NAMILCO renews cricket sponsorship of RHTYSC cricket teams
RHTYSC Hilbert Foster receives sponsorship from NAMILCO Managing Director Bert Sukhai in the presence of company officials Fitzroy McLeod and Alicia Anderson.
RHTYSC Hilbert Foster receives sponsorship from NAMILCO Managing Director Bert Sukhai in the presence of company officials Fitzroy McLeod and Alicia Anderson.

THE highly successful relationship between Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club MS (RHTYSC) and the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) was extended for another year on Monday, as the company renewed its cricket sponsorship.

NAMILCO, in 2019, came on board as the official sponsor of the RHTYSC Under-21 and First Division teams, replacing Gizmos and Gadgets.

The renewed sponsorship is worth $400 000 for the next twelve months.

Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hailed the renewal of the sponsorship as another major development as the two teams prepare for the restart of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) 2020 cricket season.

The secretary disclosed that the two teams had exceeded the expectations of Management by performing outstandingly well on and off the cricket field over the last twelve months.

The Under-21 team will play in the upcoming BCB Elizabeth Styles Under-21 final. Meanwhile the first division team have won three cricket tournaments and have reached the semifinals of the BCB/Banks Beer two-day tournament.

The team won the BCB Busta Champion of Champion 40 overs, Ivan Madray 20/20 and the Skyy Vodka 50 Overs tournaments as they continued their dominance of the game in Berbice.

Several players have gone on to play for Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies including Clinton Pestano, Kevin Sinclair, Kelvon Anderson, Jonathan Rampersaud, Mahendra Gopilall. Jeremy Sandia, Christopher Deroop, Matthew Pottaya, Nyron Hicks, Shemaine Campbelle, Sheneeta Grimmond, Shabaki Gajnabi while Assad Fudadin played for Jamaica.

Off the cricket field, NAMILCO ThunderBolt teams were involved in over 70 community developmental programmes as part of their personal development project.

They included Youth information booklet, NAMILCO Tribute to Law Enforcement Officers, NAMILCO Tribute to Medical Workers, COVID-19 Educational posters, DTV Mother-of-the-Year, Walter Nero Mother-of-the-Year, Basil Butcher Trust Fund and COVID-19 hampers project.

Additionally, the teams distributed millions of dollars’ worth of bicycles, educational materials, school bags, scorebooks, cricket gears, cricket balls and stumps to less fortunate youths and clubs in Berbice.

Foster also stated that the 10 cricket teams of the club are currently preparing for the hosting of their largest ever Christmas Charity programme.

NAMILCO Managing Director, Bert Sukhai, congratulated the club and the two teams on their outstanding performance and stated that the company was delighted that its faith was repaid.

He urged the players to maintain a culture of discipline, hard work and dedication.

He stated that NAMILCO is a company that believes in excellence and expects nothing less. The Managing Director also expressed pleasure at the large number of personal development programmes undertaken by the teams under the name of the sponsorship.

The NAMILCO Thunderbolt First Division team in 2021 would be led by Eon Hooper with Shawn Pereira as his second-in-command while Kelvon Anderson would lead the Under-21 team with Junior Sinclair as deputy.

The team management would comprise Ravindranauth Kissonlall, Simon Naidu and Tyrone Pottaya.

They have committed themselves to continue their dominance of Berbice cricket and also to complete at least 80 programmes over the next twelve months.

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