RHTY&SC’s Patron Fund assists 22 additional cricket clubs with balls

The remarkable success story of Berbice cricket continues even during the rainy season as the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), MS, continues to assist the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) to fulfil its mandate.
The Club via its 2019 Patron Fund distributed 22 boxes of cricket balls to 22 cricket clubs. The donation brought the number of clubs receiving balls to 50, out of the 90 based in Berbice.
RHTY&SC Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hilbert Foster stated that on his election as President of the BCB, he promised to assist all clubs in Berbice to fulfil their mandates. In 2018, over $1 million worth of balls were distributed to the clubs in a joint project spearheaded by the hard-working Foster and former BCB President Anil Beharry. Sixteen boxes of balls were handed to the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) for distribution to clubs in that sub-association. Among the clubs that benefited were Yakusari, No 48 Challengers, No 69 Red Rose, No 70 MYO, Scottsburg United, Crabwood Creek Sports Club, Skeldon Titans and No 59 Youth Cricket Club.
Additionally, six clubs in the Lower Corentyne area would also benefit including Chesney, Whim, Courtland, No 1 Road, Kilcoy and Nigg Intruders. Foster, who spearheads the RHTY&SC and BCB marketing drive, stated that the remaining 40 clubs would collect balls by the end of September 2019. Further, clubs in Berbice are also benefiting from donations of water pitchers, stumps, school bags, educational materials, trophies, medals, bicycles, cricket gear for youth cricketers, and rain coats among other items. Foster urged the clubs to take proper care of the items and to cherish the outstanding work of his administration.
Foster also fulfilled his commitment to the Whim National Cricket Club by handing over three trophies for an upcoming cricket tournament at the Whim Cricket Ground. The four-team tournament would be organised by the BCB as part of an effort to promote cricket in the Village. The trophies were donated by Ramesh Sunich of the Trophy Stall under the RHTYSC, MS Patron’s Fund. Foster also handed over a box of balls to the Whim Club for the Winner of the Tournament.
The RHTY&SC expressed gratitude to Christopher Jones of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and the Ministry of the Presidency and Sunich for making the donations possible.