Vemen Walter re-elected President of Albion Cricket Club

Vemen Walter returned as President of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club when the Club held its Annual General Meeting recently at the Albion Community Centre’s Main Hall.

The experienced cricket administrator was re-elected unopposed to serve for a sixth straight term, having also held the position for five years from 1995 to 1999.

Imtiaz Baccus, with over 27 years of service to Albion’s cricket as an administrator, was elected as Vice-President, replacing Karamchand Harripersaud who did not seek re-election, while Naeem Khan, an Agriculturalist by profession, was elected as Secretary.

Former Guyana youth and Berbice Senior Inter-County off-spinner, now an established Building Contractor in Berbice, Orvin Mangru, was retained unopposed as the Club’s Treasurer.

The former Albion and Berbice youth cricketer, currently a school teacher at the Port Mourant Secondary School, Adrian Singh, takes up the position of Assistant Secretary/Treasurer.

Sewnarine Chattergoon, Devendra Bishoo, Zameer Khan, Muniram Lallbeharry, Fabian Naiken, Karamchand Harripersad and Ramalingum Mangali will serve as Committee Members.

Chattergoon, Bishoo, Khan and Lallberharry are all former Albion cricketers with Chattergoon and Bishoo also being former West Indies Test cricketers.

Both Khan and Lallbeharry also represented Berbice at the Under-19 level with Lalbeharry having also gone on to represent Berbice at the Senior Inter-County Level.

Naiken is an experienced cricket coach and administrator who served the club with excellence over the years, while Harripersaud is a Production Manager at GuySuCo’s Blairmont Estate and Mangali is a prominent businessman in Albion.

The new executive will be meeting shortly to name the Club’s Captains, Vice-Captains and Managers of the respective teams, together with the Club’s Sub-Committees for the year 2025.