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BCB, RHTY&SC donate $100, 000 in cricket gears for resuscitation of RHCC Cricket Club
Over the last three years, one of Berbice premier cricket clubs, the Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club, based in Canje has been unable to play any type of cricket due to problems at the ground. The Canje ground has been badly damaged due to rain and affected by Berbice Expo Fair and most of the players left for other clubs after
Mr. Carl Moore presented cricket gears to Rose Hall Community Centre.
being unable to practice and play at the venue.
The Berbice Cricket Board Special Events Committee has been spearheading the effort to have the premier cricket club to return to the first division level and on Tuesday June 6, handed over $100,000 in cricket equipment to the club in conjunction with the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club.
The items included two sets of stumps, one helmet, two bats, two batting pads, batting gloves, pair of wicketkeeping gloves, a box of balls, 1 score book and 1 pair of wicket keeping pads. Secretary/CEO of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and chairman of the Special Events Committee, Hilbert Foster, expressed pleasure at being able to assist one of the Mecca of Berbice Cricket and noted that the Welfare Centre was the first Berbice venue to host a first class match.
He urged the members of the reformed club to work hard to regain lost grounds, to be disciplined at all times and to always strive for excellence. The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and Berbice Cricket Board, Foster noted, would be willing to assist in the future once they see progress on and off the cricket field.
Treasurer of the Berbice Cricket Board, Anil Beharry, noted that the donation was being done at the request of the General Manager of the Rose Hall Estate who was determined to start playing cricket again at the junior and senior level. Beharry welcomed back into the fold, the Rose Hall Community Cricket Team and wished them a successful future. He noted that over 40 cricket clubs in Berbice has so far received over $6M in material assistance from the Berbice Cricket Board in 2012 and many more would receive in the future.
Assistant Human Resource Manager of the Albion Sugar Estate, Joel Khellawan, in receiving the donation expressed gratitude to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and Berbice Cricket Board and reassured the gathering that the Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club would be back stronger than before on the cricket field while contributing to the success of Berbice Cricket.
All interested cricketers in the Canje area can contact the Welfare Centre and register as a member from the Under-13 to Senior levels.
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