RHTY&SC to host Naeem Nasir Memorial 2nd Division tournament this Sunday

The Area H Ground on Sunday would become a hive of activities when the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) hosts the annual Naeem Nasir Memorial one day cricket tournament in memory of the founder of Bakewell.
Naeem Nasir died at 52 years old on October 9, 2012 at the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital, after a long battle with illness. He had founded the popular bakery Bakewell, and had been its Chief Executive Officer until his death. Nasir can never be forgotten for his support of sports across the country, especially cricket and lawn tennis.
RHTY&SC Secretary Hilbert Foster has said the club is pleased to honour the memory of Nasir, as he had played a major role in the club’s rise from being an ordinary cricket club into becoming Guyana most progressive youth and sports organization, with an unmatched list of activities and achievements.
Bakewell came on board as the offici

al sponsor of the RHTY&SC’s under-17 and second division teams in 2000, and has been a major supporter of the club’s activities over the last quarter of a century. The company co-sponsors activities of the club such as the Christmas Village, Charity Programme, Annual Magazine, Summer Camp, Cricket Academy, Awards Ceremony and community projects. The RHTY&SC cricket teams have won close to 20 major titles in Berbice under the Bakewell sponsorship, and have produced more than 100 Guyana and Berbice players, such as Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Esuan Crandon, Kevin Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair, Jonathan Rampersaud and Shemaine Campbelle.
The team has also successfully completed over 1000 community programmes and projects under the name of this sponsorship.
The Naeem Nasir Memorial tournament bowls off promptly at 9am, and a total of eight teams would clash for the winner’s prize of one hundred thousand dollars and the Memorial Trophy. Those teams are: Ebini, Wiruni, Rose Hall Town Bakewell, Rose Hall Tigers, Cut and Load, Skeldon, Police, and Courtland.
The opening round of matches would be five overs per side, while the other rounds would be eight overs per side and the final would be a ten-over affair. The Man of the Finals would receive a special award, while the Berbice Cricket Board would also use the opportunity to donate balls to the cricket teams in the Berbice River area.
Entrance to the venue would be without charge, and fans would be entertained by a popular music set – Family Valves.