Pothas to stick with youth who 'get it'
NIC POTHAS has admitted his frustration after seeing his hopes of a first senior inter-island cricket win buried in a former potato field in Jersey.
The visitors were swept side by six wickets as they buckled under the pressure of the occasion, just as they had cracked the previous year at KGV.
But, Guernsey's director of cricket, is adamant he will continue to back youth and press on with his plans to build solid foundations for the domestic game.
'We are not looking to build a house on the beach,' he said.
'I have no doubt we will be laughing in two years' time.'
Pothas says there will be no knee-jerk reaction to the loss and is adamant GCB are 'on the right path'.
'These kids get it,' he said, 'meaning that they are aware of the levels of dedication required, both in terms of physical and skill preparation, to make themselves top players.'
Pothas says the GCB will continue to pair up the island's best youngsters with UK club sides in Hampshire and Sussex as the domestic weekend league scene is not combatitive enough.
