AIDS-Free Summer Holiday:

FECACRICKET ends two-week training camp

-Begins 2016 Joint Cricket Domestic League and Cup of Cameroon Tourney

By Rachel Ntube in Yaounde

Cricket Camp

The Cameroon Cricket Federation, Fecacricket, on Thursday, 4 August 2016 ended a two-week Summer Holiday Training Camp in Yaounde with the distribution of jerseys and the award of certificates and prizes to participants.

                The closing ceremony at the Mervick Bilingual High School play ground here also witnessed a series of mini cricket matches organized among the participants in the training camp. The participants were young students and pupils selected from secondary and primary schools in and around Yaounde.

                During the ten days the young cricketers underwent drilling to build their skills in different aspects of the cricket game such as batting, bowling, fielding, wicket-keeping, scoring and umpiring.

                “Apart from keeping the pupils and students busy during this Summer Holiday, the two-week camp also falls in line with our policy for continuous detection, training and development of young cricket talents in the country,” said Solefack James, a Cricket Developer working with the Cameroon Cricket Federation, who noted that the talents so detected and trained will later join the existing cricket clubs in the country with the hope of becoming professional cricketers in the future, why not!

                Participants at the training said they had had a fulfilling time and that the training was worth their while.

                “I took interest in the cricket game since last year and have been playing it with friends since then. I have had a very busy time throughout the two weeks here, and have learned a lot too.  My skills in batting, bowling and fielding have improved a great deal during this training camp. I also found the lessons on HIV/AIDs interesting and important,” said one of the participants, ManidemClemence. 

                The President of the Cameroon Cricket Federation, Victor AgborNso, who supervised activities during the two weeks, could not conceal his joy for a successful outing.

                “We have had a very busy and fulfilling two weeks here. You can see from the enthusiasm of the youngsters that they are having a great time here. The ambiance has been the same all throughout the ten days that we have been together,” Mr. AgborNso enthused as he watched the young cricketers displaying their talents and the skills they had acquired during the two weeks training.

                “I seize this opportunity to thank our cricket ambassadors in the various schools for helping us in selecting the young talents that have participated in this Holiday Camp. I also sincerely hail all those who took time off their busy schedules to participate in or witness the activities during the two weeks. I hope that your time was not wasted,” Victor Agbor said as he declared the Holiday Camp closed.

                And that was not all! The Fecacricket president announced to the young participants that some of them have been selected to join the clubs that will take part in the 2016 Joint Domestic Cricket League and Cup of Cameroon Tournament that was to begin in just a matter of days.