RHTYSC/Republic Bank Summer Camp 2025…: Frank cops best student award

…Takes home $300,000 worth of prizes

Eleven- year- old Jarain Frank, who would be attending the Bishops High School in September was on Friday named the best student of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC), MS 17th annual Republic Bank Summer Camp for Grade 6 students.

Frank emerged as the best student from dozens of participants at the four- week camp, hosted at the Area H ground main pavilion, which started July 14.
Dozens of Grade Six students are now better prepared to make a transition to secondary school after successful completing the camp. The students were taught Mathematics, English, Science, Social Studies and basic Spanish.

The camp also included discussions on a wide range of health and family life education topics including peer pressure, drugs, suicide, personal hygiene, importance of education, personal discipline and how to choose friends.
Club Secretary, Hilbert Foster, stated that the main objectives of the Republic Bank Summer Camp are to assist students to make a successful transition from the primary to secondary level, to get students to know the difference between the levels and to assist them to hit the ground running on their entrance into secondary school.
Foster disclosed that over two thousand students have benefitted from the camp. The camp was conducted by qualified educator Ms. Sabrina Pottaya-Chaitram and supervised by members of the Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour First Division team.
Pottaya, in a comprehensive review of the camp, noted that all of the students showed great improvement at the camp, and expressed confidence that they would succeed at the secondary level. She advised her charges that they must develop a strict regime of discipline, hard work and a focused mindset.
Representative of Republic Bank, Rajkumarie Boodram disclosed that her institution was delighted to be associated with the summer camp and was very impressed with the organising skills of the club. She urged the attentive students to always put education as the number one priority in their lives.
Frank took home a whopping $300,000 worth of prizes for being the top student. Among the prizes were an E-bike, cellphone, electronic tablet, designer watch, designer clothes, kitchen and household items, food and cosmetic hampers etc.
Runner-up was Lyshia Brijadder, who copped over $100,000 worth of prizes. She took home a bicycle, electronic tablet and a designer watch among other prizes from the RHTYSC.
Each of the participants of the camp received an educational package and a food hamper at the combine cost of ten thousand dollars each.
The full list of awardees are:
Most cooperative- Shazim Abdool
Most committed- Thansham Cyril
Most Disciplined- Karique Ramoo
Most Improved- Lucas Persaud
Best in Mathematics- Jarian Frank
Best in English- Jo-nea Smith
Best in Social Studies- Lyshia Brijadder
Best in Science- Treyon Ross
Best Over All student of the camp- Jarian Frank
Runner-up – Lyshia Brijadder
Special Award- K. Jeffrey
Special Award- E. Persaud
Organising Secretary and Cricket Manager of the RHTYSC, Robby Kissoonlall, expressed gratitude to the management and staff of Republic Bank for their sponsorship of the summer camp, and noted that the Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour team was delighted to assist the youths in their continued educational pursuit.
Kissoonlall disclosed that the gifts and prizes were handed over under the RHTYSC Basil Butcher Memorial Trust Fund in tribute to the late West Indies batting maestro.
The club was founded in 1990 and over the years has won a total of 127 tournaments at all levels while producing 128 players combined for Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies.
Among the players are Kevin Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Assad Fudadin, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabaka Gajnabi, Sheneeta Grimmond, Plaffiana Millington, Jonathan Rampersaud, Clinton Pestano, Sylus Tyndall and Delbert Hicks.