6 Berbice schools to participate in Naeem Nasir Memorial Cricket Tournament

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS (RHTY&SC), with support from the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), would be hosting the 6th Annual Naeem Nasir Memorial 20/20 Cricket Tournament at the Area ‘H’ Ground on the Corentyne Coast on October 30.

This tournament would be contested by six secondary schools in Berbice as this club pays homage to Nasir, late Chief Executive Officer and founder of Bakewell, the popular bakery located at Triumph Village, East Coast Demerara.
Secretary/CEO of RHTY&SC, MS, and President of the Berbice Cricket Board, Hilbert Foster, has said a decision was taken to play the tournament this year with secondary schools in an effort to develop youths.
The accolades for the first five years of this tournament were won by the Rose Hall Town Bakewell Team, and noting that Nasir had been an avid promoter of youths in sports, Foster suggested that the best tribute to the late Bakewell founder would be the staging of a youth tourney.
Participating schools are: Lower Corentyne Secondary, Port Mourant Secondary, Corentyne Comprehensive High School, Berbice High School, and the Berbice Educational Institute.
Several Berbice top players, including Jonathan Rampersaud, Mahendra Gopilall, Jeremy Sandia, Gourav Ramesh, Matthew Pottaya, Rampersaud Ramnauth, Leon Cecil, Zeynul Ramsammy and Abdul Ramsammy, would be participating in this tourney.
An assortment of prizes would be on offer for top teams and players in this competition, including a 32-inch television set, water dispenser, five-gallon water pitcher, and educational packages. Each player in the competition would also receive a youth information booklet and an anti-suicide poster.
The would also use the opportunity
During tournament day, the event’s organisers would embrace the opportunity to promote the RHTY&SC’s highly successful Say No/Say Yes message, which advises youths to “Say NO to drugs, suicide, crime, alcohol, tobacco, pre-marital sex, and yes to education, life, sports, culture and religion.
The BCB President has said it is an honour to pay respect to Nasir, as he had been a role model, mentor and inspiration to youths across Guyana, and also a strong supporter of sports, especially cricket, football and lawn tennis.
Bakewell has since 2000 been an official sponsor of the RHTY&SC, and has played a major role in development of numerous players, who have gone on to play for Berbice, Guyana and West Indies teams.
Foster and Bakewell General Manager Rajendra Ganga would speak at the presentation ceremony, and hand over the prizes.