Georgetown cricket is about to experience some massive development with Safeway Securities  donating $126,000 to the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) on Thursday at their office on Albert Street.

The cheque will go towards two development clinics,  spin bowling and batting, which the association will be hosting from 09:30 hrs at the Mandela Gymnasium today.

President of the association, Roger Harper, stated that the body recently came under some new governance and the foremost objective of this new executive was to place a lot of emphasis on the development of the sport in Georgetown.

“We need to work at ‘up-skilling the players and  improving the players’ tactical abilities and mental skills,” stated the former West Indies all rounder and senior team coach.

He also noted that these specific clinics were being conducted after it had been identified that these were the areas in which the players were most inept.

He added that the current inclement weather has  rendered outdoor activities unfeasible.

With the eight cricket clubs under the association’s jurisdiction involved, the clinics are expected to be attended by some 38 of the developing players and will be conducted by Harper, his brother Mark, Neil Barry and Roderick Lovell.

GCA Marketing Manager, Lance Hinds, stated that the clinics were specifically aimed at the youths so as to establish a better foundation for the budding players. Hinds observed that often players at the higher level are affected by the problems that could have been  ironed out earlier on.
Meanwhile, all the GCB representatives in attendance  expressed gratitude to Safeway Securities proprietor Eon Caesar for his unhesitant support towards the development of the sport.

Caesar, in reply, stated that though this was the electronic security company’s first partnership with the sport, he was looking forward to future collaboration with the association.

He added that he was very satisfied with the strategic plan that was mapped out to him by officials of the GCA when they first approached him in early January this year to solicit support.