GCB steps in to avert crisis

THE GUYANA Cricket Board (GCB) has taken swift action to ensure that cricket is not disrupted in its Inter-County Under-17 Tournament which got under way yesterday with two first-round matches. The GCB learnt on Tuesday that 16 persons from the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) have been prevented from functioning as executives of the BCB, and is of the firm view that, irrespective of the challenges facing that or any other Board, cricket must not be affected.

The GCB has been in contact with the parents of several players and they have all agreed that the games should not be disrupted regardless of the legal challenge against that body.
The team was already selected by the BCB prior to its executives being injuncted, and the GCB will take steps to ensure that the tournament is successfully concluded with the participation of all the youth teams; hence all related expenses would be absorbed by the GCB in this regard.
The GCB recognises that this is an internal matter of the BCB and urges all stakeholders to seek a prompt resolution while respecting the order of the court.
This course of action from the GCB came about following an email that was sent from injuncted secretary of the BCB, Angela Haniff, late Tuesday afternoon, in which she acknowledged being injuncted and warned media operatives not to publish any article sent from the BCB with immediate effect, due to the injunction.
The full excerpt from Ms Haniff’s email is listed below:
“Good afternoon, please take note that an Injunction was filed against the Berbice Cricket Board which was granted with immediate effect. Please do not publish any article that was sent by the Berbice Cricket Board in the media with immediate effect. BCB will not be participating in the Under-17 Inter-county tournament.”
The injunction was granted last Monday to the plaintiffs David Black in his capacity as president of West Berbice Cricket Association (WBCA) and Godwyn Allicock in his capacity as secretary of the Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC).
The defendants are Anil Beharry (president), Dhieranidranauth Somwaru (1st vice-president), Qualis Winter (2nd vice-president), Vemen Walters (3rd vice-president), Angela Haniff (secretary), Plafianna Millington (assistant secretary) and Vicky Bharosay (treasurer).
The BCB’s eight executive members Hubern Evans, Albert Smith, Julian Cambridge, Rabindranauth Saywack, Malcolm Peters, Imtiaz Bacchus, Keith Foster and Carl Moore, along with Public Relations Officer Rajiv Bisnauth, were also named in the injunction which will be heard tomorrow.
What must be noted is that the injunction was filed against the purported executives of the BCB and not the BCB in itself, hence the course of action taken by the GCB to have all teams listed to participate in the Under-17 tournament and do so amicably well.
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