… BCB patron receives first copy

THE ten cricket teams of Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) have joined hands with the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) to launch another project as the two vibrant organisations continue their COVID-19 response project.

Since the beginning of April the two organisations have operated a joint project to assist those affected by the pandemic and to educate Berbicians about the deadly virus.

The latest venture was the publication of 11” x 17” coloured educational posters.

RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that the posters which were printed at the F and H Printery in Georgetown were solely sponsored by the 10 cricket teams of the club.

They are the Farfan and Mendes U-15, Poonai Pharmacy U-12 and U-13, Bakewell U-17 and Second Division, Pepsi U-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females, NAMILCO Thunder Bolt U-21 and First Division teams.

The posters would be distributed across the county free of cost, with special emphasis placed on schools, Police stations, Fire stations, public markets, supermarkets and cricket grounds.

The poster seeks to educate the general public about the main ways to protect themselves from the virus and features the images of four of the RHTYSC most promising players and the club’s two Youth ambassadors.

They are Jonathan Rampersaud, Mahendra Gopilall, Jeremy Sandia, Kevin Ramnarine, Marissa Foster and Denica Henry.

Among the recommended guidelines on the posters are social distancing, wearing a face mask in public, sanitising your hands regularly and avoiding sick persons with the virus.

Foster stated that BCB and RHTYSC have distributed over six thousand food hampers across the entire county along with two million dollars’ worth of chicken products, face masks, clothing and cleaning items.

Minister Vickram Bharrat congratulated the two organisations for working together to make a positive difference during this period and expressed confidence that the posters would assist in a major way.

The publication of the posters marked the 200th personal developmental project of the 10 cricket teams of the club.