RHTY&SC cricket teams make donation to Achievers Cricket Club of West Berbice

The 10 cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) last weekend closed off their community development programme for 2018 with a donation to the Achievers Cricket Club of West Berbice.
The teams – King Solomon Logistics Under-12, Poonai Pharmacy Under-13, Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females, Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 and First Division – were actively involved in over 250 activities with the main objective of making positive differences in the lives of youths, the elderly, and less fortunate.
RHTY&SC Assistant Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Simon Naidu disclosed that the West Berbice-based Cricket Club’s President, David Black had

written a letter to Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster requesting a bicycle and three trophies for an award ceremony. The Secretary immediately approved the donation and the 10 teams were mandated to fulfil the request. Naidu and national Under-15 player Mahendra Gopilall handed over the bicycle and trophies to Black. The 19-year-old Naidu has taken over the daily operation of Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation as Foster fulfils his duties as President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB).
The RHTY&SC teams in 2018 handed out over $3 million worth of cricket bats, balls, stumps and other gear; trophies; cycles; scorebooks; medals and special gifts to numerous cricket clubs, schools and young cricketers. Naidu stated that one of the most cherished projects was to assist over 25 youths across Berbice with their own personal bat. These donations were made to assist the Club Secretary/CEO in his efforts to return Berbice cricket to its former glory. The RHTY&SC, he states, assists all clubs whether or not they supported Foster’s presidency at the Cricket Board, because the main objective is to offer sports as an alternative to a life on the road. The Assistant Secretary/CEO congratulated Achievers on the good job the Club were doing in developing the cricketing skills of youths in West Berbice and committed the RHTY&SC to doing even more in 2019. Black expressed gratitude to the Sports Club and its teams.
The RHTY&SC were founded in 1990 and over the period have won over 60 major tournaments, including 12 in 2018, at all levels. The Club have received the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Club of the Year award five times – 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2016 and have produced numerous players at all levels