RHTY&SC honours Ganpat, Reddy as Youth Cricketers of the Year

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) on Thursday last honoured national youth cricketers Leon Reddy and Jayden Ganpat as the club’s Youth Cricketers of the Year for 2025.
The club, with the assistance of Mahendra Hardyal of Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, handed over a 32-inch television set to each of the players during a simple presentation ceremony.
Club Secretary Hilbert Foster stated that the players were selected based on their performance during 2025, as well as personal commitment, discipline and attendance at training sessions. Reddy, the current Captain of the Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Under-16 team, had an outstanding year with both bat and ball at all junior levels. He was even able to gain selection to the Rose Hall Town Bakewell Second-Division and NAMILCO Thunderbolt First-Division teams.

In addition, Reddy is widely respected for his leadership skills on the field and recently led Berbice to the Under-16 inter-county championship title. Reddy served as the Vice Captain of the Guyana Under-16 team in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) bilateral series versus Barbados. He was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the inter-county tournament and the best bowler of the CWI series.
Ganpat, a left-arm spinner who can also bat is the vice captain of the Farfan and Mendes U16 team, that have so far reached the quarter-finals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) tournament. Last year, Ganpat was the Vice Captain of the Berbice U13 team and performed well with the ball. In the bilateral series versus Barbados, which was held here, Ganpat spun webs around the opposing batsmen and took the most wickets. He later gained selection to the Berbice U16 team.
RHTY&SC Cricket Manager Robby Kissoonlall hailed both awardees as the future of the club, which has won a total of 132 cricket tournaments and produced 133 players for Berbice since its formation in 1990 by the St Francis Community Developers. Seventy-six of those players have gone on to represent Guyana at different levels while 10 have played international cricket, including Assad Fudadin, Kelvon Anderson, Kelvin Sinclair, Royston Crandon, Shemaine Campbelle, and Shabika Gajnabi.
Kissoonlall expressed thanks to the management and staff of Regal Stationery for their support. The company, last year, also provided two television sets to Danellie Manns and Tameshwar Deonandan, who were named best youth players for 2024. Special thanks were also extended to former BCB President Anil Beharry for his role in obtaining the sponsorship.
Regal Managing Director Mahendra Hardyal congratulated both players and stated that his company was pleased to assist. He urged both players to remain focused and disciplined in the future.