RHTY&SC to name Play Park in honour of late Executive President Desmond Hoyte
Saturday November 26, 2016 will be a historic day for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC).
On this day one of the most cherished dreams of the leading youth and sports organisation would be fulfilled when a family recreational park will be open to the general public. The Gizmos and Gadgets First Division and Pepsi Under-19 teams of the RHTY&SC, MS would officially open the Hugh Desmond Hoyte Memorial Recreational Family Park.
Former President of Guyana, the late Hugh Desmond Hotye
The opening of the Park would be the 400th project/activities for the Club for 2016 and would bear the name of the Club’s first official Patron who served from 1990 until his death in 2002 and was the second Executive President of the Republic of Guyana.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that the Family Recreational Park was a special gift to the township of Rose Hall as part of the 46th anniversary celebration of Guyana’s smallest town.
The RHTY&SC in September 2016 organised a series of activities to mark the anniversary and these include an opening ceremony/parade, youth career fair, medical outreach, day of sports, Rose Hall cuisine festival, educational competitions, public concert, publication of a booklet on the history of Rose Hall, tourist poster, public exhibition, dancing competition and steel-band concert, among others.
The Family Recreation Park was scheduled to be opened in September but was delayed due to reasons beyond the control of the club and the cricket teams.
The Recreational Park consists of a large benab, flower garden, slides, swings, seesaws, seating accommodations and billboards with social messages, among others. The long serving Secretary/CEO stated that the main objectives of the Park are to provide clean entertainment for families, to promote social cohesion among residents, to allow families to bond together, to promote the Say NO to Drugs, Suicide, Crime and Say Yes to Life, Education and Sports Messages and also to attract visitors to the township. The two Cricket Teams under the supervision of the Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster spearheaded the project. The management of the RHTY&SC, MS would like to express gratitude to the Region 6 RDC, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Social Protection, Amerally Sawmills, Associated Construction Services, Nand Persaud Co Ltd, Kris Jagdeo Construction, JR Engineering, Micheal Rengasami, R Nauth and Family, Food for the Poor (Guy) Ltd and Asst Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine for the role they played in making the playfield a reality.
Former Executive President Hugh Desmond Hoyte is widely regarded as the person who inspired the RHTY&SC, MS to expand its activities to include charity, youth development, community development, educational, social and religious, among others, with the main aim of making a positive difference in the lives of youths, the elderly and less fortunate.
Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawerence would officially open the playfield on the 26th of November at 3PM.
