By Tamica Garnett
Charged with the paramount task of ensuring the grooming of Guyana’s national cricket team to top notch standard for the Airtel Champions League in South Africa next month, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) was yesterday extended some financial assistance from US-based Guyanese businessman, Dave Narine.
Narine, the proprietor of Dave’s West Indian Exports, a New York-based business that exports Guyanese products to the USA, yesterday handed over a cheque worth $500,000 to president of the GCB Chetram Singh at the National Stadium during a press conference.
Addressing the audience, Narine spoke of his deep love for the sport and stated that he was very delighted to make an input into the game which has brought him such joy.
He expressed the hopes of being able to make bigger inputs into the sport later.
“It is a pleasure to be residing overseas and we could accumulate a few dollars to put something substantial back into my home country,” Narine stated.
“I’m a true, ardent follower and supporter of Guyana cricket and the West Indies at large. I’m a lover and a fan and I just wanted to make my little contribution towards Guyana cricket because I think my little few dollars could go a far way and I hope in the future that I can make larger contributions,” Narine said.
He extended congratulations to the team for its latest performance at the WICB Twenty20 Championships and wished them all the best on their venture in South Africa.
Additionally, Narine expressed appreciation to New York-based businessmen Dr. Stanley Sohan, Danny Sawh and Shook Shivnarine, who he said also made their small inputs into amassing the $500,000 donation.
Meanwhile, Singh expressed the board’s gratitude towards Narine for his support, stating that it would go a far way towards assisting in the preparation of the team.
“This is a generous gesture of assisting the GCB in preparation of the team to represent Guyana in South Africa come next month. Gestures like these go a far way in assisting us, because at the end of the day it is a reasonable cost exercise that we have gone into in terms of the preparation of the team. Therefore on behalf of the GCB I just want to say thank you very much to Mr. Narine,” Singh said.
