– Hand in Hand; CCI also make input

THE longstanding relationship between the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club and Farfan and Mendes Limited was renewed last week for another year.
The renewal of the sponsorship for the 29th consecutive year was done at the company’s Providence, East Bank Demarara head office and was attended by officials of the RHTYSC and the company.

Club secretary Hilbert Foster stated that the Georgetown based company came on board to support the RHTYSC in 1995 and then in 1997 became the official sponsor of the Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes U-15 team.

The Farfan and Mendes U-15 team is currently playing in the Dr. Amarnauth Dukhi tournament and heads zone C going into the quarterfinals.

The team led by Komalchan Ramnarace has won all six of their zone C matches defeating Albion, Port Mourant, Whim, Upper Corentyne, Kildonan and Kennard Memorial.

The spin duo of Ramnarace and Akash Sookhlall have claimed a combined six wickets.

Six members of the team are currently playing in the Guyana Cricket Board inter county tournament. They are Ramnarace, Rafael McKenzie, Sookhlall, Sohail Mohammed, Tameshwar Deonandan and Matthew Pereira.

The RHTYSC Farfan and Mendes U15 team over the years has won numerous tournaments including six Berbice wide and in 2022.

The team has produced numerous Berbice, Guyana and West Indies players including test players Assad Fudadin, Kevin Sinclair, Esan Crandon, Royston Crandon, Delbert Hicks, Shevan Marks, Shemaine Campbelle, Jonathan Rampersaud Jeremy Sandia, Sheneeta Grimmond, Sahabeka Gajnabi, Khemraj Mahadeo, Askay Homraj, Shaun Pereira and Dominic Rikhi.

Fudadin, Esan Crandon and Kevlon Anderson also captained Guyana at the senior level.

Foster, who is also the former president of the Berbice cricket board, stated that the team last year successfully completed over 60 personal development projects under the name of the sponsorship.

Among the projects successfully completed were the RHTYSC Cricket Academy, Republic Bank’s summer camp, youth information booklet and tribute to medical workers, to name a few.

Foster stated that all the teams of the RHTYSC in 2024 would complete over 108 activities combined.

Senior cricketer Matthew Pottaya expressed gratitude to the company for its support to the team for the last three decades and stated that Farfan and Mendes Limited is one of the main pillars for the RHTYSC success.

Hand In Hand Insurance company and Caribbean Container Inc also made donations to the club