My Third bio ... VINCENT FERRER FERREIRA Vincent Ferrer Ferreira, was the product of Emmanuel Ferreira and Antonia Henry. He came into the world on 5th April 1918. He grew up with the Jesuit Priests and went to school at Charity. He was very articulate in the English Language and usually conversed in both Arawak and Warrau. As a young man he ventured to many fields in quest of his dream. He pursued aviation at at the Ruimveldt Ramp but soon discarded this. He then turned to logging at timber grants along the Essequibo River. He joined the survey gangs and these trips enabled him to visit many parts of the country where he adopted a positive lifestyle of the various people he met. After he decided to settle down in life, uncle Ferra as he was known, returned to Moruca and became a serious father, an industrious farmer and a skillful fisherman. He supplied great amounts of fresh sea fish to the Mercy Convent. He also ventured in a small business as he was manager of a fishing boat that plied the Pomeroon and Georgetown sea route. He later married the love of his life, Mary Agatha James, and their union produced the following V’s: Vernon, Victor, Valerian, Vergil, Veronne and Veronica. But it was in his ability to organize and manage that he excelled and is now being remembered. He arranged regular cricket matches among local groups in Moruca, Mabaruma, the whole of the Pomeroon and even the Essequibo Coast were invited and superbly entertained after their thorough trashing by our boys. His house was the venue for each party after the games. The funds acquired were always used to equip the club with new gear. His dedication to the game found him every Saturday and other days clearing and burning the grass and repairing the pitch at Cabucalli. He often found time to oil the bats, aerate the pads and repair dangling buckles. These were all done in preparation for another team’s visit. His hyped- up call from the women’s choral shouts of “Moruca Boys forever, Pomeroon boys can never!” was a hallmark for every game. And every game was competitively enjoyed! He later located and purchased the now Kumaka Recreation ground and handed it over to the community for the purpose of recreational entertainment, particularly cricket. But alsa! The cricketing fraternity and indeed the community were to lose, a true, dedicated, illustrious and meticulous organizer and administrator and profound disciplinarian of cricket.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 03:17:07 +0000
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