Bakewell renews sponsorship of Naeen Nasir Memorial tournament

Four teams will be contending for the top prize of $100,000 in matches to be played at the Area ‘H’ ground on Sunday, September 29, as the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) hosts the 11th edition of the annual Naeen Nasir Memorial 10/10 cricket tournament.
Bakewell, the company Nasir had founded several decades ago, renewed sponsorship of this one-day tournament last Tuesday, when its General Manager Rajin Ganga handed over a cheque to RHTY&SC Secretary Hilbert Foster at the company’s head office at Triumph, East Coast Demerara.
In that simple presentation ceremony, Foster declared that Bakewell became an official sponsor of the RHTY&SC in 2000, and is the club’s second longest official sponsor, after Farfan and Mendes Limited.

Bakewell sponsors the RHTY&SC Bakewell U17 and 2nd division teams, which have won more than 15 major championships while producing players for Berbice, Guyana, the United States of America, and the West Indies. The RHTY&SC teams have produced close to 80 of the club’s 125 players who have played for Berbice or Guyana. Among them are Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Kevin Sinclair, Esan Crandon, Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Jonathan Rampersaud, Shemaine Campbelle, Keith Simpson, Mahendra Gopilal, Jeremy Sandia, Romesh Bharat and Silas Tyndall.
Bakewell has also co- sponsored several RHTY&SC activities, such as the popular Christmas Village, the Charity programme, annual magazine, summer camp, cricket Academy, and awards programme.
Foster has proudly declared that Bakewell is one of the main reasons why the RHTY&SC is widely considered Guyana’s most dynamic youth and sports organization.
The Naeem Nasir Memorial cricket tournament would be contested by Rose Hall Town Bakewell, Wiruni, Police, and the Rose Hall Town Tigers. Two preliminary rounds would be played as 10 overs-per-side matches, while the finals would be played over 15 overs. First ball would be bowled off precisely at 9:30hrs, and Bakewell General Manager Rajin Ganga would be distributing the prizes at the presentation ceremony. The winner, runner-up, and man of the match in the finals would each receive a cash prize and trophy.
Businessman Naeem Nasir died on 9th October 2012 at the Dr Balwant Singh hospital at the age of 52, after a long battle against illness. He had founded the popular Bakewell bakery in 1988, and had been well known for his support of sporting activities, especially cricket and lawn tennis.