BCB Patron Bharrat urges young cricketers to be ambitious

By Romario Samaroo On In Sports |
Shimron Hetmyer (center), Berbice Cricket Board Patron and Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat (fourth from right) and Region Six Regional Executive Officer, Narindra Persaud (second from left) to his right, are surrounded by nine student cricketers who received $25,000 voucher for school supplies from the BCB/Shimron and Nirvani Hetmyer Trust Fund (Romario Samaroo photo)
Shimron Hetmyer (center), Berbice Cricket Board Patron and Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat (fourth from right) and Region Six Regional Executive Officer, Narindra Persaud (second from left) to his right, are surrounded by nine student cricketers who received $25,000 voucher for school supplies from the BCB/Shimron and Nirvani Hetmyer Trust Fund (Romario Samaroo photo)

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, Sunday urged young cricketers to be ambitious while stressing the importance of education.

Bharrat was at the time giving the feature address during the launch of the BCB/Shimron and Nirvani Hetmyer Trust Fund at the St. Francis Community Developers Centre, Rose Hall Town. Bharrat who is the Patron of the BCB, said that like many young boys and growing up in Berbice, he also aspired to play at the highest level (the West Indies) and was faced with the same challenges as they do now.