Farfan and Mendes renews longstanding relationship with RHTY&SC

…Hand in Hand insurance company and CCI also make input

The longstanding relationship between the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club and Farfan and Mendes Limited was renewed last week for another year.
The renewal of the sponsorship for the 29th consecutive year was done at the company’s Providence, East Bank Demarara head office and was attended by officials of the RHTY&SC and the company.

Club Secretary Hilbert Foster stated that the Georgetown-based company came on board to support the RHTY&SC in 1995 and then in 1997, it became the official sponsor of the Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Under-15 team. The Farfan and Mendes Under-15 team are currently playing in the Dr Amarnauth Dukhi tournament and head Zone C going into the quarter-finals. The team, led by Komalchan Ramnarace, has won all six of their zone matches defeating Albion, Port Mourant, Whim, Upper Corentyne, Kildonan, and Kennard Memorial. MatthewPereira has struck 2 centuries in the strong batting lineup while the spin duo of Ramnarace and Akash Sookhlall have claimed a combined six wickets. Six members of the team are currently playing in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) inter-county tournament. They are Ramnarace, Rafael McKenzie, Akash Sookhlall, Sohail Mohammed, Tameshwar Deonandan, and Pereira.

The RHTY&SC Farfan and Mendes Under-15 team, over the years, have won numerous tournaments, including six Berbice titles and in 2022, were the runners-up for the sixth time. The team have produced numerous Berbice, Guyana and West Indies players to date. They include Test players Assad Fudadin, Kevin Sinclair, Esan Crandon, Royston Crandon, Delbert Hicks, Shevan Marks, Shemaine Campbelle, Jonathan Rampersaud Jeremy Sandia, Sheneeta Grimmond, Shabika Gajnabi, Khemraj Mahadeo, Askay Homraj, Shaun Pereira and Dominic Rikhi. Royston Crandon, Kevin Sinclair, Campbell, Gajnabi, Raj and Ricky all went on to play international cricket for either the West Indies or the United States. Fudadin, Esan Crandon and Kevlon Anderson also captained Guyana at the senior level.
Foster, who is also the former President of the Berbice Cricket Board, stated that the team last year successfully completed over 60 personal development projects under the name of the sponsorship. Among the projects successfully completed were the RHTY&SC Cricket Academy, Republic Bank summer camp, youth information booklet, Tribute to Medical Workers, Tribute to Law Enforcement Officers, scorebook project for clubs, Tribute to Municipality Workers, Tribute to Umpires, the Basil Butcher trust fund, Say Yes to Education, Tribute to Heroes, Berbice sports awards, Dolphin Award of Excellence, Tribute to Teachers, Tribute to retired Educators, Walter Nero Father’s Day programme, Jessica Sandia Mother’s Day programme, Christmas concert and Christmas charity programme. The team also assisted other members of the club to organize a very successful RHTY&SC Christmas village, which was held from the 21st to the 24th of December. Foster stated that all the teams of the RHTY&SC in 2024 would complete over 108 activities combined.
Senior cricketer Matthew Pottaya expressed gratitude to the company for its support to the team for the last three decades, and stated that Farfan and Mendes Limited is one of the main pillars for RHTY&SC’s success. Accounts Clerk Sufeena Ram handed over the sponsorship to Pottaya and fellow club members Asaf Esua.
Meanwhile the club’s Say Yes to Education programme also received a major boost from the Hand in Hand insurance company and Caribbean Containers Inc (CCI).
The insurance company donated 16 trophies towards honouring outstanding Berbicians via the Tribute to Heroes while CCI contributed financially. Under this programme the club reaches out to all youths in Region Six to say no to drugs, crime, suicide, alcohol and yes to education, life and sports.