The once vibrant Young Warriors Cricket Club (YWCC) of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice is aggressively embarking on a project to restore the club and its venue to its former glory.
Executives of the club led by recently elected president Imran Saccoor, a banker by profession, met and launched a massive drive to raise funds to restore the venue to what it was before.
According to a release from the body, six years ago the venue was in picture perfect condition when Coach Hubern Evans migrated to the USA and hardworking executive Anil Beharry moved to Georgetown. Since then, it has deteriorated immensely.
In an invited comment Saccoor said that he was positive that the club will return to its former glory and is appealing to the Government of Guyana, Corporate Guyana and private individuals for assistance.
He said that the first step is to replace the fence, fix the outfield, fix the pavilion and then move aggressively to recruit new players.
The YWCC has produced many outstanding players during its 20 years of existence, the latest being West Indies batsman, Shimron Hetmyer.
Other players who represented Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies at different levels include Gajanand Singh who now plays for the USA, Richard Ramdeen, former National Captain Damodar Daesrat, Seon Hetmyer, Paul Wintz, Kwesi Maltay, Balram Samaroo, Alex Algoo, Kevin Ramdeen, Loaknauth Ramsuchit, Kassim Khan, Linden Austin, Sanjay Khan, Shazad Khan, Ishwar Singh, Aaron Beharry, Beharry, Suresh Dhanai, Farouk Hussain and Daryl Narine among many others.
To date YWCC has won the first and only Shapoorji Palonji National T20 competition defeating Blairmont CC. They also won the Neal and Massy National 40-over competition, defeating Demerara Cricket Club in the final at the Guyana National Stadium, and was the Guyana Cricket Board’s club of the year for consecutive years.
The current executive is seeking help in cash and kind to help restore the venue.
Contact can be made with Imran Saccoor on 603-1436, Aubrey David on 646-0294 or any executive member of the club.
