Mathura wins RHTY&SC/Demerara Bank Spelling Bee Competition
-Paying It Forward programme assists RHT Primary School
The ten cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), MS, last Thursday hosted a Spelling Bee Competition at the Rose Hall Town Primary School as part of their ‘Say No/Say Yes’ Campaign which targets school children in Berbice.
Chanderpaul Govindhan of Namilco Thunderbolt Flour hands over the donation to RHT Primary School Head Mistress Hollis Schwiers
The event, sponsored by the Rose Hall Town Branch of the Demerara Bank Limited, saw
Hemraj Mathura of the Rose Hall Town Primary School emerge as the champion, while Kaydean Lord and Ademic Munroe were the runners-up.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster has said the spelling Bee is just one of over 250 activities that will be organised by the RHTY&SC, MS, and its ten cricket teams.
Those teams are: Poonai’s Under 12 and 13; Farfan and Mendes Under 15; Bakewell Under 17 and Second Division; Pepsi Under 19 and Intermediate; Metro Female; Namilco Thunderbolt Flour, Under 21, and First Division.
The main objective behind the activity is to target school children in all of the Berbice schools to Say No to drugs, crime, suicide, alcohol, tobacco, pre-marital sex, and Yes to education, sports, culture, life and religion.
Among the main programmes to be hosted in 2020 are Children’s Mash Parade, Youth Job Fair, Youth Information Booklet, Summer Camp, Youth Inspiration Forum, Top Ten Awards Ceremony, and educational poster, among numerous others.
The Club’s Asst Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu has expressed gratitude to Demerara Bank for their continued investment in the club’s most successful programme. The bank has been sponsoring this event for seven years, and Naidu noted that students eagerly looking forward to the event on an annual basis.
Each of the top three winners of the Spelling Bee Competition collected a trophy and a supply of educational materials.
Demerara Bank, as part of its corporate duty, invests heavily in the development of Guyana via sports, education, community development, youth development, and culture. The Rose Hall Town branch is currently celebrating its 16th anniversary.
Additionally, the Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt Flour First Division Under 21 team handed over a collection of sports gear and a financial donation to the Rose Hall Town Primary School. The team made the contribution under its Paying It Forward programme, which is an inspiration from popular American TV hostess Ellen De Generes.
The teams under the programme strive to make a positive difference in the lives of others as a way to say thank you to the God they serve for all the blessings they have received on and off the cricket field.
The financial donation will be used by the school’s management to upgrade its daily operation, while Naidu has said that the sports equipment was donated in an effort to promote the importance of sports to youths.
Sports, he stated, bring discipline into people’s characters and get them to work as a collective unit. He also committed the club to assisting the school on a regular basis, as most of the club’s membership were once students.
