Home Sports RHTY&SC to host Republic Bank Summer Camp and 31st Annual Cricket Academy...
– attractive prizes up for grabs
The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) will, from July 18, be hosting their annual Republic Bank Summer Camp and Cricket Academy as part of their personal developmental programme.
The teams: Poonai Pharmacy U13, Farfan and Mendes U15, Bakewell U17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females, Vitality U21, and Namilco U21 and First Division, would be organising the events after a break of two years due to the COVID pandemic.
RHTY&SC Asst Secretary/CEO Jonathan Rampersaud, who would be supervising the two events, has said the summer camp would be held at the Rose Hall Town Primary School, and would have 50 students in attendance.
The main objective of the four-week camp, he has said, would be to make sure all students make a successful transition from primary to secondary school.
Students would be taught four subjects: Math, Science, History and English, by two highly qualified teachers, and would also be involved in several social developmental sessions with social work students from the University of Guyana.
Among the topics to be discussed with the students are peer pressure, importance of education, importance of discipline, drug abuse, suicide, personal hygiene, and public manners. Every student who has successfully completed the camp and has a ninety percent attendance rate would receive a school bag and educational materials, while attractive prizes would be up for grabs, including educational grants, bicycles, food hampers, and personal care hampers.
Rampersaud has disclosed that the cricket academy would last for two weeks, and would be hosted at the Area H Ground and in the compound of the Rose Hall Town Primary School. The camp would have approximately 120 youths between the ages of 10 and 18 years, and would be conducted by several coaches, including Winston Smith, Delbert Hicks.
Club executives Robby Kissoonlall, Tyrone Pottaya, Keith Hicks.
Hilbert Foster and Rampersaud would look after the administrative aspects of the two events. Foster stated that the main objectives of the academy would be to look at new talents for further development, to cement the club reputation as one of Guyana’s leading cricket nurseries, and to develop the existing talents in the club.
The RHTY&SC has,
Since its formation in 1990, the St Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club has produced 13 players who have played at the international level, and a total of 110 players for Berbice and Guyana.
Members of the academy would also be involved in off-the-field sessions in an effort to prepare them to be sports ambassadors. Special effort would be placed on the mental aspect of the game and on improving the players knowledge of the rules and history of cricket.
All 120 cricketers attending the academy would receive a school bag and educational materials, while prizes that would be up for grabs would include cricket gear, cycles, educational grants, cricket uniforms and household items.
Foster has also disclosed that the Region Six division of the Guyana Police Force has accepted an offer to send 50 youths to the academy as part of its community outreach programme directed to communities across the county.
The clubs also plan to invite former and present cricketing icons to visit the academy for inspirational sessions with the youths. Interested parents can call 337 4562 OR 613-4970 for more information.
