FOUR teams on Sunday the 29th of September will play for the top prize of $100,000 at the Area ‘H’ ground as the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) hosts the 11th edition of the annual Naeem Nasir memorial 10/10 cricket tournament.

Bakewell, the company which Mr Nasir founded several decades ago, renewed its sponsorship for the one-day tournament on Tuesday last when General Manager Rajin Ganga handed over a cheque to the club’s Secretary Hilbert Foster at the company’s Triumph, East Coast Demerara head office.

Foster at the simple presentation ceremony stated that Bakewell became an official sponsor of the RHTYSC in 2000 and is the second longest official sponsor after Farfan and Mendes limited.
The company is the sponsor of the RHTYSC Bakewell under-17 and second-division teams. The two teams under the Bakewell sponsorship has won over 15 major championships while producing players for Berbice, Guyana, the United States of America and the West Indies.

The RHTYSC teams have produced close to 80 of the club’s 125 players who have played for Berbice or Guyana, among the players are Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Kevin Sinclair, Esaun Crandon, Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Jonathan Rampersaud, Shemaine Campbell, Keith Simpson, Mahendra Gopilal, Jeremy Sandia, Romesh Bharat, Silas Tyndall.

The company also co-sponsors several RHTYSC activities such as the popular Christmas Village, the Charity Programme, an annual magazine, a summer camp and the Cricket Academy and awards programme. Foster proudly stated that Bakewell was one of the main reasons why the RHTYSC is widely considered Guyana’s most dynamic youth and sports organisation.

The Naeem Nasir memorial cricket tournament will be contested by Rose Hall Town Bakewell, Wiruni, Police and the Rose Hall Town Tigers.
The two preliminary games are 10 overs per side while the finals will be played over 15 overs.