FOOTBALL in the Ancient County of Berbice on Wednesday received a massive boost when the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), in conjunction with Food for the Poor, handed over a collection of items to the Berbice Football Federation (BFA). The donation, valued at $300 000, included a water pitcher, trophies, football uniform tops, hand sanitizers, 60 pairs of dress pants, educational kits and seventeen dinner jackets.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster, in handing over the items to president of BFA, Keith O’Jeer, at the club’s Area ‘H’ Ground, hailed the football association for its outstanding work to uplift the standard of Berbice football.
Describing sports as a positive avenue for youths, he urged the BFA to expand its activities to include off-the-field activities like educational and social programmes that would assist the young footballers to develop as rounded individuals.
He pledged the RHTY&SC continued assistance to the development of Berbice football and to assist the BFA to host a raffle to raise funds for the game.
President of the BFA, Keith O’Jeer, and secretary Joseph Simon, both praised the RHTY&SC and Food for the Poor for the assistance and stated that it would be used for youth development programmes which target the Under-13 to Under-17 levels.
President O’Jeer described the RHTY&SC as a unique organisation which was a tireless advocate for youth and sport organisations.