“IN my 21 years as a softball player, this tournament is without doubt one of the best ever, while the organising skills of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTYSC) is simply unmatched.”

Those were words of winning captain Roy Jaferally at the presentation ceremony of the historic RHTYSC/Kares Engineering Patron’s Green Economy Tournament last Sunday at the Area ‘H’ Ground.
Jaferally led his team, Grill Master of Canje, to a commanding 130-run win over Prophecy Boys of Port Mourant after they batted first and piled up 272.
Jaferally, who copped the Man-of-the-Final award, noted that the tournament was a total success while each of the 18 teams felt comfortable playing in the tournament. He stated that it was the first time that he witnessed no form of indiscipline during an entire competition.
Jaferally said that each team respected the RHTYSC, its outstanding work and as such cooperated to make the tournament successful.
The main objectives of the Patron’s Tournament were to honour President David Granger on his 72nd birth anniversary, to educate Berbicians on the impact of Climate Change, to promote the Green Economy effort and the RHTYSC’s Say No/Say Yes Campaign.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster spearheaded the organising of the Green Economy tournament with vice-president Mark Papannah and assistant secretary Simon Naidu.
The RHTYSC, Foster disclosed, hopes to make the event an annual one. Over $1.5M worth of cash prizes and trophies were shared out to the top teams.
As part of the tournament, the RHTYSC and its eight cricket teams distributed $1M worth of school bags and 25 bicycles to less fortunate students and close to $1M worth of cricket balls to cricket clubs across Berbice.
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club would like to express gratitude to the following sponsors for making the cricket tournament and the donations possible; Kares Engineering Inc., B.K. International, S. Jagmohan Hardware, V Net Communication, Peter Lewis, KSM Investment, Bakewell, National Sports Commission, Rossignol Butchery, Bissan Trading, Mohamed Raffik, A. Hamilton, Fyuse Hussain, Fazal Habibulla, J.B. Brothers, Ministry of the Presidency, Farfan & Mendes, Mines Service Ltd, F & H Printery, 4R Bearings, John Fernandes Ltd, Lennox Cush, Ronald Williams, Apex Insurance Brokers, Jumbo Jet, A. Ally & Sons, Amerally Sawmills, Claude Raphael, Ricks & Sari Agro Industries, Regal Enterprise, New India Insurance, J.R Engineering Solutions, Annirud Ramcharitar, Trans Pacific Motor Spares, Greenidge Fridge Repairs, Radesh Rameshwar, Safraz Sheriffudeen and Mahadeo Panchu.