The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, and its eight cricket teams recently held their first ever Top Ten Educational Scheme to honour the outstanding top students for Region Six at the recent National Grade Six Exams. The programme was held at the St. Francis Community Developers Training Hall with Speaker of the National Assembly delivering the Feature Address.
Seven of the Awardees pose with Ms World Guyana Vena Mookram after the presentation
Speaking to a capacity audience of over 400 club members, special invitees and students, Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster stated that the main objective of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, is to make sure that every youth fulfill his/her full potential in sports, education and culture. The Club, he stated decided to host the awards as it was very impressed with the performances of schools in Region Six and announced that it would become an annual event.
Despite been mainly a cricket club, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, operates the largest Say No/Say Yes Programme for an NGO in Guyana as it strives to get youths to Say No to Drugs, Crime, Suicide, Alcohol and Yes to Education, Religion, Life and Sports. The Top Ten Awards was sponsored solely by the eight cricket teams and each of the awardees received a trophy, medal, framed certificate and educational materials.
Noting that Education is the key to a successful future, the veteran Club Administrator urged the youths to develop a culture of reading, research and listening. Secondary Schools, he stated is far different than Primary School and they would be temptations to follow the wrong path. Foster advised the attentive youths to choose their friends carefully as true friends do not encourage you to skip school, to consume alcohol, to engage in pre marital sex or to be disrespectful to your elders. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, was willing to assist them if needed and pledged to invest even more in the educational sector.Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland spoke widely on the importance of Education and the linkage of youths, education and sports. Dr. Scotland congratulated the awardees and urged them to remain focus on their school work.
The Top Ten students of Region Six are Matthew Ramlochan – Belvedere Primary, Yadram Totaram – No. 56 Primary, John Ramdin – Cumberland Primary, Allyssa Griffith – Cropper Primary, Denish Somai – Tain Primary, Dimitri Williams – All Saints Primary, Sherisa Chaturi – Port Mourant Primary, Nick Rama – Crabwood Creek Primary, Purnima Totaram – Sheet Anchor Primary and Medeina Lionel – All Saints Primary.
The Top Students passed to attend Queen’s College and eight to Bishop High School while one would attend St. Stanislaus College.
The eight cricket teams in September would be hosting a Region 6 Top Teachers Programme where close to $500 000.00 worth of trophies, medals, framed certificate and cash prizes would be distributed to six outstanding teachers.
The top teachers in both Primary and Secondary levels would receive $100 000.00 each while the 1st Runner-up would get $50 000.00 each and 3rd Place would receive $25 000.00 each.
The eight teams are Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females and Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 and First Division Teams.
