… RHTYSC honours Sawh with highest awards

EIGHT cricket clubs from the Upper Corentyne area, along with two young cricketers from Port Mourant and Tucber Park, last Tuesday received over $1.4M worth of cricket gear from Vitality Inc.

The company, which would be officially launched in Guyana shortly, is headed by overseas-based Guyanese Sureian Sawh, a former resident of Upper Corentyne before he migrated to the United States of America.

The clubs that received gear were No. 73 Young Warriors, No. 72 Cut and Load, No 72 All Stars, No. 70 MYO, No. 68 Turn Team, No. 68 Darkners Superstars, No. 69 Red Rose and No. 69 Vikings Cricket teams.

BCB president Hilbert Foster stated that the presentation was another red letter day in the continuing development of Berbice cricket.
He stated that the ongoing pandemic was affecting many clubs from organising fundraising events to obtain cricket gear. so donations such as the contribution from Vitality is much welcome.
The donated items included batting pads, batting gloves, helmets, stumps, gear bags and each club received a package worth about $150 000.

The company also handed over two cricket packages to two promising youth players from the Port Mourant Cricket Clubs. Each collected a pair of batting pads, batting gloves and a bat.
Director of Vitality Inc., Mahesh Ramoutar speaking on behalf of the company, stated that numerous donations were done across the country in private over the last few years and as business expanded in Guyana.

The BCB and Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) also conferred their highest awards – Tribute to Heroes and Dolphin Award of Excellence – respectively on Sawh.