12th edition of Busta Champion of Champions / RHTY&SC tourney, SEALED

Oct 18, 2015 Sports

By Franklin Wilson

Cricket clubs in the Ancient County of Berbice will welcome the news that the

A smiling Robert Selman, GM of Guyana Beverage Inc., hands over the winning trophy to a member of the RHTY&SC Executive in the presence of other officials.

Guyana Beverage Inc. (GBI), in association with the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) has finalized sponsorship for the 12th edition of the Busta Champions of Champions 40-over competition.
Set to bowl off shortly, the champion team will pocket $100,000 and the Busta trophy with the losing finalist taking home $50,000 and a trophy. Individual prizes will go to the Player-of-the-final, Best all-rounder, Best bowler, and Best batsman.
Friday afternoon’s launching which took place at the Headquarters of Guyana Beverage Inc., was attended by General Manager Mr. Robert Selman, Marketing Manager Ms. Shameeza Yadram and RHTY&SC Secretary/CEO among other officials.
Selman in justifying his company’s continued support for the tournament stated that they are very satisfied with the way the tournament have been going over the past years in Berbice, Essequibo and Enterprise on the East Coast of Demerara.
He informed that GBI has invested over 3 million dollars collectively in the three tournaments. Selman expressed gratitude to the public of Guyana for support the Busta brand which has enabled them to give back towards the development of sports and Guyana’s youth.
”We try to keep the youth off the streets and one of the ways to do that is to get them involved in sports. We had tremendous response from Berbice, from Essequibo and from Enterprise; words cannot express the professional manner in which these tournaments are administered. They have kept the good name of our company and that is why we continue to invest.”
It was also noted by Selman that they are happy to know that through the tournaments, they have been able to produce national and West Indies players.
Foster commended Selman and the GBI for their continued investment in the tournament which he said has grown into one of the leading competition and the best promoted one.
”The Busta brand enjoys its best promotion in Guyana when this tournament is held as the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club strongly believes that all sponsors deserve special treatment once they invest in our development.”
This year’s Busta Champion of champions will bowl off on Saturday November 14 with the finals set for November 28 under lights. Eight (8) teams will be vying for the top prize and bragging rights in the knock-out format, they are; Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets, Young Warriors, Tucber Park, West Berbice, Police, Upper Corentyne and Blairmont. One other team is to be confirmed.
Players the caliber of Sewnarine Chattergoon, Narsingh Deonarine, Veersammy Permaul, Shimron Hetmyer and Divendra Bishoo have all graduated through the ranks of the Busta Champion of Champions.
Thanks was expressed by Foster on behalf of the club to Selman, his management and staff for the unflinching support that they have been receiving even beyond the tournament. Special mention was made of Marketing Manager, Ms. Shameeza Yadram.
Meanwhile, Foster had shared his concern in relation to the rapid decline of the sport of cricket pointing out that the interest in the sport is rapidly declining in Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies.
He noted that the number of clubs and players have dropped by over 50% dating back to when his club was formed in 1990. “To make matters worse, the number of dedicated administrators and sponsors of the game have dropped by 90% and the game just seems to be sailing along.
The experienced administrator noted that sponsorship is the stimulus of any sport and apart from his club, the Berbice Cricket Board and the Georgetown Cricket Association, obtaining sponsorship seems a tough proposition for others to garner. It was against this backdrop that Foster posited that the Busta Champion of Champions tournament was all the more important.

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