IN AN era where sponsorship for Sports is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, the outstanding work of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, continues to attract the support of corporate Guyana. To this end Guyana’s only female cricket team last Thursday received a major boost when the official sponsor renewed its sponsorship for the tenth successive year.Metro Office and Computer Supplies since 2009 has been the official sponsor of the Rose Hall Town Metro Female Team and the company handed over a cheque to Patron of the Club, President David Granger for $200 000.

Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hailed Metro Office Supplies as a long-standing friend of Guyana’s leading Youth and Sports Club. “Metro has been sponsoring the team since its formation in 2007 and the Rose Hall Town Metro Team remains the only female cricket team in Guyana. The team in 2009 won the only ever national female championship and over the years produced a total of two West Indies players, ten national senior players, 15 national junior players while 29 have played for Berbice,” Foster said in a release.Foster expressed total frustration that no other cricket club in Guyana has the interest to establish a female team which is a sad reflection of lack of commitment and vision.

The long-serving Secretary/CEO proudly stated that both male and female cricketers of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club work together and enjoy a remarkable relationship. With no cricket being played in Berbice due to lack of leadership from an ailing Berbice Cricket Board, the management of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club continues to arrange matches for its teams every weekend at the Area ‘H’ ground, and this allows the female cricketers to participate. He expressed gratitude to the management and staff of Metro Office Supplies, especially Chief Executive Officer Avia Lindie and Manager of the New Amsterdam Branch Danny Ramnarine for their co-operation.

Captain of the Metro Female team, Shemaine Campbelle, in an invited comment, expressed pleasure at the renewal of the sponsorship, and pledged to make Metro proud on and off the cricket field. Ramnarine hailed the company’s investment as a productive one, as the Rose Hall Town Metro female team represented the brand very well. The female cricketers have been outstanding ambassadors for the company, he stated, while urging the team to uphold their high standard.