THE death of Calvin Roberts has indeed sent shockwaves across journalistic and sports communities.The 43-year-old father grew up in the West Ruimveldt neighbourhood.
Calvin excelled at youth cricket as a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pacer
His ability saw him play Second Division Cricket for South G/town and Under-16 cricket for Malteenoes Sports Club. He also served as captain of the Guyana Media Team where he led by example with both bat and ball.
One of his memorable moments in cricket was when he shattered the stumps of former Guyana wicketkeeper/batsman, Sheik Mohammed at Enmore in a T/20 Goodwill Tournament with figures of four wickets for 18 runs against Tiger Sports Club.
As a journalist, his written works had realised many ground-breaking, insightful and analytical articles, particularly in the area of sports.
His investigative approach and reflective writing had captured in many ways a sense of thoroughness pertaining to the activities being covered.
Calvin demonstrated the willingness to be ever-present at sport events to have first-hand information of activities as they occurred. His writing style aptly described the events and participants in order to grab the attention of readers.
Some of the hundreds of stories done by him thoroughly impacted in a dynamic way on sports in Guyana and the Caribbean.
His completion of over seven hundred stories during 2012 saw him convincingly capture the Sports Journalist – Print Award at the National Sports Awards Ceremony 2012.
At the time of his death, Roberts held the position of Senior Sports Reporter at the Guyana Chronicle. His loss has saddened all and sundry.
The National Sports Commission (NSC) wishes to extend heartfelt condolences to his wife and children, his mother and siblings, extended family, all his cricket colleagues and friends.
May his soul have eternal rest!