Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt is expected to deliver the feature address when the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) hosts its annual Brian Ramphal awards ceremony April 24.
This is according to the BCB.
“The ceremony is scheduled to be held at the St. Francis Community Centre Hall in Rose Hall Town and President of Cricket West Indies Ricky Skerritt has accepted an invitation from the BCB to be the Guest Speaker, ”a release from the board stated.
The event is expected to be historic as it will be the first time a sitting President of CWI will grace the county with his presence on such an occasion.
According to the release, Skerritt expressed his anticipation for visiting the ancient county of Berbice when accepting the invitation issued by BCB president, Hilbert Foster.
Foster is a Guyana Cricket Board vice-president and Director of CWI.
Foster stated that overseas-based Guyanese Brian Ramphal has renewed his sponsorship of the programme for 2022 and in addition to the annual awards; the pro-active board will also be launching its Hall of Fame for umpires and induct administrators to the BCB Hall of Fame.
The BCB will also present its highest award to several persons including Skerritt while several outstanding cricket officials in the county will also be honored for their contribution to the game.
Among the awards expected to be handed over will be male junior Cricketer-of-the-Year, female junior Cricketer-of-the-Year, senior male Cricketer, senior female Cricketer. International Player-of-the-Year, Club-of-the-Year, Umpire-of-the-Year, Disciplined Player-of-the-Year and BCB Worker-of-the-Year.
The BCB boss is also earmarked to present a comprehensive review of the board over the last year and unveil plans for the rest of the year.
