club that has recently performed creditably in all the Berbice Cricket Board Competitions.

This contribution is the continuation of the GCB country wide cricket development outreach programme which the Board started this year and very soon, other cricket clubs in Berbice will receive gear and funding for facilities development.
This new drive by the GCB follows on the heels of their donation of practice nets and $100,000 to 11 first division clubs in Berbice, done under the guidance of Sanasie, GCB president Drubahadur and Marketing Manager Raj Singh.
Back then, several clubs expressed delight at the move being made by the GCB, with Edinburgh’s Deonarine Seepersaud saying, “This is very good what they (GCB) are doing for the clubs here in Berbice.”