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Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports Awards…Vijai Rahim and Shemaine Campbelle are the best
National and Regional Powerlifting champion Vijai Rahim and West Indies Female cricketer Shemaine Campbelle were named Berbice male and female Sports Persons when the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) hosted the 2nd Annual Gregory Gaskin Memorial Berbice Sports Awards at the St. Francis Training Centre on Thursday last.
Awardees poses with officials of Sentinel Security Company following the presentation.
The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) received the Sports Association of the Year accolade, while Cycling Coach Randolph Roberts copped the prestigious Sport Personality of the Year prize.
Mr. Chris Thompson, Sentinel Director of operations, informed the large gathering that his company was pleased to partner with the successful RHTY&SC to honour the late Gregory Gaskin, who was the CEO of Cops Security Ltd.
Gaskin, the son of late West Indies Test player Bertley Gaskin and the late Minister of Education Winifred Gaskin, was a strong believer in sports and a practicing motor bike racer. Thompson stated that Mrs. Noreen Gaskin, widow of the late Gregory Gaskin is also a strong believer in sports which can be used as an avenue to keep youths off the road. She expressed the hope that the Berbice Sports Award would become the top awards in Guyana.
Secretary/CEO of the RHTY&SC Hilbert Foster stated that the main aims of the Gregory Gaskin Memorial Award are to recognize and honour outstanding Berbicians who performed well in sports during the calendar year; to promote sports as a safe avenue for youths and to identify positive role models for youths to emulate.
Foster, the 2011 National Sport Personality Awardee, urged the awardees to maintain the high standard they have set themselves and to be positive role models to every youth in Berbice as the Ancient County needs its youths to be molded correctly.
He expressed gratitude to Mrs. Noreen Gaskin and the Management of Sentinel Security for their sponsorship of the awards.
Rahim, in 2013 copped Bronze, Silver and Gold medals while representing Guyana overseas and was named best lifter at the National Powerlifting Championship held in November 2013. Campbelle, in 2013 became the first Guyanese Female Cricketer to score an international century and was also named National Sportswoman for 2013 by the National Sports Commission (NSC).
Flying Ace Cycle Club Coach, Randolph Roberts organised numerous cycling events in 2013 while keeping the sport at a high and competitive level in Berbice.
The Berbice Volleyball Association had a highly successful 2013 with the hosting of several tournaments at all levels whilst also organizing numerous developmental programmes to promote the game in the County.
President of the BVA Gregory Rambarran praised the RHTY&SC for its foresight of hosting the awards and pledged on behalf of the awardees that they will uphold their standards and keep the flag of Berbice flying high in the future.
Each of the awardees received a plaque, medal and trophy along with a collection of gifts from the club. The awards programme was organised by the cricket teams of the RHTY&SC: Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17 and Second Division, Pepsi Under-19 and Intermediate, Metro Female and Gizmos and Gadgets Under-21 and First Division.
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