DDL, Pepsi renew sponsorship with RHTY&SC U-19, Intermediate teams

16 years and counting!

“Pepsi and the Demerara Distillers Ltd are, without doubt, partners of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC), and have assisted in the development of outstanding players at the junior level, who represented Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies.

“The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club would forever be grateful to Pepsi and DDL for their investment over the years; (and) RHTY&SC will continue being role model brand ambassadors for this brand.”
This declaration was made by RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO, Hilbert Foster, at a ceremony to launch the Pepsi sponsorship of the Club’s Under-19 and Intermediate Teams for 2019.
Pepsi has been sponsoring the two teams since 2004, after coming on board to replace the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), which had been the sponsors.
Foster declared that, over the years, the two teams have won a total of six Berbice- wide championships and are currently the defending champions at the Under-19 and Intermediate levels.
The Under-19 team defeated Blairmont Community Centre last year under lights at the Albion Community Centre Ground, to win the New York Business Group Under-19 BCB Title; while the Intermediate Team won the last such tournament sponsored by the Neal & Massy Group when they defeated D’Edward Cricket Team at Albion Community Centre.
The Two teams have also won numerous tournaments organised by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and other clubs. The Pepsi Under-19 Team has so far reached the 2019 BCB/New York Business Group Tournament Quarterfinals; while the Intermediate team has gained a place in the 2019 BCB/ Shimron Hetmyer 40-Overs Intermediate Tournament, and will shortly play the Albion Community Centre in the finals, to be staged at the Port Mourant Ground.
Over the years, the two teams have played major roles in the development of outstanding players like Akshay Homraj, Eon Hooper, Dominique Rikhi, Sylus Tyndall, Clinton Pestano, Junior Sinclair, Shailendra Shameer, Kevlon Anderson, Keith Simpson, Jonathan Rampersaud, Shemaine Campbelle, Erva Giddings, Mahendra Gopilall and Jeremy Sandia.
The production of rounded players by the Pepsi Under-19 Team has also assisted the Club’s First Division Team to dominate cricket in Berbice.
Another successful aspect of the sponsorship has been the hosting of hundreds of personal development programmes by the two teams, with the main objective of promoting the Pepsi brand to make positive differences in the lives of others, especially youths; to promote the ‘Say No/Say Yes’ message, and to educate each player on the importance of community service.
Mahendra Gopilall, a senior Under-19 player, and Asst Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu have both expressed gratitude to Pepsi and DDl for their continued confidence in the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club. Special thanks have also been expressed to Marketing Executive Larry Wills and Marketing Director Sharda Veeren Chand.
Larry Wills has said he is very impressed by the very high standard the Pepsi teams had displayed over the years, and, most importantly, for the players being good role models and ambassadors of the internationally famous soft drink brand. He has wished both teams success on and off the cricket field in 2019.
The Under-19 Team will, in 2019, be led by National Player Kevlon Anderson, with Junior Sinclair as his deputy, while Kevin Sinclair and Shemaine Campbelle are respectively captain and vice-captain of the Intermediate Team.