ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Over 600 Scotiabank Kiddy cricketers are set to participate in camps in the coming weeks. The aspiring cricketers will be part of training sessions in Antigua and St Maarten.
The activities in Antigua will start on Saturday, continue on Sunday, and also run on December 7 and 8.
The training in St Maarten will be held from December 2-5.
Earlier this year, several hundred Scotiabank Kiddy cricketers completed another year of summer camps all across the region as part of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Scotiabank Kiddy cricket programme.
The camps were hosted from July 1 to August 30 in eleven territories across the region. The participating territories were Anguilla, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.
An investment of more than US$ 150,000 was made by title sponsor Scotiabank to host the eleven Kiddy Cricket summer camps which were geared at giving the top performing boys and girls at the grade six level exposure to advanced cricket concepts and skills development training. They were also prepared for the next level of development (Grassroots Cricket) in the WICB development pathway.
The camps included sessions on the history of cricket, nutrition, personal development and hygiene, the dangers of illegal substance use and the rules of the cricket. The practical side of the camp introduced Kiddy cricketers to advanced cricket equipment and gear, including new cricket skill development and training concepts in batting, bowling, wicket-keeping and fielding.
