TWELVE second division teams in the Ancient County of Berbice will on Friday May 1 2015 clash in the first-ever Ansa McAl’s May Day Challenge Cup 5-overs cricket tournament, which is being organised and coordinated by the Silver Jubilee Anniversary and Cricket Development Committees of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, and is being solely sponsored by Ansa McAl.Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated at a simple presentation ceremony that the Challenge Cup is the first of four major tournaments that would be promoted by the RHTYSC as part of its ‘Say No to Drugs/Suicide and Yes to Education’ sports campaign for this year.

The teams that would be part of the tournament are Rose Hall Bakewell ‘A’, Rose Hall Bakewell ‘B’, Young Warriors, Albion, Chesney, Fyrish, Courtland, Block ‘4’, Yakasari, Mibicuri, Jai Hind and Tamarind Root.
The teams would first play six matches of four overs each followed by the second round, one semifinal and the final of five overs’ duration.
The long-serving Secretary/CEO stated that two matches would be played simultaneously, along the lines of the highly successful Mash Cup organised by its sister club, Young Warriors Cricket Club, and funds raised would be used to assist less fortunate families and to publish more information on anti-drugs and suicide posters.
The winning team would take home $70 000 and a trophy, the runners-up $30 000 and trophy and the losing semifinalists $20 000, while the Man-of-the-Finals would carry home $10 000 and a trophy.
There would also be prizes for the Best Batsman, Best Bowler, Best Catch and Biggest Six and Foster expressed gratitude to the management of Ansa McAl especially its Managing Director Ms Beverly Harper and Marketing Director Troy Cadogan for their continued support to the club.
Ansa McAl’s Regional Manager for Berbice, Mark Bhikhai, said the RHTYSC and his company has over the years enjoyed a close and highly successful relationship and expressed confidence that the tournament would not only be successful but would achieve all of its objectives.
He congratulated the RHTYSC on its Silver Jubilee Anniversary and said Ansa McAl was proud to be associated with the RHTYSC.