Launch of 2017 Cricket season:

FECACRICKET consolidates partnership with British Charity

The Cameroon Cricket Federation Fecacricket has launched its activities for the 2017 season with emphasis on its “Cricket at School initiative” that is carried out in collaboration with the British Charity - Cricket Without Boundaries.

By Rachel NtubeNgwese in Yaounde

Some six volunteers from the British Charity- Cricket Without Boundaries have last Saturday ended a two-week working visit to Cameroon. The British volunteers where here in fulfillment of the commitment of Cricket Without Boundaries in respect of its partnership with FECACRICKET, which partnership is now in its sixth project.

                During their two-week stay here from 4-18 March, the six British volunteers went around the country, notably to Douala and Yaounde teaching and coaching school children and adults the fundamentals of the cricket game and how cricket can be used to prevent HIV/AIDS and other STDs.

                “We are here to teach cricket to school children and to make these children to see the need to play cricket if they must prevent HIV/AIDS and other diseases,” said one of the volunteers by name Dave Terrace, who was on his third visit to Cameroon.

                “This is my third visit to Cameroon and I can say for sure that cricket in Cameroon is growing very fast. The enthusiasm of the kids and their interest in the game and the messages we give them is quite encouraging,” remarked Dave, who however noted the inadequate cricket infrastructure in Cameroon, even though regretting that Cricket Without Boundaries can do nothing about it, except maybe to help Fecacricket in sensitizing other stakeholders on the worrisome situation.  

                The British volunteers were accompanied on the field by some coaches and officials of the Cameroon Cricket Association, who gave them needed assistance as they interacted with the very enthusiastic school kids.

                Beginning their activities in Douala in the Littoral Region of Cameroon, the volunteers from 6 to 9 March 2017 carried out training sessions for future cricket coaches with students and teachers of some selected schools. Their activities in Douala culminated on Friday 10 March 2017 in a Joint Schools Cricket Festival at the LyceeBilingue de New Bell.

                The volunteers later traveled to Yaounde where from 13 to 17 March 2017 they carried out similar activities like in Douala. Events in Yaounde also culminated Friday by a Joint Schools Cricket Festival at the LyceeBilingueEssos playground.

                But the very high point of activities in Yaounde was the handing over of cricket equipment to the president of the Cameroon Cricket Federation, Victor AgborNso.

                Victor Agbor thanked the CWB volunteers for the gesture and assured them that the equipment would be put only to the use intended.