Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club cricket academy bowls off today

– special emphasis being placed on females and Under-12 players

The annual cricket academy of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) will bowl off today, Monday, July 18 after an absence of two years owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Area H Ground’s concrete all-weather court and the compound of the Rose Hall Town Primary School would be used to accommodate the academy as the Club had to seek alternative ways to host the academy due to the ongoing rainy season.

Club Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hilbert Foster, who heads the organising committee, stated the Academy was catering for about 120 youths between the ages of eight and eighteen. The team of coaches will be led by level three coach Winston Smith, who has been working with the club for over 15 years. He will be assisted by Delbert Hicks and national player Eon Hooper, both products of the Academy.
The Academy will end on Friday, July 29 with a grand graduation ceremony where several attractive prizes would be distributed to the top performers. Among the prizes will be tablets, cricket gear, uniforms, household and kitchen utensils, educational grants and school materials. The Club, at the end of the Academy, would also be opening its membership to allow non-members to join the very vibrant youth and sports organisation, which would be undertaking a record 700 activities annually under a wide range of subheadings including coaching, education, community development, youth development and charity.
The Club’s 2022 cricket academy has been co-sponsored by Bakewell and the Guyana Beverage Company while several friends of the club have also assisted, including members like Kevin Sinclair, Shawn Perriera, Kevlon Anderson, Shemaine Campbelle and Shakabi Gajnabi.
The Guyana Beverage Company, under its Busta brand, on Thursday last came on board as a co-sponsor by handing over a quantity of water, drinks, and juices. Government Ministers Collin Croal, Nigel Dharamlall and Joseph Hamilton have all committed to personally donate a bicycle towards one of the top awardees. RHTY&SC Assistant Secretary Jonathan Rampersaud expressed thanks to the Guyana Beverage Company, especially General Manager Samuel Arjoon, for its cooperation and committed the club to organising a very successful event. Meanwhile, the Club’s Republic Summer Camp would also start on Monday at the Rose Hall Town Primary School.
The camp would involve about 90 students, preparing for entrance into secondary school. Foster noted that the Club had a target of 50 students, but the organisers received 40 extra applications from parents and did not want to disappoint any person. The cricket teams of the club raised the extra funds to hire another teacher to accommodate another class. Students would be taught four subjects – Maths, Social Studies, English and Science while they would also be involved in several lectures on a wide range of topics including personal hygiene, public manners, peer pressure, how to choose friends, and suicide.
Like the cricket academy, outstanding students would receive prizes at the end of the four-week camp and every participant has 100 per cent attendance would receive a school bag and educational materials.
The two events have been organised by the cricket teams of the Club under the guidance of management. The teams are Poonai Pharmacy Under-13, Farfan and Mendes Ltd Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females, Vitality Under-23, Namilco Under-21 and First Division teams.