More than five decades after his family moved to Church and Oronoque Streets, Georgetown, Queenstown, and he soon gravitated to the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), renowned health professional, Dr. Frank Denbow, returned to Queenstown to pay homage to where his early infatuation with the sport of cricket began.
On Wednesday evening, Dr. Denbow, who was not a member of the club, until that moment handed over a cheque for $2 million to aid in the club’s upkeep.
In return, he was made an Honorary Life Member at the ‘Home of the Legends’.
The former Queen’s College student reflected on watching West Indies play Australia at the iconic Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda, in 1965 and highlighted that prior to such, his imagery of cricket came through reading books.
Dr. Denbow said DCC has a rich history of talent and it was important to help the club maintain its facilities to keep churning out that talent.
DCC President, Roger Harper, charged the young members at the small gathering to look at what the club means to someone who was not even a member. He urged them to take great care of the historic institution and to play a more significant role in its enhancement.
Harper, who attended Queen’s College with Dr. Denbow said that the monies will be spent on upgrades and they will be accounted for.
Established in 1912, DCC has produced famous West Indies Test players, such as the Christiani brothers, Robert and Cyril, Clive Lloyd, Lance Gibbs, Roy Fredericks, Roger Harper, Travis Dowlin, and the first West Indies cricket captain to win a test match, Marius Fernandes.
Shivnarine Chaderpaul also began his cricketing career at the club.
In 2011, DCC was voted the Club-of-the-Year by the Guyana Cricket Board.
