RHTY&SC Summer activities: Basil Butcher Trust, King’s Jewellery, Star Party Rentals, P&P lend support

During the current summer holidays, cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club would be hosting several activities for youths in the ancient county of Berbice.
Widely considered Guyana’s most progressive youth and sports organization, the RHTY&SC hosts, on an annual basis, a record seven activities under a wide range of sub-headings that include sports, culture, coaching, charity, youth development, community development, publications, anti-drugs, religious, anti-suicide, anti-alcohol, and awards.
The club is currently hosting the 15th edition of the Republic Bank Summer Camp and the 34th edition of its Annual Cricket Academy. The academy is sponsored by Bakewell and the Guyana Beverage Company, and both events have attracted a large turnout of students and cricketers.

The summer camp is being held at the Rose Hall Town Primary School, and its main objective is to assist Grade Six students to make a successful transition from primary level to secondary level. The cricket academy, which has attracted close to 80 youths, has been a resounding success over the last 30 years, and has produced over 100 players at all levels for Berbice, Guyana, and the West Indies.
On Wednesday, the club received major support from several of its major supporters for the two graduation ceremonies, wherein the top students and cricketers would receive over $800,000 worth of prizes, including motor bike, gold medallions, bicycles, food hampers, packages of cosmetics, designer watches, cricket gear, clothing, and household utensils; while each youth would receive a school bag along with educational materials.

Mr Bish Panday of P and P Insurance Brokers, former cricketer Lennox Cush of Star Party Rental, Noreen Gaskin of Sentinel Security Ltd, former Berbice senior player Ishwar Singh, Allister Collins, Rion Peters and Safraz Sheriffudeen of VNet Communications have all contributed financially.
Additionally, the cricket teams have received special gifts for the awardees from a wide range of supporters. Overseas-based former Rose Hall Town resident Dr Lenny Kudrath has donated 200 school bags in memory of his late cousin Farouk Kudrath, a former RHTY&SC Asst Secretary.
CEO of Beacon Cafe, Ramdeo Kumar, also donated a large amount of school bags. Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir, also chipped in with a contribution of educational materials.
Other donors include Canadian Surplus, Namilco, HA Snacks Co Ltd, The Gift Center, John Lewis Styles, Ministers Joseph Hamilton and Collin Croal, Ricks and Sari Agro Inc, DeSinco Trading, Roger Harper, Sheik Mohamed, Food for the Poor, PPDI, Skeldon Energy Inc, Dr Philip DaSilva, Delmur Shipping Ltd, Ansa McAl, Bank DIH Ltd.
Ryan Persaud of Kings Jewellery World has donated a West Indies Cricket medallion for the Cricketer of the Academy. Several overseas friends of the RHTY&SC also contributed cycles and other prizes. They include Bruce Butcher, Zaeer Ali, Romel Ayasammy, Yogimdra Narine, Devindra Narine, Andy Lamphins, Papie Asfrali, Francoise Culley and Lavern Lawerence.
RHTY&SC Secretary Hilbert Foster expressed thanks to the numerous donors for their support, and expressed confidence that all the planned activities would be properly organised and be successful. He noted that the cricket teams would also be organising tribute programmes for firemen in the town ship of Rose Hall, and undertaking some restoration of the Area H Ground. The teams recently did some repairs to the internal fence of the venue and West Indies white ball allrounder Kevin Sinclair has committed to the restoration of the main pavilion.
Foster noted that the venue badly needs an upgrade to host matches, and the club has committed to spearheading the effort.
The RHTY&SC currently has a membership of hundreds of youths, including Kevin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi and Sheneeta Grimmond, who would be playing soon in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League. Jonathan Rampersaud and Jeremy Sandia, Guyana’s leading under-19 bowlers, are also members of the club.
The cricket teams of the RHTY&SC are Poonai Pharmacy under-11 and 13; Farfan and Mendes under-15; Bakewell under-17 and second division; Pepsi underp-19 and intermediate; Metro females, and NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour under-21 and first division.