RHTYSC, MS Patron Funds donates $200 000.00 worth in cricket balls

The ten Cricket Teams of Guyana’s most active youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS on Sunday 23rd June, 2019, continued to make a positive contribution to the promotion of sports. The teams under the RHTYSC Patron’s Fund donated $200 000.00 worth of cricket balls and rain coats to thirteen clubs and groundsmen at the Albion and Port Mourant Cricket Grounds. The Patron’s Fund is a programme under which the cricket teams of the RHTYSC make a positive difference in tribute to its Patron His Excellency President David Granger on his birthday. The president on the 15th July, 2019 would be celebrating his 74th Birthday and the Club would be sharing out about $2M worth of cycles, school bags, cricket balls and cricket bats to youths across Berbice.
The Club with support from Mr. Suresh Jagmohan of S. Jagmohan Construction and his brother Joe Jagmohan of International Imports donated $150 000.00 of cricket balls which were shared out to the Clubs under the Patron’s Fund. The Clubs receiving the balls were Albion Cricket Club, Fyrish Cricket Club, No. 73 Young Warriors, No. 72 Cut and Load, Rose Hall Tigers, Toopoo, Tamarind Root, Belvedere United, Tain Block 4, Big Star, Albion Open and East Bank Blazers. The groundsmen at the Albion Community Centre and the Port Mourant Ground also benefitted from a donation of rain costs to assist them during the rainy season.
Secretary/CEO of the RHTYSC, MS Hilbert Foster who is also the President BCB stated that one of the main objectives is to assist every Club in Berbice with a box of balls for the 2019 Cricket Season. The BCB, RHTYSC and former BCB President Anil Beharry last year assisted over 80 clubs with $1M worth of balls and Foster stated that for 2019, the RHTYSC has already assisted 33 clubs with balls. Beharry and Foster would both spearhead the raising of the remaining funds to assist the other clubs.
The energetic President also informed the gathering that before the end of the third quarter of 2019, Clubs would receive assistance in form of water pitchers and white T/Shirts. The BCB with the support of the RHTYSC has already assisted dozens of clubs with trophies, medals, prizes, stumps and score books. In its developmental programme as well, the BCB would also stand the cost of coaches for major clubs in Berbice to host cricket Academies during the August holidays. The BCB is also making attempts to obtain large pitch covers that would be stored at the Albion Ground.
The ten cricket teams of the RHTYSC are Poonai Pharmacy Under-12 and Under-13, Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Female, Namilco Thunderbolt Under-21 and First Division. The teams would like to express gratitude to Suresh and Joe Jagmohan for the sponsorship of the balls.