RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hands over TV set to BCB Secretary Angela Haniff
The Berbice Cricket Board’s Coaching Programme on Thursday last received a major boost when the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club donated a 24 inches television set values $70, 000 to the Cricket Board. The teams – RHT Farfan & Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Metro Females, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate and Gizmos & Gadgets Under-21 and First Division made the donation to the Berbice Cricket Board as part of their self development programme.
Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster at the presentation ceremony stated that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club was quite passionate about the development of the game in the ancient county.
The Club, Foster disclosed has assisted Berbice Cricket at a level that is unmatched by any other organisation and pledged that the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports club would continue to do so in the future. Eon Hooper of the Gizmos & Gadgets First Division Team stated that he and his fellow cricketers were delighted to assist the Berbice Cricket Board in its ongoing effort to lift Berbice Cricket even higher.
Secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board Angela Haniff expressed gratitude to the RHTYSC and its cricketers for the donation. The Berbice Cricket Board would use the Television set in its office on a daily basis for entertainment and also for its in house coaching programmes. Special emphasis would be placed on coaching in Berbice for 2013 and the Television set would play a major role in assisting the cricket coaches.
She issued a plea to other clubs and NGOs to follow in the footsteps of the RHTYSC in assisting the BCB which is leading a revolution in the administration of the game in the Ancient County.