LEGENDARY Guyanese singing icon Dave Martins received the Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) highest award ‘Tribute to Heroes’.

The singer is the 17th awardee, and joined the likes of Mortimer George, Carl Moore, Malcolm Peters, Ancel Hazel, Lennox Phillips and the late Leslie Amsterdam.

President of the BCB, Hilbert Foster, hailed Martins as a strong supporter of cricket in the Caribbean and recalled the happy memories West Indians can associate with his song ‘We are the Champions’. That song served for over a decade as the unofficial Anthem of West Indies Cricket.

Martins contributed to the historic BCB fund-raising concert, which was held on November 3 in the compound of the New Amsterdam Technical Institute. It was part of BCB’s effort to raise funds for its Cricket Developmental Programme.

Martins, in a sterling performance, rolled backed the years and had his passionate fans singing along to his famous songs including Cricket in the Jungle, Honeymooning Couple, Not a Blade of Grass and Boyhood Days.

The BCB will also like to express gratitude to Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira for his role in organising Martins’ participation in the concert.

Funds raised will be used in the preparation of the Berbice Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 teams for the 2019 Inter-county season.