GUYANA and West Indies youth cricketer Shimron Hetmyer is the newest sports personality to join the Banks DIH Limited Sports Brand Ambassador Programme.

The prolific 17-year-old left-handed opener was inducted into the programme at a ceremony held October 13 last at Thirst Park and will be the Brand Ambassador for Banks DIH’s Aqua Mist Water, pure artesian water.
The former Berbice High School student who hails from Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice has represented Guyana at the Under-15, Under-17, Under-19 and senior levels respectively, making his debut in the latter at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence against Trinidad and Tobago earlier this year.
He was named in the West Indies Under-19 team for the Bangladesh Junior team tour of the Caribbean last year and travelled with the WI Junior Team to the United Arab Emirates earlier this year for the youth World Cup.
The aggressive opener, who can also deputise as a wicketkeeper, has scored several centuries in his career, the first (118) at the age of 13 years in the Berbice Under-19 Inter-Zone competition and also chalked up against Windward Islands, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in regional competition.
He is a member of the Young Warriors Cricket Club in Berbice and when informed of being chosen as the Aqua Mist Water Sports Brand Ambassador by Banks DIH Limited, expressed elation at the news.
His father Gladstone Hetmyer also expressed gratitude and praised the company for investing in Shimron’s cricketing development.
“I know he has the potential to be an outstanding cricketer and I would like to thanks Mr Clifford Reis, Chairman and the management of the company for showing the confidence in him,” he added.
Communications Manager Troy Peters said Banks DIH Limited has been following Hetmyer’s career and decided to select him to the Brand Ambassador’s Programme. He is the seventh Brand Ambassador named by the company.
Peters offered congratulations to the young cricketer and encouraged him to remain disciplined and dedicated in his cricketing career.