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Bakewell preserves commitment to RHTY&SC 16 years on
Bakery giants Bakewell of Dr. Miller Street, Truimph, East Coast, Demerara on Friday last renewed their cricket sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) Bakewell Under-17 and Second
Bakewell General Manager Rajin Ganga (right) hands over the sponsorship cheque to RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster.
Division Teams.
The sponsorship worth $200,000 was handed over by the company’s Managing Director Rajin Ganga to the RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster. He also handed over another sponsorship cheque towards the publication of the club’s anniversary magazine.
Ganga stated that Bakewell would always be supportive of the club as it is a role model organization whose achievements speak for it. He also stated that the club and its cricketers had since 2000, represented the company’s brand with passion and dedication.
Bakewell, as a corporate entity was pleased to be associated with the RHTY&SC and its work to make a positive difference. Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hailed the bond since 2000 between the club and Bakewell as special and highly successful.
He noted that the Rose Hall Town Bakewell teams have won a combined six Berbice championships and have produced players the likes of Assad Fudadin, Royston Crandon, Esaun Crandon, Shemaine Campbelle, Erva Giddings, Dominic Rikki, Shawn Perriera, Akshay Homraj, Jason Sinclair, Khemraj Mahadeo, Kevlon Anderson among others.
The team also completed over 600 community programmes under the sub-headings of sports, charity, community development, youth development, pro-education, anti-drugs/suicide and religion.
The Bakewell Second Division team in 2015 would be playing two teams as the club tries to expose its younger cricketers along with some female players to a higher standard of cricket as part of their development.
The Bakewell ‘A’ team would be led by Major James Fraser of the Guyana Defense Force while first division player Simon Lawson would be in charge of guiding the younger ‘B’ team. Delbert Hicks would be player/coach of the ‘A’ team while Ronston Lawson would serve as Manager/Mentor of the ‘B’ team.
The long serving Secretary/CEO expressed gratitude to the Management of Bakewell for their support over the years and make special mention of Ganga, who he described as a true friend of the RHTY&SC and also a mentor/advisor to himself.
Bakewell, apart from the cricket sponsorship also supports numerous other programmes of the club including the annual magazine, cricket academy, award ceremony, pro-education and anti-drugs programmes.
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