RHTYSC Cricket Academy and Grade Six Summer Camp: Star Party Rental, Fitness Express, GNNL, Trim Construction, JR Engineering on board

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and its 10 cricket teams are busy finalising plans for the hosting of their 36th annual Cricket Academy and the 18th edition of the Republic Bank Grade Six Summer Camp. The two programmes will be held at the popular Area H Ground from Monday, July 13, and will be organised by the Poonai Pharmacy Under-11 and U13, Farfan and Mendes U15, Bakewell U17 and second division, Pepsi U19 and Intermediate, Metro Females, NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour U23, and First Division teams.
The academy will cater to one hundred youths between the ages of eight and nineteen years, with the main objectives being to properly prepare the youths to play the game at the highest level, to correct any technical problems in their game and to get them educated about the history and tradition of the game. Level three coach Winston Smith will spearhead the academy with support from Coaches Eon Hooper, Floyd Benjamin, Ryan Algu and Balram Samaroo.
The RHTYSC will be providing all the necessary cricket equipment and gear, while participants will be provided with lunch on a daily basis.
The “Cricketer of the Academy”, selected by the coaches, will take home over $500,000 worth of prizes, including an electric bike, a personal laptop computer, a West Indian gold medallion, a collection of cricket gear, household items, kitchen utensils and designer clothing.

The Republic Bank Summer Camp’s main objective is to properly prepare Grade Six students to make a successful entrance into secondary school. The camp will engage 100 students, covering five subject areas, namely, Mathematics, English A, Science, History, and basic Spanish. The organisers will provide each child with educational materials for the four-week camp, while the top student will also take home a whopping $500,000 worth of prizes, including a $100,000 cash prize, a laptop computer, an electric bike, an electronic tablet, a Comfort Sleep mattress, designer clothing, and others.
In addition, the RHTYSC will be distributing over $1,000,000 worth of educational materials to every participant of the cricket academy and summer camp, including school bags, hardcover exercise books, pens and pencils.
On the sponsorship front, former national cricketer Lennox Cush and his company Star Party Rental donated $200,000 worth of school bags towards the event last Friday, along with a large number of trophies. Cush stated that he was delighted to assist the club, which has produced a total of 133 Berbice players, 76 for Guyana and thirteen at the international level.
Managing Director of Trim Construction Company of New Amsterdam, Jermaine Bagot, also offered support by handing over a financial scholarship for the top student of the summer camp.
Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir supported it with educational materials. Other sponsors on board include Jamie McDonald of Fitness Express, John Lewis of John Lewis Styles, Carol Trim Bagot, Guyana National Newspaper Ltd, JR Engineering Inc, Ramdeo Kumar of Beacon Cafe, SD&L Accounting, Bounty Farm Ltd, National Hardware Ltd, Comfort Sleep and several overseas friends of the club.
The Director of the two events, Robby Kissoonlall, and Club Secretary Hilbert Foster both expressed thanks to all the donors. Kissoonlall reassured all of the donors that both programmes will be well-organised and achieve all of their objectives. Interested parents are urged to visit the RHTYSC Office at the Area H Ground during working hours for application forms or to call 337 4562 for more information.