THE ROSE Hall Town Youth and Sport Club (MS) (RHTY&SC) teams, which were actively involved in over 250 community development activities for 2018, closed off the year with a donation to the Achievers Cricket Club of West Berbice.

For the year, the 10 teams: King Solomon Logistics Under-12, Poonai Pharmacy Under-13, Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females, Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 and First Division, have handed out over $3M worth of cricket bats, balls, stumps, trophies, cycles, gear, scorebooks, medals and special gifts to numerous cricket clubs, schools and young cricketers.

Assistant Secretary/CEO of the RHTY&SC MS, Simon Naidu, disclosed that president of the West Berbice-based cricket club, David Black, has written a letter to the club’s Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster requesting a bicycle and three trophies for an award ceremony.

The secretary immediately approved the donation and the teams were mandated to fulfil the request. Naidu and National Under-15 player Mahendra Gopilall handed over the bicycle and trophies to Black. Nineteen-year-old Naidu has taken over the daily operation of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation as Foster fulfils his duties as president of the vibrant Berbice Cricket Board (BCB).

Naidu stated that one of the most cherished projects was to assist over 25 youths across Berbice with their own personal bat. These donations were made to assist the Club Secretary/CEO in his effort to return Berbice cricket to its former glory. RHTY&SC, he stated, assisted all clubs whether they supported Foster’s presidency at the BCB or not, as the main objective is to offer sports as an alternative to a life on the road.

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The Assistant Secretary congratulated Achievers on the good job the club was doing in developing the cricketing skills of youths in West Berbice and committed RHTY&SC to doing even more in 2019. Black expressed gratitude to RHTY&SC and its teams for the assistance.

RHTYSC was founded in 1990 and over the period has won over 60 major tournaments including twelve in 2018 at all levels. The club which also received the GCB Club-of-the-Year five times, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2016, and has produced numerous players at all levels.