President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Drubahadur on behalf of the GCB’s developmental outreach programme last Sunday donated a complete cricket gear kit to the Bayrock Cricket Club of Linden.
This was the second time that the GCB has assisted the club in its effort to develop the sport in Region 10. In August this year the GCB’s programme contributed $250,000 each to the Bayrock Club and the Regional Authority along with six bats and five boxes of balls.
Drubahadur made the donation after attending the final of a cricket competition organised by the Upper Demerara Cricket Committee (UDCC) between Bayrock Cricket Club and Waruni Mission Cricket Club. The GCB president said he was happy to see youths in Linden involved in cricket and urged them to make good use and take care of the gear. He added that as the finance of the GCB improves, Bayrock can look out more support in the future.
He congratulated Lancelot Easton, Mortimer Denny and others for the work they are doing in the Upper Demerara area and pledged his personal commitment to the development of the game in the area.
Speaking on behalf of Bayrock and the Committee, Easton thanked the GCB president for again helping the youths of the region and promised to ensure the equipment is well utilized and kept safely for use not only by Bayrock but other teams in the area.
The GCB started a countrywide outreach programme this year to aid clubs across the country in the development of cricket. So far, they have reached Berbice, Essequibo, Linden and other areas on the East Bank of Demerara.
