Guyana Times article.
Georgetown, Guyana - Dozens of youths from several East Coast Demerara schools are engaging the attention of coaches as the East Coast leg of the Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Camps commenced on Monday at the Enmore Community Centre ground.
The camp, which is another in a series of such activities hosted countrywide and sponsored by Scotiabank, will run until Thursday. Former national fast bowler Esaun Crandon, who is now a qualified coach, is leading the team of instructors that includes Bevan Butts, Jamal Hinckson and Dhanpaul.
Focus during the sessions, which will be held from 09:00h to 15:00h daily, will be on the fundamentals of the sport.
During last week, sessions were held at the Banks DIH ground at Thirst Park and at the Imam Bacchus ground in Essequibo with more than 100 young, aspiring cricketers being tutored on basic aspects of the game.
According to Coordinator of the camps, Colin Stuart, there has been an overwhelming response to the programme, which is the first such to be held in Guyana, and targets schools that would have done well at the preliminary zone competitions earlier this year.
At Thirst Park, schools from Georgetown, East Bank and West Demerara were targeted, while students from schools on the Essequibo Coast were the focus of the sessions at the Imam Bacchus ground.
Stuart, who is also the Territorial Development Officer of the Guyana Cricket Board, said sessions for schools in the Ancient County of Berbice will take place from today to Friday under the expert guidance of Coaches Michael Hyles, Julian Moore, Winston Smith, Andre Percival and Albert Smith.
Stuart, a former West Indies fast bowler, said the camps will touch approximately 300 students, who are being exposed to the basics of the game from an early age, as well as information gathering on the game.
At the launch of the camps last week, Manager of the Scotiabank Robb Street branch Brian Hackett stated that the bank was happy to aid in the dissemination of cricket knowledge to the beginners. Hackett explained that since its inauguration in 2001, Kiddy cricket has made noteworthy progress, being played in at least 13 territories in the Caribbean.
The Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket Camps are done with the assistance of several partners, including the Guyana Cricket Board, West Indies Cricket Board, Ministry of Education and Allied Arts Department, Ministry of Sport and the Guyana Teachers’ Union.
First Published in The Guyana Times.