Vitality Inc on board as RHTY&SC’s Under-23 sponsor for 2021

– co-sponsors club’s 31st annual magazine

One of the main reasons why the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) is widely considered Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation is its ability to attract and keep sponsors for a long period of time.
Vitality Inc of Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Thursday became the seventh official sponsor of the club’s cricket section. It joins an elite list that includes Poonai Pharmacy, Farfan and Mendes Ltd, Bakewell, Pepsi, Metro Office Supplies and the National Milling Company (NAMILCO).
RHTY&SC Secretary/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hilbert Foster disclosed that the company would be sponsoring the newly-established Under-23 team which would be playing in the upcoming Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Sandeep and Son Under-23 Tournament. The team would be led by West Indies white-ball player Kevin Sinclair while the highly-talented Kevlon Anderson would be his deputy.
The Rose Hall Town Vitality team will start the tournament as one of the favourites with a long list of national and Berbice players. Among the players in the team are Junior Sinclair, Keith Simpson, Slyus Tyndall, Jonathan Rampersaud, Mahendra Gopilall, Chanderpaul Govindan., Jeremy Sandian, Tyreese Sealey, Kevin Ramnarine, Lucas Arthur, Christopher Deroop, Surendra Ramcharitar and Matthew Pottaya.
The sponsorship from Vitality Inc would cover the cost of cricket balls for practice sessions and matches along with transportation, snacks and the overall operation of the team for the year.
Additionally, the management of the RHTY&SC had mandated the team to successfully complete a total of 30 personal development programmes under the name of the sponsorship for 2021 under the sub-headings of education, culture, cricket development, community development, anti-crime, and anti-suicide. Among the upcoming events to be hosted by the team are a Special Mother’s Day hampers project, clean-up of the public beach in Rose Hall Town, senior citizens breakfast project and the distribution of cycles to less-fortunate students.
Meanwhile, the company would also be co-sponsoring the 21st edition of the RHTY&SC Youth Review Magazine. Assistant Secretary/CEO Simon Naidu stated that the club since 2000 has published an annual magazine as part of its youth outreach programmes. The magazines have traditionally carried articles on the work of the club during the calendar year, outstanding members, plans for the future and highlight the support of its sponsors. Each year, the magazine also features articles with advice for youths on topics such as drug abuse, suicide, the importance of education, religion, climate change, and domestic violence. The 2021 edition would consist of 48 pages and was expected to be published by the middle of the year. Naidu disclosed that special articles would be done on West Indies players Kevin Sinclair, Shakabi Gajnabi and Kevlon Anderson.
Secretary/CEO Foster, who is also the President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), expressed thanks to the Directors of the company for their support and reassured them that the club would be good ambassadors of their brand and play a major role in making the company a household name in Guyana.
Company Director Abbas Hamid stated that Vitality Inc was pleased to be associated with the team and wished them success on and off the cricket field. The company, which was recently launched in Guyana, is a US$10 million investment in Guyana and offers a wide range of services including providing equipment needed to serve the oil sector, consultancy and strategic planning. Subsidiaries include Vitality Supplies and Vitality Accounting and Consultancy.
The other sponsored teams of the RHTY&SC are Poonai Pharmacy Under-12 and 13, Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second-Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Females and NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Under-21 and First-Division teams.