RHTY&SC continues investing in cricket development

…Dr Denbow co-sponsors mobile grass-cutter

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS, is forging ahead with its cricket development programme as it strives to maintain its reputation as one of the top clubs in Guyana.
Cricket management under the leadership of club manager Robby Kissoonlall and secretary Hilbert Foster is currently working on a series of planned activities with special emphasis on obtaining all equipment needed on and off the field.
The club, in an effort to maintain the Area H ground, would be purchasing a mobile grass-cutter costing $850,000 with sponsorship from Panthera Solution and Dr. Alsteen Denbow. Colonel Liverpool presented a cheque to Kissoonlall during a RHTY&SC ceremony in New York on Saturday last. Kissoonlall disclosed that the mobile grass-cutter would be purchased by the end of the month. He expressed gratitude to the famed Guyanese medical doctor who is based in the USA.
In a prepared statement read by Colonel Liverpool, Dr. Denbow stated that he is very delighted to assist the club, as he has been very impressed with the club’s achievements over the years. Dr. Denbow pledged to continue supporting the club in the future, once the standard is maintained.
The RHTY&SC would also be undertaking the construction of 700 feet of boundary board around the southern and northern sections of the Area H ground as it strives to have a suitable home venue.

Former club member KC Singh has also donated two electric bikes to the club for its upcoming summer activities. One of the bikes would be given to the top cricketer of the 2024 RHTY&SC cricket academy which would be held at the Area H ground from the 8th of July, and would involve 120 players. The other bike would be the top prize at the 15th annual Republic Bank Summer Camp, to be held at the Rose Hall Town Primary School.
A total of over $600,000 worth of prizes would be distributed to the top awardees of both programmes, and RHTY&SC Assistant Secretary Jonathan Rampersaud has expressed thanks to Singh for his continued assistance to the club, which he represented in the late 1990s.
Meanwhile the club has received support of former members to obtain a 32×8 batting mat for usage on the concrete pitch at the Area H ground. Kissoonlall has said that with the rainy season in full effect, the club is forced to make alternative arrangements for practice and to get youths to still continue attending sessions in the afternoon. The batting mat would allow the batsmen to continue practising all year round, while the club has introduced a financial reward system to reward attendance by junior cricketers during the rainy season. Several junior cricketers have already been rewarded for 100% attendance during the May/June period.
The RHTY&SC, as part of its expanding cricket development programme, has also obtained 100 yards of practice net and all-purpose catching practice equipment. This equipment is been shipped in from the USA along with cricket uniforms for members.
Club secretary Hilbert Foster, who had been President of the Berbice Cricket Board, has said that the main objective of the RHTY&SC over the next five years is to provide at least 30 players for Berbice and Guyana at all levels.
He expressed gratitude to all of the donors who assisted, including Dr. Denbow, KC Singh, Pastor Ravi Singh, Cricket Zone USA, and Sharma Sukhdeo.