“WE are the only Cricket Club in the West Indies that on a daily basis work hard to assist our cricketing rivals to improve them. We are without doubt the leading Youth and Sport organisation in Guyana and while we are very proud of this fact, we want others to reach our level as we all try to make our country a better place for our youths to live in”.

Those were the words of Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster as the MC & RS Samaroo business enterprise handed over $100 000.00 towards the Club’s 2018 Cricket Balls Project.

Foster explained that the club’s Cricket Development Committee under the leadership of Vice President Mark Papannah, is working overtime to raise $1M worth of cricket balls, to assist cricket clubs in the Ancient County for 2018.

Foster who is also President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) stated that close to 20 Cricket Tournaments are scheduled to be played in Berbice this year at the Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, Under-21, Female, Intermediate, Secondary School, Double Wicket, Second Division and First Division levels.

He noted that most of the clubs are struggling to find finance for balls, equipment, meals and transportation, among other cost of playing the game. Foster argued that youths should not be denied the opportunity to play the game of cricket due to lack of finance, and as such the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club was delighted to assist.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) under the leadership of the dynamic Christopher Jones, last week contributed $200 000.00 of balls and with $100 000.00 worth of balls from Samaroo’s Wholesale Grocery, it would enable the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) to assist over 20 clubs.

MC & RS Samaroo Wholesale Grocery is the sole distributor of Dan’s Milk Powder which is available across the entire country. Samaroo, a Berbician by birth, stated that he was delighted to assist the RHTY& SC, as he was aware of the outstanding work the club has been doing in the Ancient County. The donation was made under the Dan’s Powder Milk Brand.