(Letter to the Sports Editor)

THE attention of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club M.S. has been drawn to an article in the Guyana Chronicle edition of Sunday May 14, under the headline ‘BCB launches Universal DVD 50 overs First Division Tournament’.
The article is about the long-awaited launching of a First Division Cricket tournament which is welcome by the Management of the RHTY&SC M.S.

What is of concern to all of us is a statement at the end of the article that the RHTY&SC was the only club that failed to attend the launching ceremony. This statement which has no meaning to the story is however false and incorrect.
According to information no representative of Police, Upper Corentyne or Skeldon was present while the representative of Blairmont left before the start of the ceremony.
The Management of the RHTY&SC M.S. is left to wonder what is the intention of the article’s author and would be grateful if he can inform us whether the presence of the RHTY&SC was necessary for the launching to be successful.

As Secretary/CEO of the RHTY&SC, I was unaware of any launching. On Friday May 12, 2017 I was in Georgetown with several senior Club officials for meetings with Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Chief of Staff Brigadier Patrick West. After reading the article on Sunday, I enquired if any invitation was sent to the Club Office and was later told that someone had called the office on Friday at 16:30hrs.
The call was received by an Under-15 player who forgot to pass on the message. In my 30 years’ experience as an Administrator, I have learnt that invitations are sent via email or in written format.

The president (ag) of the BCB for some strange reason at the launching said that he informed our first division captain of the launching.
The club office contacted our captain and he strongly denied the president’s (ag) statement. He stated that he was only informed of an upcoming cricket match on the 26th May at the Albion ground.
The RHTY&SC is totally committed to the development of cricket and even donated to the said board when asked. What is sad is that people can visit the club office to bring in donation letters but cannot make sure that a proper invitation is sent to us.

The author of the article owes the RHTY&SC M.S. a public apology and he could also let us know how the headline included the name Universal DVD, when no mention of the sponsorship was made at the launching. He should also let the general public know if he is still the PRO of the BCB as we understand that its “new management” has rejected his resignation.
In a precious article of his, it was stated that cricket was played at the Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 levels in Berbice in 2017.
The headline for the article was ‘Berbice Cricket in safe hands’. Personally, I would be very grateful if the author can inform me when the tournaments were played and the teams involved. I await the information.