President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Roger Harper was in high praise yesterday of the New Building Society Limited (NBS) for their continued support of grass roots cricket.
Speaking at the launching of the 2018-2019 GCA/NBS 40-overs second division tournament at the company’s North Road and Avenue of the Republic base, Harper said that as a direct result of the sponsors, 16 players have moved on to represent Guyana at various levels and nine have gone on to represent West Indies at the youth level including, Sachin Singh, Mavindra Dindyal, Qumar Torrington, Ashmead Nedd, Joshua Persaud, Bhaskar Yadram and Ronaldo Ali-Mohammed.
He stated “We have seen a number of players moving up the cricketing ladder…so without question, this year bears not only good quality fruit but greater quality fruit giving our young players the impetus to progress.”