BCB begin course to assist clubs
Bermuda Cricket Board will launch their ICC Cricket Adminstration Programme (CAP) later this month.The first segment of the ‘Governance’ scheme is aimed at “assisting clubs and improving domestic pathways and opportunities,” according to a BCB statement released yeterday.BCB president, Lloyd Fray said: “The Board administered the ICC Cricket Administration Programme Presenter and Assessor modules and qualified ten local candidates to teach the programme.“This initiative has been extremely successful ensuring that we have locally skilled people able to provide the right educational support to our administrators and volunteers in clubs and cricket community.“These courses offer an excellent opportunity for clubs to strengthen their organisation and structure and I encourage all clubs to promote them to their members.”Cricket’s governing body said the segment would allow particpants:1) to understand governance systems and how to use them in either a club and national body context;2) to understand effective club structures; and3) to understand basic constitutional issues relating to their club.Other modules will include: ‘Financial Management’, ‘Effective Meetings’ and how to deliver ‘Community Cricket’.“The Cricket Administration Programme is a collection of resources targeted at improving the knowledge, skills and performance of cricket administrators around the world. The CAP module on Governance provides an introduction to the politics, structures and processes that contribute to the effective governance of a sporting body,” said the BCB statement.The first segment of the programme will take place on Wednesday, January 25, between 6pm and 9pm at Charities House, on Point Finger Road.