United States-based Chandrabali Construction has come on board as the sponsor of Albion Community Centre Cricket Club’s second-division team.
At a simple ceremony recently at the club’s Berbice location, Deva Chandrabali, a representative of the sponsors, said he was extremely happy to be associated with the club and handed over the sponsorship worth $385,000.
“I am from Nigg, I spent a lot of time at the Albion Community Centre in my childhood days and I am delighted to invest in this outstanding club. It is always a pleasure for me to give back to my people,” said Chandraballi.
President of the club, Vemen Walter, thanked Chandraballi for the gesture and assured him that his sponsorship of the club’s second-division team will assist tremendously not only toward the development of Albion cricket but also cricket in Berbice, Guyana and by extension the West Indies.
“This sponsorship will not only assist the ACCCC but will also contribute towards the development of the game in Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies generally. As we all know, Albion is a major player in Berbice, Guyana and West Indies’ cricket having been known to produce top quality cricketers over the years. Cricket is a very expensive game and I must thank Chandrabali for this sponsorship,” Walter said.
Walter also took the opportunity to thank Fabian Naiken, who was very instrumental in the development of Albion cricket in the early 1990s, before migrating to Canada, for the role he played in securing the sponsorship.
The team will be known as the “Albion Chandrabali’s Construction second-division team.”
Among those present for the launching were Naiken via social media, along with former Guyana and West Indies opening batsman Sewnarine Chattergoon, currently the Head Coach of Albion, Jonathan Foo and several other members of the club’s first and second -division teams. With the exception of the Albion first-division team, which is partly sponsored, all of the club’s other teams are now fully sponsored.
The club’s Under 19 team is sponsored by K.P. Jagdeo General Contracting while Orvin Mangru’s Contracting Services is the Under 17 team’s sponsor, Permaul’s Trading & Distribution (PT&D) – Under 15, Harichand’s Business Establishment – Under 13 and Cell Towers Builders of the USA – Under 21.
