THE Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), in its continuing drive to promote cricket at all levels in the Ancient County, last Thursday launched an Under-13 Inter-club cricket tournament.
The tournament will be the fifth junior cricket tournament to be organised by the BCB in 2018. This follows Mike’s Pharmacy Under-15, Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17, New York Business Group Under-19 and Elizabeth Styles Under-21 tournaments.

President of the BCB, Hilbert Foster, stated that the promise has been fulfilled in less than eight months, since the board had raised over $8M in cash and kind after taking over an account with just $42 000.

The tournament involves eight teams divided into two zones. Zone A consists of Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club, Achievers Cricket Club, Tucber Park Cricket Club and Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club while No. 19 Kendall’s Union Cricket Club, Albion Community Centre Cricket Club, Rose Hall Town Poonai’s Pharmacy and Port Mourant Cricket Club, make up Zone B.

The top two teams from each zone will advance to the semifinals. The first innings will be restricted to 25 overs. The tournament is open to players born on or after September 1, 2005.

Foster expressed confidence that the tournament will be a huge success and will serve as a nursery for the county’s Under-15 tournament. The Berbice Cricket Board, he proudly stated, is unmatched across Guyana, in terms of organising tournaments for its members and noted that all the other cricket boards in the country collectively cannot match the BCB on and off the cricket field.

He expressed gratitude to General Manager of the Da Silva Motor Spares for investing in Berbice cricket and expressed confidence that the relationship will be a long-term one.
Da Silva praised the outstanding work of the BCB. The businessman, who is an ardent cricket fan, also committed himself to establishing a working relationship with the board as it strives to develop every potential talent.

The BCB will also like to express thanks to its former president Anil Beharry and Ricky ‘4R’ Deonarine for the roles they played in obtaining the sponsorship. The board is expected to successfully complete over 20 cricket tournaments at all levels for the year.
Foster further stated that Berbice cricket is on the move again with the game being played at every level and in every village/township across the county.

The tournament bowls off tomorrow with four matches: Tucber Park Cricket Club host Rose Hall Canje Cricket Club, Achievers Cricket Club play Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club at Bush Lot, Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy oppose Kendall’s Union Cricket Club at Kendall’s Union and Albion host Port Mourant Cricket Club.