RHTY&SC teams launch 2024 calendar of activities with 725 activities planned

…After a successful 2023

The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS, last Tuesday launched their 2024 calendar of activities by donating to the Therapy Unit of the Port Mourant Public Hospital.
The teams: Rose Hall Poonai Pharmacy Under-11 and Under- 13, Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro female, and NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Under-23 and First Division, handed over a donation to the management of the Therapy Unit, headed by Yonette Yaw.
The donation included office chair, clock, and cleaning materials along with other things, and is the first of 725 activities that the management of the club has planned for the year.
Club Secretary/CEO, Hilbert Foster, has said the Port Mourant Public Hospital is very special to the club because of the care it provides club members. Foster, who attends the therapy unit of the hospital as he recovers from serious illness, pledged the club’s continued assistance, and said he is very impressed with the professionalism of the staff in dealing with patients.

He said the Therapy Unit has already benefited from several donations made by the cricket teams, including physical exercise equipment, food hampers, office furniture, sanitary materials, and stationery, among other needed items.
Under its Tribute to Medical Workers programme, the teams also honoured outstanding staff at the public hospital.
Ms Yaw has expressed thanks to the cricket teams for their kindness, and has wished them success on the cricket field.
The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, which was founded in 1990 by Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club, has produced over 130 players for Berbice, Guyana, and West Indies cricket teams, while it has won over 100 cricket tournaments at all levels.
Additionally, it won three national tournaments, the first Guyana Cricket Board Club of the Year award, and is the only youth and sports club in Guyana to ever receive a national award from the Government of Guyana.
Foster, who recently demitted the presidency of the Berbice Cricket Board after six successful years, disclosed that the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club was able to successfully complete a total of 717 activities under the sub headings of sports coaching, education, charity, awards, community development, youth development, social and religious.

Originally, 750 activities had been planned, but several problems, including Foster’s five-month illness, affected the hosting of several activities between February and May. The club produced a total of 15 national players at all levels. Under-15 are Sohil Mohammed and Ramzan Kubir; Under-19 are Jonathan Rampersaud and Jeremy Sandia; Under-17 are Matthew Pottaya; Under-13 is Tameshwar Deonandan and Raphael McKenzie; female senior players are Shemaine Campbell, Sabika Gajnabi, Sheneta Grimmond, Plaffiana Milllington; and senior Amazon Warriors Kevin Sinclair, Junior Sinclair, Kevin Anderson and Clinton Pestano.
Thirty-one of its members also represented the county during 2023. Jonathan Rampersaud, Jeremy Sandia and Matthew Pottaya were all outstanding with the ball for Guyana at the junior level during 2023.
The following members played for the West Indies senior team, CWI Cricket Academy, or A teams: Kevin Sinclair, Shemaine Campbell, Sheneta Grimmond, Shabika Gajnabi, Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair.
Campbelle was appointed vice- captain of the female team, while Kevin Sinclair is currently on tour in Australia with the Test team.
Among the numerous programme hosted by the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club in 2023 were: tributes to heroes, tributes to law enforcement officers, tribute to postal workers, tribute to town council workers, GBTI say no to drugs inter-secondary school cricket tournament, Republic Bank Grade 6 Summer Camp, Bakewell/Busta Cricket Academy, Basil Butcher Trust Fund, Youth Information Booklet, Region Six Sports Award, Say No to drugs campaign, clean-up campaign, Walter Nero Tribute to Fathers; Jessica Sandia’s Tribute to MotherS, Christmas concert, feeding the poor, Dolphin Award of Excellence, educational scholarship, tribute to medical workers, evening of music, medical outreach, clinic annual youth magazine, single parent assistant fund, the fire victims and a back-to-school assistance programme.
Additionally, the cricket teams have hosted a massive Christmas outreach programme which included the popular Christmas Village in the compound of the Rose Hall Primary School from the 21st to the 24th of December.
Other projects undertaken as part of the Christmas outreach were: distribution of hundreds of food hampers, concert, special packages for senior citizens, toy distribution, and Christmas breakfast for the elderly.
The teams also undertook major repair to the internal fence of the area ‘H’ ground, and constructed a concrete pathway with the assistance of Panthera Solutions. The club also provide assistance to several of its members with a wide array of items, including bicycles, uniforms, educational material, cricket gears, food hampers and educational grants.
The cricket section of the club was also able to obtain a batting cage, bowling machine, and a pitch cover with the assistance of the Berbice Cricket Board.
Foster stated that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club’s success was based on its hard work, dedication of its large membership, and support it has received from its donors.
Senior members of the club are Assistant Secretary Jonathan Rampersaud, Robbie Kissoonlall, Keith Hicks, Tyrone Pottaya, Ryan Kissoonlall, Ryan Algu, Stephanie Ramdas, Shemaine Campbelle, Marian Samaroo, Uma Matadin, Matthew Pottaya and Winston Smith.
The club would like to express gratitude to all the persons who offered support during the year, including David Armogan, Zamal Hussain, Nigel Dharamlall, Faisal Jaffarally, Dave Budhu, Natasha Griffith, and Rion Peters. Special thanks are also extended to senior Government officials, especially Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Ministers Dr Ashni Singh, Joseph Hamilton, Colin Croal, Vikram Bharrat; and Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir.
The list of major donors, including Poonai Pharmacy, Farfan and Mendes Limited, Panthera Solutions Inc, Bakewell, DDL Pepsi, Metro Office Supplies, National Milling Company (NAMILCO), Republic Bank, Busta, Ansa McAl, Guyana Breweries, Banks DIH Limited, Sterling Products, Sentinel Security, Dr. Puran Singh, Modern Optical Services, John Fernandes, Caribbean Containers Inc, DeSinco Trading, Go-Invest, John Lewis Styles, HA Snacks, the Gift Center, Canadian Surplus, KSM Inc, Fitness Express, Beacon Café, Ming’s Products & Services, Kings Jewellery World, Ricks and Sari Limited, Shimron/Nirvani Hetmyer, Andrew Art, Star Rental, VNet Communication, GNNL, DTV 8, Sheikh Mohammed, Nand Persaud Limited, Guyana Medical, P + P Insurance Brokers, AH&L Kissoon Limited, Lens Crafters, C. Chitramani, Bounty Farm Limited, Toucan Industries, among others.