THE Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club last Friday launched a softball cricket tournament for four primary schools on the Lower Corentyne Coast as part of its Silver Jubilee celebration.The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and RHTYSC Silver Jubilee tournament will bowl off in early February and is one of the 200 programmes/activities planned by the club for 2015 to celebrate the historic anniversary.

RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that the tournament will be contested by Belvedere Primary, Rose Hall Primary, Port Mourant Primary and Tain Primary schools.
The one-day affair is set for the Area ‘H’ Ground on Thursday, February 12 and is a ten overs-per-side competition. Belvedere Primary play Rose Hall Primary in the opening match at 09:30hrs while Port Mourant Primary and Tain Primary meet at 11:00hrs.
The 3rd place playoff match will be played at 12:30hrs while the grand final will start at 14.00hrs. The winning team, runners-up and outstanding players would receive trophies and medals.
The long-standing club Secretary/CEO revealed that the RHTYSC will use the tournament to identify promising players for its junior development programmes to be conducted by coach Delbert Hicks. The club will also promote the ‘Say Yes to Education and Say No to Drugs and Suicide’ message to the players.
Foster expressed gratitude to the Management of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company especially its CEO Mr R. K. Sharma, Senior Marketing Officer Ms Anji Hackett and Public Relations Officer Ms Allison Parker for their sponsorship of the tournament.
GT&T has been a sponsor of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation since 1994 and Foster hailed the long-term relationship as highly productive and successful.
GT&T Public Relations Officer Allison Parker stated that her company was pleased to support the club which has continuously demonstrated a high level of commitment to the development of youth and sports in Guyana.
She also congratulated the RHTYSC on achieving its Silver Jubilee and expressed confidence that the GT&T Inter-Primary School softball tournament would be a great success.