The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has received $700,000 compliments from the Lower Corentyne Secondary School (LCSS) Alumni Association of NY, which will go towards the development of youth cricket in that county.
The members of the association are Chris Lachman, Radha and Howie Bernstein, Indrani Chabinath, Ceceilia Vasconcellos, Shirley Brijlall, Pamilla Jairam, and Riaz Bacchus. They approved the funding after being approached by Anil Beharry, a former long-serving executive of the BCB and former student of LCSS.
According to a release from Beharry, the funds will go towards “BCB’s under-15 and under-17 Inter Zone competitions. These competitions will be used to select and prepare the teams for the 2025 GCB Inter County Championships. The format, for the first time, will be made up of five teams with the traditional Upper Corentyne, Central Corentyne, New Amsterdam/Canje, West Berbice, and the addition of the President’s 11, exposing more young cricketers”.