The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has partnered with France Electrical Company to stage a 40 overs-a-side tournament in the Berbice River sub-association.
“Uborn France, Managing Director of France Electrical and Construction Company has come on board to sponsor the tournament, which would be played using the forty overs format,” a release from the board stated.
“At least four teams are expected to play under the BCB COVID-19 regulations and the top two teams would then travel to a venue on the coast for the finals, possibly at the historic Albion Ground Sports Complex.The teams expected to play in the tournament are Ebini, Wiruni, Sandhills among others.”
France, in brief remarks stated that he admired the outstanding work of the HilbertFoster-led BCB and was delighted to join the vast array of persons coming on board to assist.
“When I became the President of the Berbice Cricket Board in 2018, I pledged that no sub-association would be left behind even if they didn’t vote for me. For, years, the Berbice River Sub-Association was just looked at as a provider of four votes for some people. That is no longer the case as they are now been treated equally as the other sub areas in Berbice,” Foster declared at the launch.
He disclosed that over the last three years, the BCB has organised several tournaments for the sub-association and they have all been very successful while teams in the areas have benefitted from numerous donations of items including cricket gears, cricket balls, stumps, educational materials, water pitchers, school bags, trophies, medals among others.
The BCB also donated $120,000.00 worth of coloured uniform to the Sub-Association under the Clayton Lambert Gear project. Foster also disclosed that for the first time ever a Berbice River Cricket team will be participating in a BCB first-division tournament, when they play in the historic semi-professional league, schedule for August.
“Great effort would also be made to send coaches in the area to host a mini cricket academy in the area,” the release stated.
The BCB expressed confidence that the standard of the game in the riverain area will result in players that could go on to play for the county and even higher.
He committed the BCB to organising at least two tournaments in 2021 but cautioned that the teams would have to follow all the COVID-19 guidelines.
Foster also expressed his appreciation of Navindra Persaud, Regional Executive Officer of Region 6, for his cooperation and support of Berbice Cricket.
