Tucber Park Cricket Club (TPCC) held its elections Thursday at the Berbice High School where long-serving cricket administrator, Carl Moore, who now resides overseas, was re-elected president.
Moore’s son Julian, the national coach, will serve as first vice-president with Anthony D’Andrade second vice-president and Tamesh Mohabir, secretary.
Gary Millington is the assistant secretary and West Indies female player Tremayne Smartt, the treasurer. Orlando Tanner is the assistant treasurer and Brandon Corlette, the public relations officer.
According to a release from the club, in a virtual call Moore said that he was impressed with the work of the club.
He hailed his son Julian and the other members of the club for their work.
“Julian, Anthony, Smartt and the secretary, Tamesh, have done a good job. They are carrying on the work that we started a few years ago to help the youngsters in New Amsterdam and surrounding areas,” Moore said.
Over the years, Tucber Park has gone from strength to strength in producing solid players.
West Indies senior player Romario Shepherd and Guyana pacer Nial Smith are the latest elite products from the New Amsterdam-based club.
Jeremy Gordon, a former senior Guyana player is also a product of the club. Gordon now plies his trade in Canada.
Moore, manager of the championship winning Guyana team in the Stanford T20 competition, said that he is impressed and beyond proud of both Shepherd and Smith, who began their cricket careers at the TPCC.
Moore described Smith and Shepherd as committed and disciplined and said that he is hopeful that the duo will inspire the upcoming talents at TPCC.
In addition to Tremayne Smartt, Candacy Atkins, who played for USA, is also another West Indies female product of TPCC.
Eugene La Fleur, Guyana U19 captain in 2008, is another proud product of TPCC while the likes of former senior Berbice players, Devon Clements and Maxie De Jonge along with D’Andrade, also played for the UWI Vice Chancellor side against Zimbabwe in 2010.
The TPCC produced more than 40 national youth players in the recent years. The next election for the TPCC will take place in two years’ time.
