RHTY&SC cricket teams honour 5 outstanding police officers

…donate toys and cricket gear to Region 6 Police Force

Cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS, have officially launched their 2023 Christmas Outreach Programme by hosting their annual Tribute to Law Enforcement Officers awards ceremony last Friday, November 17.
Five police officers have been honoured by the cricket teams for outstanding service in protecting citizens on the Corentyne Coast, and RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster has said that, for over two decades, the club has been honouring outstanding role models who have served Guyana well.
Under the club’s Tribute to Heroes programme, annual awards ceremonies are held to honour firemen, police officers, postal workers, municipality workers, teachers, retired teachers, and sportsmen. In the 2023 list of law enforcement officers awarded are Sergeant 16276 Wilburgh, Corporal 21249 Mentore, Special Constable 13727 Profitt, Detective Constable 21224 Nelson, and Constable 25333 Ramkissoon. They were selected by administration of the Region Six division based on their personal discipline, dedication, honesty, and willingness to work beyond the call of duty.

Foster has congratulated the officers on a job well done, and has urged them to uphold the high traditions they have set themselves in the past. The RHTY&SC, he noted, is also willing to assist the Guyana Police Force to fulfill its mandate to protect the nation from criminal activities. This relationship started in 1992 and has developed over the years. The two entities have worked together to host several programmes, including the RHTY&SC’s Annual Cricket Academy, Grade 6 Summer Camp and the Annual Christmas village.
Each of the awardees received a framed certificate of excellence, a medal of excellence, and two special gifts from the cricket teams.
Police commander Shivpersaud Bacchus, who handed over the awards, expressed thanks to the RHTY&SC for its continued cooperation with the Force. He also congratulated the awardees, and noted that they are role models to their peers.

The cricket teams also handed over a collection of Christmas toys to subdivision Two of Region 6 for distribution to less fortunate children. Foster, who is also president of the Berbice Cricket Board, also handed over a set of cricket equipment to the cricket team of the Force. The items donated were a box of cricket balls, a batting pad, wicket keeping pad and wicket keeping gloves.
The BCB president noted that the police team had received several donations during the year, including practice net, cricket balls and gear.
RHTY&SC Organizing Secretary Robby Kissoonlall informed that the cricket teams of the club are: Poonai Pharmacy Under-11 and Under-13, Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Metro Females, Pepsi Under-19 and Under-23, NAMILCO Thunderbolt Under-21 and First Division.
Among the players who represent the clubs are Kevin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Clinton Pestano, Jonathan Rampersaud, Jeremy Sandia, Matthew Pottaya, Eon Hooper, Sylus Tyndall, Shemaine Campbell, Shabeka Gajnabi, Erva Giddings, Sheneeta Grimmond, Mahendra Gopilall and Shawn Pereira.
The clubs have won over 120 cricket tournaments at all levels while they have produced over 100 players for Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies since 1995. The RHTY&SC has won three national tournament and has received the Guyana Cricket Club of the Year award five times. The RHTY&SC is also the only youth and sports club in Guyana to have ever received a national award.
The cricket teams, as part of their annual Christmas programme, would be hosting several activities with the main objective of making a positive difference in the lives of youths, the elderly, and the less fortunate.
The activities planned include the annual Christmas Village, to be held from the 21st to the 24th of December in the Rose Hall Primary School; distribution of 5000 toys and 1000 food hampers to less fortunate families; Christmas Concert; Feeding of the Poor programme; Distribution of 500 special packages to single-parent households; Christmas Day Breakfast for Senior Citizens; and Children’s Christmas get-together. Members of the St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church would also receive special gifts.