RHTY&SC hails eight players contracted with GCB, CWI

Managers and members of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) are hereby congratulating eight members of the club who have obtained annual cricketing contracts with either the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) or Cricket West Indies (CWI).
Those eight members of the club are: Kevin Sinclair, Kelvon Anderson, Junior Sinclair and Sylus Tyndall; and Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Shenetta Grimmond and Plaffianna Millington.
Formed in September 1990 by three-time Commonwealth Youth Service Awardee the St Frances Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club, Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club has grown into becoming Guyana’s most dynamic youth and sports club, and its activities and achievements are unmatched.

Club Secretary Hilbert Foster has said the club is very proud of its members, and among clubs in the West Indies, the RHTY&SC has perhaps the most members with cricketing contracts at national and regional levels. He sees this as a fitting tribute to the hard work put in by the players and the massive investments made into their careers by management of the RHTY&SC.
Kelvon Anderson, Kevin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair and Sylus Tyndall have each obtained a one-year contract with the Guyana Cricket Board at the senior level; Kevin
Sinclair has represented the senior West Indies team at all levels: Test, ODI and T20; and Kelvon Anderson has represented Guyana over the last two years, served briefly as captain, and is a former West Indies Under-19 and Academy player.
Junior Sinclair, who is yet to make his senior debut for Guyana, is a former national junior player. The talented all-rounder has, for the last three years, represented the Amazon Warriors team in the Caribbean Premier League.
Sylus Tyndall, a former national junior fast bowler, is yet to make his senior debut, but is currently with the Guyana 50-Overs squad in Trinidad. Former West Indian pacer Ian Bishop has very highly praised this Berbician fast bowler.
Of the four RHTY&SC females contracted, three have played for the West Indies at all levels: Test, T20 and ODI.

Shemaine Campbelle, who served as vice captain of the team which recently reached the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup, has obtained a multi-year contract with CWI, and Shabika Gajnabi is on an academy contract. Shenetta Grimmond and Plaffianna Millington are among 14 regional female cricketers who have been awarded contracts by the CWI.
Off-spinner Millington was adjudged best bowler in the 2024 female CWI tournament, having recorded outstanding performances at the T20 and 50-over levels.
RHTY&SC Organizing Secretary and Cricket Manager Robby Kissoonlall has urged all these players to remain focused and continue training to better themselves. The veteran administrator has said that RHTY&SC prides itself on achieving success via a simple formula of personal discipline, sheer hard work, determination, and a strong faith in God.
Kissoonlall is expressing gratitude to sponsors of the RHTY&SC cricket teams for the
roles they have played in the development of these players’ careers. These sponsors are: Farfan and Mendes Ltd, Poonai Pharmacy, Bakewell, Pepsi, Metro Office Supplies, and NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour.
The RHTY&SC has, since 1994, produced 124 players for Berbice and Guyana, 16 of whom have gone on to play for the West Indies at different levels. The club has also won a total of 125 titles at all levels, including three national championships, and
has won the Guyana Cricket Club of the Year Award five times: in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2016.
Kissoonlall notes that two of the club’s junior female players: Daniella Manna and Trisha Hardatt, are currently with the West Indies Under-19 team in Antigua, and players Clinton Pestano, Keon Sinclair, Jonathan Rampersaud and Matthew Pottaya are currently playing in the national T20 League.