By Colin Bynoe Jr

SENIOR Guyana Jaguars right-arm quickie Clinton Pestano was on Sunday named the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC MS) 2019 Cricketer-of-the-Year.
The organisation on Sunday hosted its 29th Awards ceremony at St Francis Community Developer Centre, Portuguese Quarters, Berbice.

Pestano has so far enjoyed a successful start to his first class and List A career for the Guyana Jaguars, making his debut for Guyana in the 2016-17 Regional Four-Day competition.

The right-arm fast bowler inked his name into the record books against Trinidad & Tobago when he took a hat-trick – a feat which leaves him as the only Guyanese to do so in a first class match.

Since then he has taken 23 wickets at an average of 30.26.
In addition, his List A stats reads 10 matches, 16 wickets with an impressive average of 18.06.

Secretary of the RHTY&SC MS, Hilbert Foster, in his report spoke at length about the many accomplishments that his organisation has made.

Foster reviewed 2018 as the most successful year of the organisation. “We have completed a record number of activities under the sub-headings of charity, sports education, religion, youth development, community development, anti-drugs anti-crime, among others.”
Notable individual who graced the award ceremony included Dennis Deoroop Vice-Chairman of Region Six, Town Clerk and Mayor of Rose Hall Town, General Manager (ag) Guyana Chronicle, Donna Todd and several representatives of major sponsors of the RHTY&SC MS.

Bringing the feature address to the awardees was Senior Manager of Food for the Poor Guyana, Jimeel Davis, who focussed his presentation on youths and role model.
Davis shared, “A role model is a person who is looked at by others as an example to be copied, being a role model is a serious responsibility, it must be taken and not given.”
He went on to say that we can all be role models in different ways and shared characteristics that can aid in being a role model.
Davis further lauded the RHTY&SC MS for the exemplary work they have done over the years.

Millions worth in prizes, trophies, plaques and medals were shared out to the exceptional cricketers of the RHTY7SC MS.

A number of cricket bats were distributed to junior cricketers of the club, while the 2019 Cricketer-of-the-Year Clinton Pestano carried home an eye-catching amount of tokens.
Below is the full list of awardees:
RHT Under-13 Batsman – Nyron Hicks
RHT Under-13 Bowler – Nathan kistama
RHT Under-13 Cricketer-of-the-Year – Nyron Hicks
RHT Under-15 Batsman – Christopher Deoroop
RHT Under-15 Bowler – Matthew Pottaya
RHT Under-15 Cricketer-of-the-Year – Matthew Pottaya
RHT Under-17 Batsman – Mahendra Gopilall
RHT Under-17 Bowler – Jonathan Rampersaud
RHT Under-17 Cricketer-of-the-Year – Jonathan Rampersaud
RHT Under-19 Batsman – Kevin Sinclair
RHT Under-19 Bowler – Kevin Sinclair
RHT Cricketer-of-the-Year – Kevin Sinclair
RHT Under-21 Batsman – Kevlon Anderson
RHT Under-21 Bowler – Keith Simpson
RHT Cricketer-of-the-Year – Kevin Sinclair
RHT second Division Batsman – Kevin Sinclair
RHT second Division Bowler – Junior Sinclair
RHT Second division – Junior Sinclair
RHT First Division Batsman – Kevlon Anderson
RHT First Division Bowler – Shawn Pereira
RHT First Division – Kevin Sinclair
Most Disciplined Player Male – Chanderpaul Govindan
Most Disciplined Player Female – Mariam Somaroo
RHT Most Promising Player Female – Shenetta Grimmond
RHT Most Promising Player Male – Kevin Sueraj
RHT Most Committed Player Male – Mohendra Gopilall
RHT Most Committed Player Female – Uma Mattadin
RHT Worker-of-the-Year – Simon Naidu
Metro Female Batter – Shemaine Campbelle
Metro female Bowler – Erva Giddings
Metro Female Cricketer-of-the-Year – Erva Giddings
RHT Most Improved Female – Abigail Kishun
RHT Most Improved Male – Nicholas Lawson/Shivnarine Ramnsrine
RHT Fielder-of-the-Year – Junior Sinclair
RHT Fielder-of-the-Year Female – Shabiki Gajnabi
RHT Cricketer-of-the-Year – Clinton Pestano