ExxonMobil, Amazon Warriors team up to treat youths

…as partnership enters 8th year

Story and Photos by Jemima Holmes

Hundreds of smiling faces filled up the Guyana Marriott Hotel parking lot in Kingston on Sunday afternoon, as the young sportsmen and women awaited the golden opportunity to meet Guyana’s Amazon Warriors.
The opportunity was served up on a platter by ExxonMobil Guyana who also took the opportunity to solidify its eighth year of partnership with Guyana’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise.
Joyous screams filled the open air when the global superstars made their way into the space and the children, hailing from various youth programmes supported by the oil giant over the years soon had the opportunity to interact with, take pictures with and secure autographs from the cricketers.
During the formal segment of Sunday afternoon’s interactive programme, GAW’s Romario Samaroo labelled the partnership between ExxonMobil and the cricket team as “fantastic”.

“But there’s something else that fuels us on this incredible journey for eight consecutive years – our fantastic partnership with our title sponsors, ExxonMobil Guyana. Eight years of unwavering support, vision and belief in this team. We couldn’t be prouder of this long-standing partnership, which has truly become the heart of the Warriors’ success,” Samaroo shared.
He went on to add, “As we enter the business end of the tournament, there’s no doubt that the team is performing brilliantly. The Warriors have been making all the right moves, showing the determination and the signature Warriors spirit and now, we’re back home, ready to go all the way.”
Equally excited by them hitting the eight-year mark was ExxonMobil Guyana President Alistair Routledge who spoke of the company’s commitment to investing in the Guyanese society.

Routledge expressed, “ExxonMobil Guyana, we pride ourselves on being Guyana’s energy partner and that means we want to do events like this, we want to support this fantastic team – the Warriors and we want to invest in the community. And that’s through sports, but it’s also through education programmes and the building-up in the future of this great nation.”
Meanwhile, Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr praised the landmark partnership, explaining why ExxonMobil’s investment was critical to his and the Head of State Irfaan Ali’s vision for Guyana’s transformation.
Ramson Jr explained, “And sport is an important ingredient to the overall development of your well-being, your brain, who you become and all of your talents and that’s why the investment that we’re making from the Government side, it’s something that President Ali is committed to and that’s why we’ve been forming partnerships. Partnerships with everyone who can see the vision we want for Guyana, which is rapid transformation and bringing the country together under prosperity,”
“It’s also important that I take the opportunity to congratulate ExxonMobil, Alistair and Matthew and all the work they’ve been doing, because they have been making some critical bits of investment to help us move in that direction too,” the Sport Minister concluded.
In addition to all the activities, the national winners of ExxonMobil’s Future Warriors tapeball tournament for primary schools across the country, Essequibo’s Huis t’Dieren Primary faced off with the Warriors in a tapeball match. Unlike in the CPL, where they are on a winning streak, the Warriors were defeated by the primary school team, who managed to pip their idols in the hotly-contested encounter.