LOCAL CRICKET ROUND-UP
January 15th 2009

McBean, Progressive in Central opener

Teams will be battling for close to $45,000, when the three-day league competition of the Central Zonal Council of the T&T Cricket Board bowls off on February 7, with matches across Central Trinidad.

In the feature attraction in the opening round of the Senior Division, title-holding D&D McBean Sports Club will be on the road to Chickland Progressive Sports Club, while Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club will host Super Sonic Cricket Club at Esperanza in another interesting encounter.
CEO and General Secretary of the T&TCB, Forbes Persaud, along with the board’s Administrative Manager, Rambhai Patel and two other members of the interim committee—lawyers Samuel Saunders and Lennox Sankersingh will be visiting most of the matches during the opening round.

Central Zone Fixtures

SENIOR DIVISION

ROUND ONE: 7TH, 8TH & 14TH February, 2009

Brickfield Sports Club vs Old Mac Exchange Sports Club
Chickland Progressive Sports Club vs D & D Mc Bean Sports Club
Esmeralda Sports Club vs United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club
Balmain United Sports Club vs Caroni Conquerors Sports Club
Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club vs Super Sonic Cricket Club

ROUND TWO: 21ST, 28TH February & 1st March, 2009

D & D Mc Bean Sports Club vs Old Mac Exchange Sports Club
Brickfield Sports Club vs United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club
Chickland Progressive Sports Club vs Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club
Caroni Conquerors Sports Club vs Esmeralda Sports Club
Super Sonic Cricket Club vs Balmain United Sports Club

ROUND THREE: 15TH, 21ST & 22ND March, 2009

Balmain United Sports Club vs Chickland Progressive Sports Club
United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club vs D & D Mc Bean Sports Club
Esmeralda Sports Club vs Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club
Old Mac Exchange Sports Club vs Super Sonic Cricket Club
Caroni Conquerors vs Brickfield Sports Club

ROUND FOUR: 28TH, 29TH & 30TH March , 2009

Super Sonic Sports Club vs Esmeralda Sports Club
Brickfield Sports Club vs Chickland Progressive Sports Club
Old Mac Exchange Sports Club vs United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club
Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club vs Caroni Conquerors Sports Club
Balmain United Sports Club vs D & D Mc Bean Sports Club

ROUND FIVE: 5TH, 18TH & 19TH April, 2009

D & D Mc Bean Sports Club vs Brickfield Sports Club
United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club vs Balmain United Sports Club
Old Mac Exchange Sports Club vs Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club
Esmeralda Sports Club vs Chickland Progressive Sports Club
Caroni Conquerors Sports Club vs Super Sonic Cricket Club

ROUND SIX: 25TH, 26TH April & 2ND May, 2009

Chickland Progressive Sports Club vs United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club
Caroni Conquerors Sports Club vs Old Mac Exchange Sports Club
Super Sonic Sports Club vs Brickfield Sports Club
Esmeralda Sports Club vs D & D Mc Bean Sports Club
Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club vs Balmain United Sports Club

ROUND SEVEN: 3RD, 9TH & 10TH May, 2009

Balmain United Sports Club vs Esmeralda Sports Club
Old Mac Exchange Sports Club vs Chickland Progressive Sports Club
Brickfield Sports Club vs Esperanza Sports Club
D & D Mc Bean Sports Club vs Super Sonic Sports Club
United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club vs Caroni Conquerors Sports Club

ROUND EIGHT: 16TH, 17TH & 23RD May, 2009

D & D Mc Bean Sports Club vs Caroni Conquerors Sports Club
Esmeralda Sports Club vs Brickfield Sports Club
Balmain United Sports Club vs Exchange Sports Club
Chickland Progressive Sports Club vs Super Sonic Sports Club
United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club vs Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club.

ROUND NINE: 24TH, 30TH & 31ST May, 2009

Brickfield Sports Club vs Balmain United Sports Club
Alico Roadstar Esperanza Sports Club vs D & D Mc Bean Sports Club
Exchange Sports Club vs Esmeralda Sports Club
Super Sonic Sports Club vs United Drillers Sheffield Sports Club
Chickland Progressive Sports Club vs Caroni Conquerors Sports Club

PS: Home teams are mentioned first

Sammy passes TT&A Course in England

Tarandath Sammy, West Indies Level Two (2) Coach, and Coach of the Trinidad & Tobago National Under 17 Cricket Team, recently embarked on a Tutor Training and Assessors Course in England. Sammy who has been a Prison Officer for the last nineteen (19) years is the coach of the Prisons Team who campaign in the Division One (1) of the East Zone.

Sammy also serves as chairman of the East Zonal Council, Secretary of the Youth and Coaching Development Committee of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board and also the President of the Coaching Association of Trinidad & Tobago.

The course was conducted in England, from October 22 to November 7, 2008. Sammy was among five (5) other coaches from the West Indies on the course.

The course outline dealt with the How ‘2’ and what ‘2’ Coaching skills. How ‘2’ using the skills of Explaining, Instructing, to Demonstrate, to Observe, to Analyse and what is now being introduced the review process, where people are allowed to self-reflect through the use of questions thereby assisting the coach to form corrective measures, if any is to be made.
“The whole theme of the course really was designed to assist coaches in understanding, How do people learn identifying the different learning preferences and behavioral patterns; and formulating plans to cater for these different types of learners,” Sammy said.

Since his return Sammy has already tutored at both Level One (1) and Level Two (2) Coaching Course back in November alongside Wendell Coppin, Territorial Development Officer from Barbados.

Harvard clinic bowls off on Sunday

Cricket journalist Fazeer Mohammed will be the feature speaker at the opening of this years Harvard Coaching Clinic which will taking place at the Harvard’s Club House Tragarete Road in Port of Spain on Sunday at 10 am.

The clinic which has been in existence since 1965 boost of past pupils such as retired West Indies batting maestro Brian Lara and current West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, as well as Anil Baliram and Keno Mason.

Digicel which has been the main sponsor for the clinic over the past three year will continue into its fourth year of sponsorship with what is consider at one of the countries leading coaching clinics.

The sessions for the clinic will take place every Sunday morning from 9 am to  noon for the next six months.