FCB Clarke Road youths touring Guyana

Also picked are several up and coming stars including Darren Samlal, who along with Mohammed were key members of the South Zone team which beat Central last Wednesday in the final of the Shell sponsored inter zone tournament.

Others expected to benefit greatly from the tour are Jalen Agard, Nicholas Ali, Isiah Gomez, Justin Ramsumair, Rodney Beharry, Christian Bernard, Vanir Maharaj, Brandon Samaroo, Kellon London, Adam Umraw and Arjuna Sukhu, who resides in Canada.

The development tour is an initiative of First Citizens Clarke Road United which is in its sixth year and features members of its highly-regarded youth programme.

The club, based in a rural district in south Trinidad has been contributing significantly to the holistic development of its community in various ways.

However, cricket has emerged as the activity for which it is best known with the club’s home at Wilson Road, Penal now the preferred venue of Presentation College, San Fernando and other schools in the area, for cricket, school sports and other related activities.

Jyd Goolie, a ICC World Under- 19 Championship winner with the West Indies last year and promising player Anderson Phillip are two of the recent graduates of the club’s youth development efforts whose selection on the national cricket team is among a long list of the club’s successes.

The youth team is scheduled to play five matches on their tour which ends March 1. The matches are against Enmore Sports Club, Everest CC, Maltenoes CC, Albion CC and Rose Hall CC Manager of the touring team is Chandradath Mahabir with former national off spinner Mukesh Persad as its coach.

Some parents have accompanied the group.