{"id":22600,"date":"2024-09-05T18:29:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22600"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:29:37","slug":"dcc-summer-camp-aims-to-nurture-young-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/dcc-summer-camp-aims-to-nurture-young-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"DCC Summer Camp Aims to Nurture Young Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) has launched its highly anticipated summer youth program, offering young athletes the opportunity to hone their cricketing skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 100 registered participants between the ages of 6 and 18, the camp is designed to teach both the fundamentals of the game and provide advanced training for more experienced players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to DCC President and former West Indies cricketer Roger Harper, the camp has been well-received by the young athletes, who have embraced the program with enthusiasm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the hot conditions, participants have shown dedication, often playing even during lunch breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harper emphasized the importance of nurturing young talent, noting that many of the best players in Guyana and the Caribbean started in similar camps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed hope that this initiative would inspire a new generation of cricketers, some of whom may join the Demerara Cricket Club and develop their skills further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camp&#8217;s goal is not only to teach the technical aspects of cricket but also to foster a passion for the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harper highlighted the program&#8217;s focus on creating a safe and supportive environment where young players can learn and grow, potentially becoming future stars in Caribbean cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) has launched its highly anticipated summer youth program, offering young athletes the opportunity to hone their cricketing skills. With over 100 registered participants between the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22601,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22600\/revisions\/22601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}