… Team makes donations to Catholic youths

THE fruitful relationship between Guyana’s leading youth and sports club and the leading pharmacy in Berbice was renewed on Thursday.
The popular business entity handed over a cheque for $200 000 as its sponsorship for the next year for the Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy Under-13 cricket team.
The presentation was done by the Managing Director of the Pharmacy, Poonai Bhigroog, to RHTYSC Organising Secretary Ravindranauth Kissoonlall in presence of executive member Tyrone Pottaya and vice-captain of the team Tameshwar Deonandan.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster expressed gratitude to Bhigroog for his continued support of the club and stated that the Under-13 team is one of eleven teams of the club.
The team serves as the nursery for the Farfan and Mendes Under-15 team and currently has about 30 members under the leadership of captain Sohail Mohammed.
Tameshwar Deochand is the vice-captain while Kissoonlall and Pottaya are the cricket managers.

National junior player Jonathan Rampersaud is the team’s mentor along with club assistant Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu.
The team was formed in 2017 with sponsorship from the company and emerged as runners-up in the BCB championship in 2018.
In December, 2019 the team defeated Albion in the Trophy Stall Tournament to emerge as champions in an exciting final at the Hampshire Ground.
The team have restarted preparation for the BCB 2021 season and are confident of defending their title when play starts in the BCB/Romario Shepherd Under-13 tournament.
The team and management of the team would also be involved in a minimum of 20 social developmental programmes with the objective of making a positive difference in the lives of others.
These would include distribution of cycles, school bags and food hampers to youths and the less fortunate.

Bhigroog, in remarks, noted that he was delighted to renew his sponsorship as he was very impressed with the work of the club and he is well aware of the positive difference it has been making in the lives of others. The Club and team, Bhigroog noted, have been outstanding flag-bearers of his company brand and committed himself to a long-term relationship.
Meanwhile, the Poonai Pharmacy Under-13 team have already started to fulfil their commitment to their sponsor by handing over five bicycles to youths who attend the St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church in Port Mourant. The cycles were handed over to the youths under the RHTYSC/Basil Butcher Memorial Trust Fund.
Foster, who handed over the cycles to the youths along with Parish Priest Ramesh Vanan, stated that the church had played a major role in the formation of the club and as such the RHTYSC was totally committed to assisting as much as possible.