No tolerance for harshness and unfairness in sports administration — Minister Ramson Jr

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jnr, has been inducted as the sixth patron of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC).
This was done by Youth Ambassador Denica Henry on Sunday last at the St Francis Community Developers Training Hall.
Using that occasion, Minister Ramson informed RHTY&SC members of his Ministry’s work to return democracy to Guyana’s cricket, and shared his vision for sports, culture and education in Guyana.
Ramson also underscored that nation building is a team sport, as he congratulated all the awardees and declared there is no tolerance for harshness and unfairness in sports’ administration, while commending the club for the exemplary role it has been playing over its 31-year history.

Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster provided the gathering with a comprehensive report of the club’s history, major achievements during the period 1990 to 2021, and its activities over the last eighteen months. He noted that Kevlon Anderson and Kevin Sinclair had made their debut at the Under-19 and International 20/20 levels respectively for the West Indies, while the club was able to win eight Berbice Cricket Board match titles at several levels despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other major activities included the Basil Butcher Trust Fund’s donation of cycles and gear to less fortunate youths, the COVID-19 hampers project, upgrade of Club Office, Christmas Village, Club Review Magazine, Youth Information Booklet, Say No/Say Yes Programme, Solar Lights Project, Cycles Project, and donation of sporting gear.
Foster said the RHTY&SC had successfully completed 709 activities in 2020, 34 less than in 2019, but nine above the revised target after the club was closed down for two months last year due to the pandemic. A total of 315 activities have to date been completed in 2021, with special emphasis being placed on education, anti-drugs, anti-alcohol, community development, COVID-19 and less fortunate families.
Fourteen outstanding Guyanese received the Club’s highest award, the Dolphin Award of Excellence. They are Esuan Crandon, Romario Samaroo, Brandon Corlette, Ananda E T Dharry, Dr Cecil Beharry, Dr Ghansham Sukhdeo, Police Inspector Sonia Griffith-Ward, Anasha Ally, the late Terry Holder, Navindra Persaud, and Member of Parliament Faizal Jaffarally, Leila Ramson, Charles Ramson Snr and the Patron himself. They were honored for their role model status and their contribution to national development. Twenty-four members were also recognised for their contribution to the development of the club during the period 1990-2021.
The members receiving the RHTY&SC Zenith Award of Excellence were Lucy and Terry Pike, Joyce Wiggins, Moonish Singh, Navin Raghoo, Patrick Lewis, Leon Wiggins, Errol and Ashton Hendrax, Simon Naidu, Joel Pike, Ravindranauth Kissoonlall, Keith Hicks, Dawn Hicks, Elizabeth Brusche, Pamela Brusche, Mark Papannah, Franklyn Ross, Sohan Harry, Neville Beaton, Gregory Rambarran and Bridgette Mc Donald.
Several of the Club’s junior cricketers received the Neil Williams Award of Excellence for outstanding performance at the junior level. Those honoured with medals, framed certificates and a collection of gifts were Junior Sinclair, Keith Simpson, Sylus Tyndall, Mahendra Gopilall, Jonathan Rampersaud, Jeremy Sandia, Chanderpaul Govindhan, Matthew Pottaya and Oma Matadin.
Other awardees during the well-organised ceremony were Disciplined Male Member: Kevin Ramnarine; Disciplined Female Member: Marian Samaroo; Worker of the Year: Simon Naidu, while special awards were presented to Sinclair and Anderson for their West Indies debuts.