Tota Mangar lauds ECCB at launch of annual academy

Members of the head table at yesterday’s opening ceremony, from left, Davteerth Anandjit, Judister Rampersaud, Shane Kumar Singh, Bissoondyal Singh and Tota Mangar.

President of the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) Bissoondyal Singh yesterday said that the club’s 13th annual cricket academy will aid in the improvement of each participant and also the general standards of Guyana’s cricket from the youth level to the senior cricketers.

The five day programme was launched yesterday at the Lusignan Community Centre under the theme “Cricket – Professionalism and Healthy Lifestyle,” for players under 16 years of age.

University of Guyana Professor and historian, Tota Mangar, urged the  participants,  who came from