… Special emphasis on females; U12 players

THE annual cricket academy of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) bowls off tomorrow after an absence of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Area H Ground’s concrete all-weather court and the compound of the Rose Hall Town Primary School will be used to accommodate the academy as the club had to seek alternatives due to the ongoing rainy season.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster, who heads the organising committee, stated that the academy is catering to about 120 youths between the ages of eight and 18 years.

The team of coaches will be led by Level Three coach Winston Smith, who has been working with the club for over 15 years.
He will be assisted by Delbert Hicks and national player Eon Hooper, both products of the academy. The event will end on Friday, July 29 with a grand graduation ceremony where several attractive prizes will be presented to the top performers.

Among the prizes will be tablets, cricket gear, uniforms, household and kitchen utensils, educational grants and school material. The club, at the end of the academy, will also be spearheading its membership drive, to allow non-members to join the very vibrant youth and sports organisation, which undertakes a record 700 activities annually under a wide range of sub-headings including coaching, educational, community development, youth development and charity.

The club’s 2022 Cricket Academy has been co-sponsored by Bakewell and Guyana Beverage Company, while several friends of the club, including members like Kevin Sinclair, Shawn Pereira, Kevlon Anderson, Shemaine Campbelle and Shakabi Gajnabi have also assisted

The Guyana Beverage Company under its Busta brand last Thursday came on board as a co-sponsor by handing over a quantity of water, drinks and juices.
Government Ministers Collin Croal, Nigel Dharamlall and Joseph Hamilton have all committed to personally donate a bicycle towards one of the top awardees.

RHTYSC Asst Secretary Jonathan Rampersaud expressed thanks to the Guyana Beverage Company, especially General Manager Samuel Arjoon, for their cooperation and committed the club to organising a very successful event.

Meanwhile the club’s Republic Summer Camp will also start tomorrow at the Rose Hall Town Primary School. The camp will involve a total of about 90 students, who are preparing for entrance into secondary school. Foster noted that the club had a target of 50 students but the organisers received 40 extra applications from parents and did not want to disappoint any person.

The cricket teams of the club raised the extra funds to hire another teacher to accommodate another class. Students will be taught four subjects – Mathematics, Social Studies, English and Science while they will also be involved in several lectures on a wide range of topics including personal hygiene, public manners, peer pressure, how to choose friends, and suicide.

Like the cricket academy, outstanding students will receive prizes at the end of the four-week camp and every participant who completes 100% attendance will receive a school bag and educational supplies.

The two events are being organised by the cricket teams of the club under the guidance of management. The teams are Poonai Pharmacy Under-13, Farfan and Mendes Ltd Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and second division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females, Vitality Under-23, NAMILCO Under-21 and First Division teams.