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Basil Butcher assists four promising junior cricketers
“Members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club should consider themselves very fortunate as no other cricket club in Guyana invests so heavily in their membership’s development, whether on the field, in the classroom or personal development.” Those were the words of West Indies cricket Legend Basil Butcher as he presented cricket gears and educational materials to four promising Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club members when the7th Basil Butcher Trust Fund presentation was held.
Butcher, who played 44 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1969 described the RHTY&SC as a role model organisation which he is proud to be associated with and urged the awardees to be proud
Mr and Mrs. Basil Butcher pose with the four youngsters following the presentation.
ambassadors of their club.
Success on the field of play, Butcher stated, is only achieved through hard work and advised the attentive awardees to play the game for the love of it and not for the financial rewards. He expressed his anger at the current state of cricket in Guyana pointing out that too many persons were involved in the administration of cricket that have no interest in the game.
Hilbert Foster, Club Secretary/CEO informed that Mr. Butcher has assisted young players in Berbice over the past seven years to the tune of $1.4M and hailed the cricketing legend as a true example of giving back to the game he loves dearly.
Among the players the 80 year-old Legend has assisted are Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Arif Chan, Shemaine Campbell, Shawn Pereira, Phaffiana Millington, Lloydel Lewis, Daniel Lewis and Verendra Gooniah.
Foster advised the four awardees to not only pay attention to playing the game of cricket, but to devote their time pursuing education. He stated quite frankly that while sport’s is important to youths, in his mind the quest for an educated mind is the most important objective for any human.
The RHTY&SC, the Secretary/CEO disclosed, would continue to invest in its membership to make sure that they all fulfill their potential on the cricket field and in the classroom.
The four awardees for 2014 are Azam Khan, Joel Pike, Keith Simpson and Justin Gobin. They received a set of personal cricket gears including a bat and batting pads along with educational materials. Each of the awardees expressed gratitude to Mr. Basil Butcher and the club for the investment in their future.
An elated Azam Khan stated that he felt privileged to receive gears from a cricketing legend that he has heard a lot of and he promised on behalf of his fellow awardees to make the club and Mr. Butcher proud.
Six other club members would next month receive more assistance when the club hosts their annual Western Union Junior Cricketers Programme.
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