Merry Boys are back in the leading flight of Trinidad and Tobago cricket and are putting things in location to guarantee they continue to produce gamers that can carry out at the greatest level and even go on to play local and global cricket in years to come.
President of the club Sebastien Edwards enjoys to continue the work begun by the departed Patrick Rampersad, and takes pride in the Diego Martin-based attire's go back to the Premiership One, which is the greatest level of club cricket in the nation.
Edwards stated that in order to remain at the leading and continue to take on the very best, strategies needed to be prepared to protect the future of the club. Part of those strategies includes the establishing of the Patrick Rampersad Cricket Academy, which he stated had actually remained in the works for a while.
Merry Boys, who were relegated from the leading flight in 2019, campaigned in the Premiership Two North competitors in 2023, winning the two-day League and 50-over titles. They were likewise called the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) Club of the Year at the TTCB Awards Ceremony in Chaguanas last Saturday.
By winning the League title, Merry Boys made a go back to the Premiership 1. Making promo were Bess Motors Marchin Patriots, who won a treble of titles this season consisting of the Premiership Two South League and 50-over titles as well as the Premiership Two T20 nationwide title.
Edwards, who is likewise the supervisor of the club, stated it was difficult for the group in the 2nd department and with the return of League cricket in 2023, the club was prepared to recover its location in the high-level competitors.
“Thanks to the captain Mario Belcon and myself, we created a team that we believed might complete at Premier 1 level. We controlled at Premier Two this year with an excellent mix of more youthful individuals entering into the club,” Edwards described.
“We won the league with 2 video games to extra and we were unbeaten in the 50 overs. We lost one video game (in the T20) to ultimate champs Marchin Patriots in the quarter-final. Our reserve group, which is the advancement system of the club, likewise carried out well, winning the 30-over league competitors and I believe that becomes part of what moved us to being called Club of the Year,” he continued.
“I wasn't anticipating it actually since generally a club in Premier 1 would win that award. It was a tough year and my operate in cricket is not about benefits and prizes however about advancement,” Edwards included.
He stated he wished to “bring Diego Martin approximately the ranks of locations like South and Central Trinidad that produced a great deal of nationwide and global cricketers.”
“That is the status I am trying to find; to bring Merry Boys as much as that level to continue taking on the similarity Queen's Park and PowerGen and Central Sports. I wish to leave a tradition that we constantly play excellent, difficult cricket.”
Edwards likewise with confidence stated: “When you concern play Merry Boys next season, you need to come ready, specifically when we are dipping into home in Diego Martin.”
Inquired about the posthumous award to Rampersad, who passed away in 2018, by the TTCB for Long and Distinguished Service, Edwards stated: “This has actually been long in coming.”
“He has actually been a great servant of cricket in Trinidad. A great deal of individuals do not understand just how much work Patrick actually put in, not simply at Merry Boys however in nationwide cricket.”
In regards to the club's strategy to honour the previous president, Rampersad, Edwards stated: “I simply had a discussion with his other half and we have actually been preparing this for a while now and I believe now that we are back on top, it is the appropriate time to begin the Patrick Rampersad Cricket Academy.” “That has actually remained in the works for a while and now with our sponsorship from Proman Foundation Limited, that is among the objectives we have actually set out as part of our company strategies … Because a club will have no durability if it is not producing that next generation of cricketers.”
He included: “Mario Belcon, Samuel Felix, Daron Cruickshank … they can't go on permanently, so we require to have young cricketers, well-coached and handled in a great center and bring them approximately that level, so that in the next number of years, you can most likely see the next Brian Lara or Sunil Narine coming out of the Diego Martin location and from Merry Boys which is the goal of the club.”
