Albion groundsman Roger McDonald awarded at RHTY&SC Awards Ceremony

Head curator of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club (ACCCC), the well-known grounds-man Roger Mc Donald, has been awarded at the sixth Annual Awards Ceremony of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), which was held this past week at the St Francis Training Centre at Port Mourant, Corentyne.

McDonald has received the RHTY&SC Lifetime Sports Award for his outstanding contribution to development of cricket in Berbice.
A humble and affable person, McDonald has been curator at the ACCCC for nine years, but had also plied his trade at the Blairmont Community Centre Cricket Club (BCCCC) for 15 years prior to his stint at Albion. Thus McDonald has 24 years’ experience as a curator.
Speaking with this daily publication, McDonald detailed some priceless moments when he was recognised for his significant contribution to cricket.
“I was awarded in 2008 by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), and in 2005 I was voted Champion Worker at Blairmont”, he disclosed.
His career began under the urging of Levi Nedd, current President of the Guyana Volleyball Association in Guyana, whom McDonald described as always having been a supportive boss. Nedd has therefore played a significant role in McDonald’s development.
McDonald noted that his very good friends: Adrian Amsterdam, and Bungar Singh whom he described as the country’s best grounds-man, have passed on a great wealth of knowledge to him.
He has also expressed deep gratitude to the Hilbert Foster-led RHTY&SC for recognising him, and thanks the entire management and executive membership of the Vemen Walter-led Albion Community Centre Cricket Club (ACCCC) for their input into his development.
At the awards ceremony, held under the sponsorship of Sentinel Security Limited, the Berbice Cricket Board was named the Gregory Gaskin Memorial Sports Association of the Year, and West Indies players Shimron Hetmyer and Erva Giddings were respectively named Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. (Brandon Corlette)