The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) on Tuesday assisted several schools in Berbice as they continue to make a positive contribution to society.
The Club’s cricket teams – Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19/Intermiade, Metro Females and Gizmos and Gadgets First Division and Under-21 has been mandated by the management to successfully complete a total of 160 programmes/activities as part of the RHTY&SC, MS target of 500 for 2017.
Club Secretary Hilbert Foster hands over donation to Sir Rohan Etwaru of PMSS, in the presence of other teachersTeachers of the four schools pose with some of the educational materials
The cricket teams donated a pair of batting pads, two pairs of batting gloves and a scorebook to teachers of the Port Mourant Secondary School (PMSS) to assist them to participate in a Guyana Teachers Union Cricket Competition. A large collection of Educational Materials were handed over to the Rose Hall Town, Belvedere and Tain Primary Schools, along with the Rose Hall Town Nursery School.
The teams also donated three cricket trophies to students of the Cyril Potter College of Education, Tain Campus. The trophies would assist the students to organise a cricket tournament at the Rose Hall Canje Estate Ground as part of their mandate.
Club Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hilbert Foster hailed the outstanding work of the eight cricket teams. The Club’s policy of mandating its cricketers to be involved in community development is to get them to understand the importance of giving back to society.
“RHTY&SC, MS is the only cricket club in Guyana and perhaps the Caribbean which has such a programme,” Foster proudly stated.
Over the last 20 years, a total of 2100 programmes/activities were completed including, 205 in 2016. Among major activities completed last year were the construction of a multimillion-dollar family playfield, hosting of a Massive Say No/Say Yes campaign, a multimillion-dollar Christmas Charity campaign, GuyOil Traffic Educational Programme, Christmas Village and distribution of $1 million worth of school bags to less fortunate students.
He urged the Club’s cricketers to uphold their high standards on and off the cricket field, while issuing an appeal to other cricket teams across Guyana to develop similar programmes for their membership.
Senior Teacher of the PMSS Rohan Etwaru, who accepted the cricket gears from the Club, expressed gratitude to the eight teams. Etwaru noted that the RHTY&SC, MS should be very proud of its achievements over the years and expressed hope that others wold continue to benefit in the future.
