The Berbice Cricket Board has now successfully completed negotiation concerning sponsorship for all its junior cricket tournaments for 2018.
The Berbice Cricket Board has already launched Under-17 and Under-19 tournaments with sponsorship from former West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and the New York Business Group, respectively.
The Board during the course of this week completed discussions with two official sponsors and is pleased to announce that they would also be hosting Under-15 and Under-21 Cricket tournaments for Clubs across the Ancient County.
President of the Berbice Cricket Board, Hilbert Foster who is spearheading a massive marketing campaign, together with Vice- President Jevaughn Stephen, stated that the two tournaments would be launched in about two weeks.
The Under-15 tournament would cater for players born on or after the 1st September, 2003 and would be played on a One-Day, two-innings basis while the semifinals and finals would be played over two-days.
The first innings in the One-day matches shall be restricted to 40-overs per side. Players like Jonathan Rampersaud, Mahendra Gopilall, Isia Thorne, Jeremy Sandia, Tomanni Ceasar, Zeynul Ramsammy and Antwone Alexander are expected to be part of the Inter-Club tournament which would be making a welcome return to Berbice Cricket.
The Under-21 Tournament, Foster is to assist players to successfully move from the junior rank to the senior level. Most players he stated leave the game after the Under-19 level as they feel that is the end of their careers.
The Under-21 Tournament would serve as encouragement to continue playing the game and eventually going on to play for Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies. The tournament would be played 50-Overs per side and among the teams expected to play are Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets, Albion Cricket Club, Port Mourant Cricket Club, Tucber Park Cricket Club, Blairmont Cricket Club, Young Achievers, Young Warriors, No.19 Village, Rose Hall Canje and Upper Corentyne.
Among the players that would be on show are Kevlon Anderson, Kevin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair, Sylus Tyndall, Keith Simpson, Adrian Sukwah, Kelvin Unrow, Karran Arjpaul, Omar Weatherspoon, Raymond Rayman and Joel Seitaram.
The Berbice Cricket Board at the end of the tournament would be selecting a Berbice Under-21 Team to play a series of matches across Guyana as part of its players’ developmental programme. Teams interested in playing both tournaments are asked to register as early as possible. Clubs are also advised that tournaments would be held at the Under-17, Under-19, Second Division, Female, Intermediate and First Division levels.
Additionally, tournaments would be played within each of the five zones in Berbice “Berbice River, West Berbice, New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne, Central/Upper Corentyne”.
The Inter-zone matches would be played at the 20/20 and 40-Overs levels as part of an effort to renew interest at the grass root level. Foster also announced that all of the tournaments have been sponsored apart from the Intermediate and a few at the Inter-zone levels.
