RHTY&SC to host 29th annual Cricket Academy in July

The 10 cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) in their continuing quest to remain the leading cricket club in the Ancient County will be hosting the Annual Cricket Academy from Monday, July 15, 2019.
The two-week Cricket Academy will be held at the Area H Ground, and the management of the Club will be targeting a total of 120 youths between the ages of 8 to 18 years.
Assistant Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Simon Naidu, who will serve as Director of the Academy, stated that the Academy serves as the main output of cricketing talent for Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation.
The Academy will be conducted by Coach Delbert Hicks in the absence of regular Head Coach Winston Smith, who is currently overseas. The Academy will start at 09:00h daily and ends at noon with the organisers providing meals and refreshments to the youths.
Naidu noted that the RHTY&SC welcomed youths across Berbice to join the Academy and then return to their respective clubs when it concludes.
The main objectives of the Academy will be to assist the youths to improve their cricketing skills; to improve their knowledge of the game, its history and laws, and to promote the importance of education and physical fitness while a lot of classroom work will be done to get the youths to understand their roles as ambassadors of the Club, Berbice, and Guyana.
Among the topics to be discussed during the classroom lectures are drug abuse, career choices, importance of education, importance of discipline, personal hygiene, role of a sports ambassador, rules of cricket, captaincy, history of cricket, public speaking and dealing with the media. Longstanding RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster will spearhead the classes along with some highly-qualified and successful personnel like doctors, social workers and Head Teachers. Naidu noted that admission to the Academy is free while the Sports Club and several of its sponsors will stand the cost of meals, gear, refreshments, educational materials, trophies, medals, and gifts.
Since 1991, the Cricket Academy has served as a nursery and feeding ground for the success of the five time Guyana Cricket Club of the Year awardee. The Club, which won the Award in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2016, has over the last 29 years won over 60 major championships and produced numerous players for Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies. The Academy, over the years, has produced over 2000 young cricketers with over 100 going on to play for Berbice while over 60 have represented Guyana at the junior or senior level. Among players who came through the Academy are Royston Crandon, Assad Fudadin, Abdel Fudadin, Eon Hooper, Renwick Batson, Shemaine Campbelle, Erva Giddings, Plaffiana Millington, Mariam Samaroo, Dominique Rikhi, Askay Homraj, Khemraj Mahadeo and Shawn Pereira to name a few.
Interested parents who want to register their children can contact the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club on 337-4562 or email: [email protected] or contact Naidu on 643-9040.