– Kings Jewellery World, Star Party Rentals and P/P Insurance among sponsors.
The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, during the current summer holidays, will be hosting several activities for youths in the ancient county.

On Wednesday, the club received major support from several of its major supporters for the two graduation ceremonies when the top students and cricketers will receive over eight hundred thousand dollars’ worth of prizes.
Prizes include a motor bike, gold medallion, cycles, food hampers, cosmetics packages, designer watches, cricket gear, clothing and household utensils.

Each youth will receive a school bag, along with educational materials.
Mr Bish Panday of P and P Insurance Brokers; former cricketer Lennox Cush of Star Party Rental; Noreen Gaskin of Senitel Security Ltd; former Berbice senior player Ishwar Singh, Allister Collins, Rion Peters and Safraz Sheriffudeen of VNet Communications all contributed financially.

Additionally, the cricket teams also received special gifts for the awardees from a wide range of supporters.
Overseas-based former Rose Hall Town resident Dr Lenny Kudrath has donated two hundred school bags in memory of his late cousin, Farouk Kudrath, a former RHTYSC Assistant Secretary.

CEO of Beacon Cafe, Ramdeo Kumar, also donated a large amount of school bags.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, also chipped in with a contribution of educational materials.

Other donors include Canadian Surplus, Namilco, HA Snacks Co Ltd, The Gift Center, John Lewis Styles, Ministers Joseph Hamilton and Collin Croal, Ricks and Sari Agro Inc, DeSinco Trading, Roger Harper , Sheik Mohamed, Food for the Poor, PPDI, Skeldon Energy Inc, Dr Phillip DaSilva, Delmur Shipping Ltd, Ansa McAl, Bank DIH Ltd. Ryan Persaud of King’s Jewellery World has donated a West Indies Cricket medallion for the Cricketer of the Academy. Several overseas friends of the RHTYSC also contributed with cycles and other prizes. They include Bruce Butcher, Zaeer Ali, Romel Ayasammy, Yogimdra Narine, Devindra Narine, Andy Lamphins, Papie Asfrali, Francoise Culley and Lavern Lawerence.

RHTYSC Secretary Hilbert Foster expressed thanks to the numerous donors for their support and expressed confidence that all the planned activities will be properly organised and successful.
The cricket teams of the RHTYSC are Poonai Pharmacy’s under- 11 and 13; Farfan and Mendes under-15; Bakewell under-17 and second division; Pepsi under-19 and intermediate, Metro females and NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour under-21 and first division.

The club hosts a record seven activities under a wide range of sub headings including sports, culture, coaching, charity, youth development, community development, publications, anti-drugs, religion, anti-suicide, anti-alcohol and awards.
The club is currently hosting the fifteen edition of its Republic Bank Summer Camp and the thirty fourth edition of its annual cricket academy.

The academy is sponsored by Bakewell and the Guyana Beverage Company.
Both events have attracted a large turnout of students and cricketers.
The summer camp is being held at the Rose Hall Town Primary School and its main objective is to assist grade six students to make a successful transition from the primary school to the secondary level.

The cricket academy, which has attracted close to eighty youths, has been the foundation of the club’s success over the last thirty years and has produced over one hundred players at all levels for Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies.