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Scotiabank provides T-shirts for Buski Eleven
Banking giants Bank of Nova Scotia took up the offer to provide playing shirts for last year runners up – the Buski Eleven in the Young Warriors Cricket Club annual fundraiser, Mash Cup 2016. The highly anticipated
Rafeek Kassim (left), smiles as he receives one of the shirts from Scotiabank New Amsterdam Branch Manager Vibert Jones in the presence of other staff members and cricketers.
tournament which was slated for Mash Day, Tuesday February 23, was postponed due to persistent rain in the Berbice area and is now set for March 20 at the Cumberland Ground.
At a simple ceremony held recently, the shirts were handed over by the bank’s New Amsterdam Branch Manager, Vibert Jones to team captain Rafeek Kassim. The manager said that Scotiabank is pleased once more to give back to sports and provide support for the communities in which they operate. Scotia Bank is also the Proud Sponsor of Kiddy’s Cricket in the Caribbean.
In response, Kassim thanked the bank for their generosity and promised to represent the sponsorship well. Scotia Bank has been on board with Kascon Engineering Service – a construction company for which Mr Kassim is the Principal for a number of activities with the most popular being the annual Christmas Caroling. He said that he observed over the years that the bank is very supportive of sports and charity and referred to how the staff would raise funds during the year to bring joy to the less fortunate during Christmas time.
Mr Kassim was also generous to this event by providing lighting for the Mash Cup after party and cash support. He said that he was driven by the fact that he was so happy to see that for the first time a West Indies under-19 team won a youth World Cup. To make it even better, the captain is one of our very own, Shimron Hetmyer, who is a product of the YWCC. He called on the national senior selectors to get Shimron quickly back into the national team and urged the West Indies selectors to do likewise with not only him but the other outstanding players. He made special mention of Alzarri Joseph who bowls faster and with more control than most if not all of the current crop of West Indian pacers.
Kassim was one of the major organizers of the motorcade to honour Hetmyer on his return to Berbice.
In the meantime, the YWCC wish to thank the following sponsors for their support so far:
ANSA McAL, Ashiek and Sons Motor Supplies and Auto Sale, Massy Distribution, Roshan Satar Supermarket, A Ally and Sons Showroom, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, Memorex, NBS Ltd, J’s Printery, Vickram Jewellery, Sham Beer Garden, Mr Mortimer George, Attorney at law Murseline Bacchus, RHYY&SC, A Mahabir and Sons, Regional Democratic Council, Region No 6, Mundal Satar, Jim Bacchus Travel Service, Kris Jagdeo Construction Services, Extreme Trucking Service, Price is Right, Balram Shane and Office Express.
This event will form part of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebration with proceeds going towards further improvements to the club’s facilities and day to day running. In addition, funds will be allocated to three schools in the No.19 to Gangaram area.
The draw for the first round was done and is as follows:
Canefield vs Gangaram, YWCC vs Seawell, Buski vs Canje Pathfinders, No 19 ‘A’ vs No 19 ‘B’, Betsy Ground vs Goed Bananen Land and Rose Hall Estate vs No 7.
Incentives with the value of over $100,0000 will be up for grabs with lots of gate prizes, musical entertainment and ball by ball update by Spongy.
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